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Microsoft prepares Visual Studio 2013 for retirement
Microsoft is warning developers that only months remain before extended support for Visual Studio 2013 is pulled on April 9.…
Atos confirms talks with Airbus over cybersecurity wing sale
French IT services provider Atos has entered talks with Airbus to sell its tech security division in an effort to ease its financial burdens.…
Japan to test datacenter powered by reused hydrogen fuel cells
Honda and Mitsubishi are to test the feasibility of powering a datacenter with fuel cells taken from electric vehicles, using hydrogen produced as a byproduct of an industrial process.…
Windows boss takes on taskbar turmoil, pledges to 'make Start menu great again'
Windows boss Mikhail Parakhin has admitted that the Start menu needs a bit of work.…
Copy that? Xerox confirms 'security incident' at subsidiary
Xerox has officially confirmed that a cyber baddie broke into the systems of its US subsidiary - a week after INC Ransom claimed to have exfiltrated data from the copier and print giant.…
CloudBees co-founder buzzes about open source drama and AI
Interview "It's the experiment that went too far," says CloudBees' Sacha Labourey of HashiCorp's licensing change.…
EU lassos tech giants in bid to rein in the AI Wild West
Analysis As 2023 drew to a close, the year of AI hype was ending as it began. According to figures from Pitchbook, Big Tech spent twice as much on deals with Generative AI startups than venture capital groups during the year.…
Japanese earthquake disrupts chip industry operations
The 7.6 preliminary magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on New Year's Day is forcing Ishikawa Prefecture chip and electronics companies to temporarily shut their doors, with affected companies including Toshiba, GlobalWafers, Murata and others.…
In surprise move, Gentoo Linux starts offering binaries
Gentoo now offers 20-plus gigabytes of pre-compiled binaries, from desktops to office suites, to speed up installations and updates.…
Google flaunts concurrency, optimization as cloud rivals overhaul platforms
Feature Last year was a big one for data analytics and ML in the cloud. Two of the biggest players, Microsoft and Databricks, both overhauled their platforms, with the former also managing to launch products.…
Formal ban on ransomware payments? Asking orgs nicely to not cough up ain't working
Emsisoft has called for a complete ban on ransom payments following another record-breaking year of digital extortion.…
India inches space program forward with launch of X-ray polarimetry satellite
India kicked off the new year with the launch of an X-ray polarimetry space observatory to research cosmic radiation.…
X reverses course on headlines in article links – but just a little and maybe not
Links to articles and pages on the web made sense again on X, for a short while at least, as headlines and titles returned to preview cards shown in tweets in the digital land formerly known as Twitter. …
Driverless cars swerve traffic tickets in California even if they break the law
Driverless cars are not subject to traffic citations in California even if they violate driving laws under the state's current rules.…
Supreme Court supremo ponders AI-powered judges, concludes he's not out of a job yet
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts believes that artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role in the legal process, but he expects "human judges will be around for a while."…
Google password resets not enough to stop these info-stealing malware strains
Security researchers say info-stealing malware can still access victims' compromised Google accounts even after passwords have been changed.…
Valve celebrates New Year by blowing off Steam support for Windows 7 and 8
Valve rang in the New Year by dropping Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 support on its Steam gaming platform, giving your gaming grandparets yet another reason to upgrade.…
Brain boffins think they've found the data format we use to store images as memories
The folks at Dartmouth College say they have discovered a neural coding system used to transform images into memories, suggesting we're all visual thinkers deep down.…
US reportedly pushed ASML to cancel chipmaking kit for China early
Washington reportedly pressed chipmaking equipment giant ASML to cancel some deliveries to China ahead of updated restrictions coming into force, but the company itself is declining to confirm if this is the case.…
Juno's joyride around Jupiter snaps stellar shots of Io
New images of Jupiter's moon, Io, were this week released by NASA following the flyby of the Juno spacecraft on December 30.…