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Windows 11 adds auto-recovery, kills offline setup loophole - Microsoft giveth with one hand but taketh away with the other - OSes - 31 Mar 2025 - | 68

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Forget Signal. National Security Adviser Waltz now accused of using Gmail for work -- But his emails! Sharing them with Google! -- Public Sector

6 hours ago

Mozilla is rolling Thundermail, a Gmail, Office 365 rival -- Thunderbirds are Pro: Open-source email client to get message hosting, appointment scheduling, more -- Software

7 hours ago

Lightmatter says it's ready to ship chip-to-chip optical highways as early as summer - AI accelerators to see the light, literally - Networks - 01 Apr 2025 - |

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Not even Intel's top bosses know what's on CEO Lip-Bu Tan's chopping block - Vision - Chipzilla chief asked customers to be 'brutally honest' ... which will lead to what changes, we wonder - CxO - 01 Apr 2025 - | 1

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Nvidia's AI suite may get a whole lot pricier, thanks to Jensen's GPU math mistake - Comment - Old naming convention didn't just 'screw up' the NVLink nomenclature - it left money on the table - AI + ML - 01 Apr 2025 - | 13

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Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition -- Copilot told us that half a century is 25 years. It feels much longer -- Software

16 hours ago

Trump yanks CHIPS Act cash unless tech giants pony up more of their own dough -- Commerce chief threatens to pull grants so firms double down on US spending -- Systems

18 hours ago

Delicious irony as Euro alliance pumps €1M of Microsoft's money into open source cloud federation tech -- Fulcrum is region's latest challenge to the hyperscalers -- PaaS + IaaS

18 hours ago

UK threatens £100K-a-day fines under new cyber bill -- Tech secretary reveals landmark legislation's full details for first time -- Cyber-crime

20 hours ago

Asda's tech separation from Walmart nears £1B as delays mount -- Lenders told of £175 million project top-up for 2025, four years after buyout -- On-Prem

22 hours ago

Arm reckons it'll own 50% of the datacenter by year's end -- Optimistic much? -- On-Prem

22 hours ago

Intel's latest CEO Lip Bu Tan: 'You deserve better' Vision - AMD it is, then. Or Nvidia, Arm, Qualcomm, RISC-V, MOS 6502 ... On-Prem - 01 Apr 2025 - | 18

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CISA spots spawn of Spawn malware targeting Ivanti flaw -- Resurge an apt name for malware targeting hardware maker that has security bug after security bug -- Cyber-crime -- 01 Apr 2025

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Nvidia challenger Cerebras says it's leaped Mid-East funding hurdle on way to IPO -- Wafer-scale AI chip startup apparently smoothed over American concerns around UAE's G42 planned stake -- AI + ML -- 31 Mar 2025

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AI datacenters want to go nuclear. Too bad they needed it yesterday - Analysis - Silicon Valley's latest energy fixation won't stop the coming power panic - On-Prem - 31 Mar 2025 - | 39

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LLM providers on the cusp of an 'extinction' phase as capex realities bite -- Only the strong will survive, but analyst says cull will not be as rapid as during dotcom era -- AI + ML -- 31 Mar 2025

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Nvidia's latest AI PC boxes sound great – if you're a data scientist with $3,000 to spare -- Analysis -- But will they really upend the enterprise PC market? How about software? Networking, anyone? -- On-Prem

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Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid -- Opinion -- From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there's no escape -- Applications

1 day ago

Musk's xAI swallows Musk's X in ego-friendly, all-stock deal -- Comment -- Social media platform magically worth a billion more than what he bought it for -- AI + ML

1 day ago

FCA still splashing on customizing, integrating HR and finance system way after 2021 go-live - SaaS - 31 Mar 2025 - | 8

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Tech trainer taught a course on software he'd never used and didn't own -- Who, Me? -- 'I'm glad you asked that question. We'll get to that tomorrow' (After I research the answer) -- Networks

2 days ago

Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in Taiwan - 11 companies, including SMIC, accused of disguising outposts so they can illicitly serve Beijing - Legal - 31 Mar 2025 - | 8

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China cracks down on personal information collection. No, seriously -- Asia In Brief -- PLUS: Indonesia crimps social media, allows iPhones; India claims rocket boost; In-flight GenAI for Japan Airlines -- Security

2 days ago

Nvidia GPU roadmap confirms it: Moore's Law is dead and buried - Comment - More silicon, more power, more pain for datacenter operators - AI + ML - 29 Mar 2025 - | 61

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Mobile ad world drama: AppLovin not lovin' short seller assault claiming fraud -- A peek behind the curtain in one corner of online advertising -- Personal Tech

4 days ago

Congress takes another swing at Uncle Sam's software licensing mess -- SAMOSA digested by House last year, but choked on in Senate. Second time's a charm? -- Public Sector

4 days ago

CoreWeave cools its jets, downsizing IPO as investor heat fades -- That stands for I Probably Overestimated? -- AI + ML

4 days ago

Meanwhile, in Japan, train stations are being 3D-printed in an afternoon -- How's that for Platform-as-a-Service? -- Offbeat

4 days ago

Cardiff's children's chief confirms data leak 2 months after cyber risk was 'escalated' -- Department director admits Welsh capital's council still trying to get heads around threat of dark web leaks -- Security

4 days ago

UK govt data people not 'technical,' says ex-Downing St data science head -- Despite pockets of excellence, many wouldn't make the grade in business, AI advisor implies -- Public Sector

4 days ago

The smart way to tackle data storage challenges - Why high-performance object storage is needed for modern data-intensive workloads - Sponsored Feature

4 days ago

Tech support session saved files, but probably ended a marriage - On Call - Self-described 'visionary' made life hell for our hero, then some oily vids returned the favor - Personal Tech - 28 Mar 2025 - | 115

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SK hynix has probably already sold most of the HBM DRAM it will make next year -- As this year's buyers rush to beat Trump's tariffs -- On-Prem

5 days ago

TSMC's US builds won't make America great at chips again, says ex-Intel boss Gelsinger -- Argues making stuff using foreign-designed tech isn't leadership, as x86 giant shakes up board -- On-Prem

5 days ago

Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it -- WOW! DID! SOMEONE! REALLY! STEAL! DATA! ON! 400K! USERS?! -- Cyber-crime

5 days ago

China's FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar -- Crew also cooked up two fresh SparrowDoor backdoor variants, says ESET -- Networks

5 days ago

IBM US cuts may run deeper than feared ‒ and the jobs are heading to India -- Big Blue 'might as well move its headquarters' to Bengaluru since it 'no longer prioritizes' America -- On-Prem

5 days ago

Dems dub Trump cuts to chip export controls a 'gift' to Xi and Putin -- Concerns over whether Bureau of Industry and Security, which maintains entity list, would be able to do its job -- Systems

5 days ago

Tech suppliers await final grade as Trump prepares to flunk Department of Education -- Vendors with millions in federal contracts are watching nervously -- Public Sector

5 days ago

Newport Wafer Fab rebooted with £250M silicon carbide investment -- Britain's biggest semiconductor plant to produce EV chips that can take the heat -- Systems

5 days ago

The passive aggression of connecting USB to PS/2 -- Your mouse once understood two protocols. What's your excuse? -- Personal Tech

5 days ago

Vivaldi bakes Proton VPN into browser to boost privacy -- Desktop users get free access – assuming they're cool with logging in and limited speeds -- Networks

6 days ago

Even Google struggles to balance fast-but-pricey flash and cheap-but-slow hard disks -- Reveals it 'dramatically improved IOPS and throughput' of its own storage with homebrew 'L4' automation and cache -- Off-Prem

6 days ago

Dell sheds ten percent of staff for the second year in a row -- Confirmed: 12,000 people let go over 12 months -- On-Prem

6 days ago

Microsoft walking away from datacenter leases (probably) isn't a sign the AI bubble is bursting -- Comment -- Why lease space that can't power or cool 120kW racks - or the next-gen 600kW monsters? -- Off-Prem

6 days ago

Signalgate storm intensifies as journalist releases full secret Houthi airstrike chat -- Updated -- So F-18 launch times, weapons, drone support aren't classified now ... who knew? -- CSO

5 days ago

US defense contractor cops to sloppy security, settles after infosec lead blows whistle -- MORSE to pay -- .. .-.. .-.. .. --- -. ... for failing to meet cyber-grade -- CSO

6 days ago

It's International Datacenter Day for those who colocate, er, celebrate -- It's not a party until someone builds a bit barn on greenbelt land -- Offbeat

6 days ago

US closes subsidiary loophole on dozens of Chinese entity list members -- Bad news for American tech businesses making money off deals with sanction-dodging companies -- HPC

6 days ago

NCSC taps influencers to make 2FA go viral -- Who knew social media stars had a role to play in building national cyber resilience? -- Security

6 days ago

UK satellite smartphone services could get green light this year -- At last, cell service from SPAAAAAACE -- Networks

6 days ago

British govt wants to mainline AI, but its arteries are clogged with legacy tech -- Spending watchdog says digital professionals need seat at top table to ensure 'transformation' -- Public Sector

6 days ago

India ditches its 'Google Tax', perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs -- Binned an e-commerce tax last year so this may not be complete capitulation -- Public Sector

7 days ago

Revenge of the nerds: Teachers, professors sue to undo Trump science funding cuts -- Who needs studies into diseases, virus infections, US mortality rates ... right? -- Science

7 days ago

Judge halts DOGE's union personal data grab at OPM, Treasury, Education -- Officials likely broke Privacy Act by dishing out info without consent -- Public Sector

7 days ago

Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-hee dies of heart attack at 63 -- The man who helped make Sammy the biggest name in modern tellies -- CxO

7 days ago

US Army's laser obsession continues with yet another drone-zapper deal -- We have one, yes – but what about a second death ray? -- Public Sector

7 days ago

Alibaba exec warns of overheating AI infrastructure market -- Joe Tsai says speculative datacenter builds could exceed actual demand -- On-Prem

7 days ago

4-DAY WORK-WEEK PILOT DUE IN TECH LAND BY EARLY SUMMER -- Microsoft and Dell keeping quiet on their work-life-balance trials -- CxO

7 days ago

London's poor 5G blamed on spectrum, investment, and timing of Huawei ban -- Interview -- Other cities either started with rival kit, or had Chinese vendor core already built before any bans, says expert

5 days ago

Hm, why are so many DrayTek routers stuck in a bootloop? -- Time to update your firmware, if you can, to one with the security fixes, cough cough -- Cyber-crime

8 days ago

Public-facing Kubernetes clusters at risk of takeover thanks to Ingress-Nginx flaw -- How many K8s systems are sat on the internet front porch like that ... Oh, thousands, apparently -- Patches

8 days ago

OTF, which backs Tor, Let's Encrypt and more, sues to save its funding from Trump cuts -- Updated -- Kari, are you OK, are you OK, Kari?

5 days ago

Top Trump officials text secret Yemen airstrike plans to journo in Signal SNAFU -- Updated -- Massive OPSEC fail from the side who brought you 'lock her up' -- Public Sector

7 days ago

FCC on the prowl for Huawei and other blocked Chinese makers in America -- Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting rackets

8 days ago

As nation-state hacking becomes 'more in your face,' are supply chains secure? -- Interview -- Ex-US Air Force officer says companies shouldn't wait for govt mandates -- CSO

8 days ago

Raspberry Pi Power-over-Ethernet Injector zaps life into networks lacking spark -- Official PoE+ HAT+ for the Pi 5 still MIA

8 days ago

Pentagon kills off HR IT project after 780% budget overrun, years of delays -- $280M of excess spending makes for a ripe - and reasonable - DOGE target -- Public Sector

8 days ago

23andMe's genes not strong enough to avoid Chapter 11 -- CEO steps down after multiple failed attempts to take the DNA testing company private -- Cyber-crime

8 days ago

2 IN 5 TECHIES QUIT OVER INFLEXIBLE WORKPLACE POLICIES -- Return to office, hours and intensity of work cited as reasons to walk -- CxO

8 days ago

Capita's Northern Ireland school IT deal swells to over half a billion after Fujitsu exit -- Education authority still searching for an alternative after 13 years -- Public Sector

8 days ago

After three weeks of night shifts, very tired techie broke the UK's phone network -- Who, Me? -- And got away with it when someone else broke it even more comprehensively -- On-Prem

9 days ago

Google admits it deleted some customer data after 'technical issue' -- Maps Timeline info wanders off forever for users without encrypted backups -- Personal Tech

9 days ago

Ex-NSA boss: Election security focus helped dissuade increase in Russian meddling with US -- Interview -- Plus AI in the infosec world, why CISA should know its place, and more -- CSO

9 days ago

Museum digs up Digital Equipment Corporation's dusty digital equipment -- Remembering the fallen giant's first UK office -- On-Prem

10 days ago

Trump orders all government IT contracts consolidated under GSA -- White House touts massive savings, agencies brace for shake-up -- Public Sector

11 days ago

AWS sued by product manager who says she was laid off for being an older woman -- 'Flawless' team boss claims she was axed after raising alarm over shrinking female leadership ranks -- Off-Prem

11 days ago

Euro businesses flummoxed by Scope 3 emissions -- Measuring all the dirty work of the supply chain and other indirect influences? Ugh, just give us the fine -- On-Prem

11 days ago

Accenture: DOGE's federal procurement review is hurting our sales -- Share price list slides for top ten consultant to US government -- Public Sector

11 days ago

Feds charge three over Molotov attacks on Tesla sites in multiple states -- Attorney General warns people tempted to join 'wave of domestic terrorism' -- Legal

11 days ago

No big changes to UK broadband regs, despite no real competition for BT -- Regulator reviews wholesale telecoms markets and decides healthy fiber is its biggest concern -- Networks

11 days ago

Weeks with a BBC Micro? Good enough to fix a mainframe, apparently - On Call - With only BASIC knowledge to fall back on, and a typing pool in tears, the OFF switch looked very attractive - On-Prem - 21 Mar 2025 - | 154

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Datacenters near Heathrow seemingly stay up as substation fire closes airport -- Power outage means no flights for 24 hours. And chaos. Lots of chaos -- Disaster Recovery Week

5 days ago

Apple hallucinated Siri's future AI features, lawsuit claims -- Broken commitment to deliver hyped Intelligence upgrade branded false advertising -- AI + ML

12 days ago

Dept of Defense engineer took home top-secret docs, booked a fishing trip to Mexico – then the FBI showed up -- So much for that vacation -- Public Sector

12 days ago

Privacy warriors whip out GDPR after ChatGPT wrongly accuses dad of child murder -- Tough Euro rules on data accuracy apply to AI yammering, formal complaint to watchdog argues -- AI + ML

12 days ago

Maximizing ROI with integrated SDN - Why SDN should be front of mind for IT teams evaluating VMware alternatives - Partner Content

12 days ago

Tesla Cybertruck recall #8: Exterior trim peels itself off, again -- Not even the parts want to be associated with Elon's steel monster -- Personal Tech

12 days ago

Euro semi firms push for 'Chips Act 2.0' to expand beyond manufacturing -- Industry leaders want broader strategy, citing supply chain gaps, investment needs, and global trade uncertainty -- Systems

12 days ago

UK's biggest mobile operator starts 3G switchoff, hopes it won't catch out April fools -- VMO2 starts in the north of England, says it's already contacted 'known vulnerable customers' -- Networks

12 days ago

AI puts value in data. So how do we get it out? How HPE is helping to manage storage complexity - Sponsored Feature

12 days ago

US Space Force warns Chinese satellites are 'dogfighting' in space -- Begun, preparation for orbital wars has -- Science

13 days ago

SoftBank buys server-grade Arm silicon designer Ampere Computing -- Japanese tech investor expects its own hyperscalers and e-com giants to collaborate, which could take a bite out of x86 market -- On-Prem

13 days ago

It looks like IBM is cutting jobs again, with Classic Cloud hit hard -- We're told thousands may soon get a pink slip from Big Blue -- On-Prem

13 days ago

HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional -- Dynamic Security update blocks 3rd-party cartridges, but keeps printing money -- Legal

13 days ago

EU says Google scroogles app makers, also gives Apple an antitrust must-do-list -- Chrome colossus accused of tilting search results, blocking cheaper purchases, while iTitan told to open iOS -- Personal Tech

13 days ago

VA IT contract cancellation DOGE boasted about ... was due to end in 10 days anyway -- How much money was going to be saved by ending tech deal with service-disabled veterans, then? -- Public Sector

13 days ago

Time to ditch US tech for homegrown options, says Dutch parliament -- Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue' -- PaaS + IaaS

13 days ago

Nvidia invests in quantum computing weeks after CEO said it's decades from being useful - GTC - Qubit awkward, you might say - Nvidia GTC - 19 Mar 2025 - | 6

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