AI crawler bots turn open source into a digital warzone
Anubis protects Xe Iaso's Git repository
Software developer Xe Iaso has had enough of playing digital whack-a-mole with Amazon’s AI scrapers.
Dutch want to purge US software from government servers
Don't trust Musk and Trump
The Dutch want to reduce their dependence on Big US tech companies.
FTC censors anti-big tech posts from archives
Wants to become the Ministry of Truth
The Federal Trade Commission has seemingly taken a page out of the Ministry of Truth’s playbook, quietly deleting over 300 blog posts from its archives which are critical of big tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft.
Europe’s tech industry wants radical action
Europe first rather than propping up US big tech
Europe’s tech boffins have penned a desperate plea to the EU, demanding “radical action” to cut the bloc’s reliance on foreign-owned digital infrastructure before the whole thing collapses into a tech vassal state of the Yanks or the Chinese.
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.
Marvell has excellent results
But fails to meet Wall Street’s over-optimistic expectations.
Marvell Technology. took a pounding in late trading after delivering a revenue forecast that failed to match the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street’s daft, over-optimistic predictions.
UK cloud services market not working
Not enough competition, says CMA
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that competition in the UK cloud services market is not working as effectively as it should, potentially costing UK businesses hundreds of millions of pounds annually.
Microsoft was in the middle of the Gaza Conflict.
Flogged cloud and AI to the IDF
A leaked document from Israel’s Defense Ministry and files acquired from Microsoft’s Israeli subsidiary show that the software king of the world has been deeply involved in the Gaza conflict.
Google did evil with the IDF in Gaza
AI services rushed to compete with Amazon
Google collaborated with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D scams rampant
You get this sort of thing when you are popular
As its popularity has risen, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has become the focal point of a new counterfeit chip scam.
