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CloudBees co-founder buzzes about open source drama and AI

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 12:30pm
Sacha Labourey on the HashiCorp license, Jenkins X experiments, and when LLMs will come for your job

Interview  "It's the experiment that went too far," says CloudBees' Sacha Labourey of HashiCorp's licensing change.…

EU lassos tech giants in bid to rein in the AI Wild West

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 11:53am
Interpretation, debate, and judges set to decide how the rubber hits the road

Analysis  As 2023 drew to a close, the year of AI hype was ending as it began. According to figures from Pitchbook, Big Tech spent twice as much on deals with Generative AI startups than venture capital groups during the year.…

Japanese earthquake disrupts chip industry operations

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 11:09am
Industry lull good for tech, but human toll is grim reading

The 7.6 preliminary magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on New Year's Day is forcing Ishikawa Prefecture chip and electronics companies to temporarily shut their doors, with affected companies including Toshiba, GlobalWafers, Murata and others.…

In surprise move, Gentoo Linux starts offering binaries

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 10:22am
The most successful compile-it-yourself Linux distro now has compiled, packaged executables

Gentoo now offers 20-plus gigabytes of pre-compiled binaries, from desktops to office suites, to speed up installations and updates.…

Google flaunts concurrency, optimization as cloud rivals overhaul platforms

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 9:30am
Details sub-CPU allotments, performant Iceberg tables after Microsoft, Databricks bring market noise

Feature  Last year was a big one for data analytics and ML in the cloud. Two of the biggest players, Microsoft and Databricks, both overhauled their platforms, with the former also managing to launch products.…

Formal ban on ransomware payments? Asking orgs nicely to not cough up ain't working

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 8:30am
With the average demand hitting $1.5 million, something's gotta change

Emsisoft has called for a complete ban on ransom payments following another record-breaking year of digital extortion.…