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Microchip nabs $162M to keep chips for washing machines – and missiles – flowing

Uncle Sam: Nothing goes together quite like a well-pressed uniform and weapons of mass destruction

AMD talks up car chips it hopes will join you for a ride some time soon

'New' ADAS and infotainment parts powered by older FPGAs and earlier cores. It's good enough for Tesla

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HPE's Hotard hits the hot seat at Intel's datacenter and AI biz

Outsider brought in to rule crucial unit will play key part in AI strategy

Semiconductor scene set for AI-led recovery in 2024, and China will be in front

That's what happens when Uncle Sam tries to curb your chip sector

Google to start third-party cookie cull for 30 million Chrome users

One of the ad APIs that will fill the void – Protected Audience – arguably may offer better privacy anyway

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X-ploited: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist

Miscreants mock Google-owned security house: 'Change password please'

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Infosec experts divided over 23andMe's 'victim-blaming' stance on data breach

Users apparently at fault after reusing credentials the company didn't check were already compromised

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Infostealer malware, weak password leaves Orange Spain RIPE for plucking

No 2FA or special characters to prevent database takeover and BGP hijack

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As lawmakers mull outlawing poor security, what can they really do to tackle online gangs?

Headline-grabbing takedowns are nice, but long-term solutions require short-term sacrifices

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Three Chinese balloons float near Taiwanese airbase

Also: Remember that balloon over the US last February? It might have used a US internet provider

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Late model: OpenAI GPT Store may debut next week

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AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers

Hallucinated programming flaws vex curl project

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RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth

Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89

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What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024?

Modern life is rubbish. What if your favorite tech giant had stopped trying to reinvent the wheel?

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Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump?

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Fujitsu wins flood contract extension despite starring in TV drama about its failures

Deal expanded from £4.5M to £19.5M over 7 years as critics point to shortcomings

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Here's a list of thousands of artists Midjourney's AI is ripping off, creatives claim

Draw a picture of a smoking gun in the style of Sarah Andersen

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DARPA's air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025

Moving parts on a plane? What is this, Kitty Hawk?

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Google illegally refusing to bargain with employee union, says NLRB

Search giant told yet again that contractors still employees, must be bargained with

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Former Adobe software engineering leader convicted of insider trading

Another Silicon Valley Icarus flies too close to the Sun

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SpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon Musk

Rule 1: You do not criticize the boss. Rule 2: You do NOT criticize the boss

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New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the law

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RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth [Fri Jan 5 2024]

{* Daily Headlines *}

RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth

On-Prem

Microchip nabs $162M to keep chips for washing machines – and missiles – flowing

AMD talks up car chips it hopes will join you for a ride some time soon

HPE's Hotard hits the hot seat at Intel's datacenter and AI biz

Semiconductor scene set for AI-led recovery in 2024, and China will be in front

Google to start third-party cookie cull for 30 million Chrome users

Transforming data into business value through analytics and AI

2023 State of DevOps

Security

X-ploited: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist

Infosec experts divided over 23andMe's 'victim-blaming' stance on data breach

Infostealer malware, weak password leaves Orange Spain RIPE for plucking

As lawmakers mull outlawing poor security, what can they really do to tackle online gangs?

Three Chinese balloons float near Taiwanese airbase

The executive’s guide to generative AI

Is Your Organization A Target?

Software

Late model: OpenAI GPT Store may debut next week

AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers

RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth

What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024?

Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump?

Fujitsu wins flood contract extension despite starring in TV drama about its failures

Here's a list of thousands of artists Midjourney's AI is ripping off, creatives claim

How to protect Industrial processes in OT-IT convergence and safeguard productivity

Offbeat

DARPA's air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025

Google illegally refusing to bargain with employee union, says NLRB

Former Adobe software engineering leader convicted of insider trading

SpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon Musk

New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the law

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