UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle
UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle Summary UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer carried out a weekend cabinet reshuffle that removed Peter Kyle from his role as…
Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban
Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban Summary The long-running legal battle between UK reseller ValueLicensing and Microsoft returns to the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal.…
VMware’s in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong
Summary This opinion piece examines Tesco’s lawsuit against Broadcom, VMware and reseller Computacenter after Tesco says support tied to perpetual licences was withheld unless it accepted new, more expensive licences.…
Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not
Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not Summary IBM will move most of Red Hat’s General & Administrative (G&A) staff — primarily…
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off Summary Canonical experienced brief disruptions to security.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com on 5 and 7 September. The status page reported the incidents…
French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF
French datacentre biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF Summary Data4 has signed a 12-year Nuclear Production Allocation Contract (CAPN) with EDF to secure 40 MW of nuclear-sourced electricity for…
Guide to Using UAF Workflow to Build a High-Impact Enterprise Architecture Roadmap
Guide to Using UAF Workflow to Build a High-Impact Enterprise Architecture Roadmap Summary This guide explains how to use the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) nine-step workflow to produce a standards-aligned…
Scientists Discuss Next Steps to Prevent Dangerous ‘Mirror Life’ Research
Scientists Discuss Next Steps to Prevent Dangerous ‘Mirror Life’ Research Summary Researchers working on “mirror life” — organisms built from chirality-flipped biological building blocks (left-handed vs right-handed molecules) — paused…
Linus Torvalds Expresses Frustration With ‘Garbage’ Link Tags In Git Commits
Linus Torvalds Expresses Frustration With ‘Garbage’ Link Tags In Git Commits Summary Linux maintainer Linus Torvalds publicly criticised the proliferation of meaningless “Link:” tags in Git commit messages on the…
There’s 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years Ago
There’s 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years Ago Summary Recent workforce data reported via Fortune and sourced from Pave (with LinkedIn data) shows a sharp…