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'Who you gonna call?' Dunno, my phone's been stolen

British police officers are setting their phasers to stun in response to an explosion in scooter and electric bike-based crime.…

Plus: Google Chrome, Apple bugs also exploited in the wild

Happy May Patch Tuesday. We've got a lot of vendors joining this month's patchapalooza, which includes a handful of bugs that have been exploited — either in the wild or at Pwn2Own — and now fixed by Microsoft, Apple, Google and VMware.…

Agency is on the lookout for a Prince among men

The US Federal Communications Commission has named its first robocall gang, dubbing the crew "Royal Tiger," and detailed its operations in an attempt to encourage international action against the scammers.…

Promises 4.7x performance boost over its older silicon

I/O  Google blew the lid off its sixth tensor processing unit (TPU) codenamed Trillium, designed to support a new generation of bigger, more capable of large language and recommender models.…

Reports of collisions with stationary objects and failing to obey traffic laws

The US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Monday opened an investigation into self-driving car maker Waymo following reports that its robocars have not been complying with traffic laws.…

Drama between two of the leading secure messaging services

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov issued a scathing criticism of Signal, alleging the messaging service is not secure and has ties to US intelligence agencies.…

More stringent rules led to staff to find more remote options

A study has found that return to office mandates resulted in a noteworthy number of senior employees leaving jobs at Microsoft, Apple, and SpaceX.…

Chrome is getting an onboard artificial intelligence model that devs can query

Google's annual developer conference is still called Google I/O, though this year Google A/I would be equally apt.…

More cores, more memory, more delays

ISC  Chip designer SiPearl has issued updated specs for its Rhea1 processor that will power Europe's first exascale system and is working with Samsung to integrate high-bandwidth memory (HBM) into its design.…

Either they learned to brake-check or motorcycles were following too close

Updated  The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating two rear-end crashes involving Amazon-owned Zoox self-driving cars and motorcycles.…

It’s definitely to protect the whales and not the fossil fuel industry

In a rally held on Saturday in Wildwood, New Jersey, former US President Donald Trump promised that his first day back in office would feature the destruction of offshore wind farms.…

Guidebook aims to undermine the criminal business model

The latest effort to reduce the number of ransom payments sent to cybercriminals in the UK involves the country's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) locking arms with insurance associations.…

Hit by a return-to-office mandate? Let the Copilot Company help you find co-workers and a desk to work at

Return-to-office mandates are all the rage, and Microsoft is shoehorning AI into the conversation with Microsoft Places, a service aimed at coordinating employees heading back to their desks on a flexible basis.…

Adam Selipsky off on new adventures. What those are, we'll have to wait and see

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down to pursue new ventures. The cloud giant's future now rests in AWS veteran Matt Garman's hands.…

Plus: Google patches another Chrome security hole, and more

Infosec in brief  Encrypted email service Proton Mail is in hot water again from some quarters, and for the same thing that earned it flack before: Handing user data over to law enforcement. …

Largest local authority in Europe expects to go live with re-implementation

Birmingham City Council – Europe's largest local authority, serving over one million customers – has agreed to re-implement an Oracle Fusion system following a failed rollout that saw costs escalate by more than £100 million ($125.6 million) and the authority unable to fulfill its statutory duties.…

After years of people being victimized, it's about time

Google and Apple are rolling out an anti-stalking feature for Android 6.0+ and iOS 17.5 that will issue an alert if some scumbag is using a gadget like an AirTag or similar to clandestinely track the user.…

A nice gesture among the sh!tshow of Broadcom's acquisition

VMware has made another small but notable post-merger concession to users: the Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro desktop hypervisor products will now be free for personal use.…

First commercial flight trials of a quantum-based system that could be a backup for GPS

The UK has just completed commercial flight trials of quantum-based navigation systems that are designed to be immune to conventional jamming and spoofing.…

SoftBank to focus on AI, but might pick up LINE, Yahoo! holding company

SoftBank, once Alibaba's biggest investor, has sold its stake in the Chinese tech company, it told investors on an earnings call.…