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Microsoft hiring Inflection team triggers interest from EU's antitrust chief
Amid the scramble to hire developer talent in the field of AI, regulators in the European Union are expressing interest in recent events that saw Microsoft lift and shift most of the team at Inflection.…
Techie saved the day and was then criticized for the fix
On Call is back from an Easter adventure with another reader-contributed – and perhaps tear-inducing – tale of tech support.…
Tough luck, bosses, AI is coming for your job, too
Nearly half of US office workers expressed concern that AI might take their jobs in a February survey by investment banking biz Jefferies.…
Academics probe Apple's privacy settings and get lost and confused
A study has concluded that Apple's privacy practices aren't particularly effective, because default apps on the iPhone and Mac have limited privacy settings and confusing configuration options.…
Chinese schools testing 10,000 locally made RISC-V-ish PCs
China's long march towards creation and adoption of its own information technology stack has taken a long stride forward after a school district commenced a trial of 10,000 PCs powered by domestically designed processors.…
Taiwan quake to hit chipmakers' capex, not chip supply
Wednesday’s earthquake in Taiwan will hit at least one chipmaker in the wallet, but won’t weaken the overall silicon supply chain, according to analyst outfit TrendForce.…
World's second-largest eyeglass lens-maker blinded by infosec incident
If ever there was an incident that brings the need for good infosec into sharp focus, this is the one: Japan's Hoya – a maker of eyeglass and contact lenses, plus kit used to make semiconductor manufacturing, flat panel displays, and hard disk drives – has halted some production and sales activity after experiencing an attack on its IT systems.…
Lambda borrows half a billion bucks to grow its GPU cloud
Lambda Labs, operator of a GPU-infused cloud, on Thursday revealed it has secured a $500 million loan to fund the expansion of its accelerators-as-a-service offering.…
Tech titans assemble to decide which jobs AI should cut first
Of all the tech CEOs touting AI's potential to empower workers, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has been among the most vocal about its ability to replace them.…
Feds probe massive alleged classified US govt data theft and leak
Uncle Sam is investigating claims that some miscreant stole and leaked classified information from the Pentagon and other national security agencies.…
Sleuths who cracked Zodiac Killer's cipher thank the crowd
Three men received recognition in December 2020 for cracking the Zodiac Killer's 340-character cipher (Z340) – but they want to share credit with the community of sleuths who helped with the 51-year code breaking effort.…
NASA taps trio of companies to build the next generation of lunar rover
NASA has selected three companies to develop designs for a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) to transport astronauts around the Moon.…
Thank the bots, your blue check is back on X
What Elon taketh away, Elon also giveth. Fee-free blue checks on Twitter are back, but only for users with a certain number of followers who pay for X Premium.…
Google ponders making AI search a premium option
Google is reportedly considering tweaks to its search engine, including making some AI features subscription-only - an ad-free search experience is seemingly not on the cards.…
Ivanti commits to secure-by-design overhaul after vulnerability nightmare
Ivanti has committed to adopting a secure-by-design approach to security as it gears up for an organizational overhaul in response to the multiple vulnerabilities in Connect Secure exploited earlier this year.…
Microsoft's playdate in Google's Privacy Sandbox gets messy
Analysis Inspired by Google's Privacy Sandbox ad tech renovation initiative, Microsoft last month announced plans for a "privacy preserving" mechanism to deliver interest-based ads in its Edge browser.…
German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany's most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions.…
Microsoft unbundling Teams is to appease regulators, not give customers a better deal
If you're planning to save money by cutting out the unbundled Teams product from your Microsoft 365 subscription, the decision might not be as straightforward as you'd think.…
Nvidia's 'China special' RTX 4090D hits great wall of US export controls
The US government has published an updated list of tech export controls that looks to be bad news for Nvidia as it now includes the company's "China special" RTX 4090D GPU in items that need an export license.…
UK govt office admits ability to negotiate billions in cloud spending curbed by vendor lock-in
Exclusive The UK government has admitted its negotiating power over billions of pounds of cloud infrastructure spending has been inhibited by vendor lock-in.…