AWS buys DuckLabs, the people behind the popular in-process OLAP database
Amazon Web Services has bought DuckLabs, the support and development company behind open-source DuckDB. The deal — the financial details […]
Month: August 2026
Microsoft sketches out a Whiteboard extension
Microsoft is giving customers who are still clinging to its doomed legacy Whiteboard technology a lifeline, and has pushed the […]
CIOs are on notice – vSphere 8 times out in October 2027
For users of vSphere 8, October 11, 2027 looms large on the calendar. That is the day general support for […]
Carhartt data breach affects 12.9M, half of what ShinyHunters claimed
Workwear and fashion retailer Carhartt’s data breach was about half as bad as ShinyHunters claimed, according to Troy Hunt, who […]
Nigel Farage wants to scrap ‘suffocating’ UK GDPR
Reform UK says it wants to scrap the UK GDPR after eight years of the regulations “strangling” small businesses. The […]
SpaceX plans to plant $100B Starbase on Louisiana coast
SpaceX has announced plans to spend $100 billion on a Louisiana spaceport designed to support thousands of launches annually. According […]
Debian polls its developers on whether to burn the bots, tame the bots, or let ’em loose
The Debian project is polling its developers over AI usage: use it, impose limits, or ban it outright. The second […]
UK supermarket scales go 404 on shoppers
BORK!BORK!BORK! The scales are empty, and so what else can there be but a 404? Today’s entry in the pantheon […]
Sopra Steria’s £370M Capita spat heads for 2028 courtroom showdown
System integrator Sopra Steria is set to have its day in court to contest a £370 million contract awarded by […]
Self-hosted email is in steep decline, Microsoft and Google are taking over
The number of large users hosting their own email servers has halved in the last decade, according to Artem Berezin, […]