Game dev accuses Intel of selling ‘defective’ Raptor Lake CPUs
High-end processor instability headaches, failures pushed one studio to switch to AMD
Systems13 Jul 2024 | 41
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Car dealer software slinger CDK Global said to have paid $25M ransom after cyberattack
15K dealerships take estimated $600M+ hit
Malware Month12 Jul 2024 | 12
White House urged to double check Microsoft isn't funneling AI to China via G42 deal
Windows maker insisted everything will be locked down and secure – which given its reputation, uh-oh!
AI + ML12 Jul 2024 | 2
Trump threatens to send Meta's Mark ‘Zuckerbucks’ to prison if reelected president
Updated If you were wondering how the US White House race is going in 2024, it's going like this...
Bootnotes11 Jul 2024 | 153
Former Autonomy CFO banned from chartered accounting group until 2038
Sushovan Hussain’s failure in 2020 to appeal his 2018 fraud conviction in the US means he won’t be a member of ICAEW for 20 years
Software11 Jul 2024 | 4
Anonymous 'ask me anything' chat app NGL ordered to knock it off targeting kids
Hitting youngsters with faked texts and calling them suckers is a bit of a no-no, watchdog sniffs
Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 8
PC sales inch upwards as market starts to upgrade its hardware
Analysts hoping Windows 11 refresh adds fuel to fire, as OS market share finally on rise
Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 7
FBI, cyber-cops zap ~1K Russian AI disinfo Twitter bots
RT News snarks back after it's accused of building social nyet-work for Kremlin
Cyber-crime09 Jul 2024 | 11
Twitter grew an incredible '1.6%' since Musk's $44B takeover. Amazing. Wow
No doubt thanks to Vladi5555, KremLinda1776, RealAmericanPat22, etc etc
Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 46
Coders' Copilot code-copying copyright claims crumble against GitHub, Microsoft
A few devs versus the powerful forces of Redmond – who did you think was going to win?
Software08 Jul 2024 | 36
Epic accuses Apple of foul play over iOS access, wants EU to show DMA red card
After button brouhaha, CEO rages Cupertino 'must be stopped'
Personal Tech06 Jul 2024 | 40
Devs claim Apple is banning VPNs in Russia 'more effectively' than Putin
Updated Mozilla shows guts with its extensions – but that's the way the Cook, he crumbles
Security05 Jul 2024 | 58
Utility firms go nuclear over Amazon datacenter power deal
AEP and Exelon challenge electricity arrangement between power plant and colo DC
On-Prem03 Jul 2024 | 2
UN telecom watchdog wags finger at Russia for satellite interference
European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn't find anything
Networks02 Jul 2024 | 51
YouTube confirms it'll pull AI fakes in 48 hours if a complaint's upheld
As ever, terms and conditions apply
Personal Tech02 Jul 2024 | 13
Mars is slam-dunked by hundreds of basketball-sized meteorites every year
Impact studies crucial for accurately determining Red Planet's age
Science29 Jun 2024 | 19
ChatGPT wrongly insists Trump-Biden CNN debate had 1 to 2-minute delay
Poll Yes, Joe totally had editing help that night, he was certainly impresszzz....
AI + ML29 Jun 2024 | 57
NASA tests the ups and downs of air taxi comfort with VR
Nobody would want a roller coaster ride in one of these long-promised flying cabs
Offbeat28 Jun 2024 | 10
Appeals court reanimates lawsuit accusing Meta of hiring bias against US citizens
Software techie claims he was snubbed because he wasn't on an H-1B
Software27 Jun 2024 | 18
'One Less Car' Uber bets a grand you'll ditch your wheels
Comment Taxi app wants to prove it itself is cheaper, greener than owning a motor
Personal Tech27 Jun 2024 | 88
Americans abroad cut off as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile US suffer roaming outages
Updated Why all three at once? Blame Syniverse – everyone else is
Networks27 Jun 2024 | 13
Nokia to sell submarine network business to France in $375M deal
Comms giant to dump undersea internet cable unit by early 2025
Networks27 Jun 2024 | 17
Microsoft founder Paul Allen's tech museum closes, sells off collection
Letter from Einstein, vintage space suit, and ancient computers all up for sale
Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 43
FCC slaps Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again
Less than an hour's profit - that sends a strong message for emergency cover
Networks26 Jun 2024 | 9
AI's appetite for power could double datacenter electricity bills by 2030
Believe it or not, this is modest relative to other predictions
On-Prem26 Jun 2024 | 13
Stability AI stabilized by investment from Silicon Valley royalty, new executive team
Text-to-image AI outfit can now buy time to build products and profit
AI + ML26 Jun 2024 | 1
OpenAI to pull plug on 'unsupported' nations – cough, China – from July 9
It’s not entirely clear what actions the ChatGPT maker plans to take, if any
AI + ML25 Jun 2024 | 7
Record labels gang up to sue AI music generator duo into utter oblivion
Updated Recording Industry Ass. of America orchestrates war on Udio and Suno
AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 50
Indonesian government datacenter locked down in $8M ransomware rumble
Variant of Lockbit 3.0 said to be weapon of choice for attack
Systems24 Jun 2024 |
NASA ought to pay up after space debris punched a hole in my roof, homeowner says
Otero family sues Uncle Sam for $80K+ to make everything right
Science24 Jun 2024 | 53
AT&T forbidden from cutting landline services to large parts of California
Telecoms company will remain a carrier of last resort per CPUC ruling
Networks21 Jun 2024 | 22
Waymo robotaxis set to cruise past red tape into LA and beyond
Google's self-driving cars can be tested in way mo' streets now
Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 9
Since joining NATO, Sweden claims Russia has been borking Nordic satellites
If Putin likes jammin', we hope NATO likes jammin' too
Security21 Jun 2024 | 56
Google’s attempt to kill off child privacy app advertising lawsuit defeated
Won't somebody pleeease think of the ... oh, right, they are
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 5
X boss Elon Musk tries to make nice with world at ad biz conference
Where we're at in 2024: Billionaire says he didn't mean to tell everyone to 'go f%$k themselves'
Offbeat20 Jun 2024 | 45
World's top AI chatbots have no problem parroting Russian disinformation
Study finds they're taking Putin pushers' point of view 30% of the time
AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 68
Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC
Hey Andy, how do you like them Big Apples?
Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 13
T-Mobile US drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial
Comms outfit says 'think of the children' isn't a legal reason to reject application
Networks18 Jun 2024 | 32
Tiny solid-state battery promises to pack a punch in pocket gadgets
TDK tech envisioned as successor to button cells – if it works as promised
Science18 Jun 2024 | 72
Vietnam's internet again in trouble as three of five submarine cables go down
Outages came a day after nation launched giveaway of .VN domains in pursuit of improved digital sovereignty
Public Sector18 Jun 2024 | 11
US Surgeon General wants cigarette-style health warning labels on social networks
Something like ... Side effects may include low self esteem, short attention span, and intrusive ads?
Personal Tech17 Jun 2024 | 31
McDonald's not lovin' its AI drive-thru experiment with IBM
Automated voice ordering still on the menu for the future, though
AI + ML17 Jun 2024 | 50
Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam
Crook and his alleged co-conspirators said to have used Discord to coordinate
Cyber-crime14 Jun 2024 | 9
Mozilla defies Kremlin, restores banned Firefox add-ons in Russia
Browser maker decided not to follow Putin's orders. Well done
Applications14 Jun 2024 | 53
Wells Fargo fires employees accused of faking keyboard activity to pretend to work
Homer Simpson was ahead of his time
CxO13 Jun 2024 | 121
World's first RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu preloaded touts AI smarts and octa-core chip
Might be more of a paper tiger given it runs at 2 GHz and has just 2 TOPS
Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 31
Four more US states pile on Apple as DoJ turns up antitrust heat
Growing coalition joins federal fray, accusing iGiant of playing monopoly
Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 5
Chinese electric car brands zapped by price surge as EU cranks tariffs
Companies that cooperated with probe will be slightly less hard hit
Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 86
Mistral AI raises $644M, hits $6.2B in valuation
French firm has nearly tripled in value since beginning of the year
AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 2
Brazil recruits OpenAI in brave bid to slash court battle costs
Bills from legal fights reach 1% of GDP. Hallucination rate no doubt higher
AI + ML11 Jun 2024 | 5
Molten lunar regolith heats up space colonization dreams
Human settlement of the Moon made a little easier, maybe?
Science11 Jun 2024 | 35
Legendary Glastonbury farm using bovine excreta power plant adds graphene boffinry
This is not BS, it's cutting-edge material science
Science11 Jun 2024 | 35
Meta will use your social media posts to train its AI. Europe gets an opt out
What's German for 'thank goodness for actually useful privacy regulations'?
AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 22
Volvo recalls all of its 72K EX30 cars due to software bug that obscures speedometer
The greatest enemy to modern cars – poorly written code
Software10 Jun 2024 | 52
Astroboffins order most advanced spectrograph ever to sniff out alien life
ANDES, in the Andes, is predicted to find the first Population III mega-star
Science08 Jun 2024 | 30
California upgrade company aims militarized 'Tactical' Cybertruck at police forces
Criminals expected to counter Tesla truck with water guns and driving offroad
Offbeat07 Jun 2024 | 82
OpenAI to buy electricity from CEO Sam Altman's nuclear fusion side hustle
Knowing your supplier is always good – and super lab's auditors promise to check for conflicts of interest
AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 52
Memphis to host 'Gigafactory of Compute' thanks to xAI and Elon Musk's billions
City known for blues, BBQ, and now possibly the 'world's largest supercomputer'
AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 6
Big Telco takes aim at renewed net neutrality rules
New red-tape will cost us big, American ISPs and their lobbyists claim
Networks06 Jun 2024 | 10
Elon Musk confirms 12K H100s ordered for Tesla were instead prioritized for xAI
Comment Tycoon's private firms got Nvidia GPUs first because automaker couldn’t use them yet
AI + ML05 Jun 2024 | 21
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