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Seoul restores smartphone subsidies because premium handsets are apparently essential
South Korea on Monday decided to abolish its ban on smartphone subsidies – in part to make premium devices more affordable.…
Tesla Cybertruck gets cyberstuck during off-roading expedition
Video A Tesla Cybertruck owner who took his wheeled wedge off-road ended up with busted wheel fairings and self-detaching wheel covers for his trouble – and all without the thing being able to make it up a challenging hill.…
Macy's and Sunglass Hut sued for $10M over face-recog arrest and 'sexual assault'
A 61-year-old man is suing US retail giant Macy's and the parent biz of chain store Sunglass Hut for $10 million, claiming he was mistakenly arrested in a robbery case after an inaccurate facial-recognition identification match, and subsequently sexually assaulted in jail.…
Intuit ordered to use the word 'free' less freely in its ads
Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, is no longer free to tout its tax filing software as "free" when it isn't free to most customers.…
United Airlines’ patience with Boeing is maxed out after repeated safety issues
United Airlines, which boasts one of the world’s largest fleets of Boeing aircraft, is considering a future without the next version of the American manufacturer's troubled 737 jet series, the Max 10.…
Ex-IBM staff ask US Supremes for help in age-discrimination complaint fight
Twenty-nine former IBM employees who were denied the opportunity to sue the IT giant for age discrimination by arbitration agreements have petitioned the US Supreme Court to let them bring their claims to court.…
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample finally opened after NASA gets inventive
PIC After struggling for months, NASA has finally cracked open the canister storing its dirt sample scooped off the surface of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample.…
CISA boss swatted: 'While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique'
CISA Director Jen Easterly has confirmed she was the subject of a swatting attempt on December 30 after a bogus report of a shooting at her home.…
Europe's first exascale system will be slotted into modular containerized datacenter
Europe's first exascale supercomputer will be delivered as a modular datacenter consisting of container units intended to allow for easier updates or replacement of single modules in future. An Early Access Program has also opened for potential applications for the upcoming system.…
Musk lashes out at Biden administration over rural broadband
Elon Musk has reacted angrily to the Biden administration pledging millions of dollars to bolster high-speed internet access.…
Russia takes $13.5M bite out of Apple over in-app purchases
Apple has paid a fine of ₽1.2 billion ($13.5 million) to the Russian government after Moscow decided the company violated its antitrust laws by preventing iOS users from going outside the App Store for in-app purchases (IAP).…
Accused PII seller faces jail for running underground fraud op
A Baltimore man faces a potential maximum 20-year prison sentence after being charged for his alleged role in running an online service that sold personal data which was later used for financial fraud.…
Microsoft hires energy mavericks in quest for nuclear-powered datacenters
Microsoft has hired a director of nuclear technologies to oversee a program to develop small-scale atomic reactors to power datacenters as an alternative to fossil fuels.…
David Mills, the internet's Father Time, dies at 85
Obituary Professor David L Mills, one of the original wizards who built the internet, has died at the age of 85, leaving a remarkable technological legacy.…
Oracle continues GenAI push into enterprise data
Oracle has launched its OCI Generative AI service and introduced new betas to help customers build machine learning models from their own data. All of this as it tries to ensure the LLM bandwagon does not carry data from its systems to other cloud providers.…
Lukewarm reception for Microsoft's Copilot Pro amid performance, cost grumbles
Just over a week after Microsoft unveiled Copilot Pro and rolled the service out to more customers, users are complaining about performance, and the platform is being met with a shrug by administrators.…
Users now keep cellphones for 40+ months and it's hurting the secondhand market
Used and refurbished smartphones sales continue to expand by near-double digits but that rate is slowing as elongated refresh cycles for brand new handsets means fewer secondhand devices are becoming available.…
France fines Amazon €32M for watching staff so much they'd have to 'justify each break'
The French privacy watchdog, National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), has fined Amazon France Logistique €32 million ($34.8 million) over a system for monitoring staff activity and performance.…
UK water giant admits attackers broke into system as gang holds it to ransom
Southern Water confirmed this morning that criminals broke into its IT systems, making off with a "limited amount of data."…
Asda's delayed SAP migration forces extension to Walmart's backend support contract
Supermarket chain Asda has extended its deal with Walmart, the US retail giant that once owned the UK business, to support backend ERP systems after a project to replace them hit delays.…