Boss installed software from behind the Iron Curtain, techies ended up Putin things back together [Mon Dec 12 2022]

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Boss installed software from behind the Iron Curtain, techies ended up Putin things back together

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If today's tech gets you down, remember supercomputers are still being used for scientific progress

Turns out it's a bit more complex than throwing more GPUs at the math

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As semiconductor VC funding dips, startups trip, crash, build for the next boom

In a weaker economy, investor scrutiny is increasing for these capital-intensive upstarts

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Inadequate IT partly to blame for NHS doctors losing 13.5 million working hours

Anyone who's ever been in the system will be very familiar with British medical professionals' complaints

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Greater London wing of comms union urges BT workers to reject pay offer

No backdated pay, no allowances, no substantial rises for all grades, 'we feel it falls falls way short of your expectations'

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Raspberry Pi hires former spy gadget-maker who baked devices into surveillance ops

If he offers you a piece of the Chocolate Pi, be suspicious

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Foxconn sinks $500m into India for iPhones, semiconductors

Colosso-conglomerate Tata Group also wants some of Delhi's substantial silicon subsidies

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Japan, Australia, to bolster cyber-defenses, maybe offensive capacity too

FTX Japan payment promise evaporates; VR/AR to boom across APAC; Google wins privacy case

This ransomware gang is a right Royal pain in the AES for healthcare orgs

Nothing like your medical files being taken hostage for millions of dollars

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Legit Android apps poisoned by sticky 'Zombinder' malware

Sure, go ahead and load APKs instead of using an app store. You won't enjoy the results

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Italy, Japan, UK to jointly launch sixth-gen fighter jet by 2035

Warplane project may include AI in the cockpit, and comes as tensions rise with China and Russia

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Guess which Fortune 500 brands and govt agencies share data with Twitter?

Spoiler alert: just about all of them, all across the planet

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UK lawmakers look to enforce blocking tools for legal but harmful content

The latest idea in the long gestation of the online harms legislation

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Boss installed software from behind the Iron Curtain, techies ended up Putin things back together

Comrade offered 'monitoring' tool to keep an eye on the workers

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North Korea using freelance techies to fund missiles and nukes

You won't see 'Agent of vile murderous autocracy' on their CVs. Or their faces on vid chats

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'Merge window from Hell' opens as Linus Torvalds reveals Linux 6.1

Kernel boss won't consider code that's late, or hasn't already appeared in Linux-next, for version 6.2

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C++ zooms past Java in programming popularity contest

TIOBE or not TIOBE, that is the question

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GitHub adds admin controls to Copilot, paints 'Business' on the side, doubles price

Ah, the enterprise way

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Cassandra 4.1 promises dev guardrails and pluggable storage

Apache project focused on stability following previous major upgrade

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MacOS9.app: A tour de force of emulation and integration

The 'Infinite Mac' is an astonishing demonstration of emulation and integration between some of the best tech of the '90s and the '20s

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Linux kernel 6.1: Rusty release could be a game-changer

Don't sob into your battered copy of K&R though, the shift will move slowly

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NASA's Orion Moon capsule to splash down this Sunday

We're about to find out if those parachutes and heat shield work

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San Francisco investigates Hotel Twitter, Musk might pack up and leave

In a $3,000/month for a bedsit city, how many seconds do you think it took locals to call building inspector?

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BOFH: Come back to the office. Your hotdesk is nice and warm

When your Christmas bonus is a gaming chair you found in the street

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Look like Bane, spend like Batman with Dyson's $949 headphones

Mask apparently addresses urban pollution and noise, but doesn't even seal to the face

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First-ever orbital satellite launch from British soil will be delayed

It's not our fault, says Civil Aviation Authority

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