Microsoft axes licensing resource
Relocates content online
Software King of the World, Microsoft, has quietly announced the closure of its Get Licensing Ready site, a popular resource for software licensing information and education.
TSMC will lead markets in 2nm Revolution
On track for 2025
TSMC will mass-produce its 2nm process by 2025 according to a new company statement.
Microsoft scrambles to fix Copilot's privacy blunder
A little too much oversharing
Microsoft's Copilot tool has inadvertently allowed customers to access sensitive information, including CEO emails and HR documents.
Apple releases urgent update for buggy software
Two zero-day holes
The fruity cargo cult, Apple has stunned its user fanbase by admitting that the software it touts as more secure than Microsoft has two zero-day security flaws.
Microsoft's new mini-PC runs Windows from the cloud
Thin clients are back
Software King of the World Microsoft is set to launch a purpose-built miniature PC next year that will act as a thin client for its Windows 365 cloud service.
Microsoft and Atom improve quantum computing
Cool for cats
Boffins working for Microsoft and Atom Computing have emerged from their smoke-filled shared lab claiming a significant breakthrough in their quest to develop fault-tolerant quantum computers that outperform classical systems.
Thomas Eugene Kurtz has logged off
Co-invented BASIC
Thomas Eugene Kurtz, the American mathematician and computer scientist who co-invented the BASIC programming language and the Dartmouth Timesharing System, has died. He was 96.
Nvidia’s Blackwell chips on fire
And not in a good way
Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell data centre processors have significant overheating problems when installed in high-capacity server racks.
FTC investigates Microsoft's cloudy antics
Anti-trust
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating anti-competitive practices at Vole’s cloud computing business.
Vole eyes further gaming acquisitions
New devices a few years off
Software King of the World Microsoft’s video-gaming Tsar, Phil Spencer, is still exploring acquisitions and strategies to stay competitive in the handheld game devices and mobile stores market despite a challenging year.