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Is it a drone? Is it a balloon? Whatever it is the US warns locals not to let them fly in Iran

Some of this kit is ending up in Russia

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Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden State

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How do you boost server efficiency? Buy new kit, keep it busy

Increase in efficiency between 2017 and 2019 hardware is 34% for Intel servers, 140% for AMD, claims report

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Nexperia left off subsidies list as Germany chips away at Chinese connection

The country has swallowed almost half of the EU's semiconductor funding

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Boss put project on progress bar timeline: three months … four … actually NOW!

Change approval board signed off as soon as it heard it was BT's fault

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Chinese chipmaker insists it has Intel on-side, not inside

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Win32k and Visual Studio flaws are under attack

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FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans

No protection without surveillance?

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Ransomware scum hit Japanese pharma giant Eisai Group

Some servers encrypted in weekend attack, but product supply not affected

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Brit data watchdog fines sleazy sales ops £250K for 'bombarding' folk with calls

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Darkweb credit card marts in decline across Asia, researchers claim

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Time is running out to finish that slurp of Outlook Moca

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GitHub accused of varying Copilot output to avoid copyright allegations

Copilot code-cloning case clarifies claims

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CockroachDB hits Azure at last after five-year mission

The database had to be architected from ground up, former GIMP dev Spencer Kimball tell us

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AI weapons need a safe back door for human control

China spends twice as much on AI as everyone else put together: expert witness

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Will Flatpak and Snap replace desktop Linux native apps?

Actually, the better question is: When will they replace most desktop Linux programs?

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Why can't Nvidia boss Jensen Huang escape the Uncanny Valley that makes AI feel icky?

Is he human? Is he an avatar? Does it really even matter?

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Reddit cuts five percent of workers while API pricing shift sours developers

Two third-party Reddit apps have thrown in the towel over increased expenses

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