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Customers can be pushed into renewing agreements for fear of the unknown, but there are cheaper options

Oracle is threatening software audits as customers seek to exit Universal License Agreements (ULAs).…

Gosh, here's us thinking recursion was a solved problem

AI model collapse – the degradation of quality expected from machine learning models that recursively train on their own output – is not inevitable, at least according to 14 academics.…

Intel and pals automate manufacturing in Japan while AWS pledges billions to Singapore

Tech giants including Intel and AWS joined Microsoft and others this week in announcing investments in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region to build out infrastructure - cloud services, datacenters, and chipmaking facilities - in anticipation of growing AI demand.…

Power shortages are driving the industry to once-unthinkable places

Southeast Asia's hyperscalers face plenty of challenges – from securing talent, property, and keeping construction costs down – but these hurdles pale in comparison to the task of banking enough power.…

AI may help drug discovery, but not US drug affordability

Google and DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic Labs has developed an AI model called AlphaFold 3 that can, it's claimed, predict the structure of molecules more accurately than existing tools.…

In the first year alone, that's saved us all a lot of money and woe

Interview  As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help these organizations fix flaws exploited by extortionists in the first place.…

Two years after going live, the project that left employees unpaid still needs work

Updated  The fallout from Edinburgh University's ill-fated Oracle HR and finance implementation continues with one department recording thousands of mis-coded transactions relating to more than £300,000 in spending.…

BogusBazaar ripped off shoppers and scraped card details, but not in China

A crime ring dubbed BogusBazaar has scammed 850,000 people out of tens of millions of dollars via a network of dodgy shopping websites.…

A Pleasant spot to Mount an AI push

After Foxconn failed to turn Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, into an LCD manufacturing mecca as promised, the site is getting a new lease on life: Microsoft will build a $3.3 billion datacenter campus there.…

It's 'essential to national security' ex-Navy intel officer tells us

Interview  As undersea cables carry increasing amounts of information, cyber and physical attacks against them will cause a greater impact on the wider internet.…

Leccy car maker ships bunch of vehicles, losing around $39K on each one

Cost-cutting layoffs have had little effect on Rivian's bottom line, as the troubled electric car maker has limped from another quarter with more than a billion dollars in losses. …

Nearly 95M people in total snagged by flaw in file transfer tool

Just short of a year after the initial incident, the state of Georgia's higher education government agency has confirmed that it was the victim of an attack on its systems affecting the data of 800,000 people.…

Sources slam aggressive 'back to school' grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes

Exclusive  Dell has told workers it will track the onsite presence of hybrid employees – those who work part remotely, part in the office – using electronic badge swipes, VPN monitoring, and a rather creepy color-coding system.…

Projecting much, US semiconductor industry?

By 2032 America is projected to produce 28 percent of the world's most advanced processors while China will be making just two percent, or so the US Semiconductor Industry Association predicts.…

Brain-inspired chip folks set to show off hardware at ISC next week

SpiNNcloud Systems says it is making commercially available a hybrid AI high performance computer system based on an architecture pioneered by Steve Furber, one of the designers of the original Arm processor.…

Intel and Qualcomm reportedly among those cut off

Updated  The US Commerce Department has revoked some of the licenses held by tech companies to supply Chinese megacorp Huawei.…

Interrogations, confiscating flyers, and prohibiting literature is no bueno, board says in final decision of 2022 case

Apple tried to protest, but the complaints fell on deaf ears as the US National Labor Relations Board has finally decided the tech giant violated labor laws by interfering with union organizing activities at a New York City location.…

On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

Interview  This year is an unfortunate anniversary for information security: We're told it's a decade since ransomware started infecting corporations.…

It ain't all sunshine and windmills – and guess who's in the lead? China

Thirty percent of the world's electricity in 2023 was generated by renewable energy sources, according to a think tank.…

Crashes continue even with recall fixes in place

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has written to Tesla as the automaker's electric cars keep crashing despite a recall to fix problems with the Autopilot software.…