Courts slow to catch up with data stored by companies
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Trends have changed and some companies have nothing 

While a federal grand jury subpoena is not something a company would make PR capital over, Signal has made much hay over a silly attempt to get data from its servers.

Trump social media already in hot water
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Monday, 01 November 2021 12:37

Trump social media already in hot water


Dodgy funding and breaking open sauce rules

Donald Trump’s attempts to create his own social media after getting kicked off twitter for arranging an armed coup are running up against a few legal hurdles.

Oracle JDK is free for production use
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Monday, 01 November 2021 12:24

Oracle JDK is free for production use


Apparently users wanted it


The Oracle JDK is available free of charge for production use again under a new Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions license.

Wikipedia editors are gods Richard Dawkins discovers
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They tell you what to believe

Fundamentalist atheist Richard Dawkins has discovered that Wackypedia editors are the true gods of the internet and that he is but a worthless sinner.

Nadella says companies need new norms
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Monday, 01 November 2021 12:01

Nadella says companies need new norms


It is like 1066 all over

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella seems to have given up on the days when everyone used to be in an office.

Fanboys are actually buying Apple’s expensive rag
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Apple fanboys are really too stupid to exist in the genepool

You can generally tell how stupid and susceptible to marketing a person is by how much Apple gear he or she owns. The extent of an Apple fan’s stupidity has now reached a new low with the release of Apple’s $20 rag.

AMD RDNA 3 graphics cards taped out
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Friday, 29 October 2021 12:53

AMD RDNA 3 graphics cards taped out


Now if only someone would manufacture it


The dark satanic rumour mill claims that AMD has taped out its RDNA 3 graphics cards.

Intel promises to outrun Moore’s Law
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Friday, 29 October 2021 12:50

Intel promises to outrun Moore’s Law


Others wonder what Moore's Law was

Intel's CEO Kicking Pat Gelsinger promises that Intel will keep pace with – and even outrun – Moore's Law.

Facebook Meta changes
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Friday, 29 October 2021 12:36

Facebook Meta changes


Will take on Apple next


Facebook has decided to change its name to Meta and amongst its plans appears to be a move that will serve up hardware like Apple and killing off the Oculus brand.

China makes a quantum computer streets ahead of the US
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We have more cats


Physicists in China claim they've constructed two quantum computers with performance speeds that outrival competitors in the US, debuting a superconducting machine, in addition to an even speedier one that uses light photons to obtain unprecedented results.