Thursday, April 25, 2024 5:31 AM ET
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Musk moves Tesla's goalposts, investors happily move shares higher - Opinion - It's the millions-of-robotaxis promise again – and all y'all buying it this time, too? Personal Tech - 24 Apr 2024 - | 392 minutes ago
Indian bank's IT is so shabby it's been banned from opening new accounts -- After two years of warnings, and outages, regulators ran out of patience with Kotak Mahindra Bank -- Security2 hours ago
Samsung shows off battery tech it says will see you gone in nine minutes -- Might help to set spluttering EV market on fire. Won't catch fire thanks to built-in vents -- Personal Tech4 hours ago
Easing the cloud migration journey - Sponsored Feature - Huawei's Net5.5G converged IP network can improve cloud performance, reliability and security, says the company - Sponsored Feature5 hours ago
Governments issue alerts after 'sophisticated' state-backed actor found exploiting flaws in Cisco security boxes -- Don't get too comfortable: 'Line Dancer' malware may be targeting other vendors, too -- Security8 hours ago
With Run:ai acquisition, Nvidia aims to manage your AI kubes - Now Jensen has a control plane to play with his army of NIMs - AI + ML - 24 Apr 2024 - |5 hours ago
Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking -- Doctorow: 'The most amazing part is that this isn't already the way it's done' -- Public Sector13 hours ago
Lenovo and Micron first to implement LPCAMM2 in laptop -- The SODIMM replacement finally arrives -- Systems13 hours ago
US Chamber of Commerce to sue FTC for banning noncompetes in most jobs -- Senior execs making $150K+ will still have to abide by them, but they fall away for everyone else -- On-Prem15 hours ago
Tesla misses the mark on all fronts in quarter of chaos -- Who cares that net profit slid 55%? Not Wall Street -- Personal Tech15 hours ago
European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits -- Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approval -- Personal Tech -- 24 Apr 202420 hours ago
Rapidus US chief says AI chip crunch, supply chain paranoia make for an ideal growth climate -- Interview -- Japanese foundry upstart aims to bolster domestic production while catering to growing demand for custom accelerators -- Systems23 hours ago
Japanese and Singaporean devs battle over gamified crowdsourced telco maintenance app -- You read that right – it's a bit like Pokémon Go, but for telephone poles -- Software -- 24 Apr 20248 hours ago
China's mega-telcos are spending billions on AI servers -- China Mobile alone wants almost 8,000 machines -- Systems1 day ago
Senate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok – or face a US ban - Updated - Somewhere in Beijing, someone's screaming: Mother, PFACAA! Personal Tech - 24 Apr 2024 - | 6541 minutes ago
White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care -- In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws -- Personal Tech1 day ago
Microsoft really does not want Windows 11 running on ancient PCs -- Even tighter requirements, so it's time to put old hardware out to pasture... or find an alternative OS1 day ago
If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers? Exclusive - One wonders why are there adverts on public-sector portals at all14 hours ago
Leicester streetlights take ransomware attack personally, shine on 24/7 -- City council says it lost control after shutting down systems1 day ago
Voyager 1 regains sanity after engineers patch around problematic memory -- All from billions of miles away22 hours ago
Another Boeing whistleblower comes forward – with receipts -- What's that? Q1 was better than expected? Pump those shares3 hours ago
US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V -- Permissive licenses may be about to collide with geopolitics11 hours ago
UnitedHealth admits IT security breach could 'cover substantial proportion of people in America' -- That said, good ol' American healthcare system so elaborately costly, some are forced to avoid altogether16 hours ago
Australia's spies and cops want 'accountable encryption' - aka access to backdoors -- And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks1 hour ago
Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin -- Accidents at intersection quadruple11 hours ago
GM shared our driving data with insurers without consent, lawsuit claims -- Motorists file class action alleging breach of contract and more after their premiums went up7 hours ago
Intel Foundry ticks another box in quest to fab mil-spec chips for US DoD - Gelsinger and gang certified to court wider array of defense contractors - Public Sector - 23 Apr 2024 - |1 day ago
Using its own sums, AMD claims it's helping save Earth with Epyc server chiplets - Comment - Smaller dies, less wafer loss equals lower emissions, exec claims - Systems - 23 Apr 2024 - | 123 hours ago
Waymo robotaxi drives down wrong side of street after being alarmed by unicyclists -- Strange tales from San Francisco -- AI + ML1 day ago
Banned Nvidia GPUs sneak into sanction-busting Chinese servers -- Graphics giant and partners say they're clean – it's all technically legit -- Systems1 day ago
Miles of optical fiber crafted aboard ISS marks manufacturing first -- ZBLAN fibers made in space hopefully don't crystallize and are far less brittle, opening the path to faster photonics -- Networks1 day ago
Seagate joins the HDD price hike party, blames AI for spike in demand -- Expect ongoing supply shortages this year, say storage analysts -- Storage1 day ago
iPhone sales dive 19.1% in China as Huawei comeback hits Apple in the high end -- From first place to third as local brands grow -- Personal Tech1 day ago
AI at the edge: from theory to practice - How AI at the edge offers potential to provide valuable, real-time insights to better navigate complex data and opportunities - Commissioned1 day ago
Digital Realty wants to turn Irish datacenters into grid-stabilizing power jugglers -- Electricity goes both ways as bit barns in Dublin aim to cut emissions and boost the bank -- On-Prem1 day ago
Don't rent out that container ship yet: CIOs and biz buyers view AI PCs with some caution -- Risky bet? Premium price with 'no demonstrable benefits'? It doesn't sound like an order avalanche -- Personal Tech1 day ago
Meta comms chief handed six-year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism' -- Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Moscow for your holidays -- Public Sector1 day ago
European Commission to suspend TikTok's new rewards program, open second probe -- For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world's toughest digital law -- Personal Tech2 days ago
Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight - +Comment - Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties - Personal Tech - 23 Apr 2024 - | 598 hours ago
Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks -- Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last -- Public Sector2 days ago
FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping -- Senate kills reform amendments, Biden swiftly signs bill into law -- Public Sector2 days ago
Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet -- Because nothing reassures investors like discounting some inventory -- Personal Tech2 days ago
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invests in solar power firm Exowatt to fuel AI datacenters -- $20m to keep the industry from having to rely on fossil fuels -- On-Prem2 days ago
Germany arrests trio accused of trying to smuggle naval military tech to China - Prosecutors believe one frikkin' laser did make its way to Beijing - Public Sector - 22 Apr 2024 - |2 days ago
Gone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal -- Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga -- Personal Tech2 days ago
More than a third of enterprise datacenters expect to deploy liquid cooling by 2026 - Survey - Which one of you is already running 100-plus kilowatt racks? On-Prem - 22 Apr 2024 - | 21 day ago
Microsoft foresees a new type of AI PC: A Surface designed with help from machines -- For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulations -- AI + ML3 days ago
Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU -- The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers -- Systems3 days ago
China creates 'Information Support Force' to improve networked defence capabilities -- A day after FBI boss warns Beijing is poised to strike against US infrastructure -- Public Sector3 days ago
Elon Musk's X to challenge Australian content takedown orders in court - Asia In Brief - PLUS: Samsung in 'emergency mode'; Tim Cook's Asian charm tour; APAC AI spend to surge - Public Sector - 22 Apr 2024 - | 502 hours ago
Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director - Interview - With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer - Public Sector - 21 Apr 2024 - | 1111 day ago
Microsoft teases deepfake AI that's too powerful to release -- VASA-1 framework can turn a still image and a cloned voice file into a plausible video of a person talking -- AI + ML3 days ago
Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash -- Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage' -- Personal Tech4 days ago
SpaceX, Northrop Grumman reportedly working on US spy sat program -- LEO rising in US military: Close encounters of the recon kind -- Networks5 days ago
AI energy draw from Chicago datacenters to rise ninefold -- No wonder industry is exploring nuclear as an alternative to electricity -- On-Prem5 days ago
A quarter of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones, says regulator -- Social media use and gaming show steep increases within the age group, after UK comms watchdog given new powers -- Personal Tech5 days ago
Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets -- Apparently an attempt to damage Ukraine's war effort -- Security5 days ago
Some smart meters won't be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed -- UK reckoning with prospect of millions of homes with obsolete hardware -- Networks6 days ago
Your trainee just took down our business and has no idea how or why - On Call - Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in the debrief meeting - On-Prem - 19 Apr 2024 - | 1221 day ago
Huawei's latest flagship smartphone contains no world-shaking silicon surprises -- Kirin 9010 SoC powering the Pura 70 is impressive, but doesn't indicate unforeseen prowess -- Personal Tech6 days ago
IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay -- Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims -- On-Prem6 days ago
Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom -- And it's far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act -- On-Prem6 days ago
911 goes MIA across multiple US states, cause unclear - Updated - Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened? Networks - 18 Apr 2024 - | 362 days ago
TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas -- It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO -- Systems6 days ago
Micron scores $6.1B CHIPS Act cash for New York and Idaho fabs - Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator - Systems - 18 Apr 2024 - |6 days ago
Novelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring as possible -- Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistake -- Personal Tech6 days ago
Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op - Feature - Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted - Security - 18 Apr 2024 - | 134 days ago
AI PCs are here but a killer application for biz users? Nope -- Resist the pressure to jump on the bandwagon just yet warns, warns Forrester -- AI + ML6 days ago
Cisco creates architecture to improve security and sell you new switches -- Hypershield detects bad behavior and automagically reconfigures networks to snuff out threats -- Security7 days ago
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app -- Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes -- Software7 days ago
Taiwanese film studio snaps up Chinese surveillance camera specialist Dahua - Stymied by sanctions, it had to go ... but where? Security - 18 Apr 2024 - |6 days ago
HPE sues China's Inspur Group over server patents -- Middle Kingdom biz accused of IP theft and changing names to evade sanctions -- Systems7 days ago
Hugely expanded Section 702 surveillance powers set for US Senate vote -- Opponents warn almost anyone could be asked to share info with Uncle Sam -- Public Sector7 days ago
Snowmobile, Amazon's truck-powered migration service, reaches the end of the road -- Demand for bulk storage on wheels turned out to be wan -- Storage7 days ago
Uncle Sam earmarks $54M of CHIPS funding for small-biz semiconductor boffinry -- Up to 24 outfits to bag taxpayer cash for projects 'developing a viable product or service' for US chip industry -- Public Sector7 days ago
Psst, hey. It's the NSA. You want some AI security advice? -- You can trust us, we're the good guys -- AI + ML7 days ago
America may end up with paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality anyway -- Damn you, network virtualization -- Networks7 days ago
ASML ships another high NA EUV lithography machine to mystery client -- The cutting-edge chipmaking tool for a secret customer -- Systems7 days ago
Kremlin's Sandworm blamed for cyberattacks on US, European water utilities -- Water tank overflowed during one system malfunction, says Mandiant -- Research7 days ago
Future Roku TVs may inject tailored ads into anything and everything when you pause - Updated - Muted the audio? That's an advert. Paused a video? That's an advert - Personal Tech - 17 Apr 2024 - | 602 days ago
Tesla asks shareholders to reinstate Musk's voided $56B pay package -- Given the electric car maker's annus horribilis so far in 2024, does the chief even deserve it? -- Personal Tech7 days ago
Samsung boosts LPDDR5X to 10.7 Gbps, ups efficiency and capacity for mobile and servers -- Guess what it's great for? Go on, have a guess... 20 points if you muttered an abbreviation starting with A and ending in I -- Storage7 days ago
ASML profits plunge 40% amid dip in chipmaking tool orders -- Except in China, where customers accounted for almost half of the photolithography giant's top line -- Systems7 days ago
Logitech intros free tool for ChatGPT prompts... plus a mouse with an AI button -- For when the AI service cannot grok what it's being asked -- Personal Tech7 days ago
Global IT spending forecast to reach $5.0T this year -- Comms services and AI contributing to increase, but vendors are taking 'risks' -- Networks7 days ago
RISC-V AI chip upstart Rivos plans to undercut Nvidia, helped by a quarter-billion in VC lucre - With Apple lawsuit behind it, focussed on finalizing its designs - On-Prem - 17 Apr 2024 - |8 days ago
Fire in the Cisco! Networking giant's Duo MFA message logs stolen in phish attack -- Also warns of brute force attacks targeting its own VPNs, Check Point, Fortinet, SonicWall and more -- Security8 days ago
FYI: This site claims to have harvested 4B+ Discord chats, today all yours for a price - Updated - Of course there's an enterprise plan for the Feds and AI trainers - Personal Tech - 16 Apr 2024 - | 187 days ago
MGM says FTC can't possibly probe its ransomware downfall – watchdog chief Lina Khan was a guest at the time -- What a twist! -- Cyber-crime8 days ago
YouTube now sabotages ad-blocking apps that stream its vids -- EFF lambastes latest 'lazy and deliberately malicious move' -- Applications8 days ago
China scientists talk of powering hypersonic weapon with cheap Nvidia chip - Analysis - Jetson module can efficiently process computational fluid dynamics models - Systems - 16 Apr 2024 - | 63 days ago
Latest AMD Ryzen Pro chips are similar silicon, more smarts -- That other processor company really wants you to use AI at work -- Systems8 days ago
Micron says it's first to QLC NAND with over 200 layers -- Enhanced data density and speed upgrades, though challenges in endurance remain -- Storage8 days ago
Blackstone wants to plug hyperscale datacenter into former Britishvolt battery site -- Plans to plant $12B bitbarn where homegrown renewables hope once lived -- On-Prem8 days ago
KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout -- Consultancy tasked with helping local services get on board -- Public Sector8 days ago
AI cloud startup TensorWave bets AMD can beat Nvidia -- Starts racking MI300X systems - because you can actually buy them and they beat the H100 on many specs -- Systems8 days ago
Intel's effort to build a foundry biz is costing far more – and taking longer – than expected -- Analysis -- If you wanna make money you've gotta spend money. And against Samsung it's gonna cost a lot -- On-Prem9 days ago
Alibaba Cloud reveals network telemetry tool that helped cut number of engineers needed by 86% -- Exclusive -- Zoonet employs 'elegant generalization of ping and traceroute' among other tricks -- Off-Prem8 days ago
Konica Minolta and Fujifilm ponder JV to cut costs of printer businesses -- Japanese giants have big brands, but tiny shares of a shrinking market -- Personal Tech9 days ago
Los Alamos Lab powers up Nvidia-laden Venado supercomputer -- Promises up to ten AI exaFLOPs of grunt – if you turn down the resolution a bit -- Systems9 days ago
CISA in a flap as Chirp smart door locks can be trivially unlocked remotely -- Hard-coded credentials last thing you want in home security app -- Security9 days ago
What's up with AI lately? Let's start with soaring costs, public anger, regulations... -- 'Obtaining genuine consent for training data collection is especially challenging' industry sages say -- AI + ML9 days ago
Senator Warren slams Intuit's 'junk fees' as America's Tax Day rolls around again -- Says the IRS can do this stuff for free -- Applications9 days ago
Samsung snags $6.4B in CHIPS Act funds for Texas fabs -- Work in Austin, Taylor will include new 2nm facility, packaging plant, and Pentagon partnership -- Systems9 days ago
US lawmakers rage over Intel Meteor Lake-powered Huawei PC -- Special export license granted to Intel by President Trump unlikely to be renewed -- Systems9 days ago
Japan turns up heat on Apple, Google with threat of hefty fines -- Antitrust proposals could stretch to 30% of annual revenues for law-breaking app store monopolies -- Applications9 days ago