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Microsoft introduces AI meddling to your files with Copilot in OneDrive

We hope cloud storage service is ready for this web wingman

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Microsoft attempts to woo governments with Cloud for Sovereignty preview

Sovereignty = you’ll run on Azure and you’ll be told when our engineers access your resources

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Nukes, schmukes – fuel cells could power future datacenters

At least in the tropics, say Equinix and the National University of Singapore

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Amazon had secret algorithm to hike prices, claims FTC

Project Nessie named in the antitrust suit, alleging Bezos's bunch pulled in an extra billion-plus

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Google introduces phone-shaped housing for its AI tech

Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro out, Chrome goliath ups support to seven years

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Atos subsidiary Eviden scores contract win in Europe's first exascale system

$526M Jupiter set to rule EU's tech orbit by 2024

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Airwave a 'license to print money' on legacy blue-light comms contract

Profits and revenue increase for Motorola subsidiary challenging regulator price cap ruling

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Japan confirms ¥192 billion will flow to help Micron build Hiroshima plant

That's $1.3 billion – pocket change compared to CHIPS Acts elsewhere

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Samsung to fab chips for RISC-V processor world's Tenstorrent

For now, chaebol will manufacture AI startup’s 4nm Quasar

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IT networks under attack via critical Confluence zero-day. Patch now

'Handful' of customers hit so far, public-facing instances at risk

Make-me-root 'Looney Tunables' security hole on Linux needs your attention

What's up, Doc? Try elevated permissions

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'Gay furry hackers' brag of second NATO break-in, steal and leak more data

'No impact on missions,' military powerhouse insists

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Red Cross lays down hacktivism law as Ukraine war rages on

Rules apply to cyber vigilantes and their home nations, but experts cast doubt over potential benefits

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CISA barred from coordinating with social media sites to police misinformation

The 5th Circuit's re-ruling adds CISA to a list of alleged first-amendment violators. Next stop: Supreme Court

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Microsoft rolls OpenAI's text-to-pic DALL-E 3 into Bing

AI-made images invisibly watermarked – as academics warn that kind of measure is pointless

Dell jumps on personalized GenAI biz wagon with 'customizable' pitch

Flags up enterprise customer adoption 'hesitancy,' though, as data governance worries persist

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Mint freshens up its Linux garden for Ubuntu and Debian fans

One version's edgier than the other

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City council Oracle megaproject got a code red – and they went live anyway

Poor security and segregation of duties also worry auditors

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Ex-Microsoft maverick takes us on a trip through vintage Task Manager code

Plus: Have you updated to the latest version of Bloated Fetal Sacs?

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Pacific telco backed by Australia, Japan, and US bins Huawei

Nokia looks a more diplomatic choice at Digicel

FEMA to test emergency alert system US-wide today

Americans are used to drills :(

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North Korea's Lazarus Group upgrades its main malware

LightningCan evades infosec tools in new and interesting ways

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Russia to ban all VPNs – again – says senator

Putin Zuck out of business is one goal of this repeat effort to close off internet tunnels

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Tweaked Space Shuttle Main Engine gets ready for final testing

NASA will run out of RS-25s to drop into the ocean unless the production line restarts

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Red Planet roommates have been stuck on 'Mars' together for 100 days

Simulation milestone coincides with NASA's 65th birthday – will it manage the real thing before its centenary?

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Kaluma squeezes JavaScript onto the Raspberry Pi Pico

Bringing the language of multi-gigabyte web browsers to a $4 computer

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Big Brother is coming to a workplace near you, and the privacy regulator wants a word

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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Astronomers debate whether or not lightning strikes even once on Venus

Where are the bolts of light? Why are the low-frequency radio waves lightning makes going backwards?

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