Bishopston Net consists of a number of Pentium IV 3Ghz PCs, all running the best and most stable operating system available today: FreeBSD ( Version 6.2. )

The name comes from the village of Bishopston, a village on the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea, South Wales, UK.

Updated: 16:35 Wed, May 15 2024. (+45 mins-failed) Dublin debauchery derails Portal to NYC in six days flat - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:00:15 GMT) Webcam art installation quickly descended into public Chatroulette Doomed internet cesspits Omegle and Chatroulette should have been warning enough of what happens when a webcam is placed between random strangers, yet the Portal art project linking New York City to Dublin didn't last a week before being shut down.… Meet Pi-CARD: Serving up a digital assistant on Raspberry Pi - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 14:30:15 GMT) LLMs running on a dedicated card: The final frontier as hacker makes it so Consider your wish for an AI digital assistant that runs locally and offline officially granted. Not by a major industry player, naturally – your personal data is too enticing – but by a guy on GitHub who built one to run on a Raspberry Pi. … Veeam adds support for VMware alternative Proxmox to its backup software - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:13 GMT) Another push for backup buyers uneasy about Broadcom buy Data protection outfit Veeam has confirmed it is to add support for the open source virtualization platform Proxmox, bringing more backing behind the VMware alternative.… OpenAI co-founder to depart ChatGPT - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 13:30:08 GMT) Sutskever leaves behind mysterious message on next venture Co-founder and Chief Scientist at OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, has announced he is leaving the company and posted a mysterious message about what might be next.… Japan may need 50% more electricity for hungry, hungry AI and chip fabs - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 13:00:10 GMT) While Tokyo pours billions into revitalizing chipmaking sector, it might want to check out the grid Japan reckons it may need to generate 50 percent more electricity by 2050 because of growing local demand from chipmaking and datacenters running AI. The move follows a warning by DigitalBridge that it may run out of power within two years.… Brexit border system outage puts perishable goods transport in peril - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 12:30:08 GMT) Saturday's power failures toppled border-check system offline A power outage affecting one of the IT systems used to process imports to the UK has caused delays to perishable goods crossing the border, which businesses have described as a "disaster."… Google thinks AI can Google better than you can - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:45:13 GMT) Multimodal models promise machines can do more – if you let them In the future, "Google will do the Googling for you" – or so suggests Liz Reid, VP of search.… Raspberry Pi prepares to boot up a London listing - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:01:14 GMT) The little computer that could gets ready for an IPO Raspberry Pi Ltd is considering an Initial Public Offering and today published figures showing just how important commercial customers have become to the company.… IMF boss warns of AI 'tsunami' coming for world's jobs - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 10:19:09 GMT) 'A series of large ocean waves caused by a sudden and powerful disturbance,' according to ChatGPT International Monetary Fund managing director Dr Kristalina Georgieva has warned of a "tsunami" hitting the global labor market as businesses adopt AI technologies.… Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ here at last with a $12 price tag - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:36:11 GMT) Speedy storage for your Pi 5 The Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ has finally put in an appearance, allowing Pi 5 owners to connect M.2 M-key peripherals to their computers and take advantage of NVMe drives.… Global EV sales continue to increase, but Plug-in Hybrid momentum is growing - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 08:35:05 GMT) PHEVs make a lot of sense for traditional automakers faced with battery-powered losses Global passenger electric vehicle (EV) sales have continued to grow. However, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sales have significantly increased year-on-year, leaving their battery-only counterparts trailing.… When AI helps you code, who owns the finished product? - (pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 07:30:15 GMT) It's not settled law. And it's going to mean trouble Opinion I've been writing software for almost half a century, and my recent experiences with AI suggest that developers may soon find ourselves in a very sticky situation.… A Chinese crypto farm next to a nuclear missile base? Not on my watch says Biden - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 23:30:09 GMT) White House contends MineOne's equipment could be used to for surveillance and espionage If you're a majority Chinese-owned company looking for cheap real estate in the US, you might want to steer clear of American missile silos and military bases.… Microsoft fixes a bug abused in QakBot attacks plus a second under exploit - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:15:13 GMT) Plus: Google Chrome, Apple bugs also exploited in the wild Happy May Patch Tuesday. We've got a lot of vendors joining this month's patchapalooza, which includes a handful of bugs that have been exploited — either in the wild or at Pwn2Own — and now fixed by Microsoft, Apple, Google and VMware.… FCC names and shames Royal Tiger AI robocall crew - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 21:30:13 GMT) Agency is on the lookout for a Prince among men The US Federal Communications Commission has named its first robocall gang, dubbing the crew "Royal Tiger," and detailed its operations in an attempt to encourage international action against the scammers.… Google says its 'Trillium' TPUs are ready to power the next-generation of AI models - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 20:45:07 GMT) Promises 4.7x performance boost over its older silicon I/O Google blew the lid off its sixth tensor processing unit (TPU) codenamed Trillium, designed to support a new generation of bigger, more capable of large language and recommender models.… US watchdog chases Waymo robocars to catch violations - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 20:15:08 GMT) Reports of collisions with stationary objects and failing to obey traffic laws The US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Monday opened an investigation into self-driving car maker Waymo following reports that its robocars have not been complying with traffic laws.… Return to office mandates had senior employees jumping ship - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 19:30:07 GMT) More stringent rules led to staff to find more remote options A study has found that return to office mandates resulted in a noteworthy number of senior employees leaving jobs at Microsoft, Apple, and SpaceX.… SiPearl updates specs for Rhea1 processor set to power Europe's exascale dreams - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 18:45:11 GMT) More cores, more memory, more delays ISC Chip designer SiPearl has issued updated specs for its Rhea1 processor that will power Europe's first exascale system and is working with Samsung to integrate high-bandwidth memory (HBM) into its design.… Google I/O is Google A/I as search biz goes all-in on AI - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 18:05:06 GMT) Chrome is getting an onboard artificial intelligence model that devs can query Google's annual developer conference is still called Google I/O, though this year Google A/I would be equally apt.… Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 17:02:15 GMT) It’s definitely to protect the whales and not the fossil fuel industry In a rally held on Saturday in Wildwood, New Jersey, former US President Donald Trump promised that his first day back in office would feature the destruction of offshore wind farms.… Cybersec chiefs team up with insurers to say 'no' to ransomware bullies - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 16:15:10 GMT) Guidebook aims to undermine the criminal business model The latest effort to reduce the number of ransom payments sent to cybercriminals in the UK involves the country's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) locking arms with insurance associations.… Microsoft introduces Places to make flexible working less fraught - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:47:13 GMT) Hit by a return-to-office mandate? Let the Copilot Company help you find co-workers and a desk to work at Return-to-office mandates are all the rage, and Microsoft is shoehorning AI into the conversation with Microsoft Places, a service aimed at coordinating employees heading back to their desks on a flexible basis.… AWS CEO logs off after three years at the helm - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:21:14 GMT) Adam Selipsky off on new adventures. What those are, we'll have to wait and see Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down to pursue new ventures. The cloud giant's future now rests in AWS veteran Matt Garman's hands.… Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:30:13 GMT) Drama between two of the leading secure messaging services Telegram CEO Pavel Durov issued a scathing criticism of Signal, alleging the messaging service is not secure and has ties to US intelligence agencies.… Ellison's exemplar SAP-to-Oracle region rules out ditching Oracle - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:02:12 GMT) Largest local authority in Europe expects to go live with re-implementation Birmingham City Council – Europe's largest local authority, serving over one million customers – has agreed to re-implement an Oracle Fusion system following a failed rollout that saw costs escalate by more than £100 million ($125.6 million) and the authority unable to fulfill its statutory duties.… Google, Apple gear to raise tracking tag stalker alarm - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:30:15 GMT) After years of people being victimized, it's about time Google and Apple are rolling out an anti-stalking feature for Android 6.0+ and iOS 17.5 that will issue an alert if some scumbag is using a gadget like an AirTag or similar to clandestinely track the user.… VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:04:05 GMT) A nice gesture among the sh!tshow of Broadcom's acquisition VMware has made another small but notable post-merger concession to users: the Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro desktop hypervisor products will now be free for personal use.… Cops developing Ghostbusters-esque weapon to take out e-bike thugs - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 12:30:11 GMT) 'Who you gonna call?' Dunno, my phone's been stolen British police officers are setting their phasers to stun in response to an explosion in scooter and electric bike-based crime.… Once Alibaba’s main investor, SoftBank sheds remaining stake - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 11:45:14 GMT) SoftBank to focus on AI, but might pick up LINE, Yahoo! holding company SoftBank, once Alibaba's biggest investor, has sold its stake in the Chinese tech company, it told investors on an earnings call.… Hubble Space Telescope hasn't had any visitors for 15 years - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 10:58:05 GMT) STS-125 – the Space Shuttle mission that almost never happened It is fifteen years since the Hubble Space Telescope was captured by a Space Shuttle for the final time.… The UK reveals it's spending millions on quantum navigation - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 10:15:11 GMT) First commercial flight trials of a quantum-based system that could be a backup for GPS The UK has just completed commercial flight trials of quantum-based navigation systems that are designed to be immune to conventional jamming and spoofing.… NHS Digital hints at exploit sightings of Arcserve UDP vulnerabilities - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 09:29:11 GMT) When PoC code is released within a day of disclosure, it's only a matter of time before attacks kick off The UK's NHS is warning of the possibility that vulnerabilities in Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) software are being actively exploited.… Nix forked, but over politics instead of progress - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 08:30:12 GMT) Aux.computer fragments the community – but doesn't fix the technological objections Comment Recent ructions in the Nix project over moderation, leadership, and funding, have led to a fork… but one that fails to address the technical and human issues with Nix packaging itself.… Brit publishers beg Apple not to hurt online ad revenue - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 07:26:13 GMT) Breaking news, perhaps literally: AI content blocking tool in Safari for iOS The UK News Media Association (NMA) has written to Apple, warning that its reported plan to provide AI-powered ad blocking in iOS 18 threatens the revenue of news publications.… Nvidia PUE-PUEs datacenter efficiency ratings, calls for application-specific metrics - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 06:44:15 GMT) What good is great power use effectiveness if your DC is packed with inefficient kit? ISC Power use effectiveness – PUE for short – has long been the spec by which datacenter efficiency has been measured. But after nearly two decades Nvidia believes it's time for a new metric.… Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX over 'unpaid bills' - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 02:15:12 GMT) 'If they were to call me today, I'd tell them to f%*k off' Amid the hullabaloo over SpaceX building out its rocket-launching empire in Texas, there are signs it's not all tickety-boo – in that it seems not everyone is being paid on time.… RSA Conference 2024: The good, the bad, and the downright worrying - (pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 00:58:06 GMT) If there's one thing infosec needs right now, it's a little pick-me-up Kettle San Francisco hosted tens of thousands of computer security folk last week for 2024's RSA Conference – and the vibe was a mix of gloom about the state of infosec and some hope for improvement.… US, China agree to meet in Switzerland to discuss most pressing issue of all: AI use - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 23:56:05 GMT) No negotiations on tech sanctions, just talks about not destroying the world American and Chinese officials will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday to try and broker a deal for the two countries to get on the same page concerning AI and potential restrictions on its use.… Green500 shows Nvidia's Grace-Hopper superchip is a power-efficiency beast - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 23:23:11 GMT) Three most energy-friendly systems all driven by Nv's CPU-GPU chip. AMD's APU could soon change that Analysis Despite growing alarm over spiraling datacenter power consumption, this spring's Green500 ranking of the world's most sustainable publicly known supercomputers shows that the same energy-hungry server accelerators behind the AI boom are also driving sizable improvements in efficiency.… As one Apple Store votes against forming union, another may go on strike - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 22:14:12 GMT) Staff in Maryland want better pay and steady schedules; New Jersey doesn't want to rock the boat It's been a labor-(movement)-intensive few days for Apple, which found out it faces a potential employee strike at one store, while elsewhere defeating another union organizing vote about which its organizers are calling foul. … Japanese scientists propose drug to regrow teeth, promise trials won't bite - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 21:15:15 GMT) Adios, dentures? Japanese researchers plan to begin human trials of a tooth regrowth drug this fall at Kyoto University Hospital following successful animal trials.… Biden admin shells out $120M to return chip startup to US ownership - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 20:45:10 GMT) Korean-controlled silicon slinger could be coming back to the fold Not everything in the semiconductor industry is about shearing off every last nanometer, which is why the Biden administration is splashing out CHIPS Act funding to those pursuing less cutting edge processor production. … OpenAI says natively multimodal GPT-4o eats text, visuals, sound – and emits the same - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 20:21:23 GMT) The o is not short for 'Oh sh...' for Google and co OpenAI on Monday showed off GPT-4o, its latest multimodal machine learning model, making it partially available to both free and paid customers through its ChatGPT service and its API.… Linux 6.9 arrives, plus Torvalds indicates Arm64 will get a bit more love - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 20:02:15 GMT) And the windows are opened to 6.10 in September or so Linux kernel 6.9 is here, with many under-the-covers improvements that won't be very visible to users, but which tidy things up, fix bugs, and pave the way for future changes.… 'Cyberattack' shutters Christie's website days before $840M art mega-auction - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 19:36:08 GMT) Going once, going twice, going offline Christie's website remains offline as of Monday after a "technology security issue" shut it down Thursday night – just days before the venerable auction house planned to flog $840 million of art.… Rear-end crashes prompt probe into Amazon's Zoox self-driving cars - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 19:13:09 GMT) Either they learned to brake-check or motorcycles were following too close Updated The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating two rear-end crashes involving Amazon-owned Zoox self-driving cars and motorcycles.… Uncle Sam urges action after Black Basta ransomware infects Ascension - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 18:30:09 GMT) Emergency ambulances diverted while techies restore systems US information security agencies have published advisories on how to detect and thwart the Black Basta ransomware gang – after the crew claimed responsibility for the recent attack on US healthcare provider Ascension.… Oracle CEO says more tech can help offset tech's worst effects - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 17:44:15 GMT) Catz talks up company's feel-good efforts... Just don’t mention the margins Oracle CEO Safra Catz has opened up about the motives driving the world-dominating enterprise software, database and cloud company forward.… US tariffs on Chinese EVs may grow from around 25% to 100% - (pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 17:01:13 GMT) Pundit tells The Reg Intel could suffer the effects of retaliation The Biden administration is reportedly set to quadruple Chinese electric vehicle tariffs as part of an onslaught of increased taxes on imports from the country.… Search the internet Search bishopston.com Search bishopston.net