Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop [Thu Aug 11 2022]

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Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop

It makes perfect sense for enterprises as well as enthusiasts. Just ask GitLab

 
 

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Google Cloud expands to Thailand, Malaysia and New Zealand

Hopes to tap expected growth as it levels up to match rivals' presences

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Facebook hands over chats to cops in post-Roe abortion case

'If your business model depends on more aggressive surveillance, maybe you need a new business model'

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The silicon goldrush is coming, but chip demand is evaporating

Leave it to the economy to throw another wrench into the semiconductor supply chain

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Polaris supercomputer boots up, paves way for Aurora exascale system

Researchers cue up AI sims, code and workloads for Argonne Lab's most powerful beast

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The sins of OneDrive as Microsoft's cloud storage service turns 15

SkyDrive? Placeholders? Outages? Yes, it's all gone swimmingly

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Foxconn will have to forget about investing in Tsinghua Unigroup

International relations are hot as chips, and Taiwan cannot afford to empower China

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BT union wants pay dispute talks with telco's largest shareholders

The game of corporate poker continues but CWU may find investors more interested in dividends

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Unity game engine attracts big cash from China's tech titans

Chinese game devs targeted – maybe data protection laws too

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Clouds lift Lenovo ISG to third consecutive profit

Sees sunlit uplands ahead with plans for factory and ITaaS expansions

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Ex-CISA chief Krebs calls for US to get serious on security

Black Hat kicks off with call for single infosec agency with real clout and less confused crossover

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As Black Hat kicks off, the US government is getting the message on hiring security talent

Katie Moussouris tells it like it is

Maui ransomware linked to North Korean group Andariel

Attack origins point to April 2021 first strike on Japanese target

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Google's bug bounty boss: Finding and patching vulns? 'Totally useless'

Disclosing exploits, however, will earn you $100k

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Cloudflare: Someone tried to pull the Twilio phishing tactic on us too

Attack was foiled by content delivery network's hardware security keys

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Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop

It makes perfect sense for enterprises as well as enthusiasts. Just ask GitLab

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

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Tech industry stuck over patent problems with AI algorithms

Lawyers at Google are unsure if they can patent chip floorplans created by machines

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Google tells Apple to 'fix text messaging' in bid to promote RCS protocol

iMessage talks to Android users via outdated SMS/MMS, ad giant complains

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Microsoft unveils native Arm64 support in the .NET Framework

Older operating systems excluded from the 4.8.1 release party

Microsoft asks staff to think twice before submitting expenses

Business travel, outside training, and picnic overheads all under watchful gaze of Redmond's accountants

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NetBSD 9.3: A 2022 OS that can run on late-1980s hardware

Need a cold shower? This is xNix like Windows users imagine it still is

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Iran cheerfully admits using cryptocurrency to pay for imports

Trade minister says to expect more of this sanctions-busting stuff starting in September

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GitHub courts controversy by suspending Tornado Cash developers and reneging on cookie commitments

If you're looking for free speech or privacy, move along

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Microwaved fish could help scientists create sustainable LEDs

Supermaterial created from heated scales. Sorry about the smell

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You'll soon be able to ghost a WhatsApp group without making everyone hate you

Well, until they find out that you've left, but at least they won't be immediately notified of your every move

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Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth $6.9b as Twitter lawsuit looms

Market immediately reacts as tech titan looks to free up cash for 'unlikely' Twitter deal

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Russian anti-satellite test added to a 'pressing threat to security' in space

Too much junk in the orbital trunk

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South Korean regulator worried Apple, Google, may be working around app store payment choice law

Feels some actions may amount to coercion to stick with giants' own payment schemes

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NASA's six-mile-wide orbital telescope is 1/6th built

Interferometry will be used to turn six toaster-sized satellites into one giant solar observatory

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