Bank's struggle to replace Atos threw system back to dark ages Costly project to switch supplier likely to continue into 2025, says watchdog Software07 Mar 2024 | 20
VMware urges emergency action to blunt hypervisor flaws Critical vulns in USB under ESXi and desktop hypervisors found by Chinese researchers at cracking contest Virtualization07 Mar 2024 | 16
Reminder: Infostealer malware is coming for your ChatGPT credentials Singaporean researchers note rising presence of OpenAI logins in infostealer malware logs Security07 Mar 2024 | 14
Desktop GPU shipments jumped by a third – no thanks to AI PCs Prices stabilized, so buyers opened their wallets AI + ML06 Mar 2024 | 6
Copilot can't stop emitting violent, sexual images, says Microsoft whistleblower Updated AI tech loves picturing women in underwear, Windows giant won't do anything about it, watchdog told AI + ML06 Mar 2024 | 92
Governments not keen on pushing citizen-facing AI services, for obvious reasons As soon as public sector implements GenAI, someone will do their best to break it... or even flirt with it AI + ML06 Mar 2024 | 4
'We had to educate Oracle about our contract,' CIO says after Big Red audit Estimates put audits at $3B revenue for Ellison's company, so go at your own pace, experts recommend Databases06 Mar 2024 | 58
EU users can't update 3rd party iOS apps if abroad too long Remember how Apple told you security was its paramount concern? Applications06 Mar 2024 | 92
OpenAI goes public with Musk emails, claiming he backed for-profit plans Be careful what you write in that message AI + ML06 Mar 2024 | 22
Year of Linux on the desktop creeps closer as market share rises a little 25% increase in seven months… But it depends how you count it OSes06 Mar 2024 | 173
Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP, Vista, and 7 If you really need obsolete OSes, here's a modern(ish) browser OSes06 Mar 2024 | 49
China pushes 'AI Plus' initiative to integrate technology and industry Beijing used a similar moniker for program that arguably gave us TikTok, Tencent, and Xiaomi Public Sector06 Mar 2024 | 5
What a surprise! Apple found a way to deliver browser engine and app store choice We know this because those features just landed in iOS 17.4, along with lots of other goodies OSes06 Mar 2024 | 61
Citrix reveals invitation-only 'Platform' license Follows the Broadcom playbook by ending standalone sales of some products Virtualization06 Mar 2024 | 3
Trump supporters forge AI deepfakes to woo Black voters Perps argue that if you vote based on one fake pic you get what you deserve AI + ML05 Mar 2024 | 40
Microsoft drags Windows Subsystem for Android into the trash Amazon Appstore tieup fizzles out, too OSes05 Mar 2024 | 55
AMD hires former Oak Ridge chief to punt AI to governments You get a 'sovereign' AI, and you get a 'sovereign' AI, everybody gets a 'sovereign' AI AI + ML05 Mar 2024 | 1
Copilot pane as annoying as Clippy may pop up in Windows 11 It's in the Beta Channel build for now... but oh my, you're not going to love this OSes05 Mar 2024 | 73
Class action claims Snowflake is an overhyped sales blizzard Investors unhappy after 2022 revenue guidance cut Databases05 Mar 2024 | 2
Microsoft: Copyright law didn't stop the VCR and shouldn't stop the LLM Updated Lawyers argue content used to train LLMs does not 'supplant the market' for news AI + ML05 Mar 2024 | 38
Dell exec reveals Nvidia has a 1,000-watt GPU in the works Hot and hungry, yet direct liquid cooling may not be required On-Prem05 Mar 2024 | 19
AMD may have failed to dumb down its chips enough to allow China sales Washington reportedly decided chipmaker hadn’t done too little Public Sector05 Mar 2024 | 9
Grab shrank its superapp by a quarter in order to survive Large APKs and disk footprints spell doom in a developing market Software05 Mar 2024 | 12
Anthropic unlocks Claude 3, claims it's better than ChatGPT and Gemini Boasts of 'near-human levels of comprehension and fluency' AI + ML05 Mar 2024 | 29
Google advances with vector search in MySQL, leapfrogging Oracle in LLM support Meanwhile, only 22% of orgs are looking at GenAI strategy for databases Databases04 Mar 2024 | 2
Updates are plenty but fans are few in Windows 11 land Copilot failed to shift the dial. Could Moment 5 and upcoming invitations do the trick? OSes04 Mar 2024 | 115
EU takes a bite out of Apple with $2B in-app purchase fine Cupertino blames Spotify, says Commission is just giving preference to another European company Applications04 Mar 2024 | 31
Ellison-backed med tech startup Project Ronin closes doors Built on OCI, the cancer-focused analytics company struggled to find sufficient paying customers, one report claimed Databases04 Mar 2024 | 8
Cruise's valuation halved after its driverless car hit and dragged a woman AI in brief Plus: Google CEO admits company got it wrong when it built 'too-woke' AI, and more AI + ML04 Mar 2024 | 28
Tiny Core Linux 15 stuffs modern computing in a nutshell Updated with kernel 6.6, latest GCC and glibc, still under 25 MB OSes04 Mar 2024 | 43
India demands beta AIs secure government permission before going public Not compulsory for now, but IT minister says that's coming after Google's Gemini said the quiet part out loud AI + ML04 Mar 2024 | 2
Linus Torvalds declares Linux 6.8 is probably back on track for a regular release cycle Previously pondered the need for an extra release candidate OSes04 Mar 2024 | 14
Indian tech minister vows to stop Google removing local apps from Play Store Asia In Brief PLUS: APNIC director general to step down; Hong Kong's odd cloud survey; Rent-a-friend online in China; and more Software03 Mar 2024 | 8
HDMI Forum 'blocks AMD open sourcing its 2.1 drivers' Want all-FOSS 120Hz 4K video on Linux, or 5K at 240Hz? Bad news… Personal Tech02 Mar 2024 | 69
EU-turn! Now Apple says it won't banish Home Screen web apps in Europe So, er, how will WebKit-only applications work under latest Euro antitrust laws? Anyone? Tim? Applications02 Mar 2024 | 38
Musk joins OpenAI lawsuit queue, says there's nothing 'open' about it GPT-4 has already reached AGI, and Microsoft shouldn't get its paws on it, court docs allege AI + ML01 Mar 2024 | 36
Stack Overflow to charge LLM developers for access to its coding content No more freebies – Google signs up to improve Gemini's programming abilities AI + ML01 Mar 2024 | 13
UK tax agency's digital services not good enough to take strain off phone lines Watchdog says taxpayer assistance is getting worse Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 28
AI to fix UK Civil Service's bureaucratic bungling, deputy PM bets 'Computer-says-no' to be replaced by summaries written by LLMs trained on government data Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 55
HPE blames GPU shortage for contributing to unexpected sales slide Even when Nvidia delivers, customers struggle to get datacenters ready to handle the heat On-Prem01 Mar 2024 | 4
GitHub struggles to keep up with automated malicious forks Cloned then compromised, bad repos are forked faster than they can be removed Security01 Mar 2024 | 26
The Who’s Who of AI just chipped in to fund humanoid robot startup Figure $675 million to accelerate development of machine that can lift, but can’t keep up with humans AI + ML29 Feb 2024 | 15
KDE Plasma 6.0 brings the same old charm and confusion The big new version of the other desktop, complete with improved HDR and a spinning desktop cube OSes29 Feb 2024 | 46
It's that most wonderful time of the year when tech cannot handle the date Fuel pumps refuse payment, smartwatches stop – all part of the rich tapestry of computer calendars Software29 Feb 2024 | 245
Snowflake share price falls after revenue forecasts dip below expectations CEO Frank Slootman announces retirement as former data cloud rising star sees value sink Databases29 Feb 2024 | 8
Hands up if you want to volunteer for layoffs, IBM tells staff Exclusive Global 'Resource Actions' to hit Europe hard, with Enterprise Ops & Support, CIO, HR and Real Estate in firing line Software29 Feb 2024 | 41
Lightweight Windows-like desktop LXQt makes leap to Qt 6 with version 2.0 Following in the same direction as the good ship KDE Plasma OSes29 Feb 2024 | 35
Oracle Cerner system implementation risks future patient deaths, coroner warns Doctors voiced concern over lack of Red-Amber-Green rating system, says report Databases29 Feb 2024 | 12
Nutanix doesn't expect a rush of VMware refugees – maybe for years Beats guidance as renewals grow and waits for Broadcom and Cisco to bring more bucks Virtualization29 Feb 2024 | 4
Baidu admits it may never get leading-edge GPUs again Execs swear Chinese cloud will beat local rivals with a superior software stack that makes AI sing AI + ML29 Feb 2024 | 2
Toyota admits its engines are overrated – by its own power testing software Japan's government slapped it for using the wrong code to produce too-powerful results Software29 Feb 2024 | 34
OpenAI sued, again, for scraping and replicating news stories The Intercept, Raw Story, AlterNet want damages and to have their content removed from models AI + ML29 Feb 2024 | 17
BEAST AI needs just a minute of GPU time to make an LLM fly off the rails Talk about gone in 60 seconds AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 10
FOSS replacement for Partition Magic, Gparted 1.6 is here to save your data But beware – Gparted Live hasn't been updated yet OSes28 Feb 2024 | 45
On-disk format change beckons for brave early adopters of Bcachefs New versions of both Overstreet's baby and OpenZFS will hit the street soon OSes28 Feb 2024 | 10
Europe probes Microsoft's €15M stake in AI upstart Mistral Cash-for-Azure-access deal went through just as latest LLM landed AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 3
Nvidia lures senior autonomous car developer from China's Baidu Jensen Huang's automotive engineering team has now pinched two significant Middle Kingdom talents AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 7
Google wants regulators to take Microsoft down a notch before it stifles AI Updated Ad giant that owns over 80 percent of search traffic yells at cloud monopoly AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 27
Husqvarna ports Doom to a robot lawnmower – not, thankfully, its chainsaws Seminal game runs on everything, so why not pay €2,199 to run it on a tiny screen? Personal Tech28 Feb 2024 | 28
OpenAI claims New York Times paid someone to 'hack' ChatGPT Super lab alleges 'deceptive prompts' that it happily processed - and may have tracked - weren't fair, so case should be dismissed AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 26