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MariaDB reboots DBaaS plans with open source at the core
MariaDB says it is building a database-as-a-service based on open source principles after offloading its old DBaaS before going into private ownership.…
Apple has locked me in the same monopolistic cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users
Column My decade-old and very well-travelled 13" MacBook Pro finally died, and I hoped my new-ish M2 iPad Pro could replace it.…
Microsoft quantum breakthrough claims labelled 'unreliable' and 'essentially fraudulent'
Microsoft's claim of having made quantum computing breakthroughs has attracted strong criticism from scientists, but the software giant says it’s work is sound – and it will soon reveal data that proves it.…
Man with artificial heart survives over 100 days outside hospital
Australian company BiVACOR has revealed a patient implanted with its artificial heart survived for 100 days – and is still with us after receiving a donated organ.…
CISA worker says 100-strong red team fired after DOGE cancelled contract
A penetration tester who worked at the US govt's CISA claims his 100-strong team was dismissed after Elon Musk's Trump-blessed DOGE unit cancelled a contract – and that more staff at the cybersecurity agency have also been let go.…
Choose your own Patch Tuesday adventure: Start with six zero-day fixes, or six critical flaws
Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday bundle has appeared, with a dirty dozen flaws competing for your urgent attention – six of them rated critical and another six already being exploited by criminals.…
Microsoft adds another Copilot hotkey – this time for AI voice chat
Microsoft has added yet another Copilot tweak for Windows Insiders. Hold down Alt + Spacebar for two seconds, and the AI assistant will pop up for a voice chat.…
Energy trio wants to pipe gas from coal mines to keep datacenter lights on
Three companies in the US are teaming up to address the burgeoning energy needs of datacenters by using coal mine methane piped to on-site fuel cells at locations that are already hotspots for building bit barns.…
Microsoft will kill Remote Desktop soon, insists you'll love replacement
The end is nigh for Microsoft's Remote Desktop application. The IT giant will pull support on May 27 when users must transition to the corp's Windows App, with all the positives and negatives that entails.…
'Uber for nurses' exposes 86k+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months
Exclusive More than 86,000 records containing nurses' medical records, facial images, ID documents and more sensitive info linked to health tech company ESHYFT was left sitting in a wide-open S3 bucket for months — or possibly even longer — before it was closed it last week.…
FTC’s $25.5M scam refund treats victims to $34 each
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is distributing over $25.5 million in refunds to consumers deceived by tech support scammers, averaging about $34 per person.…
From pantyhose to power cells, nylon gives lithium batteries a leg up
Scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in the search for more powerful and lower-cost lithium-metal batteries by including common polymer nylon in the design.…
Official HP toner not official enough after dodgy update, say users
Owners of HP laser printers are complaining about a firmware update that stops the hardware from printing, where the toner cartridge is not recognized even when they've got the expensive HP version installed.…
Is NASA's science budget heading for a black hole?
COMMENT NASA could be in line for severe cuts to its science budget, with a 50 percent reduction floated by folk in the space industry. The consequences would, according to observers, be nothing less than catastrophic.…
Cerebras to light up datacenters in North America and France packed with AI accelerators
Cerebras has begun deploying more than a thousand of its dinner-plate sized-accelerators across North America and parts of France as the startup looks to establish itself as one of the largest and fastest suppliers of AI inference services.…
Fresh Wine-flavored version of Mono released
The WINE project has put out its first release of Mono, the original FOSS .NET runtime, since it took the project over from Microsoft six months ago.…
Eight days later, Microsoft's native Outlook app on iOS devices still plagued
The native Outlook email app for iOS users remains missing in action for some more than a week after users first reported service disruption, and Microsoft still hasn't confirmed the root cause.…
Europe's largest council kept auditors in the dark on Oracle rollout fiasco for 10 months
Birmingham City Council did not tell its official auditors about the disastrous Oracle implementation for ten months after the suite of applications went live, and appeared to obstruct access to the new system needed to complete their work.…
Britain dusts off idle spectrum for rail and emergency comms
Britain's telecoms regulator wants to repurpose unused mobile spectrum for the upcoming Emergency Services Network (ESN) and to overhaul communications in the railway sector.…
MINJA sneak attack poisons AI models for other chatbot users
AI models with memory aim to enhance user interactions by recalling past engagements. However, this feature opens the door to manipulation.…