Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Summary The article examines why large parts of UK central government remain dependent on legacy systems — many written in…
Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’
Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’ Summary Microsoft is changing how it prices Online Services in Enterprise Agreements, removing many volume-based rebates so prices will align with those…
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy Summary The Slashdot item links to a Guardian report describing a marked resurgence in piracy driven by a fractured, ad-heavy streaming…
Trump Administration Considers Stake In Intel
Trump Administration Considers Stake In Intel Summary Intel’s stock jumped about 7% after reports that the Trump administration is considering taking an equity stake in the chipmaker to support US-based…
Applied Materials Sued In China Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft
Applied Materials Sued In China Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft Summary Bloomberg reports that Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co has filed a lawsuit against US chip-equipment supplier Applied Materials in…
The Plan For Linux After Torvalds Has a Kernel of Truth: There Isn’t One
The Plan For Linux After Torvalds Has a Kernel of Truth: There Isn’t One Summary Rupert Goodwins at The Register argues the Linux kernel project currently has no formal succession…
Microsoft Kills Volume Rebates in Name of ‘Transparency’
Microsoft Kills Volume Rebates in Name of ‘Transparency’ Summary Microsoft is changing how it prices Online Services sold via Enterprise Agreements, aligning those prices with the figures published on Microsoft.com…
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future Summary This WIRED feature traces how the Biden administration crafted and executed sweeping export controls to curb China’s access to…
Brazilian PhD students opt out of US research opportunities
Brazilian PhD students opt out of US research opportunities Summary Over the past year at least 96 Brazilian PhD students who had planned research visits to the United States changed…
Alexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO’d in UK outage
Alexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO’d in UK outage Summary Amazon’s Alexa suffered an outage in the UK on 14 August 2025, around 08:00 local…