Arm64 on the desktop? It’s spendy and it’s sluggish
A Red Hat build engineer has ended his second experimental effort at using a high-end Arm64 desktop computer as his […]
Month: June 2026
Former Microsoft engineer shrinks Notepad down to size
Microsoft’s habit of adding unnecessary features to Notepad is a symptom of broader bloating in the Windows codebase. But it […]
Where there’s a will, AI still has work to do
A UK law firm has put AI-generated wills on trial, and the chatbot didn’t fare particularly well under cross-examination. SE […]
No more Java refills for Intel Macs after JDK 27, says Oracle
Oracle is moving to stop maintaining the macOS/x64 port of the Java Development Kit (JDK) from version 27, which is […]
Raspberry Pi OS gets a new kernel but apparently not a new version number
The distro formerly known as Raspbian has received some modest tweaks – and a whole new kernel version. Raspberry Pi […]
Atlas shrugs: New UK asylum seeker IT system failed to help case workers learn from appeals
After eight years of development, the UK Home Office’s new system for managing immigration and asylum applications is failing to […]
HS2’s latest reset ditches autonomous train tech to get project back on track
HS2 is set to ditch some of its most ambitious railway technology in a bid to make Britain’s most troubled […]
India’s central bank mandated use of .bank domains to enhance trust – but its registry leaked sensitive info
In 2025, the Reserve Bank of India created the .bank.in subdomain and required all local banks to start using it […]
South Korea’s hot new sensation is 3S+1F – a quadrillion-Won AI plan, not a band
The government of South Korea and local tech giants yesterday announced over ₩1 quadrillion of investment related to AI – […]
Microsoft builds a bouncer to keep bots out of Teams meetings
Microsoft has built a bouncer to keep bots out of Teams meetings. “Bots have begun joining meetings that participants never […]