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Your software doesn't work when my PC is in 'O' mode Code so clever it is like perpetual motion. In C++

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Airbnb will let staff work from anywhere without a pay cut

Will they WF-other people's-H?

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Q1 cloud growth lifts AWS, Azure, and Google

34% jump shows smaller businesses are catching on and driving investment, says Canalys

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AWS a bright spot in subdued set of Q1 results for Amazon

Cloud shrugs off woes of retail parent while advertising cash also increased

Annual State of Phishing Report Whitepaper

HPC Cost Modeling Defining the modern HPC experience

On-Prem

ZX Spectrum: Q&A with some of the folks who worked on legendary PC

Plus: A look at some of the Centre for Computing History's most exciting machines

30 Comments

Elon Musk flogs $8.4bn of Tesla shares amid Twitter offer drama

Plus: He reportedly wants to oust CEO, shake up site features

64 Comments

Intel says costly 10nm ramp will counter PC slowdown

China lockdowns, Apple's homegrown silicon, and more give x86 giant a headache – with an aspirin in reach

3 Comments

Apple CEO: Silicon shortages and C-19 lockdowns to hurt sales by up to $8 billion

That Mac you ordered? Lead times stretch to June, but Apple warns 'most products affected' over next 3 months

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Your software doesn't work when my PC is in 'O' mode

Code so clever it is like perpetual motion. In C++

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India reveals plan to become major RISC-V design and production player by 2023

Joins open chip standard's international board to show it's really serious this time

9 Comments

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch Whitepaper

Cybersecurity Awareness Webinars: Be Cyber Smart Session 1 – Be Cyber Smart

Security

Facebook's Meta, tracking code, and the student financial aid website

Also: Occulus virtual reality apps fail to detail info collection

9 Comments

Data-wiper malware strains surge as Ukraine battles ongoing invasion

Besides files being erased, another thing being deleted: Any sense this is a coincidence

8 Comments

Microsoft Edge's 'Secure Network' sounds a lot like a built-in VPN

Only works with signed-in users, but could lure more into using the browser

23 Comments

Don’t expect to get your data back from the Onyx ransomware group

The cybercriminals trash files larger than 2MB, forever losing them to the void

10 Comments

Interpol: We can't arrest our way out of cybercrime

Especially when gangs are better funded than local police

8 Comments

India gives local techies 60 days to hit 6-hour deadline for infosec incident reporting

Customer data collection and retention requirements also increased, including for crypto operators

3 Comments

Sina Weibo, China's Twitter analog, reveals users' locations and IP addresses

Sssshhhh! Nobody tell Elon Musk

9 Comments

Bumblebee malware loader emerges as Conti's BazarLoader fades

At least three threat groups are using the loader in malicious email campaigns

2 Comments

High Performance Computing Built for the Cloud

Five Winning Strategies to Accelerate Engineering Innovation

Software

AI models still racist, even with more balanced training

Plus: US government's NIST publishes 86-page report investigating algorithmic bias

6 Comments

Atlassian boasts strong Q3 revenue growth in wake of two-week outage

Customer credits unlikely 'to be material to the financial statements'

3 Comments

Meta materials: Facebook using AI to design green concrete

Claims new formula reduced carbon emissions by 40%, exceeded strength requirements

17 Comments

Problems for the Linux kernel NTFS driver as author goes silent

Concerns for Paragon CEO, and head kernel boss Torvalds suggests seeking maintainers

70 Comments

Meet Flamingo, Deepmind's latest open-ended AI

Google says it outperforms comparable models despite needing fraction of training data

4 Comments

UK watchdogs ask how they can better regulate algorithms

We have bad news: you probably can't... but good luck anyway

50 Comments

Autonomous Mayflower to attempt Atlantic crossing, again

Second shot after lack of humans to fix simple issue crippled sea vessel

41 Comments

VMware walks back ban on booting vSphere from SD cards or thumb drives

But it wants server-makers to kick out the option – forever

10 Comments

Offbeat

Human-made hopper out-leaps rival robots in artificial jumping contest

Applications in lunar exploration and Earth-bound locomotion are possible

15 Comments

Quantum-tunneling memory could boost AI energy efficiency by 100x

Boffins get excited about building better machine synapses

Worried about being replaced by a robot? Become a physicist

Scientists develop algorithm that decides if your job can just be an algorithm

38 Comments

NASA's modified Boeing 747 SP SOFIA to be grounded for good

Final flight of Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy will be in 2022

22 Comments

BOFH: Something's consuming 40% of UPS capacity – and it's coming from the beancounters' office

Under-desk heaters, two small fridges, an entire kitchenette...

107 Comments

Arm wrests back control of its rogue China limb

Ouster of rebel CEO should clear path for planned Arm IPO

6 Comments

MIT's thin plastic speakers fall flat. And that's by design

The walls are alive with the sound of music

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Friday, April 29, 2022

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Monday, April 25, 2022

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

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“Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias

Thursday, April 25, 2024

The Department of Education is probing claims that the school discriminated against Palestinian and Arab students amid Israel's war on Gaza. Most Read Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

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SIROTA’S SIGNALS: Trump Could Get New Powers — With Dems’ Help

Thursday, April 25, 2024

If bipartisan legislation passes and Trump wins, he'll have new power to punish nonprofits he deems to be “terrorist supporting.” SIROTA'S SIGNALS: Trump Could Get New Powers — With Dems'

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Your software doesn't work when my PC is in 'O' mode [Mon May 2 2022]

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Your software doesn't work when my PC is in 'O' mode

Off-Prem

Airbnb will let staff work from anywhere without a pay cut

Q1 cloud growth lifts AWS, Azure, and Google

AWS a bright spot in subdued set of Q1 results for Amazon

Annual State of Phishing Report

HPC Cost Modeling

On-Prem

ZX Spectrum: Q&A with some of the folks who worked on legendary PC

Elon Musk flogs $8.4bn of Tesla shares amid Twitter offer drama

Intel says costly 10nm ramp will counter PC slowdown

Apple CEO: Silicon shortages and C-19 lockdowns to hurt sales by up to $8 billion

Your software doesn't work when my PC is in 'O' mode

India reveals plan to become major RISC-V design and production player by 2023

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch

Cybersecurity Awareness Webinars: Be Cyber Smart

Security

Facebook's Meta, tracking code, and the student financial aid website

Data-wiper malware strains surge as Ukraine battles ongoing invasion

Microsoft Edge's 'Secure Network' sounds a lot like a built-in VPN

Don’t expect to get your data back from the Onyx ransomware group

Interpol: We can't arrest our way out of cybercrime

India gives local techies 60 days to hit 6-hour deadline for infosec incident reporting

Sina Weibo, China's Twitter analog, reveals users' locations and IP addresses

Bumblebee malware loader emerges as Conti's BazarLoader fades

High Performance Computing Built for the Cloud

Software

AI models still racist, even with more balanced training

Atlassian boasts strong Q3 revenue growth in wake of two-week outage

Meta materials: Facebook using AI to design green concrete

Problems for the Linux kernel NTFS driver as author goes silent

Meet Flamingo, Deepmind's latest open-ended AI

UK watchdogs ask how they can better regulate algorithms

Autonomous Mayflower to attempt Atlantic crossing, again

VMware walks back ban on booting vSphere from SD cards or thumb drives

Offbeat

Human-made hopper out-leaps rival robots in artificial jumping contest

Quantum-tunneling memory could boost AI energy efficiency by 100x

Worried about being replaced by a robot? Become a physicist

NASA's modified Boeing 747 SP SOFIA to be grounded for good

BOFH: Something's consuming 40% of UPS capacity – and it's coming from the beancounters' office

Arm wrests back control of its rogue China limb

MIT's thin plastic speakers fall flat. And that's by design

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