Search giant exploring more locations to squeeze watts from rocks Google has added a novel form of geothermal power to the list of carbon-free energy sources fueling its data-crunching empire.…
Lees meerActs under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives The UK government plans to introduce new legislation to ban SIM farms, which it views as a widely abused means for carrying out cyber fraud.…
Lees meerCompetition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types Adobe’s $20 billion buy of web-first design collaboration start-up Figma will harm software developers if it goes ahead as proposed, according …
Lees meerPlanning portal back online with a more secure connection Reading Borough Council has securely restored its planning portal after facing criticism for recommending questionable tech security practices to users.…
Lees meerAlmost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred If you want to implement Microsoft's Copilot AI assistants, don't expect the software giant's channel to be much help – they've scarcely had a chance to use it, never…
Lees meerIn the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot Concern over AI coming for our jobs appears to be unfounded, though it's not clear what effect this newest wave of automation will have on wages, the European Central Bank (ECB) co…
Lees meer'We looked very hard for a smoking gun linking technology and well-being and we didn't find it' Increased use of the internet has not had a notably negative effect on mental health, according to a study combining data from millions of people across …
Lees meerJAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch Japan's Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reported a cyber incident.…
Lees meerAlmost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred If you want to implement Microsoft's Copilot AI assistants, don't expect the software giant's channel to be much help – they've scarcely had a chance to use it, never…
Lees meerTake that, Elon Amazon's Project Kuiper space internet project has gained a notable notch in its belt, with Japanese telecom company NTT signing up for the service.…
Lees meerAmid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products VMware president Sumit Dhawan has left the newly-acquired org to join security software vendor Proofpoint as its CEO.…
Lees meerHis job is to modernise Japan but Googling electoral trivia to ensure accurate answers is not allowed Japan's digital minister, Taro Kono, faced a backlash on Monday after he attempted to use his smartphone to look up info during a meeting of the Bu…
Lees meerGoogle’s AI offshoot finds copy-cat robots capable of aping living mentors A team of machine learning researchers from Google's DeepMind claim to have demonstrated that AI can acquire skills in a process analogous to social learning in humans and ot…
Lees meer'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white' Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of vetoing a proposed ban of Instagram and Facebook image filters that simulate the effects of plastic surgery, despit…
Lees meerBack to plan A, then, eh? Some US lawmakers have tabled alternative legislation to reauthorize the Feds' favorite snooping tool, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, before it expires at the end of the year.…
Lees meerAdvertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear Google Search ads paid for by US and EU government agencies and legislators, and by major companies, have been spotted in embarrassing and legally dubious places, including sexually exp…
Lees meerGrandma is watching what?! A Plex "feature" has infuriated some users after sharing with others what they are watching on the streaming service — and it appears this functionality is on by default.…
Lees meerWhat was it they say about folks in silicon houses? After lambasting Nvidia's efforts to limbo-dance under US export restrictions against China, the CEO of chips-for-AI outfit Cerebras, Andrew Feldman, is back in the spotlight amid revelations one o…
Lees meer$195 a pop, delivered, pre-provisioned ready to stream desktops or apps re:Invent Amazon Web Services has announced the WorkSpaces Thin Client – a device dedicated to connecting to its WorkSpaces desktop-as-a service offering and based on Amazon's …
Lees meerAnthropic CEO also rocks up on stage for reasons Re:Invent AWS CEO Adam Selipsky previewed Amazon Q to 50,000 re:Invent attendees in Las Vegas on Tuesday, touting it as a chat-based generative AI assistant whose scope includes suggesting cloud infr…
Lees meerGrandma is watching what?! A Plex "feature" has infuriated some users after sharing with others what they are watching on the streaming service — and it appears this functionality is on by default.…
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