Aussies crown "Enshittification" as word of the year
Captures the mood of the digital age
Australia's national dictionary, The Macquarie Dictionary, has chosen "enshittification" as its word of the year.
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.