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Office could be decimated with around 800 offers reportedly made

Microsoft is said to have offered up to 800 China-based employees the chance to relocate to the US, Australia, New Zealand, or Ireland.…

Yet another technological self-sufficiency target for China

The Chinese government says the country's car manufacturers should aim for a quarter of their chips to be sourced from China-based foundries by 2025.…

Expansion set for Wuhan. Chances this will go smoothly?

Chinese tech giant Baidu expects its robotaxi unit, Apollo Go, to be profitable next year.…

Spoiler alert: it's not really IT support controlling your device

A cybercrime gang has been abusing Microsoft's Quick Assist application in social engineering attacks that ultimately allow the crew to infect victims with Black Basta ransomware.…

AST still only has a single test satellite in orbit, so don't hold your breath

Not to be outdone by Starlink and T-Mobile, AT&T and AST SpaceMobile have finalized a deal to eventually bring a space-based connectivity option to AT&T, too. …

Bitcoin cowboys now have guaranteed freedoms

Oklahoma's governor has signed a bill into law defining legal rights for one of the most marginalized groups in the US – cryptocurrency holders.…

Bit barns might end up adding to the grid's capacity

Even before the AI revolution (or bubble) took off in 2023, datacenters already used a decent amount of electricity. And the industry's increasing appetite for machine learning will require even more power.…

'Disappointed' by court’s decision, video platform owner is complying, considering appeal

Google has complied with a May 8th order from a Hong Kong court to ban the pro-democracy protest song often mistaken for a national anthem, "Glory to Hong Kong," by blocking 32 videos on YouTube.…

Judge gives green light to lawsuit over autonomous ambitions

Tesla is facing a lawsuit over claims made about its self-driving technology after a US judge rejected the company's motion to dismiss the case.…

Browser ditches x64 blues for a snappier tune

Opera has become the latest Chromium browser for Windows on Arm, fueling industry talk about Microsoft's plans for the neglected operating system.…

Now that traders are drinking the Kool-AI-d, companies can either fuel the hype or face the consequences

Comment  Dell's share price surged sharply on Wednesday as market analysts telegraphed their confidence in the OEM's ability to capitalize on the AI market.…

Fake science challenges academic publishing

US publishing house Wiley this week discontinued 19 scientific journals overseen by its Hindawi subsidiary, the center of a long-running scholarly publishing scandal.…

Sustained workloads need not apply

Updated  Amazon Web Services added another set of cost-optimized instances to its EC2 lineup on Tuesday, aimed at customers whose workloads aren't pegging the CPU 100 percent of the time.…

Has social media biz done enough to comply with Digital Services Act? Maybe not

The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether Meta, the provider of Facebook and Instagram, may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to the protection of minors.…

Bug or feature?

Users looking for Windows repair tips via the Microsoft PC Manager app may be recommended to switch Edge's default search engine back to Bing.…

Annual conference of cyber intel unit shows UK's alarm over China blaring louder than ever

Regular attendees of CYBERUK, the annual conference hosted by British intelligence unit the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will know that in addition to the expected conference panels, there is usually an interwoven theme to proceedings.…

Meanwhile, the creator of Open Source Definition argues the real problem is unauthorized copying

The Open Source Initiative – the non-profit overseeing the Open Source Definition, which lays out the requirements for software licenses – is taking its effort to define Open Source AI to the wisdom of the crowds.…

After a smashing fiscal '24, we're surprised he didn't get more

Nvidia's chief Jenson Huang received a 60 percent pay bump in the corporation's fiscal 2024 on the back of a massive rally in the share price based on demand for AI, and triple digit growth percentages for revenue and operating profit.…

Also demonstrates success accelerating molecular dynamics

Even as world leaders raise alarm bells about the impact of AI in war, waferscale startup Cerebras is joining forces with Aleph Alpha to develop sovereign models for the German armed forces.…

Company will require certain suppliers to run on 100% carbon-free electricity ... by 2030

Microsoft has increased carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 30 percent since 2020, making its goal of becoming carbon-negative by 2030 even more difficult, and it looks like AI is to blame.…