European telcos call for an end to net neutrality
Published in Network


Big Tech must share their profits with us

Europe's biggest telecom companies have called on the EU to force Big Tech to pay a "fair" contribution for using their networks, in a move which would end net neutrality.

Tom Hanks warns about AI video of himself
Published in AI
Tuesday, 03 October 2023 11:23

Tom Hanks warns about AI video of himself


I have nothing to do with it

Tom Hanks is warning fans not to trust a video of him circulating about a dental plan.

Microsoft fears Google will use AI to expand dominance
Published in AI


Could take over the search market completely

Software King of the World, Microsoft is worried that Google could use AI to extend its dominance of the search market.

UK wants to use its passport database to catch petty criminals
Published in News


Brexit means we can create Orwellian nightmares

The UK government is considering using its passport database could be used to catch shoplifters, burglars and other criminals.

Mali GPUs under attack
Published in News
Tuesday, 03 October 2023 10:33

Mali GPUs under attack


Flaw fixed in Bifrost, Valhall and Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver r43p0

Arm has warned of active ongoing attacks targeting a vulnerability in device drivers for its Mali line of GPUs, which run on various devices, including Google Pixels and other Android handsets, Chromebooks, and hardware running Linux.

Microsoft adds more GPUs to Dall-E 3
Published in AI
Monday, 02 October 2023 12:02

Microsoft adds more GPUs to Dall-E 3


Coping with demand 

Software king of the world Microsoft says it will be adding more GPUs in the coming days to reduce the time taken to generate the images on its Bing Image Creator.

Norway wants Meta behavioural adverts banned across EU
Published in News


Or we are sending out the dragon ships

Norway has told the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) it believes a countrywide ban on Meta harvesting user data to serve up advertising on Facebook and Instagram should be made permanent and extended across Europe.

Kia and Hyundai blame TikTok and Instagram for their terrible security
Published in Transportation


Blame social media not us

Kia and Hyundai say it is not their fault that their cars were stolen due to their vehicles lacking basic anti-theft technology.

GNU celebrates 40 years
Published in News
Monday, 02 October 2023 11:23

GNU celebrates 40 years


I'm a GNU how do you do? The nicest sort of Gnature in the zoo

The Free Software Foundation celebrated "the 40th anniversary of the GNU operating system and the launch of the free software movement," with an announcement calling it "a turning point in the history of computing.

US and Canada stung by mobile data bills
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 02 October 2023 11:01

US and Canada stung by mobile data bills


Something that even the UK does better

It has been difficult to find something that the British do better than the US and Canada, but it seems that the Brits are doing something better when it comes to their mobile data bill.