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Open-sourcing of WinAmp goes badly as owners delete entire repo [Thu Oct 17 2024]

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Open-sourcing of WinAmp goes badly as owners delete entire repo

As badly as the later development of WinAmp itself, really

 

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Datacenter CEO alleged to have faked Tier 4 cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims

The Uptime Institute rates datacenters. The 'Uptime Council' … apparently doesn't exist

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IBM acquires Indian SaaS startup Prescinto to shine a light on renewable energy assets

Also: Crypto-hub Binance helps Delhi police shut down solar power scam

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Intel lets go of 2,000 staff at Oregon R&D site, offices in Texas, Arizona, California

Layoffs follow more than 7,500 voluntary departures, early retirements

China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws

Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain't so

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Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire

The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition

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FCC probes whether it can pop a cap in ISP data caps

'Our networks have the capacity to meet consumer demand without these restrictions,' says chair

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Openreach reveals latest locations facing the copper chop

A reminder to get fiber (eventually) or get left behind

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Asian tech ministers fear effective AI regulation will prove elusive

New Zealand isn't bothering. Singapore fears harms are inevitable

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Announcing the Vonage Fraud Protection Solution on the AWS Marketplace

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Critical default credential bug in Kubernetes Image Builder allows SSH root access

It's called leaving the door wide open – especially in Proxmox

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Volkswagen monitoring data dump threat from 8Base ransomware crew

The German car giant appears to be unconcerned

Critical hardcoded SolarWinds credential now exploited in the wild

Another blow for IT software house and its customers

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WhatsApp may expose the OS you use to run it – which could expose you to crooks

Meta knows messaging service creates persistent user IDs that have different qualities on each device

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IA y datos Informe de tendencias 2024

El impacto de la IA generativa

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Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI

Claims their child will 'suffer irreparable harm' if the record stays

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IBM: Insurance industry bosses keen on AI. Customers, not so much

Fewer than 30% of clients happy dealing with a generative AI virtual agent

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Productivity suites, Exchange servers in path of Microsoft's end-of-support wave

Less than a year to go – is your enterprise ready for the change?

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Inexorable march of progress at SAP threatens to leave users behind

AI hardly a hot topic with some customers calling for more innovation on-prem

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Windows 7 finally checks out as POSReady 7 closes the till on an era

Embedded versions live longer – including Windows 10 LTSC

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Open-sourcing of WinAmp goes badly as owners delete entire repo

As badly as the later development of WinAmp itself, really

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NHS England warned about plans to extend Covid-era rules for patient data access

Governance and public consultation need work before rule change goes ahead

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AT&T and Broadcom may settle VMware support case

Fresh filing sees Broadcom admit it discounts deeply – music to the ears of all Virtzilla users coming off contract

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US contractor pays $300k to settle accusation it didn't properly look after Medicare users' data

Resolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled

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Internet Archive wobbles back online, with limited functionality

DDoS detectives deduce Mirai used to do the deed, using home entertainment boxes in Korea, China, and Brazil

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Google's memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages

Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the 'foreseeable future'

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Bandai Namco reportedly tries to bore staff into quitting, skirting Japan’s labor laws

Welcome to the oidashi beya, aka expulsion rooms

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FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with 'click to cancel' rule

It 'will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money'

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Viable fusion power in a decade? Tokamak Energy dares to dream

Brit biz updates world on why tech might not be forever 30 years away

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Testing spacecraft material the Sandia way: Setting it on fire with mirrors

Who said Archimedes' death ray was a busted myth?

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