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- Apple broke EC state aid rules, owes billions in back taxeswww.theregister.com Apple broke EC state aid rules, owes billions in back taxes
Final judgment handed down by Court of Justice of the European Union
- Raptor Lake patch may only work with default power settingswww.theregister.com Raptor Lake patch may only work with default power settings
All those BIOS options that promise better performance? Enabling them might kill your processor
Intel just can't catch a break
- [OPINION] Intel failures: A cautionary tale of business vs engineeringwww.theregister.com Intel failures: A cautionary tale of business vs engineering
Chipzilla taking some punches but could it stay down?
While I am a fan of AMD, Intel has done incredible things in the past. They really need to get their shit together.
- OpenAI researcher Andrej Karpathy departs firmwww.reuters.com OpenAI researcher Andrej Karpathy departs firm
Andrej Karpathy, an artificial intelligence researcher and one of the founding members of OpenAI, said in a post on social media platform X that he departed the Microsoft-backed company on Monday.
Maybe those board and ceo shenanigans did leave a bad taste internally, afterall.
- Town celebrates return of the sun after 30 nightswww.bbc.co.uk Town celebrates return of the sun after 30 nights
The Inuvik sunrise festival in Canada commemorates the return of sunlight after a month of polar nights.
Some really beautiful shots in the video.
- I’m a Supercommuter. Here’s What It’s Really Like.www.wsj.com I’m a Supercommuter. Here’s What It’s Really Like.
The money, miles and stamina it takes to work in one city and live in another.
In a surprise to absolutely nobody - it sucks.
- Four things that turn 100 in 2024www.bbc.co.uk Four things that turn 100 in 2024
The Winter Olympics and TV pictures are about to hit their century
Winter Olympics, radio pips, MGM and TV images.
- Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identityarstechnica.com Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity
HyperVerse's collapse caused an estimated $1.3 billion in customer losses.
Now that is how you run a proper scam.
Take notes, kids!
- Google Is Finally Killing Cookies. Advertisers Still Aren’t Ready.www.wsj.com Google Is Finally Killing Cookies. Advertisers Still Aren’t Ready.
The search giant plans to remove a technology seen as critical to the digital-ad industry.
The ad companies are complaining. This is either a farce or Google is doing something actually useful this time.
- A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Oceanwww.washingtonpost.com A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean
The Virgin Atlantic flight used only sustainable aviation fuel to cross the Atlantic Ocean from London to New York on Tuesday. It’s a step toward zero-carbon flight.
A step in the right direction. Unfortunately, the method itself is not currently sustainable as jet engines are not adapted to run on such fuel all the time as well as the fuel supply is limited.
- Tata ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trialwww.theregister.com Tata ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trial
Naughty engineers + inability to work email = $$$
For once good ol' incompetence leads to proving theft rather than just losses.
- Premium whisky prices slump as weak global economy hurts taste for luxurywww.ft.com Premium whisky prices slump as weak global economy hurts taste for luxury
Value of ‘fine and rare’ single malts sold at auction falls 7%, tarnishing status as alternative haven asset
Man I wish I had problems like that.
Oh no, my investment in whisky has lost 7% of its value since last year!
I do appreciate a nice glass of single malt on occasion, though.
- Researcher flags OpenCart security issue, founder rageswww.theregister.com Researcher flags OpenCart security issue, founder rages
Web storefront maker fixed the flaw, but not before blasting infoseccer
This is great. Truly unbelievable how quickly can someone dig their own hole.
Security guy's blog post
The GitHub issue. Well worth a read.
- Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEOwww.theregister.com Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEO
New board includes former Salesforce CEO and treasury secretary
I'd say that's unexpected, but nothing really is in this saga anymore. Yay public fuck ups! I can now put my popcorn down.
- Why Microsoft needs Sam Altman and his loyal OpenAI bandwww.theregister.com Why Microsoft needs Sam Altman and his loyal OpenAI band
A quick summary of the past three days of chaos. And Redmond has questions to answer
This is the most ridiculous situation I can remember in recent corporate times. 🍿
- Sam Altman will lead new Microsoft AI team. OpenAI board names interim CEOwww.washingtonpost.com Sam Altman will lead new Microsoft AI team. OpenAI board names interim CEO.
The OpenAI appointment of Emmett Shear comes after former CEO Sam Altman was ousted by his board on Friday in a surprise move
Well that was quick.
- OpenAI's board fires CEO Sam Altmanwww.theregister.com OpenAI's board fires CEO Sam Altman
Chief gets upgraded to customer – LLMs may be coming for your job but the directors came for his
> OpenAI was deliberately structured to advance our mission: to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all humanity. The board remains fully committed to serving this mission. We are grateful for Sam's many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI. At the same time, we believe new leadership is necessary as we move forward.
That is the most generic statement ever. Someone done fucked up.
- Tesla reverses course on Cybertruck resale restrictionswww.theregister.com Tesla reverses course on Cybertruck resale restrictions
Time for eBay jockeys to ready their watchlists for second-hand clunkers
I do wonder how were they going to enforce it in the first place.
- Banned US chipmaking equipment still ending up in Chinawww.theregister.com Banned US chipmaking equipment still ending up in China
Plus: US execs line up to dine with President Xi
In other news - water is wet.
- SoftBank's WeWork, once most valuable US startup, succumbs to bankruptcywww.reuters.com SoftBank's WeWork, once most valuable US startup, succumbs to bankruptcy
WeWork, whose meteoric rise and fall reshaped the office sector globally, sought US bankruptcy protection after its bets on companies using more of its office-sharing space soured.
Nothing unexpected.
- First countermobility park opens in Lithuaniawww.lrt.lt First countermobility park opens in Lithuania
Lithuania’s first countermobility park was opened on Friday in Mickūnai, Vilnius District, where various devices used to...
That should be pretty cool to visit. I've always been keen on "restricted" things.
- Will Heathrow’s third runway finally go ahead? | Financial Timeswww.ft.com Will Heathrow’s third runway finally go ahead? | Financial Times
A new chief executive and a boom in travel could resurrect the stalled project. But rising costs and environmental concerns stand in the way
- CERN confirms gravity pulls antimatter as Einstein predictedwww.theregister.com CERN confirms gravity pulls antimatter as Einstein predicted
Why there is not a lot more of it is yet to be explained though
What CERN is doing is super cool. Does saying Einstein proven right, again! feel like clickbait? Probably. But I like the content anyway.
- Volkswagen stuck in neutral after 'IT disruption'www.theregister.com Volkswagen stuck in neutral after 'IT disruption'
Factories and offices are going nowhere, fast
Sounds a lot like good old incompetence.
- Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operatingwww.bbc.co.uk Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating
Trainees are being abused by senior male surgeons, a major analysis given to the BBC reveals.
archive.today ___ ``` Registered surgeons - men and women - were invited to take part completely anonymously and 1,434 responded. Half were women:
63% of women had been the target of sexual harassment from colleagues 30% of women had been sexually assaulted by a colleague 11% of women reported forced physical contact related to career opportunities At least 11 incidents of rape were reported 90% of women, and 81% of men, had witnessed some form of sexual misconduct ```
This is all self reported, but the numbers are still incredibly high.
- The real reason(s) food allergies are on the risewww.washingtonpost.com Analysis | The real reason(s) food allergies are on the rise
Why is everyone suddenly allergic to everything? And how are hookworms involved? The Department of Data investigates.
TL;DR: kids have to be exposed to allergens at an early age as that is a natural mechanism to build up resistance.
- Wilko to close remaining 300 stores risking more than 10,000 jobs | Financial Timeswww.ft.com PwC confirms Wilko to close remaining 300 stores | Financial Times
Total of 12,500 jobs at risk as chain disappears from high street after almost a century
- ‘He is driven by demons’: biographer Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk | Financial Timeswww.ft.com ‘He is driven by demons’: biographer Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk | Financial Times
The writer tells Gillian Tett what he learnt during two years spent with ‘total access’ to the tech tycoon
