Student requested access to research data. And waited. And waited. And then hacked to get root [Tue Apr 18 2023]

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Student requested access to research data. And waited. And waited. And then hacked to get root

The punishment – Windows 98 administration chores – was far worse than the crime

 

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Chinese tech giant claims better performance than competing GPUs

UK consortium bid for NHS data platform falls at first hurdle

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Amazon CEO says AWS staff now spending ‘much of their time’ optimizing customers’ clouds

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US changes rules on tax credits for electric cars to cover American-made only

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Germany to examine China-made kit in its 5G networks over security concerns

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Marketing biz sent 107 million spam emails... to just 437k people

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Firmware is on shaky ground – let's see what it's made of

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Student requested access to research data. And waited. And waited. And then hacked to get root

The punishment – Windows 98 administration chores – was far worse than the crime

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Rust Foundation so sorry for scaring the C out of you with trademark crackdown talk

Should have wrapped proposed rules on name and logo use in unsafe {} ?

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More ads in Windows 11 Start Menu could be last straw for some

Others are resigned to inevitability and argue it's better than a subscription

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Google crams more AI into search as Apple, Samsung sniff around Bing

Mountain View may have nothing to fear, though – Microsoft's browser is still the underdog

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NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption

But then opted for spreadsheets instead

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Sick of GNOME, Snap and Flatpak? You might like Linux Lite, but beware rough edges

6.4 is based on Ubuntu 22.04.2 with a lot of the questionable aspects fixed

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Linux kernel 6.3 on track for debut next week after ‘nice uneventful release cycle’

Which is just how Linus Torvalds wants it and who can argue after what he recommended you eat for Easter

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OpenAI CEO confirms biz is not currently training GPT-5

Plus: Elon Musk wants Twitter to develop generative AI, and ChatGPT bots flood Reddit

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Stem cells to be made on orbiting space station to test micrograv manufacturing

Kinda feels like living in the future we thought we'd have, for a change

UK government scraps smart motorway plans, cites high costs and low public confidence

14 projects canceled as Prime Minister Sunak fulfills a campaign promise

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SpaceX feels the pressure, scraps first orbital launch of Starship

Another attempt is possible later this week, depending on how the troubleshooting goes

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Mars Helicopter completes 50th flight, 45 more than NASA planned

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