Apple in more trouble with the EU
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Monday, 13 January 2025 21:49

Apple in more trouble with the EU


Turns out you can’t fool them

The fruity cargo cult Apple is in hot water again with the EU regulators after its much-hyped plan to liberalise its app store fees has turned out to cost developers more.

Even open saucers giving up on Firefox
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Monday, 13 January 2025 00:59

Even open saucers giving up on Firefox


All roads will lead to Chromium

Even the Open Sauce movement thinks that Firefox is on its way out and is starting to get into bed with the sorts of names it previously spat when mentioning.

World’s most powerful supercomputer switched on
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El Capitan can predict the existence of rice pudding to 400 decimal places   

The world’s most powerful supercomputer, El Capitan, was officially turned on at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) CEO Antonio Neri and AMD CEO Lisa Su celebrating their partnership.

Zuckerberg slams Apple innovation myth
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Sunday, 12 January 2025 23:23

Zuckerberg slams Apple innovation myth


Fruity cargo cult has not done anything new for ages

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shocked the Tame Apple press by committing public heresy.

Microsoft sues AI hackers
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Sunday, 12 January 2025 22:56

Microsoft sues AI hackers


Hacking-as-a-service


Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has launched a lawsuit against a foreign-based hacking group accused of running a "hacking-as-a-service" scheme designed to bypass safety measures in generative AI platforms, including Microsoft’s systems.

iFixit exposes the “Worst in Tech” at CES
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There is a lot of rubbish out there

As CES wraps up this week, iFixit’s Director of Sustainability, Elizabeth Chamberlain, issued a stark reminder: "Not all innovation is good."

AI will give ordinary people super human powers
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Radioactive spiders to be made redundant 

A "wave" of superhuman abilities delivered through context-aware AI agents is set to transform human experience by 2030, predicts Louis Rosenberg, founder of Unanimous AI.

Google back to digital fingerprinting
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Sunday, 12 January 2025 22:06

Google back to digital fingerprinting


Watchdog's outraged bark 

Search engine outfit Google is bringing back "digital fingerprinting" in five weeks which means it is back to spying on users to make big bucks from advertising.

Microsoft admits new bugs in Windows 11 Version 24H2 Update
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For those who can even install it

Microsoft has acknowledged several new bugs in the latest Windows 11 version 24H2 Update, affecting File Explorer.

Apple speaks after paying out on privacy lawsuit
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We still did nothing wrong, it was broke when we got there

The fruity cargo cult Apple has taken the rare step of speaking to the media after paying out millions of dollars to settle a privacy lawsuit.