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OpenStack in the pink with Flamingo release that escapes ancient Python constrictions
OpenStack has delivered its 32nd major release, named "Flamingo."…
Taiwan won't chip in to US effort to make half its own processors
Taiwan has rejected US demands to shift semiconductor manufacturing so that half of America's chip needs are produced domestically, as tariff negotiations with the Trump administration intensify.…
Export controls now a key factor in AI chip development – adding risk for the whole industry
Analysis Few of us would have imagined that national security would play such a key role in AI hardware, even dictating its development, but here we are – in a new era of export controls.…
Raspberry Pi prices hiked as AI gobbles all the memory
Raspberry Pi is upping the cost of some devices by double-digit percentages from today driven by what CEO Eben Upton calls "insatiable demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI applications."…
3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America's mailboxes
A trio of companies disclosed data breaches this week affecting approximately 3.7 million customers and employees across North America.…
JetBrains wants to train AI models on your code snippets
IDE and developer tools biz JetBrains believes training AI models on public datasets is insufficient, and is offering free product licenses to organizations that are willing to share detailed code-related data.…
Autonomous AI adoption stalls amid trust and governance crisis
Enterprises aren't keen on letting autonomous agents take the wheel amid fears over trust and security as research once again shows that AI hype is crashing against the rocks of reality.…
Judge dismisses Arm's last legal claim against Qualcomm in licensing spat
Qualcomm is claiming complete victory over Arm in their licensing spat, after a court in Delaware ruled it has not breached the terms of any architecture license agreement (ALA) with the chip designer.…
Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine
The UK's data watchdog has described Imgur's move to block UK users as "a commercial decision" after signaling plans to fine parent company MediaLab.…
Explain digital ID or watch it fizzle out, UK PM Starmer told
UK prime minister Keir Starmer avoided mentioning the mandatory digital ID scheme in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference amid calls for him to put meat on the bones of the plans or risk it failing fast.…
Schools are swotting up on security yet still flunk recovery when cyberattacks strike
Schools and colleges hit by cyberattacks are taking longer to restore their networks — and the consequences are severe, with students' coursework being permanently lost in some cases.…
UK's digital hospital plan meets analog reality check
The government has announced a new "digital hospital" service in England that will provide online appointments with consultants as an alternative to visiting a National Health Service (NHS) hospital.…
Away from Oktoberfest, Munich's museums also serve science on tap
Geek's Guide It's September and the German city of Munich is celebrating Oktoberfest. But away from the beer tents, schnitzel, and lederhosen lies a set of museums worth visiting for the price of a few beers.…
Blockchain just became an utterly mainstream part of the global financial system
Blockchains are still synonymous with the wild world of cryptocurrencies, but on Monday, 30 banks and SWIFT – the world’s most important cross-border payment service – made them an utterly mainstream part of the global financial system.…
Taliban impose tele-ban and takes Afghanistan offline
Afghanistan has dropped off the global internet.…
Beijing-backed burglars master .NET to target government web servers
Threat-hunters at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have decided a gang they spotted two years ago is backed by China, after seeing it sling a new variety of malware.…
Salesforce users grumble after Agentforce AI replaces search on some help pages
Salesforce developers have called for the SaaS-y CRM giant to wind back a change that saw the AI-powered Agentforce bot replace basic search functions on some online help pages.…
Cyborg dreams move closer to reality with low-power artificial neuron
Scientists affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed an artificial neuron that can communicate efficiently with biological neurons, a research advance expected to accelerate the development of bioelectronic devices and interfaces.…
Fake North Korean IT workers sneaking into healthcare, finance, and AI
The North Korean IT worker threat extends well beyond tech companies, with fraudsters interviewing at a "surprising" number of healthcare orgs, according to Okta Threat Intelligence.…
Tile trackers are a stalker's dream, say Georgia Tech researchers
Tile Bluetooth trackers leak identifying data in plain text, giving stalkers an easy way to track victims despite Life360's security promises, a group of Georgia Tech researchers warns.…