TikTok ban could escalate US-China trade war, ex-White House CIO tells The Reg interview Doing business in Beijing? 'You need to do a what-if scenario' Personal Tech26 Apr 2024 |
45 Drives adds Linux-powered mini PCs, workstations to growing compute lineup Exclusive Plus the system builder says an Arm-based system is already in the works Systems26 Apr 2024 | 3
IBM and LzLabs to clash in UK court over Software Defined Mainframe Already facing off against each other in Texas over separate reverse engineering claims On-Prem26 Apr 2024 | 7
UK agriculture department slammed for paper pushing despite tech splurges Defra is counting contractors like sheep Public Sector26 Apr 2024 | 5
Help! My mouse climbed a wall and now it doesn't work right On Call Support chap learns users will try to solve problems in non-obvious ways Personal Tech26 Apr 2024 | 75
Flaws in Chinese keyboard apps leave 750 million users open to snooping, researchers claim Huawei is OK, but Xiaomi, OPPO, and Samsung are in strife. And Honor isn't living its name Security26 Apr 2024 | 12
Atlassian loses half its CEOs, but customers stay solid after Server products exit support Discloses ongoing experiments with usage-based pricing Software26 Apr 2024 | 9
Intel excited by PC sales pop and GPU prospects, but investors aren’t because the outlook is poor Chipzilla's Foundry business weighs down the Gelsinger gang - for now On-Prem26 Apr 2024 | 2
Ring dinged for $5.6M after, among other claims, rogue insider spied on 'pretty girls' Cash to go out as refunds to punters Personal Tech25 Apr 2024 | 24
ByteDance 'would rather' torpedo TikTok than sell it off As app boss vows to nuke America's divest-or-ban law in the courts Personal Tech25 Apr 2024 | 47
FCC votes 3-2 to bring net neutrality back from the dead Law responds again to pings Networks25 Apr 2024 | 9
TSMC says first 1.6nm chips coming in 2026 Watch out Intel ... Angstrom-class A16 with Super Rail backside power tech incoming Systems25 Apr 2024 | 7
City council audit trail is an audit fail after disastrous Oracle ERP rollout Europe's largest local authority had no way of knowing if fraud took place Public Sector25 Apr 2024 | 58
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SK hynix breaks Q1 revenue records on back of AI boom Memory biz ditches NAND production plans to make more crucial HBM tech Storage25 Apr 2024 |
Atos hopes for lifeline as refinancing saga set to drag on into May Struggling French tech giant posts disappointing Q1 results On-Prem25 Apr 2024 | 5
Forget the AI doom and hype, let's make computers useful Systems Approach Machine learning has its place, just not in ways that suits today's hypesters Software25 Apr 2024 | 31
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 Security25 Apr 2024 | 23
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 Tech25 Apr 2024 | 172
Easing the cloud migration journey Huawei’s Net5.5G converged IP network can improve cloud performance, reliability and security, says the company Sponsored Feature
Another Boeing whistleblower comes forward – with receipts What's that? Q1 was better than expected? Pump those shares
Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks
City council audit trail is an audit fail after disastrous Oracle ERP rollout Europe's largest local authority had no way of knowing if fraud took place
Now all Windows 11 users are getting adverts to 'make the Start menu great again' And you thought the Bing begging was annoying
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
IBM to acquire Hashi for $6.4B, hopes it will boost software biz and Red Hat Investors want to know what Big Blue is smoking after growth disappoints
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'
Apple releases OpenELM, a slightly more accurate LLM It's not the fastest machine learning model, but you can't have everything
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
Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks Public Sector25 Apr 2024 | 95
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 Security24 Apr 2024 | 10
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 + ML24 Apr 2024 |
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 Tech24 Apr 2024 | 79
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 Sector24 Apr 2024 | 25
Lenovo and Micron first to implement LPCAMM2 in laptop The SODIMM replacement finally arrives Systems24 Apr 2024 | 5
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-Prem24 Apr 2024 | 41
Tesla misses the mark on all fronts in quarter of chaos Who cares that net profit slid 55%? Not Wall Street Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 71
European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approval Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 45
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 Systems24 Apr 2024 | 1
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 all Research24 Apr 2024 | 98
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 Software24 Apr 2024 | 2
China's mega-telcos are spending billions on AI servers China Mobile alone wants almost 8,000 machines Systems24 Apr 2024 | 8
Senate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok – or face a US ban Updated Somewhere in Beijing, someone's screaming: Mother, PFACAA! Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 80
US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V Permissive licenses may be about to collide with geopolitics Public Sector24 Apr 2024 | 43
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 Tech24 Apr 2024 | 21
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 Sector23 Apr 2024 |
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 Systems23 Apr 2024 | 1
Waymo robotaxi drives down wrong side of street after being alarmed by unicyclists Strange tales from San Francisco AI + ML23 Apr 2024 | 54
Banned Nvidia GPUs sneak into sanction-busting Chinese servers Graphics giant and partners say they're clean – it's all technically legit Systems23 Apr 2024 | 4
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 Networks23 Apr 2024 | 18
Seagate joins the HDD price hike party, blames AI for spike in demand Expect ongoing supply shortages this year, say storage analysts Storage23 Apr 2024 | 3
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 Tech23 Apr 2024 | 15
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 Commissioned
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-Prem23 Apr 2024 | 18
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 Tech23 Apr 2024 | 26
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 Sector23 Apr 2024 | 27
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 Tech23 Apr 2024 | 10
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 Tech23 Apr 2024 | 62
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 Sector23 Apr 2024 | 9
FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping Senate kills reform amendments, Biden swiftly signs bill into law Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 9
Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet Because nothing reassures investors like discounting some inventory Personal Tech22 Apr 2024 | 85
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-Prem22 Apr 2024 | 3
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 Sector22 Apr 2024 | 1
Gone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga Personal Tech22 Apr 2024 | 73
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-Prem22 Apr 2024 | 2
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 + ML22 Apr 2024 | 5
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 Systems22 Apr 2024 | 82
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 Sector22 Apr 2024 | 10
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 Sector22 Apr 2024 | 51
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 Sector21 Apr 2024 | 112
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 + ML20 Apr 2024 | 41
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 Tech20 Apr 2024 | 167
SpaceX, Northrop Grumman reportedly working on US spy sat program LEO rising in US military: Close encounters of the recon kind Networks19 Apr 2024 | 5
AI energy draw from Chicago datacenters to rise ninefold No wonder industry is exploring nuclear as an alternative to electricity On-Prem19 Apr 2024 | 18
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 Tech19 Apr 2024 | 57
Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets Apparently an attempt to damage Ukraine's war effort Security19 Apr 2024 | 5
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 Networks19 Apr 2024 | 282
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-Prem19 Apr 2024 | 123
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 Tech19 Apr 2024 | 13
IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims On-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 30
Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom And it's far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act On-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 2
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? Networks18 Apr 2024 | 36
TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO Systems18 Apr 2024 | 9
Micron scores $6.1B CHIPS Act cash for New York and Idaho fabs Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator Systems18 Apr 2024 |
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 Tech18 Apr 2024 | 57
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 Security18 Apr 2024 | 13
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 + ML18 Apr 2024 | 37
Cisco creates architecture to improve security and sell you new switches Hypershield detects bad behavior and automagically reconfigures networks to snuff out threats Security18 Apr 2024 | 11
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes Software18 Apr 2024 | 53
Taiwanese film studio snaps up Chinese surveillance camera specialist Dahua Stymied by sanctions, it had to go … but where? Security18 Apr 2024 |
HPE sues China's Inspur Group over server patents Middle Kingdom biz accused of IP theft and changing names to evade sanctions Systems18 Apr 2024 | 1
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 Sector17 Apr 2024 | 18
Snowmobile, Amazon's truck-powered migration service, reaches the end of the road Demand for bulk storage on wheels turned out to be wan Storage17 Apr 2024 | 13
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 Sector17 Apr 2024 | 1
Psst, hey. It's the NSA. You want some AI security advice? You can trust us, we're the good guys AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 2
America may end up with paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality anyway Damn you, network virtualization Networks17 Apr 2024 | 22
ASML ships another high NA EUV lithography machine to mystery client The cutting-edge chipmaking tool for a secret customer Systems17 Apr 2024 | 10
Kremlin's Sandworm blamed for cyberattacks on US, European water utilities Water tank overflowed during one system malfunction, says Mandiant Research17 Apr 2024 | 10
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 Tech17 Apr 2024 | 60
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 Tech17 Apr 2024 | 79
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 Storage17 Apr 2024 | 2
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 Systems17 Apr 2024 | 6
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 Tech17 Apr 2024 | 15
Global IT spending forecast to reach $5.0T this year Comms services and AI contributing to increase, but vendors are taking 'risks' Networks17 Apr 2024 | 3
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-Prem17 Apr 2024 |
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 Security17 Apr 2024 | 6
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 Tech16 Apr 2024 | 18
MGM says FTC can't possibly probe its ransomware downfall – watchdog chief Lina Khan was a guest at the time What a twist! Cyber-crime16 Apr 2024 | 19
YouTube now sabotages ad-blocking apps that stream its vids EFF lambastes latest 'lazy and deliberately malicious move' Applications16 Apr 2024 | 67