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After 40 years in tech, I see every innovation contains its dark opposite [Thu Jul 21 2022]

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After 40 years in tech, I see every innovation contains its dark opposite

From modems to the Metaverse, Mark Pesce has seen it all

 
 

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Oracle, Microsoft agree to shared custody of your workloads in the cloud

Larry gets your database, while Satya will take your apps

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Memory constrained? Amazon and AMD now offer 1.5TB VMs

Or about two and a half Chrome tabs

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Microsoft harnesses third-gen AMD Epyc processors for locked-down VMs

Blockchain-based Azure Confidential Ledger rounds out latest additions to confidential computing

Microsoft floats Cloud for Sovereignty

More transparency or just the cost of doing business? For customers whose data must remain

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Google, Oracle clouds still affected by UK heatwave

Some hard disks appear to have cooked, along with bit barn designers' best laid plans

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Judge approves Twitter's request to hurry along Musk trial to October

Cutting Elon story short

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What recession? Chipmaking kit supplier ASML hits record orders

But supply issues are forcing the lithography system giant to defer revenue past 2022

BASF looks to quantum computing to improve weather modeling

Chemical giant's work with Pasqal could help improve climate change models too

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NASA pulls together pieces for its most powerful supercomputer yet

Space agency plays the long game by adding performance over time... now with mix of Intel, AMD

Global chip shortage far from over and now semiconductor market faces slowdown

Plus: ASML cuts growth forecast and US CHIPS Act in limbo

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Israel aims to build its own upgradable quantum computer

Crop of cutting-edge companies from home and abroad contributing tech to Israel National Quantum Initiative

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Court OKs billion-dollar Play Store gouging suit against Google

Just as web giant accepts third-party payment platforms, reduces fees in the EU

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Suspected Gozi malware gang 'CIO' extradited to US on fraud, hacking charges

Euro man allegedly known as 'Virus' faces years behind bars if convicted

Google: Kremlin-backed goons spread Android malware disguised as pro-Ukraine app

Don't. Download. Unknown. Apps.

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Boffins release tool to decrypt Intel microcode. Have at it, x86 giant says

Peek behind the curtain to see SGX implemented, Spectre mitigated, and more

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DoJ, FBI recover $500,000 in ransomware payments to Maui gang

Money paid by healthcare facilities to North Korean group traced through blockchain and Chinese launderers

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Singapore distances itself from local crypto companies

Consumer protection regulation coming soon as anti-crypto rhetoric ratchets

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Amazon sues 10,000 Facebook Group admins for offering fake reviews

Good luck deciding which toxic monopolist deserves your sympathy in this fight

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Belgium says Chinese cyber gangs attacked its government and military

China, as usual, says it just wants a peaceful and prosperous internet

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IBM launches Db2 operator for Kubenetes on AWS

Azure soon to follow as Big Blue accomodates a world with many clouds

Java SE 6 and 7 devs weigh their options as support ends

Decade-old SDKs also among targets for license audits

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Yocto Project gets big backer and second LTS release – but what is it?

You may not realize it, but you probably already use things made with this build system for embedded Linux

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Is Microsoft going back to the future on release cadences?

Further spacing out Windows builds is only part of the quality story

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UK government refuses public review before launch of NHS data platform

Patients must have the right to decide what information is taken from health records, say privacy campaigners

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After 40 years in tech, I see every innovation contains its dark opposite

From modems to the Metaverse, Mark Pesce has seen it all

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Microsoft lures SMBs to Cloudy PCs by connecting them to Xbox accounts

Windows as a service is getting more mature and manageable

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ESA kicks ExoMars rover down the road, to 2026 at best

The way forward to Mars is cancelled (you meant the meeting, right?)

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Tavis Ormandy ports WordPerfect for UNIX to Linux

Two ways to run the classic word processor on a modern open-source box

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UK chemicals multinational to build hydrogen 'gigafactory'

Johnson Matthey receives government backing to scale-up fuel cell production

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