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Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows

Go native or go home: End of servicing plan rolled out for legacy printer drivers in fresh update

 
 

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When does tackling pandemic misinfo become censorship? US courts argue it out

On one hand, it's private-public cooperation. On the other, it's heavy-handed state intervention. We take a look at this important unfolding case

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Microsoft’s AI investments skyrocketed in 2022 – and so did its water consumption

In its rush to lead the generative ML world, Redmond may have developed a datacenter drinking problem

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Square blames last week's outage on DNS screw-up

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Watt's the worst thing you can do to a datacenter? Failing to RTFM, electrically

A subtle change to a vital piece of equipment almost derailed a major project

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Musk snaps up Nvidia GPUs even as he builds Dojo. Finance bods foresee SaaSy AI, rivers of cash

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Google thinks $20M ought to be enough to figure out how or if AI can be used responsibly

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Get ready to say hello to new Windows and goodbye to an old friend

The clock is ticking for Windows troubleshooters, plus Microsoft's preparing a new OS release

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Linux 6.6's in-kernel SMB networking server graduates

Samsung's KSMBD server hitting primetime has several significant implications

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Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows

Go native or go home: End of servicing plan rolled out for legacy printer drivers in fresh update

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IRS using AI to catch rich people and tax-dodging corps

Plus: Google CEO says AI will be biggest tech shift in our lives, new official AI words on Dictionary.com

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Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software?

Oracle's repeated public sector failures prove a different approach is needed

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G20 sets 2027 as the year in which it hopes members can tax crypto transactions

Leaders settle for modest action on issues including AI, stablecoins, cross-border payments

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IBM Software tells workers: Get back to the office three days a week

Managers warn company goals can't be achieved unless coders get more face time and less FaceTime

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GenAI proponents exploring its use alongside infrastructure-as-code

It’s not 'Alexa: build me a K8s cluster' but could become Ansible or Chef using models trained on log files to recommend what your app needs

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Alibaba CEO, chair and head of breakway cloud biz quits suddenly ahead of IPO

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Cloud is here to stay, but customers are starting to question the cost

Plus: Spending on AI model training infra now the top priority among datacenter operators

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X marks the spot where free speech clashes with Californian transparency

AB 587's true purpose is to eliminate speech the government finds objectionable, lawyers argue

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MOXIE microwaved Mars air into oxygen, but now it's time for a breather

Concept will need to be scaled up to keep more than a small dog alive

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Elon Musk has beef with Bill Gates because he shorted Tesla stock, says biographer

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Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border

Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia

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China iPhone curbs reportedly extend to local government and state-owned businesses

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