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It's a preview party at Microsoft, but do you really want an invite?

Thu, 11/01/2024 - 9:30am
Developers are not alone in losing track of which platform to back

Microsoft has a very long history, but the company's attention span seems to be shrinking, which is making it difficult to decide which products have a future and which might be shot behind the shed.…

Quantum computing eggheads throw some other qubits at the wall to see what sticks

Thu, 11/01/2024 - 8:26am
Just keep the cold clammy hand of Fujitsu away from it

Japan's government scientific research institute Riken is hedging its bets on quantum computing with the deployment of Quantinuum's trapped-ion H1 systems at its facility in Wako, Saitama.…

Pennsylvanians, your government workers are now powered by ChatGPT

Thu, 11/01/2024 - 2:11am
We've heard of bored penpushers hallucinating at their desks, but this is something else

Pennsylvania has signed up for a ChatGPT Enterprise plan, allowing the commonwealth's government employees to use OpenAI's generative artificial intelligence to complete day-to-day tasks, or so Governor Josh Shapiro hopes.…

Latest tech layoffs: Twitch, Duolingo, Citrix parent ditch hundreds of workers

Thu, 11/01/2024 - 1:06am
Happy New Year!

Last year's tech layoff spree isn't over, with live-streaming site Twitch announcing today that it's laying off 500 employees, around a third of its staff. The biz isn't alone in letting people go.…

SAP to cough up $220M to drag bribery charges into recycle bin

Wed, 10/01/2024 - 11:40pm
Enterprise software giant claims it has cut ties with bad apples

Enterprise software giant SAP has agreed to pay at least $220 million to settle bribery charges brought by the US Justice Department (DOJ), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).…

Fidelity National now says 1.3M customers had data stolen by cyber-crooks

Wed, 10/01/2024 - 11:16pm
It's still not calling it ransomware

Fidelity National Financial now says criminals got hold of data belonging to 1.3 million customers after breaking into its IT network in November.…

If you're gonna use AI-made stuff in your game, you better tell us, says Steam

Wed, 10/01/2024 - 10:33pm
And pinky swear there's no copyright-infringing material

Developers must disclose all AI-generated art, code, or music used in their games for Steam to review before their titles can be publicly released via the software souk.…

Trump-era rules reversed on treating gig workers as contractors

Wed, 10/01/2024 - 9:23pm
$ gig revert HEAD && gig commit -e 'Biden was here'

The US Department of Labor (DOL) on Tuesday issued a rule for determining at what point workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.…