Sci/Tech News for the World
AI Catholic 'priest' defrocked after recommending Gatorade baptism
3 May 2024 @ 8:30 pm
Devotees were speaking to an entity who didn't exist – imagine that An attempt by a Catholic advocacy group to spread the word of God using an AI model has backfired, and chat bot – Father Justin – has been pulled down and reworked.…
BASICally still alive: Classic language celebrates 60 years with new code and old quirks
3 May 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Visual Small BASIC, Chloe System, and QB64 Phoenix all updated May Day 2024 was the 60th anniversary of the BASIC programming language, and multiple FOSS BASIC-related projects released new versions in celebration.…
AWS promotes itself as alternative to its own VMware service
3 May 2024 @ 6:30 pm
Why? Maybe because it looks likely VMw Cloud on Amazon is changing Amazon Web Services is doing something rather odd – promoting itself as a migration target for users of its own VMware Cloud on AWS service.…
It may take decade to shore up software supply chain security, says infosec CEO
3 May 2024 @ 5:30 pm
Sure, we're waking to the risk, but we gotta get outta bed, warns Endor Labs founder Varun Badhwar interview The more cybersecurity news you read, the more often you seem to see a familiar phrase: Software supply chain (SSC) vulnerabilities. Varun Badhwar, founder and CEO at security firm Endor Labs, doesn't believe that's by coincidence. …
Apple confirms iPadOS will fall under its Alternative Business Terms in the EU
3 May 2024 @ 4:36 pm
Cupertino drops the Core Technology Fee for hobbyist developers with no revenue Apple is reluctantly bowing to the European Commission's demands that it align iPadOS with the changes planned for iOS. It has also grudgingly added two conditions in which the Core Technology Fee will not apply.…
China 'the most competitive market in the world' for the iPhone says Tim Cook
3 May 2024 @ 3:36 pm
Put another way, iPhone sales were down 8% Apple CEO Tim Cook called China "the most competitive market in the world" on the back of a somewhat poor quarter for the iPhone.…
Windows users left to fend for themselves after BitLocker patch bungle
3 May 2024 @ 2:30 pm
Need a bigger partition for the update? You'll be manually resizing it then Microsoft has decided that there will be no automatic resolution for a problem with some Windows 10 devices as they attempted to install a BitLocker security vulnerability patch.…
Irish government hands Intel millions to offset energy price hikes
3 May 2024 @ 1:30 pm
Euro facility reportedly qualified under Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Scheme Intel was awarded €30 million ($32.2 million) by Ireland last year as part of a state aid package for companies affected by energy price increases.…
Clock is ticking for NASA to fix bucket of issues before next Artemis mission
3 May 2024 @ 12:30 pm
Heat shield that looks like the surface of the Moon plus fiberglass doors on the launch platform on the list A report from the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) provides new insight into the heat shield and power problems that bedeviled its Orion capsule in the uncrewed Artemis I mission and delayed the agency's first crewed mission to the Moon in more than half a century.…
Cloud Big Three take lion's share as market expands 21%
3 May 2024 @ 11:34 am
Q1 2024 sees strongest growth since Q3 2022 The global cloud market showed strong growth for the first quarter of this year, with the big three providers continuing to consolidate their stranglehold over this vital area of IT services.…