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Infosys launches aviation cloud it claims can halve lost luggage - (pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 05:33:12 GMT)Also optimises routes and tames crowds, but can't stop that person who just reclined into your kneesInfosys has sent a digital transformation platform for commercial airlines down the runway and claims it could reduce lost luggage by fifty percent.… |
Search for phone signal caused oil spill, say Japanese investigators - (pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:32:08 GMT)Skipper caught on tape saying 'What have I done? My career is gone' after crashing into coral reef after a couple of whiskeysJapan’s Transport Safety Board on Thursday judged that a cargo ship that spilled 1,000 tons of fuel oil into a pristine marine environment off the coast of Mauritius in 2020 was travelling off course in search of a cell phone signal.… |
Red Hat bins Bugzilla for RHEL issue tracking, jumps on Jira - (pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 03:32:11 GMT)Just in time to get Atlassian’s latest cross-team collab bitsRed Hat has revealed it’s binned the Bugzilla defect-tracking system for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in favour of Atlassian’s Jira.… |
Supermicro CEO predicts 20 percent of datacenters will adopt liquid cooling - (pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:29:12 GMT)30th birthday post reveals 2004 disaster movie continues to influence company strategySupermicro's founder, president and CEO Charles Liang has suggested a fifth of datacenters – maybe more – will need to adopt liquid cooling in coming years.… |
Medium asks AI bot crawlers: Please, please don't scrape bloggers' musings - (pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:36:10 GMT)OpenAI and Google might respect robots.txt but how about the others?Blogging platform Medium would like organizations to not scrape its articles without permission to train up AI models, and warned this policy may be difficult to enforce.… |
iPhone 15 is too hot to handle – and not in any good way - (pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:32:08 GMT)Influencers offer smouldering looks, analysts wonder if TSMC-fabbed silicon can take the heatApple's iPhone 15 is so hot right now, just not in the way that Apple would prefer.… |
Chinese snoops stole 60K State Department emails in that Microsoft email heist - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 23:13:06 GMT)No classified systems involved apparently, but internal diplomatic notes, travel details, staff SSNs, etcChinese snoops stole about 60,000 State Department emails when they broke into Microsoft-hosted Outlook and Exchange Online accounts belonging to US government officials over the summer.… |
French monopoly cops raid Nvidia office in cloud probe - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 22:09:08 GMT)AI accelerator maker suspected of potential anti-competitive tricksNvidia's office in France was raided this week as part of an investigation by that country's Competition Authority into the graphics card sector.… |
OpenAI in talks with Jony Apple Ive and Softbank over iPhone-but-for-AI monster - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:49:31 GMT)So, a portable Alexa or Google Home-esque gadget?OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the former Apple chief design officer Jony Ive are reportedly planning to spin up a startup with backing from Softbank to develop some kind of personal AI-powered hardware device.… |
Feds' privacy panel backs renewing Feds' S. 702 spying powers — but with limits - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:15:08 GMT)FBI agents ought to get spy court approval before reviewing US persons' chats, board reckonsA privacy panel within the US government today narrowly recommended that Congress reauthorize the Feds' Section 702 spying powers — but with some stronger protections for US citizens only.… |
Epic cut: Fortnite games maker culls 16% of staff - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 20:15:12 GMT)That partial victory against Apple is seeming more pyrrhic by the dayFortnite founder Epic Games said on Thursday that it intends to lay off 16 percent of its staff, around 830 people, and has also sold its stake in Bandcamp and a marketing company focused on appealing to children. … |
Yelp sues Texas for right to publish actual accurate abortion info - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:30:05 GMT)So much for that free speech, huh?Yelp has sued Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton to prevent him from punishing the reviews website for labeling Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) to indicate that they do not actually offer abortion services.… |
DARPA takes its long-duration Manta undersea drone for a test-dip - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:36:29 GMT)Autonomous sub should recharge and resupply in perfect stealth, hopefullyDARPA's extended-duration unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) is having its first aquatic excursion to test if this naval drone has wings, er, fins.… |
Former IBM services outfit Kyndryl said to be mulling China split - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:32:05 GMT)There's no denying geopolitics is making it hard for multinationals in BeijingIBM services spinoff Kyndryl is reportedly preparing to separate its China-based business in the face of ongoing geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington.… |
Musk, Yaccarino contradict each other on status of X's election integrity team - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:44:09 GMT)One says it's dead, the other says it's growing, and we all know how grumpy Elon gets when contradictedIt's only been a day since rumors began swirling that X, formerly Twitter, had disabled features allowing users to report election misinformation, and the confusion hasn't been cleared up by dueling statements from platform owner Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino.… |
More and more LLMs in biz products, but who'll take responsibility for their output? - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:59:05 GMT)ServiceNow and SAP join the genAI frenzy, but users advised to 'keep a human in the loop'There was barely a beat before he responded. "The simple answer is no," said Jon Sigler, ServiceNow Now Platform senior vice president.… |
You shouldn't be able to buy devices that tamper with diesel truck emissions on eBay, says DoJ - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:00:06 GMT)Feds allege tat bazaar turned blind eye to folks buying more than 343k aftermarket defeat devicesThe DoJ is looking to hold eBay liable for the buying and selling of products on its platform that it alleges include emissions cheat components known as "defeat devices."… |
Zuck dives deeper into the metaverse, dragging Snoop Dogg along for ride - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:02:05 GMT)Meta's annual conference sees the company playing catch-up to OpenAI but pulling ahead of AppleNot content to live off the fat of its advertising empire, Meta is still trying to make the metaverse a thing.… |
Intel starts mass production on Intel 4 node using EUV in Irish fab - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:15:06 GMT)First Euro facility to use the next-gen lithography tech for commercial productionIntel is preparing to kickstart high-volume manufacturing at its plant in Leixlip, Ireland with the Intel 4 process, its first production node using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.… |
From frying Panos into the Fire? Amazon confirms hiring of Microsoft veteran - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:31:56 GMT)Device chief, who quit the beast of Redmond last week, takes similar role at arch rivalAmazon has finally confirmed what many in the industry already suspected: that Panos Panay, Microsoft's recently departed veep for devices, is joining to run its own gadget and service biz.… |
NTT will take those SAP licenses off your hands if it helps ease cloud migration - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:52:30 GMT)Bid to break impasse where boards only see costsNTT Data Business Solutions, a global consultancy and systems integrator, has committed to buy back legacy and on-prem SAP ERP licenses from customers to ease the cloud migrations many find difficult to justify financially.… |
Cloudflare loosens AI from the network edge using GPU-accelerated Workers - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:00:11 GMT)Isn't that how Skynet took over?Generative AI models might be trained in massive clusters of GPUs, but Cloudflare argues the obvious place to run them isn't just at the edge but in the network itself.… |
If the Linux Foundation was a software company, it'd be the biggest in the world - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:15:08 GMT)The Kubernetes circus hits Shanghai and ponders how to connect engineersKubecon The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has returned to Shanghai for the city's first Kubecon since the pandemic.… |
Israel and Italy have cheapest mobile data out of 237 countries - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:34:14 GMT)Some in globe pay just $0.02 per GB, others rinsed for $43.75The cost of mobile data varies wildly around the world, ranging from an average $0.02 per gigabyte in Israel, to a whopping $43.75 in Zimbabwe, with the UK ranked 58th in affordability and the US coming close to the bottom of the table at 219th.… |
The only way is WebKit: Vivaldi's browser arrives on iOS - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 08:29:12 GMT)Render unto Apple what is Apple'sThe Vivaldi browser is finally making its way to iOS devices, although Apple's WebKit continues to lurk behind the scenes.… |
After failing at privacy, again, Google is working to keep Bard chats out of Search - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:32:12 GMT)The URLs needed to share chat histories have been indexed. Of courseGoogle's Bard chatbot is currently being re-educated to better understand privacy.… |
Micron revenue halved in FY23 as China ban bites - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:45:06 GMT)Reason for the block still a mystery – but most have their guessesMemory maker Micron Technology's revenue fell by almost half year-on-year, partly thanks to the effect of China's unexplained bans on some of its products.… |
Raspberry Pi 5 revealed, and it should satisfy your need for speed - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:00:09 GMT)No longer super-cheap, but boasts better graphics and swifter storageThe Raspberry Pi 5 arrives in October with both a leap in performance and an incremental price rise. But will you be able to get your hands on one?… |
Indonesia, TikTok's best market, bans social commerce - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:33:05 GMT)Made-In-China network's attempt to merge sales and socials stalled in the market all web giants covetIndonesia, the world's fourth-most-populous country, has decided to ban social commerce – the practice of embedding e-commerce facilities in social media platforms.… |
China's national security minister rates fake news among most pressing cyber threats - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 03:58:08 GMT)He's also worried about alliances that freeze out Chinese techChinese minister for national security Chen Yixin has penned an article rating the digital risks his country faces and rated network security incidents as the most realistic source of harm to the Chinternet – both in terms of attacks and the dissemination of fake news.… |
Record-breaking astronaut Frank Rubio finally home after over a year in orbit - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:31:12 GMT)Rubio spent 371 days on the ISS, the longest any American has been aloftNASA astronaut Dr. Frank Rubio has returned home after a 371-day stint aboard the International Space Station, setting a new record for the longest time an American has stayed in space.… |
OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT's internet browsing privileges - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 01:00:13 GMT)If the chatbot doesn't know what you need, it'll 'Bing It!' for paying customersChatGPT can now scan the internet and provide users with up-to-date responses to their queries, OpenAI revealed Wednesday.… |
Volkswagen stuck in neutral after 'IT disruption' - (pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:01:09 GMT)Factories and offices are going nowhere, fastUpdated Some of Volkswagen’s operations have screeched to a halt after some sort of cyber incident, according to German media reports.… |
Unions claim win as Hollywood studios agree generative AI isn't an author - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:59:06 GMT)The pen is (slightly) mightier than the algorithmThe Writers Guild of America has ended its 148-day strike after reaching an agreement with Hollywood's TV and film studios to increase pay and regulate the use of generative AI in ways that mean writers are paid regular rates even if they work on machine-generated material.… |
Routers have been rooted by Chinese spies, US and Japan warn - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:30:08 GMT)BlackTech crew looking to steal sensitive data trafficChinese government spies may be hiding in your Cisco routers and using that access to steal intellectual property and other sensitive data, according to officials in the US and Japan.… |
Game on: FTC tries again to block Microsoft Activision merger - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:45:12 GMT)Redmond says the deal is still onThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday revived its attempt to block Microsoft's planned $69 billion acquisition of game gurus at Activision Blizzard.… |
Perseverance rover sets a Martian speed record with software controls - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:00:06 GMT)347.7 meters in a day - humans could probably do betterNASA's Perseverance Mars rover has set a speed record by traversing a massive boulder field in a third the time it would have taken its predecessor Curiosity.… |
Ubuntu and Fedora clash in beta race, but who wears GNOME better? - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:04:14 GMT)Big two corporate-backed free distros are nearly ready for their close-upsBoth Fedora Workstation 39 and Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 are now in beta, preparing for release next month. We looked at their official GNOME-based flavors to see what to expect.… |
The alternative to stopping climate change is untested carbon capture tech - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:15:07 GMT)We could do most of what we need to prevent 1.5°C warming now; reversing it will be nigh impossibleThe technology the world needs to reach net zero carbon emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C is increasingly available, but we're still not necessarily on track to meet our 2050 climate change goals, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports.… |
NYC rights groups say no to grocery store spycams and snooping landlords - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:30:08 GMT)Letter to City Council supports measures to ban biometric tech from public spaces"New Yorkers should not be forced to accept biometric surveillance as part of simple activities like buying groceries or taking their kids to a baseball game," more than 30 civil and digital rights organizations said yesterday in a letter backing new privacy laws in the city.… |
Meta spends $181M to get out of lease at vacant London offices - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:45:07 GMT)Biz signed 20-year term in 2021 before COVID-19 caused the WFH revolution followed by redundanciesMeta is paying £149 million ($181 million) to release itself earlier than planned from a lease on an eight-story office block in London signed two years ago, which still lies vacant.… |
CERN experiment proves gravity pulls antimatter the way Einstein predicted - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:01:28 GMT)Why there is not a lot more of it is yet to be explained thoughIn sci-fi, antimatter is the opposite of all the matter around us. Does that mean it should fall up? Not at all, scientists at Europe's largest sub-atomic physics lab have proved for the first time.… |
Devs learn rival Godot engine in a week to poke fun at Unity - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:02:06 GMT)The result? Install Fee TycoonIt's generally not accepted as good form to kick someone while they're down, but we can always make an exception where predatory business practices are concerned, especially in the $334 billion video game industry.… |
Intel facing worker shortage for German chip plant - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:01:07 GMT)Chip giant says it's still in the 'planning and design phase'Intel is facing a shortage of skilled staff for its planned chip factory in Germany, according to reports, highlighting that rebuilding the semiconductor industry in Europe and elsewhere may not be straightforward.… |
Spotify now using AI to clone podcaster’s voice into Spanish - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:59:09 GMT)Meanwhile Google pushes podcast listeners toward YouTube MusicSpotify has revealed it will use AI to clone the voices of prominent podcasters and translate their output into other languages.… |
Linux interop is maturing fast… thanks to a games console - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:00:14 GMT)Valve's work on Steam OS 3 for the Steam Deck help everyone, corporate users includedOpen Source Summit Steam OS is the Arch-based distro for a handheld Linux games console, and Valve is aggressively pushing Linux's usability and Windows interoperability for the device.… |
MongoDB's SQL-to-NoSQL converter uses AI to smash the language barrier - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:00:13 GMT)Tell it what you want to do, and it spits out the relevant codeMongoDB has built an AI-powered SQL converter designed to help developers move from relational databases to its document-oriented NoSQL system.… |
Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:15:15 GMT)Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go timeNASA has confirmed it will ask American companies to duke it out for the opportunity to deorbit the International Space Station – quietly releasing a request for proposals last week.… |
Rusty revenant Servo returns to render once more - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:30:07 GMT)Mozilla gave it the boot, but the Linux Foundation Europe gave it the kiss of life insteadOpen Source Summit A pleasant surprise from Open Source Summit is that Servo, the Rusty rendering engine that Mozilla was working on – until COVID, that is – is showing green shoots of renewed vigor.… |
Researchers train an AI system to find extraterrestrial life - (pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:31:14 GMT)Machine learning model touted as ideal for finding LGMs on Mars, and beyondComputer scientists have trained a machine learning model to predict whether materials contain biosignatures in the hopes that the system can be used to detect life in Martian rocks.… |
