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Node4's £45M Tisski takeover ends in tears – and £2.4M in damages
Managed service provider Node4 has won a £2.4 million (c $3.2 million) damages award against the founder of Microsoft Dynamics consultancy Tisski, after the High Court ruled the company was sold with problematic contracts that were collapsing as the deal was being finalized.…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the datacenter
Comment The UK has bitterly expensive power, an energy minister who sees electricity as bad, a lethargic planning system, and a grid with a backlog for connections running to 2039.…
EV charging biz zaps customers with data leak scare
An electric vehicle charging point provider is telling users that their data may be compromised, following a recent security "incident" at a service provider.…
China tells grumps, trolls, and AIs to stop emoting online
China’s Cyberspace Administration yesterday announced a two-month campaign to quash netizens who “maliciously incite negative emotions”.…
One of TikTok’s network boffins says it causes ‘massive data wastage’
Before Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and Rupert Murdoch put pen to paper to take over TikTok’s US operations from ByteDance, they might want to consider that one of the Chinese company’s network boffins thinks the app and others like it create “massive data wastage”.…
Stop runaway AI before it's too late, experts beg the UN
ai-pocalypse Ten Nobel Prize winners are among the more than 200 people who've signed a letter calling on the United Nations to define and enforce “red lines” that prohibit some uses of AI.…
AI gone rogue: Models may try to stop people from shutting them down, Google warns
Google DeepMind added a new AI threat scenario - one where a model might try to prevent its operators from modifying it or shutting it down - to its AI safety document. It also included a new misuse risk, which it calls "harmful manipulation."…
Nvidia adds more air to the AI bubble with vague $100B OpenAI deal
analysis OpenAI and Nvidia have signed a letter of intent wherein OpenAI agrees to buy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for its datacenters, while the AI arms dealer returns the favor with an investment of up to $100 billion in the house that Altman built.…
Don't panic: H-1B visas will cost companies $100K only for new petitions
In a surprise announcement on Friday, President Trump issued a proclamation on the H-1B visas many tech companies use to import qualified foreign workers. The headlines mentioning a $100,000 fee caused panic among many visa holders, leading the White House to issue a clarification: Only new applicants will cost their companies this exorbitant price.…
Cops cuff another teen over alleged Scattered Spider attack that broke Vegas casinos
A teen surrendered to Las Vegas police and was booked on suspicion of breaking into multiple Las Vegas casino networks in 2023, as part of a series of hacks attributed to Scattered Spider.…
You can now test drive Fedora 43 and Ubuntu 25.10
Two of the biggest names in fixed-release distros are nearly finished and ready to drop. You can taste them now, but they're not fully baked yet.…