Microsoft’s staff transparency mocked
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Thursday, 31 August 2023 11:23

Microsoft’s staff transparency mocked


Managers get back to the days when they thought staff were stupid

Software King of the World Microsoft has been slammed for a lack of transparency after it was revealed that managers were told to fob off staff who asked why their salaries and bonuses were not coming through this year.

Saudi Arabia to execute a bloke for Twitter posts
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Sorting out dissent medieval style

A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death over his posts on X and YouTube as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman cracks down on defiance in the kingdom.

Aussie government gives up on age verification plans for porn sites
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More hassle than it is worth

The Australian government has decided that forcing age verification systems onto porn sites is more dangerous than leaving them alone.

Chinese company says sorry for "inventing" Microsoft software
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"Home-based" software was Volish open source code

A Guangdong-based state-backed enterprise in charge of e-government projects in the Southern Chinese province has apologised after admitting that its "home-developed" software was based on open-source code from US tech giant Microsoft.

Salesforce price hikes turning out to be crazy
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Wednesday, 30 August 2023 12:04

Salesforce price hikes turning out to be crazy


Customers moving to Microsoft and Hubspot

While Salesforce’s price hikes were cheered by the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street, they might have been a blunder.

Sierra Forest will have 40 per cent better performance per watt
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Intel says what's watt

Intel says its upcoming "Sierra Forest" data center chip due out next year will have 240 per cent better performance per watt than its current generation chip.

Dolby Laboratories improves home cinema
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Wednesday, 30 August 2023 11:34

Dolby Laboratories improves home cinema


Everything works better in Dubly

Dolby Laboratories announced Dolby Atmos FlexConnect, a feature with the potential to add flexibility and simplicity to home theater audio setups.

Google DeepMind creates new watermarking tool
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Wednesday, 30 August 2023 11:28

Google DeepMind creates new watermarking tool


Labels if image has been made using AI

Google DeepMind has launched a new watermarking tool that labels whether images have been generated with AI. 

PC market back from the dead
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 30 August 2023 11:21

PC market back from the dead


IDC predicts ressurection soon

Beancounters from IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their collective shoe size and added the number they first thought of and predicted the PC market is expected to return to growth in 2024.

Apple snaffles all TSMC's first-generation 3-nanometer chips
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But this is not good news -- either for Apple or TSMC

The Tame Apple Press is running with a yarn that Apple will receive all TSMC's first-generation 3-nanometer process chips for its upcoming devices.