Autonomy trial
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Afil-alas, we hardly knew ye
Artificial Intelligence
Good news, everyone: The US military says it will be ethically minded about how it develops AI
Whew! Defense dept will 'detect and avoid unintended consequences' – so that's fine, right?
Software
Just the place you'd want to spot a BSOD: While waiting in line for a roller coaster that lifts you up 124ft
Bork!Bork!Bork!This bodes well
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Blow me down with a feather, well, storage server software update gone awry: Nest vid streams go dark for 16 hours
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Security
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Pair engineer malicious code from public source tweak before official binary releases
25 Feb 21:22 |
Data Centre
While hype merchants push chatbots, CIOs are saving up pennies while expecting a recession, reckons study
Digital transformation? Pah, pass the tins of beans and firelighters
25 Feb 18:51 | 1
Software
Firefox now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US netizens and some are dischuffed about this
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Personal Tech
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Security
Apple tries to have VirnetX VPN patent ruling overturned again, US Supremes say no... again
Still not the last word for VirnetX after 10-year fight
25 Feb 15:03 | 18
Data Centre
Get in the lake, Sparky: Databricks touts new ingestion file sources
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25 Feb 14:33 | 1
Security
Password killer FIDO2 comes bounding into Azure Active Directory hybrid environments
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25 Feb 13:36 | 12
HPC
Lustre HPC file systems no longer disappear in a puff on Amazon Web Services – but you'll pay more
Throughput boosted and encryption in transit added to temporary counterparts
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Security
Microsoft uses its expertise in malware to help with fileless attack detection on Linux
Aw, how generous
25 Feb 12:30 | 26
Software
Credit Karma's enriched: Turbo Tax daddy Intuit snaps up personal finance platform for $7bn
That'll be good for their credit rating
25 Feb 11:56 | 15
Artificial Intelligence
Good news, everyone: The US military says it will be ethically minded about how it develops AI
Whew! Defense dept will 'detect and avoid unintended consequences' – so that's fine, right?
25 Feb 11:26 | 29
Business
In-depth: Deloitte and accounts expert both cleared what HPE described as 'contrived' Autonomy sales
Autonomy trialLynch's man backed auditor but how much did it truly know?
25 Feb 11:05 | 19
Networks
MWC now stands for Mighty Wallet Crusher? Smaller firms counting the cost after mobile industry event scrapped
It's going to be hard for the GSMA to come back from this
25 Feb 10:04 | 6
Software
Just the place you'd want to spot a BSOD: While waiting in line for a roller coaster that lifts you up 124ft
Bork!Bork!Bork!This bodes well
25 Feb 09:05 | 35
Networks
Would-be .org gobbler Ethos Capital promises to keep prices down in last-ditch effort to keep $1.1bn deal alive
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25 Feb 07:53 | 25
Artificial Intelligence
London's top cop dismisses 'highly inaccurate or ill informed' facial-recognition critics, possibly ironically
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Emergent Tech
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Networks
Afilias vanishes from battle to run Colombia's trendy .co after El Reg probes technical docs, allegations of a stitch-up
Afil-alas, we hardly knew ye
25 Feb 02:02 | 4
Personal Tech
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Absolutely not entertaining an offer that could you just repeat one more time?
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Science
RIP Katherine Johnson: The extraordinary NASA mathematician astronauts trusted over computers
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Networks
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Just the place you'd want to spot a BSOD: While waiting in line for a roller coaster that lifts you up 124ft
Bork!Bork!Bork!This bodes well
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Personal Tech
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