Nintendo tries to patent riding on top of a car
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We think it has been done 

Nintendo has applied for 32 patents and there are some concerns that they might be a little broad.

Microsoft has five new AI policies
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Thursday, 17 August 2023 11:50

Microsoft has five new AI policies


Terms and condition change

Software King of the World Microsoft is bringing in five new changes to its terms and conditions to handle AI.

Levono reports 24 per cent fall in revenue
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Thursday, 17 August 2023 11:48

Levono reports 24 per cent fall in revenue


Prolonged PC slump

Lenovo posted a 24 per cent fall in revenue for the April-June quarter, due to what it called a prolonged slump in global demand for personal computers.

Saudi Arabia giving an arm and a leg for Nvidia chips
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AI arms race in the desert sands

Saudi Arabia is buying up thousands of the high-performance Nvidia chips crucial for building artificial intelligence software to join in the global AI arms race.

HP will have to face the music
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023 11:45

HP will have to face the music


Court case over devices wouldn't scan or fax when low on ink will go ahead

HP all-in-one printer owners, upset that their devices wouldn't scan or fax when low on ink, were handed a partial win in a northern California court late last week after a judge denied HP's motion to dismiss their suit.

Firefox faster than Chrome
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023 11:37

Firefox faster than Chrome


Returning to greatness

Mozilla developers are celebrating that they are now faster than Google Chrome if they test it with the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark.

Intel abandons Tower deal
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023 11:25

Intel abandons Tower deal


Chinese regulators were too slow

Intel has announced that it will no longer acquire the Israel-based semiconductor manufacturing company Tower Semiconductor.

2020 Georgia vote plot included hacking
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023 11:22

2020 Georgia vote plot included hacking


Who would have thunk it

The plot to reverse the results of the 2020 Georgia vote included an effort to use breached voter data, according to the indictment of Donald Trump handed down by a Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury.

Musk slows down traffic for sites he does not like
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That is not censorship is it?

Social notworking Elon [[look at me] Musk appears to have been slowing down traffic to websites he does not like in a stunning demonstration of non-censorship.

Apple Malware detection is easy to bypass
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Tuesday, 15 August 2023 12:31

Apple Malware detection is easy to bypass


Depends too much on prayers to St Steve Jobs

The Mac's built-in malware detection tool is apparently so easy to bypass it might as well not be there, according to a Mac security researcher.