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DARPA's air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 10:15pm
Moving parts on a plane? What is this, Kitty Hawk?

The latest experimental DARPA aircraft, which is designed to maneuver without the need for moving parts, is headed to the manufacturing stage and could be flying as soon as next year.…

Google illegally refusing to bargain with employee union, says NLRB

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 9:30pm
Search giant told yet again that contractors still employees, must be bargained with

Updated  The US National Labor Relations Board has decided that Google's contractors are still its employees, thus Google is violating US labor laws by refusing to bargain with their chosen union.…

AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 8:46pm
Hallucinated programming flaws vex curl project

Generative AI models like Google Bard and GitHub Copilot have a user problem: Those who rely on software assistance may not understand or care about the limitations of these machine learning tools.…

X-ploited: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 8:00pm
Miscreants mock Google-owned security house: 'Change password please'

Miscreants took over security giant Mandiant's Twitter account for several hours on Wednesday in an attempt to steal cryptocurrency, then trolled the Google-owned security shop, telling its admins to change the password.…

Former Adobe software engineering leader convicted of insider trading

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 7:15pm
Another Silicon Valley Icarus flies too close to the Sun

A former Adobe software engineer was this week sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in an insider trading scheme that earned him millions before the feds caught on.…

Infosec experts divided over 23andMe's 'victim-blaming' stance on data breach

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 6:30pm
Users apparently at fault after reusing credentials the company didn't check were already compromised

23andMe users' godawful password practices were supposedly to blame for the biotech company's October data disaster, according to its legal reps.…

RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 5:45pm
Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89

Obit  Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died on New Year's Day, roughly six weeks before what would have been his 90th birthday.…

What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024?

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 5:00pm
Modern life is rubbish. What if your favorite tech giant had stopped trying to reinvent the wheel?

A brave hero has given us a glimpse at an alternative universe, where Microsoft evolved the Windows XP design language. And isn't that a better use of time than coming up with the Copilot key?…

HPE's Hotard hits the hot seat at Intel's datacenter and AI biz

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 4:15pm
Outsider brought in to rule crucial unit will play key part in AI strategy

Intel has hired Justin Hotard to head up its Data Center and AI (DCAI) Group, poaching the exec from HPE where he lead its High Performance Computing business.…

SpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon Musk

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 3:30pm
Rule 1: You do not criticize the boss. Rule 2: You do NOT criticize the boss

The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against SpaceX, alleging it dismissed workers for being critical of the company's boss, Elon Musk, among 37 other unfair labor practices.…

Semiconductor scene set for AI-led recovery in 2024, and China will be in front

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 2:45pm
That's what happens when Uncle Sam tries to curb your chip sector

Global semiconductor capacity is tipped to grow in 2024, despite the doom and gloom, with China forecast to lead the way and expand its share of global chip production as it tries to become more self sufficient.…

Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump?

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 2:00pm
Pushing your buttons: Microsoft's AI assistant is going so well that it's going to have its very own spot

Microsoft says a Copilot key will be coming to Windows 11 PCs, oddly exciting fanatics but confounding some others.…