AWS now renting monster HPE servers, even in clusters of 7,680-vCPUs and 128TB Heir to Superdome goes cloudy for those who run large in-memory databases and apps that need them Off-Prem17 Dec 2024 | 20
BlackBerry offloads Cylance's endpoint security products to Arctic Wolf Fresh attempt to mix the perfect cocktail of IoT and Infosec Security17 Dec 2024 | 1
Australia moves to drop some cryptography by 2030 – before quantum carves it up The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won't be welcome in just five years Security17 Dec 2024 | 51
SoftBank pledges to pour $100B into US, create 100,000 jobs in Trump's second term Details? Who needs 'em! But AI seems a likely focus AI + ML17 Dec 2024 | 50
Ransomware scum blow holes in Cleo software patches, Cl0p (sort of) claims responsibility But can you really take crims at their word? Security16 Dec 2024 | 1
Jury trial kicks off Arm's wrestling match with Qualcomm The Nuvia buyer's alleged violations of license terms expected to last through Friday Legal16 Dec 2024 | 11
Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right? Cyber-crime16 Dec 2024 | 26
Deloitte says cyberattack on Rhode Island benefits portal carries 'major security threat' Personal and financial data probably stolen Cyber-crime16 Dec 2024 | 2
Europe signs off on €10.6B IRIS² satellite broadband deal Service promised by 2030 for bloc's take on Starlink Networks16 Dec 2024 | 36
Guide for the perplexed – Google is no longer the best search engine Opinion Seek and ye shall find Applications16 Dec 2024 | 215
Take a closer look at Nvidia's buy of Run.ai, European Commission told Updated Campaign groups, non-profit orgs urge action to prevent GPU maker tightening grip on AI industry Systems16 Dec 2024 | 3
$800 'AI' robot for kids bites the dust along with its maker Comment - Updated Moxie maker Embodied is going under, teaching important lessons about cloud services AI + ML16 Dec 2024 | 103
The sweet Raspberry taste of success masks a missed opportunity Opinion Best way to demystify modern computing? Brick it Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 160
Coder wrote a bug so bad security guards wanted a word when he arrived at work Who, Me? Working for a startup is supposed to end with getting rich overnight, but not like this Software16 Dec 2024 | 163
Ingram Micro to 'stop doing business' with Broadcom, downgrade to 'limited engagement' on VMware Exclusive Distributor couldn't do a deal that delivered 'appropriate shareholder return', chip giant says it 'continues to refine' its channel Virtualization16 Dec 2024 | 18
China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes 'Star Flash' is said to include 5G tech and leave rival wireless protocols struggling in the crack of a sofa Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 53
Infosys founder calls for 70-hour work week – again – claiming it creates jobs Asia In Brief Plus: China wants to end AI mashups of classic vids; TSMC set to open Japan fab; and more On-Prem16 Dec 2024 | 51
Are your Prometheus servers and exporters secure? Probably not Infosec in brief Plus: Netscaler brute force barrage; BeyondTrust API key stolen; and more Security15 Dec 2024 | 1
Cheat codes for LLM performance: An introduction to speculative decoding Hands on Sometimes two models really are faster than one AI + ML15 Dec 2024 | 46
Red Rabbit Robotics takes human form to sell work as a service Take this job and automate it Offbeat15 Dec 2024 | 33
Contrary to some, traceroute is very real – I should know, I helped make it work Systems Approach Gather around the fire for another retelling of computer networking history Networks14 Dec 2024 | 74
Suggested Actions fails to suggest its own survival as Windows 11 feature killed Final curtain call for weird wingman OSes14 Dec 2024 | 33
Iran-linked crew used custom 'cyberweapon' in US critical infrastructure attacks IOCONTROL targets IoT and OT devices from a ton of makers, apparently Research13 Dec 2024 | 15
Scumbag gets 30 years in the clink for running CSAM dark-web chatrooms, abusing kids 'Today’s sentencing is more than just a punishment. It’s a message' Cyber-crime13 Dec 2024 | 42
Musk's lawyer asks the SEC to quit pestering the shy and retiring billionaire Won't someone think of Elon? Ah, who are we kidding - none of this will matter in a month Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 85
Google Timeline location purge causes collateral damage Privacy measure leaves some mourning lost memories Security13 Dec 2024 | 48
'Tis the season to test the RHEL and AlmaLinux 10 betas And the kernel team's patience? OSes13 Dec 2024 | 22
Doing business in US? Don't wait for state ruling on AI to act, warns former Senate chief of staff Workday policy expert suggests NIST framework will save you trouble later AI + ML13 Dec 2024 | 4
Ingenuity helicopter's flying days cut short by featureless Martian terrain Landing hard at an angle not great for the old rotor blades Science13 Dec 2024 | 30
Android beefs up Bluetooth tag stalker protections Wider ecosystem still has work to do, though Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 24
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Intel execs discuss the possibility of spinning off foundry 'Does it ever fully separate? I think that's an open question for another day,' interim co-CEO says Systems13 Dec 2024 | 11
systemd begrudgingly drops a safety net while a challenger appears, GNU Shepherd 1.0 Holidays come early for distro builders with two init systems to choose from OSes13 Dec 2024 | 157
2024 according to Cloudflare: Global traffic up, Google still king, US churning out bots Same old same old really Off-Prem13 Dec 2024 | 10
BOFH: Don't sell The Boss a firewall. Sell him The Dream Episode 23 Have I got an opportunity for you! BOFH13 Dec 2024 | 56
Backup failed, but the boss didn't slam IT – because his son was to blame On Call ISP deserves criticism too for falling over after script kiddie beefing Networks13 Dec 2024 | 33
Broadcom says VMware is a better money-making machine than it hoped Chip side of the biz expects to take lion's share of hyperscalers' $60-90 billion XPU spend in 2027, helped by 3nm models coming next year Virtualization13 Dec 2024 | 21
Astroscale orbital janitor gets within 15 meters of space junk Couldn't reach out and touch it, but still happy as this attempt was out of mission scope Science13 Dec 2024 | 21
North Korea's fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88M over six years DoJ thinks it's found the folks that ran it, and some of the 'IT warriors' sent out to fleece employers Cyber-crime13 Dec 2024 | 3
American cops are using AI to draft police reports, and the ACLU isn't happy Comment Do we really need to explain why this is a problem? AI + ML12 Dec 2024 | 74
FCC throws open 6 GHz band to unlicensed low-power gizmos Good news for techies pushing 'education, healthcare, and entertainment' gadgets in the US Networks12 Dec 2024 | 12
Cruise shutdown blastzone increases – Microsoft takes $800M charge General Motors pulling the plug on autonomous taxi biz hits Redmond in the wallet AI + ML12 Dec 2024 | 20
Google thinks the grid can't support AI, so it's spending on solar for future datacenters Deal with Intersect Power will see gigawatts of compute capacity come online Off-Prem12 Dec 2024 | 59
Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug More details released after devs allowed weeks to apply fixes Patches12 Dec 2024 |
Lights out for 18 more DDoS booters in pre-Christmas Operation PowerOFF push Holiday cheer comes in the form of three arrests and 27 shuttered domains Cyber-crime12 Dec 2024 | 5
British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing Public Sector12 Dec 2024 | 145
Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla Software12 Dec 2024 | 88
Aliens, spy balloons, or drones? SUV-sized mystery objects spotted in US skies No word from the FBI about where they are hiding aliens or UFOs Offbeat12 Dec 2024 | 75
Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish Legal12 Dec 2024 | 71
Citrix goes shopping in Europe and returns with gifts for security-conscious customers Acquires two companies that help those on the nice list keep naughty list types at bay Virtualization12 Dec 2024 |
China preps another rocket that Beijing hopes will become its workhorse Long March-8A improves payload by forty percent and comes just a month after Long March 12 debut Science12 Dec 2024 | 6
Epic coughs up the dirty V-Bucks: Fortnite's 'dark pattern' refunds hit accounts Did you get your loot box? Personal Tech12 Dec 2024 | 9
Apple reportedly building AI server processor with help from Broadcom Something called 'Baltra' expected to make its debut in 2026, perhaps with tech both already use Systems12 Dec 2024 | 10
Blocking Chinese spies from intercepting calls? There ought to be a law Sen. Wyden blasts FCC's 'failure' amid Salt Typhoon hacks Security11 Dec 2024 | 17
Intel turmoil prompts S&P Global to downgrade chipmaker's credit rating Finance house finds x86 giant's lack of strategy disturbing Systems11 Dec 2024 | 8
Facebook, Threads, WhatsApp, Instagram stumble on and offline in global outage Updated What's an influencer to do? Personal Tech11 Dec 2024 | 30
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards Security11 Dec 2024 | 33
China gorging on silicon before Uncle Sam slams the door Chip imports up more than 14% this year in anticipation of fresh restrictions Systems11 Dec 2024 | 3
Good news! You'll soon be able to send faxes again with Windows 11 24H2 Microsoft squashes eSCL bug OSes11 Dec 2024 | 22