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Tuesday September 10, 2024. 12:57 PM
Users warned to get off 3.x releases as support ends The Apache Software Foundation Cassandra project has released the 5.0 iteration of the wide-column store database boasting new features to improve vector search, a Java update and enhanced performance.…
After years of legal wrangling, judges say Chocolate Factory played dirty The European Union's Court of Justice (ECJ) has dismissed Google's appeal of a €2.4 billion ($2.65 billion) 2017 antitrust ruling, finding it had abused its dominance in favor of its own Google...
When is maintenance maintenance, and when is it 'we've been pwned'? Sometimes, an extended period of 'maintenance' can mean a cyber incident. Other times, it can mean an IT team is struggling to make one system talk to another. The travails of Transport for London (TfL) and...
Peer says government needs to learn lessons from Post Office scandal The UK Parliament's second chamber is set to launch a bill designed to regulate the use of algorithms and automated decision-making by public bodies.…
Gartner thinks generative AI is right for only five percent of workloads AI techniques that require specialist hardware are 'doomed,' according to analyst firm Gartner's chief of research for AI Erick Brethenoux – who included GPUs in his definition of endangered kit.…
$7.5 billion needed, the kind of cash Apple makes without trying Video After six years of sea trials, environmental group The Ocean Cleanup claims it has proved that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a floating mass of plastic waste twice the size of Texas – could be...
Beijing aimed research at immediate needs – like blocking leaks – while the US sought abstract knowledge China has an undeniable lead in quantum networking technology – a state of affairs that should give the US pause, despite its lead in quantum computing.…
Starting with an analysis of what India has to offer, which is plenty The US has decided to partner with India and its Semiconductor Mission (ISM) to grow and diversify global chip supply chains.…
Minister orders regulator to slow down following immediate backlash Malaysia's telecom regulator has abandoned a plan to block overseas DNS services a day after announcing it, following a sharp backlash and accusations of government overreach.…
Washington wants to know what the biggest model-makers are up to The US Commerce Department has proposed a fresh set of reporting requirements for developers of cutting-edge AI models and those renting the infrastructure required to train them.…
As its other monopoly trial - the one brought by the DoJ and eight states - begins in Virginia Google defended its advertising technology businesses in the court of public opinion on Sunday, just as its attorneys prepared similar arguments against US antitrust allegations...
DoJ, ATF target MCDs, but what about the printers? The US Department of Justice is turning to the 3D printing industry to help combat the scourge of machine gun conversion devices (MCDs) used by criminals to turn semi-automatic firearms into deadly bullet sprayers. …
It promised vanishing messages, but now 'it's privacy theater' Video A popular privacy feature in WhatsApp is 'completely broken and can be trivially bypassed,' according to developers at cryptowallet startup Zengo.…
Monday September 9, 2024. 11:01 PM
Setting the stage for pending AI feature while doubling down on health tech Apple just introduced its iPhone 16 line, Watch Series 10, and assorted AirPods, and also set formal release dates next week for its iOS 18 and watchOS 11 software.…
The kind of thing the big names should be doing instead of working with proprietary vendors OneFileLinux is a very different sort of distro that runs entirely from your UEFI system partition, without a bootable USB key or any other partitions on the disk.…
US alarmed by heightened Kremlin naval activity worldwide Russia's naval activity near undersea cables is reportedly drawing the scrutiny of US officials, further sparking concerns that the Kremlin may be plotting to 'sabotage' underwater infrastructure via a secretive,...
Challenges span energy efficiency, memory, programmability, and national security The US Department of Energy has launched a $23 million program aimed at overcoming a litany of supercomputing performance bottlenecks.…
But then again is LiDAR even on the radar in 2024? Mobileye is axing its light detection and ranging (LiDAR) research team, noting the tech has fallen out of favor in the automated driver assist space though to the keen observer it might be looking for any way to save...
Nvidia, Equinix clearly making a killing over costs, confusion, and cold feet Enterprises are still struggling with the business case for generative AI projects more than a year after the craze started, and we may have to wait until the end of 2025 to see if they're seen...
'Insider wrongdoing' to blame for security breach Avis Rent A Car System has alerted 299,006 customers across multiple US states that their personal information was stolen in an August security breach.…
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