Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of your actions Comment Like whack-a-mole, it seems that for every issue Elon Musk believes he has fixed in his pursuit of Twitter 2.0 paradise, another one pops its head up. In this case, the unintended…
Lees meerSo long, SODIMM – or that's the idea, anyway The JEDEC standards body is set to adopt the CAMM module format as the next memory standard to supersede the long-standing SODIMM for laptop memory, according to reports.…
Lees meerWordtune Spices is more like an AI-powered Grammarly Language model startup AI21 Labs launched Wordtune Spices on Tuesday – a generative AI tool that aims to enhance human writing rather than replace it with machine-churned text.…
Lees meerHow does Multifunctional Nanobarrier Structure sound for the bathroom wall? Researchers say they have developed a coating that can protect spacecraft and satellites from solar radiation while also allowing possible harvesting of heat energy from sun…
Lees meerDon't expect to see any more big AIX news. This means the last Unix left is… Linux It's the end of an era. As The Reg covered last week, IBM has transferred development of AIX to India. Why should IBM pay for an expensive US-based team to maintain i…
Lees meerTens of millions up for grabs as institution needs to dump legacy code The UK's University of Leeds is looking for a systems integrator to help move its ERP system from an ageing SAP installation dating back to 1999 onto the German vendor's latest S…
Lees meerAttrition woes subside as workers stop shifting, producing pleasing cost savings India’s top four IT outsourcers, Wipro, HCL Technologies Infosys, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) all reported reasonably rosy results for their final quarter of 20…
Lees meerWell whaddya know, the crypto ecosystem did the right thing by stiffing the WannaCry bandits Two cryptocurrency exchanges have frozen accounts identified as having been used by North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group.…
Lees meerA couple have already been jailed, others shown the door for embezzling or arranging sham contracts Chinese web and gaming giant Tencent has admitted it fired more than 100 people in 2022 for various forms of corruption – some so serious it reported…
Lees meerAddition of the chatbot everyone's talking about, and to, comes as Azure OpenAI goes GA Microsoft has promised it will "soon" offer the ChatGPT AI chatbot as a service from its Azure cloud.…
Lees meerAfter eighteen month exile, it's allowed to recruit new customers Chinese ride-share provider DiDi Chuxing announced on Monday that after a year and a half of being banned from registering new riders, the Cybersecurity Review Office has allowed it t…
Lees meerThey're not the meal deal they might seem to be, claims audit expert The quickest way to save money on Oracle licences is to get off its Unlimited Licensing Agreements, a well placed Big Red audit expert claims.…
Lees meerTechies forced to mop up after update caused ASR rules to detect false positives, wiping icons and apps shortcuts Techies are fearing the worst in efforts to recover from Microsoft's bug laden Defender for Endpoint pre-weekend rollout after updates …
Lees meerLawyer known for GitHub Copilot case to argue artists' legal struggle On Friday three artists filed a proposed a class action suit against major AI image generating companies – Stability AI, Deviant Art and Midjourney – alleging they infringed on co…
Lees meerMr Microsoft bares all in his 11th Ask Me Anything thread on Reddit Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist and top pick of conspiracy theorists looking for the center of their bullshit storms, spent time interacting with the great unwashed…
Lees meerUS export controls having an effect, but semi industry in for a rough ride everywhere Taiwanese semiconductor exports rose during 2022 despite economic and other woes, highlighting the nation's vital importance to the global technology industry. Mea…
Lees meerPlus: How much would you pay for ChatGPT? And British AI drug biz gets snapped up for half a billion In Brief An AI language model is apparently going to be used during an upcoming legal hearing to defend someone in a real case. The goal is to demo…
Lees meerAfter the security breach last summer, staying put is playing with fire Opinion For better or worse, we still need passwords, and to protect and organize them, I recommend the open source Bitwarden password manager.…
Lees meerThough a household appliance should have a useful lifetime of 5-10 years, vendor support tends to be shorter... much shorter Buyers of high-end smart devices could find their shiny appliance loses some of its capabilities or becomes a security risk …
Lees meerLook back in wonder Opinion Business IT is driven by the need for the new. Not necessarily your business's need, but certainly that of vendors and service providers desperate for new revenue, the dismissal of the old once it's done its real job, an…
Lees meerAm I bid $50 for a a ten-foot neon logo? Or $25 for an @ symbol planter box? Twitter has arranged an auction rid itself of 631 "surplus corporate assets".…
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