EU demands a peek under the hood of X's recommendation algorithms Commission insists the timing has nothing to do with Musk meddling in German politics ahead of election
The European Commission is stepping up its ongoing investigation of Elon Musk's X with a request to examine recent changes made to the platform's recommendation algorithms.…
Germany unleashes AMD-powered Hunter supercomputer €15 million system to serve as testbed for larger Herder supercomputer coming in 2027
Hundreds of AMD APUs fired up on Thursday as Germany's High-Performance Computing Center (HLRS) at the University of Stuttgart announced the completion of its latest supercomputer dubbed Hunter.…
IBM swoops in to rescue UK Emergency Services Network after Motorola shown the door With a near half-billion-pound price hike bringing contract value to £1.4B
IBM has secured a deal with the UK Home Office to supply user services for the troubled Emergency Service Network (ESN) upgrade, providing voice and data communications after Motorola withdrew from the project.…
Medusa ransomware group claims attack on UK's Gateshead Council Pastes allegedly stolen documents on leak site with £600K demand
Another year and yet another UK local authority has been pwned by a ransomware crew. This time it's Gateshead Council in North East England at the hands of the Medusa group.…
Brit government contractor CloudKubed enters administration Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions supplier in hands of FRP Advisory
A self-described specialist supplier of "transformational data and AI solutions" to the UK government has called in the administrative receivers.…
Tech support fill-in given no budget, no help, no training, and no empathy for his plight Fixed the problem anyway – with no approval for a purchase and no permission to use a device
On Call When the weekend rolls around, nobody needs permission to do whatever they desire. Unless, of course, they're required to be available to support tech – a restriction we mark each week in On Call, the column that celebrates fine fixing feats achieved despite the footling of flummoxed fools.…
Just as your LLM once again goes off the rails, Cisco, Nvidia are at the door smiling Some of you have apparently already botched chatbots or allowed ‘shadow AI’ to creep in
Cisco and Nvidia have both recognized that as useful as today's AI may be, the technology can be equally unsafe and/or unreliable – and have delivered tools in an attempt to help address those weaknesses.…
TSMC plans to have 1.6nm chips in 'volume production' by 2026 You've got to spend money – like $36 billion+ – to make, er, AI chips
TSMC is bumping capital expenditure in 2025 to between $38 billion and $42 billion in anticipation of scooping up more chip manufacturing contracts in the field of AI processors.…
Raspberry Pi hands out prizes to all in the RP2350 Hacking Challenge Power-induced glitches, lasers, and electromagnetic fields are all tools of the trade
Raspberry Pi has given out prizes for extracting a secret value from the one-time-programmable (OTP) memory of the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller – awarding a pile of cash to all four entrants.…
AI datacenters putting zero emissions promises out of reach Plus: Bit barns' demand for water, land, and power could breed 'growing opposition' from residents
The datacenter industry looks set for a turbulent 2025 as AI growth threatens to trump sustainability commitments and authorities are likely to see growing public hostility to new projects.…
Brits must prove their age on adult sites by July, says watchdog Regulator asks people to link their credit cards, mobile accounts, or face scans for smut use to protect kids
The UK's communications regulator has published guidance for website operators aimed at preventing under-18s from accessing pornographic content online via "highly effective age assurance" techniques.…
UK government tech procurement lacks understanding, says watchdog NAO report highlights £3B cost overruns and 29 years of cumulative delays in IT projects
UK government plans its technology purchases with limited assessment of technical feasibility, according to a spending watchdog's analysis of the £14-billion-a-year procurement of digital services.…
Nvidia shovels $500M into Israeli boffinry supercomputer System to feature hundreds of liquid-cooled Blackwell systems
Nvidia is constructing a 30-megawatt research-and-development supercomputer stuffed with its latest-generation Blackwell GPUs in northern Israel at an estimated cost of half a billion dollars.…
GoDaddy slapped with wet lettuce for years of lax security and 'several major breaches' Watchdog alleged it had no SIEM or MFA, orders rapid adoption of basic infosec tools
GoDaddy has failed to protect its web-hosting platform with even basic infosec tools and practices since 2018, according to the FTC, but the internet giant won’t face any immediate consequences for its many alleged acts of omission.…
DJI loosens flight restrictions, decides to trust operators to follow FAA rules Right after one of its drones crashed into an aircraft fighting California wildfires? Great timing
Drone maker DJI has decided to scale back its geofencing restrictions, meaning its software won't automatically stop operators from flying into areas flagged as no-fly zones. …
Oh, Deere! FTC sues tractor maker, alleging decades of monopolized repairs Incoming Trump-picked watchdog boss dissents, calls suit 'hasty' and 'deeply imprudent,' so will it stick?
Updated America's top consumer watchdog has sued tractor maker John Deere for monopolizing tech repair services for its machinery, though whether the lawsuit will survive the pending presidential transition remains to be seen. …
IT job market is still shrinking but not as quickly as last year Half the number of roles axed, and yes – you can keep blaming AI
The IT jobs market has shrunk for a second year in a row, says tech consultancy Janco Associates, but at least things weren't as bad in 2024 as they were in 2023.…
Nvidia plots Quantum Day at GTC 2025 – for tech it called a distant dream Don't believe the hype? GPU maker jumps on the bandwagon anyway
A week after Nvidia chief Jensen Huang demolished the market valuations of listed quantum computing brands by saying the technology is 20 years away from being useful, the GPU maker has confirmed it is hosting a quantum computing day.…
Logical Biological appoints Stephane Argivier as new CEO Logical Biological, a leader in the provision of high-quality biological specimens, announces the appointment of Stephane Argivier as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1st September 2024.
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