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DOGE geek with Treasury payment system access now quits amid racist tweet claims - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:02:49 GMT)We did Nazi see that comingMarko Elez, a former SpaceX, Starlink, and X engineer who was granted deep access to a critical US Treasury payment system by the Trump-blessed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has quit that team after he was linked to a racist Twitter account.… |
Amazon-backed X-energy bags $700M more for itty-bitty nuke reactors that don't exist yet - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:03:49 GMT)Looking forward to someone putting the new into nuclearMonths after Amazon joined a half-billion-dollar funding round for next-gen modular nuclear startup X-energy, the biz has announced a supplemental Series C-1 raise - despite its fission reactor design remaining unproven.… |
Coordinates of millions of smartphones feared stolen, sparking yet another lawsuit against data broker - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:07:06 GMT)Fourth time’s the harm?Gravy Analytics has been sued yet again for allegedly failing to safeguard its vast stores of personal data, which are now feared stolen. And by personal data we mean information including the locations of tens of millions of smartphones, coordinates of which were ultimately harvested from installed apps.… |
Federal judge tightens DOGE leash over critical Treasury payment system access - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:40:11 GMT)Lawsuit: 'Scale of intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented'Updated Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has had its access to US Treasury payment systems restricted - at least temporarily - following a lawsuit from advocacy groups and unions.… |
Dems want answers on national security risks posed by hiring freeze, DOGE probes - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:30:08 GMT)Are cybersecurity roles included? Are Elon's enforcers vetted? Inquiring minds want to knowUpdated Elected officials are demanding answers as to whether the Trump administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are hamstringing US national security.… |
When it comes to AI ROI, IT decision-makers not convinced - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:00:12 GMT)Proof of concept projects stuck in pilot phase as investors get itchy feetMany business leaders remain unconvinced that AI is worth the expense despite continued hype from an industry that has bet billions on developing the tech and desperately needs to recoup that spending.… |
Eggheads crack the code for the perfect soft boil - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:31:06 GMT)For those for whom a runny white or a hard yolk is just not good un œufResearchers have put computational fluid dynamics software to good use in devising a solution to the age-old problem of the perfect soft-boiled egg.… |
Google exec sees enterprise quantum app on closer horizon - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:45:08 GMT)20 years? More like five for real-world workloads says company's Quantum AI leadDespite ongoing breakthroughs, quantum computing has struggled to shake the perception that it's always another ten years away from being practical. However, researchers at Google now argue the tech is actually much closer to commercial viability than some would have you believe.… |
Veterans Affairs reboots Oracle health records project for $330M - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:08 GMT)Concerns around unfixed problems remain after system resulted in harm to some 150 patientsThe US Department of Veterans Affairs has restarted a project to implement Oracle electronic health records in its hospitals after the project was suspended in 2023.… |
Microsoft makes sweet, sweet music with Windows MIDI Services - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:17:09 GMT)Preview arrives in Canary Channel, release planned for Windows 10 and 11Microsoft has released its first in-box public preview of Windows MIDI Services with full support for the MIDI 2.0 standard.… |
Uber CEO warns robotaxis can't find a fast route to commercial viability - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:30:09 GMT)Fleets built to handle peak demand will lose money, leaving humans driving to the rescueUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is warning that it's not yet possible to commercialize autonomous vehicles due to high costs, seasonal demand fluctuations, and the need to prove "superhuman" safety.… |
Copilot+ PCs? Customers just aren't buying it – yet - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:45:10 GMT)57% higher price point and app compatibility issues aren't helpingThere remains little love for notebooks containing AI-capable processors and even less for Microsoft's Copilot+ models, with premium pricing, software compatibility, and opaque benefits cited as the reasons.… |
Agent P waxes lyrical about 14 years of systemd - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:01:10 GMT)Lennart Poettering gave packed-out keynote talk. Jack Dorsey … didn'tFOSDEM 2025 FOSDEM returned to Brussels for the first weekend in February – not without some controversial people.… |
Robot dogs learn bomb disposal tricks in trials - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:15:08 GMT)'Fetch' just got a lot more interestingYou can teach a robotic dog new tricks, it seems, with mechanic canines now being deployed in tests to detect and defuse bomb threats.… |
Openreach tests 50 Gbps broadband – don’t expect it anytime soon - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:30:13 GMT)Download speeds of 41.9 Gbps and upload speeds of 20.6 Gbps achieved, claims BT divisionNetwork builder and maintainer Openreach says it has tested a 50 Gbps fiber broadband connection in the UK, as a first step towards making it commercially available at some point in the distant future.… |
Why UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:25:07 GMT)Individual publishers could be held liable for visitors' off-topic posts, legal eagle arguesUpdated Individuals who run their own website could be held liable for, weirdly enough, off-topic visitor-posted comments that break the UK's Online Safety Act.… |
Tesla sales crash in Europe, UK. We can only wonder why - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:19:15 GMT)Somewhat stale range of Muskmobiles, competition from China, Elon being Elon, or all of the above?Registration of new Tesla cars slumped across Europe in January, as Chinese electric-vehicle makers racked up enormous growth.… |
Arm gives up on killing off Qualcomm's vital chip license - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:29:15 GMT)The British are coming, the British are coming ... to terms with their lossArm has given up on terminating one of its key licenses with Qualcomm, leaving the latter free to continue producing homegrown Arm-compatible chips for PCs, phones, and servers.… |
Democrats demand to know WTF is up with that DOGE server on OPM's network - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:49:48 GMT)Are you trying to make this easy for China and Russia?Who bought it, who installed it, and what's happening with the data on it.… |
Robocallers who phoned the FCC pretending to be from the FCC land telco in trouble - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:04:16 GMT)Don't laugh: The $4.5m fine proposed for carrier Telnyx shows how the Trump administration will run its comms regulatorIn its first enforcement action of the Trump presidency, the FCC has voted to propose fining Telnyx $4,492,500 – after scammers pretending to be the watchdog's staff started calling actual FCC staffers via the VoIP telco.… |
Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:09:32 GMT)Some worry multiple languages will make it harder to maintain this open source uber-project, others disagreeUpdated Developers trying to add Rust code to the Linux kernel continue to face opposition from kernel maintainers who believe using multiple languages is an unwelcome and risky complication.… |
Cisco patches two critical Identity Services Engine flaws - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:32:14 GMT)One gives root access, the other lets you steal info and reconfig nodes, in the right (or should that be wrong) circumstancesCisco has fixed two critical vulnerabilities in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root or access sensitive information, modify configurations, and reload affected devices.… |
Poland’s 2nd astronaut brings pierogi to the ISS party - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:30:13 GMT)Here's hoping freeze-dried Polish dumplings are just as good as ones freshly fried in butterWhen Axiom Space's fourth mission to the International Space Station arrives in orbit this spring it'll include Poland's second-ever astronaut, who will bring an essential comfort from home: Pierogi.… |
DOGE latest: Citrix supremo has 'read-only' access to US Treasury payment system - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:30:14 GMT)CEO of Cloud Software a 'special government employee' probing for Team ElonThe US Treasury has revealed Tom Krause – the chief exec of Citrix and Netscaler owner Cloud Software Group – has "read-only" access to a vital federal government payment system that disburses trillions of dollars annually.… |
Trump admin seeks to reclassify federal CIOs, opening door to political appointees - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:15:07 GMT)Fall in line with executive policy or you're gone, acting OPM chief insistsChief Information Officers across the US federal government face increased job uncertainty as the Trump administration recommends agencies reclassify these positions, potentially making them political appointees.… |
Blue Origin spins up lunar gravity for New Shepard flight - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:33:09 GMT)Bezos' rocketeers tout capability as useful for NASA and other tech providersBlue Origin has sent its reusable New Shepard rocket on another suborbital lob, this time simulating lunar gravity for capsule payloads.… |
Netgear fixes critical bugs as Five Eyes warn about break-ins at the edge - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:27:05 GMT)International security squads all focus on stopping baddies busting in through routers, IoT kit etcNetgear is advising customers to upgrade their firmware after it patched two critical vulnerabilities affecting multiple routers.… |
You know something's wrong when Clippy fills you with nostalgia for simpler times - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:35:42 GMT)It looks like you want to irritate Windows users. Do you want some help with that?There are some things that can't be unseen, including Microsoft posting a hand-drawn image of the company's infamous assistant, Clippy, on social media.… |
Los Alamos lab to research next-gen chip technologies - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:38:38 GMT)Radiation-hardening for space environments and energy efficiency tweaks for above and belowLos Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is leading a project to transform how chips are designed and manufactured, to make them more energy efficient and able to better tolerate environmental conditions such as radiation.… |
US cranks up espionage charges against ex-Googler accused of trade secrets heist - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:33:30 GMT)Mountain View clocked onto the scheme with days to spareA Chinese national faces a substantial stint in prison and heavy fines if found guilty of several additional charges related to economic espionage and theft of trade secrets at Google.… |
Workday erases 8.5% of workforce because of ... AI - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:51:30 GMT)That's 1,750 positions about to join the employment queue and it's only FebruaryWorkday is erasing 8.5 percent of its personnel under a restructuring scheme because… AI.… |
Microsoft's final Exchange Server 2019 update still missing as support deadline ticks down - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:45:09 GMT)CU15 MIA as Redmond scrambles to fix issuesMicrosoft has yet to deliver its promised Cumulative Update 15 for Exchange Server 2019 due to some issues, as the countdown to the end of support for the email platform continues.… |
Early mornings, late evenings, weekends. Useless users always demand support - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:01:08 GMT)Techie complains as biz ignores contractual working hoursOnCall... even when I'm not Do you ever feel like you’re on-call even when you’re technically not on call?… |
Boeing, Boeing, burned: Over half a billion dollars by Starliner in 2024 - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:15:06 GMT)More Catastrophic Capsule than Calamity Capsule for Boeing's beancountersBoeing's CST-100 Starliner project has added a reach-forward loss of $523 million for the aviation giant, taking total losses for the program beyond the $2 billion mark.… |
Remember it'll cost ya to keep the lights on for Windows 10 - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:30:08 GMT)At $61 per device, doubling each year, security updates from November are going to add up quicklyMicrosoft has quietly updated a support document on how the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 will work and how much it will cost - and for some it might cause their stomach to churn.… |
Microsoft quietly erases Windows 11 TPM 2.0 bypass workaround from help page - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:26:06 GMT)You'll upgrade that aging piece of kit and you'll like itupdated For the past three years, Microsoft documented a way to run Windows 11 on PCs that lack Trusted Platform Module 2.0 hardware – but that workaround has now disappeared from its help page.… |
Oracle starts laying mines in JavaScript trademark battle - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:31:11 GMT)Big Red accused of stalling or derailing legal fight by challenging fraud claimOracle this week asked the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to partially dismiss a challenge to its JavaScript trademark.… |
Rackspace moving some of its own workloads off VMware to address bigger Broadcom bills - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 06:33:08 GMT)New home, Platform9, says it’s also helping a Fortune 500 company to migrate 40,000 VMsExclusive Rackspace is moving some of its back-office workloads off VMware and onto a platform called Private Cloud Director offered by cloud infrastructure outfit Platform9.… |
DeepSeek rated too dodgy down under: Banned from Australian government devices - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:59:11 GMT)As American big tech companies lashed for their slow efforts to prevent harmsAustralia’s Department of Home Affairs has banned the use of DeepSeek on federal government devices.… |
Who's afraid of DeepSeek's impact on AI hardware sales? Not AMD CEO Lisa Su - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 03:29:15 GMT)Predicts more efficient ML architectures will drive adoption, see Instinct sales accelerate, shares diveAMD's chief exec Lisa Su has predicted the chip designer's Instinct accelerators will drive tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue in coming years, despite DeepSeek-inspired speculation that next-gen AI models may not need the same level of compute infrastructure used to produce such tools today.… |
Alphabet achieves first $100B annual profit ... and sees its shares sink - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:40:12 GMT)Whaddya gotta do to impress investors these days? Maybe convince them you're not overspending on AI?Google’s parent Alphabet has achieved $100 billion in annual net income for the first time.… |
Google torpedoes 'no AI for weapons' rules - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 01:34:07 GMT)Will now happily unleash the bots when 'likely overall benefits substantially outweigh the foreseeable risks'Google has published a new set of AI principles that don’t mention its previous pledge not to use the tech to develop weapons or surveillance tools that violate international norms.… |
Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number - (pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:30:46 GMT)Malicious microcode vulnerability discovered, fixes rolling out for Epycs at leastGooglers have not only figured out how to break AMD's security – allowing them to load unofficial microcode into its processors to modify the silicon's behavior as they wish – but also demonstrated this by producing a microcode patch that makes the chips always output 4 when asked for a random number.… |
China sticks antitrust probe into Google amid retaliation for Trump import tariffs - (pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:35:08 GMT)Plus, Middle Kingdom announces levies and export controls of its ownGoogle is the latest target in the brewing US-China trade war, with Beijing hitting the search giant with an antitrust probe while rolling out fresh tariffs and export controls in response to new US levies on Chinese goods.… |
FBI's secret UFO hunters fear Trump's January 6 purge will send them into orbit - (pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:30:15 GMT)Maybe Musk just wants the alien space tech that definitely doesn't exist?A previously undisclosed group of FBI agents who investigate UFOs, or "unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs)," as the government calls them, are worried they may not survive an impending Trump-led political purge.… |
OpenAI, Microsoft urge judge to toss out Musk's 'fact-free' lawsuit - (pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:15:48 GMT)Lawyers argue billionaire's 105-page complaint 'lurches from theory to theory'Updated Elon Musk's legal grudge against Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Microsoft could soon be over – again – if a California judge responds favorably to the latest filings in the case.… |
Poisoned Go programming language package lay undetected for 3 years - (pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:28:11 GMT)Researcher says ecosystem's auto-caching is a net positive but presents exploitable quirksA security researcher says a backdoor masquerading as a legitimate Go programming language package used by thousands of organizations was left undetected for years.… |
Palantir designed to 'power the West to its obvious innate superiority,' says CEO - (pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:15:06 GMT)Um, does anyone wanna switch seats?Palantir CEO Alex Karp says one of his aims when building the controversial spy‑tech company was to "power the West to its obvious innate superiority."… |
Grubhub serves up security incident with a side of needing to change your password - (pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:30:08 GMT)Contact info and partial payment details may be compromisedUS food and grocery delivery platform Grubhub says a security incident at a third-party service provider is to blame after user data was compromised.… |
US accuses Canadian math prodigy of $65M crypto scheme - (pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:45:14 GMT)Suspect, still at large, said to back concept that 'code is law'New York feds today unsealed a five-count criminal indictment charging a 22-year-old Canadian math prodigy with exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance protocols, allegedly using them to fraudulently siphon around $65 million from investors in the platforms.… |