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24 February 2023

Microsoft hijacks Google's Chrome download page to beg you not to ditch Edge

Monopoly giant can't stand it when anyone else has a monopoly

OFF-PREM

Google staff asked to share desk space in latest cost purge

From free message therapy and on-site gyms to alternating desk days with fellow Googlers 34 Comments

Phở no! Vietnam's last working submarine cable glitches out

Five from five take a dive, but connections are still alive 8 Comments

The future of data will be unified, flexible, and accessible

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The Digital Crunch Time: 2022 State of APIs and Applications

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ON-PREM

Now IBM Watson Health, sorry, Merative decimates staff

And jobs shift offshore, says source

Starlink performance sees a bump, and so do prices

Still not quite as fast as it was in the halcyon days of 2021 8 Comments

Dell pitches products to drag telcos into next-gen networks

You're going to have your cloud-native infrastructure and you're going to like it 4 Comments

Petaflops help scientists understand why some COVID-19 variants are more contagious

'If we did one of these calculations in our lab, we are talking weeks or months' 5 Comments

Unless things change, first zettaflop systems will need nuclear power, AMD's Su says

Of course the company that figured out chiplets says the answer is more chiplets 31 Comments

Debian-based TrueNAS Scale updated – and iXsystems wins a gong

Similar look for FOSS folk, with same UI and OpenZFS storage back-end 7 Comments

Redefining the Role of the RTOS

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Top 5 Use Cases for Intelligence-Driven Extended Detection and Response

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SECURITY

Suspected Russian NLBrute malware boss extradited to US

Dariy Pankov accused of infiltrating systems, selling tool and passwords to other miscreants 3 Comments

Dole production plants crippled by ransomware, stores run short

Yes, we have no bananas, and things aren't looking peachy on the salad front 4 Comments

FTX fiasco founder SBF faces further fraud charges

Fake donors allegedly padded politicians' pockets, both Republican and Democrat 3 Comments

Sensitive DoD emails exposed by unsecured Azure server

AWS, Google and Oracle may benefit as Microsoft blames the Pentagon and the Pentagon blames Microsoft 4 Comments

Russian authorities claim Ukraine hackers are behind fake missile strike alerts

Ten cities panic after emergency systems start Putin out warnings of an impending attack 64 Comments

Datacenters in China, Singapore cracked by crims who then targeted tenants

Infiltrators tried to create fake remote hands tasks, alter visitor lists

Lawyers join forces to fight common enemy: The SEC and its probes into cyber-victims

Did the financial watchdog just do the impossible and herd cats? 6 Comments

Network as a Service (NaaS): Keys to Successful Implementation

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SOFTWARE

Workday sued for discrimination over AI candidate screening tool

Software allegedly rejects applicants based on 'race, age, and/or disability' 16 Comments

By order of Canonical: Official Ubuntu flavors must stop including Flatpak by default

You can add Snap's rival cross-distro packaging format back in yourself 24 Comments

Microsoft hijacks Google's Chrome download page to beg you not to ditch Edge

Monopoly giant can't stand it when anyone else has a monopoly 128 Comments

China cuts off two chatbots: A local effort that flopped, and ChatGPT

Meanwhile Baidu plans to add its Ernie generative AI to search in March 1 Comments

OFFBEAT

Japanese balloon startup wants to 'democratize space' – with $180,000 ticket price

Aim is to bring entry fee down to tens of thousands of dollars, if you have that lying around 15 Comments

The clock is ticking on a possible US import ban for Apple Watch

What's the time? It's time to go to court to see if the iGiant crushed a rival's heart-watching apps 16 Comments

China's Zhurong rover may be dead: NASA images show no sign of life

Or maybe it's just resting and pining for the fjords 8 Comments

Ancient art of banning rideshare companies revived in India, this time on motorbikes

Two-wheelers outnumber cars three to one in India, so promised licences mean Uber and Ola aren't off-road forever 2 Comments

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