IBM gets a patent for 4D printer tech
Does not need ink
Biggish Blue has just bagged a patent for a technology that uses 4D-printed smart materials to transport microscopic particles.
TSMC is making serious moves on Intel
Joint venture with Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom
TSMC is trying to rescue troubled Chipzilla’s floundering foundry business, pitching a joint venture to Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom to keep the US chip dinosaur from drowning in a tarpit of its own making.
Botnet campaign hits unpatched TP-Link Archer AX-21 routers
Exploits high-severity security flaw
A new botnet campaign is tearing through unpatched TP-Link routers like a dodgy kebab through the bowels of an Essex drunk.
Amazon’s Zoox self-driving taxi in trouble with regulators
Lacks brake peddle and rearview mirrors
Amazon-backed Zoox’s self-driving taxi has hit a bureaucratic brick wall. US safety regulators have pointed out that the futuristic vehicle lacks basic kit—like a brake pedal and rearview mirrors.
Patch Tuesday update crucial
Start patching
Software King of the World Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a necessary one, according to Fortra Associate Director Tyler Reguly.
Meta wanted to hand censorship keys to Chinese
You know censorship better than us
Meta was so desperate to get into China’s massive market that it was willing to hand over the censorship reins to the Chinese Communist Party and muzzle political dissenters, according to new whistleblower complaint.
HP bricked its own toners
Even officially sanctioned toners don’t work
The maker of expensive printer ink HP, which pulls out stops to brick its printers when they are using unsanctioned toners, have gone a step further – it has started bricking official toners too.
Apple axes iPhone 16 advert
It pushed its only useful feature and it can't deliver it
The Fruity Cargo Cult has quietly yanked an ad for its iPhone 16 that showcased a so-called "more personal Siri," just days after admitting it was botching the rollout of its over-hyped AI features.
New Zealand’s health system runs on one Excel spreadsheet
Its amazing what can be done with excel and number eight fencing wire
New Zealand’s public health system is held together on a single spreadsheet, which the Kiwis expect to manage the finances of a $16 billion operation.
Musk’s X crashes again
He blames Ukrainians when it was probably Russians
Elon [roman salute] Musk is blaming the Ukrainians for another series of embarrassing outages on his social media plaything, X, formerly known as Twitter.