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Lees meerMatters like antitrust cases against AI players, Adobe's subscription mess, and net neutrality could be decided by judges – not experts Analysis The US Supreme Court has ruled that the judges should no longer defer to government agency interpretati…
Lees meerFOSS, AI, blockchain, and the cycle of empty nonsense Devconf.cz This year, along with all the usual in-depth technical talks about Linux at Red Hat's Devconf.cz developer conference, there were also several people there to promote AI-linked projec…
Lees meerThere's a lot of room for improvement in modern computing, from the low end to the very high Two separate development efforts are improving both Raspberry Pi power management and memory efficiency – one using tools built for massive clusters.…
Lees meerTim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf and more from orgs like IETF, W3C, IANA worry if techies are ignored the web could end up centralized Thirty-nine senior figures who have made significant contributions to the online world have written to the United Nation…
Lees meerTime to upgrade that receiver if you're one of the few Swiss that still don't have one able to receive DAB+ signals Swiss radio listeners will soon have to toss out their old sets, as the country plans to end analog FM broadcasting on December 31, 2…
Lees meerVodafone chasing Three, but BT's complained borged entity would have 'disproportionate' capacity UK telcos Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) have struck a new network sharing agreement with a provision that seems aimed at smoothing the path for Vo…
Lees meerThe war on the relic is finally won. Now on to fax machines? Japan's digital minister, Taro Kono, confirmed that the Japanese government has finally rid itself of floppy disks.…
Lees meerPromises no pink slips despite service desk in crosshairs BT Group expects to cut its use of third-party support staff in service desk roles after it has introduced GenAI technology from ServiceNow.…
Lees meerHype Cycle for datacenter techs also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power Analyst firm Gartner has published its 2024 Hype Cycle for Data Center Infrastructure Technologies, and added virtual-to-physical migrations – aka "devi…
Lees meerTim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf and more from orgs like IETF, W3C, IANA worry if techies are ignored the web could end up centralized Thirty-nine senior figures who have made significant contributions to the online world have written to the United Nation…
Lees meerHype Cycle for datacenter techs also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power Analyst firm Gartner has published its 2024 Hype Cycle for Data Center Infrastructure Technologies, and added physical-to-virtual migrations – aka "devi…
Lees meerOutdated tech at Bureau of Industry and Security leaves licensing open to human error The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) – the agency Washington relies on to implement export licensing controls to ensure sanctioned technology doesn't reach ce…
Lees meerHype Cycle for datacenter techs also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power Analyst firm Gartner has published its 2024 Hype Cycle for Data Center Infrastructure Technologies, and added physical-to-virtual migrations – aka "devi…
Lees meerSlump in Surface sales suspected as one reason for move online Microsoft has closed its physical shops in mainland China, leaving sale of its products to partners and online sellers, including its own website.…
Lees meerTalk about painfully invasive processes A Texas law requiring adults to show their ID to access online pornography will be heard by the US Supreme Court, setting up a potential domino effect that could undo - or reinforce - similar laws in 18 other …
Lees meerAnd hit AI operators 'with all the fines', says Cory Doctorow The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has proposed that the FTC apply rules prohibiting unfair trade practices to punish those operating deceptive chatbots.…
Lees meerHow about a nice game of chess instead? The US Army is keen to integrate commercial private-sector AI algorithms into its operations and it's hoping industry can also figure out how to address the inevitable security concerns that will come from the…
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