US govt's science foundation purges 37 divisions, equity unit among casualties DEI another day: Trump priorities bite as $1B in grants vanish, layoffs loom The US government's National Science Foundation (NSF) is reportedly axing more than three dozen divisions, including its equity-in-STEM unit, while prepping staff layoffs and yanking over a billion dollars in recently awarded grants. The pu… #theregister #IT
US National Science Foundation axes Equity Division
: DEI another day: Trump priorities bite as $1B in grants vanish, layoffs loom
US Transpo Sec wants air traffic control rebuild in 3 years, asks Congress for blank check Price tag unknown US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has unveiled an ambitious plan to yank American air traffic control systems out of the 1960s - and he wants Congress to fund the whole project up front so it doesn't get derailed by political wind shifts.… #theregister #IT
Duffy floats ambitious 3-year air traffic system overhaul
: Price tag unknown
A new Lazarus arises – for the fourth time – for Pascal programming fans And if it's your first time around, there's a whole new free book on FreePascal Lazarus 4 is the latest version of the all-FOSS but Delphi-compatible IDE for the FreePascal compiler.… #theregister #IT
A new Lazarus arises – for the fourth time – for Pascal fans
: And if it's your first time around, there's a whole new free book on FreePascal
VC behemoth Insight Partners fears top-secret financial info swiped by cyber-miscreants Weapons-grade fuel for fraud Insight Partners, a mega venture capital firm with more than $90 billion in funds under management, fears network intruders got their hands on internal sensitive data about employees, portfolio companies, investors, and more.… #theregister #IT
Insight Partners fears secret financial info cyber-stolen
: Weapons-grade fuel for fraud
VIPER rover banished to storage as moonshot plan sputters NASA cancels solicitation to get a partner to launch, land, and operate the bot for free NASA has quietly scrapped a plea for third parties to take its VIPER rover to the lunar surface.… #theregister #IT
VIPER rover banished to storage as moonshot plan sputters
: NASA cancels solicitation to get a partner to launch, land, and operate the bot for free
Tech titans: Wanna secure US AI leadership? Stop giving the world excuses to buy Chinese Execs from AMD, Microsoft, and OpenAI tear into profit busting AI diffusion rules Execs from several top US tech companies, including Microsoft, AMD, and OpenAI, slammed the Biden administration's export rules for AI chips and said that winning the AI race against China hinges on making it easier, n… #theregister #IT
US tech argues secret to besting Chinese AI is... capitalism
: Execs from AMD, Microsoft, and OpenAI tear into profit busting AI diffusion rules
Users advised to review Oracle Java use as Big Red's year end approaches International Java sales operation and the prospects of audits per-employee license model make the move to open source irresistible Experts are warning of an increase in Oracle Java audits - as the tech giant nears its year end - following a switch to a per-employee license model that could see costs gr… #theregister #IT
Users advised to review Oracle Java use
: International Java sales operation and the prospects of audits per-employee license model make the move to open source irresistible
openSUSE deep sixes Deepin desktop over security stink Linux giant finds Chinese environment to be perilous beneath pretty exterior SUSE has kicked the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) out of its community-driven Linux distro, openSUSE, and the reasons it gives for doing so are revealing.… #theregister #IT
openSUSE deep sixes Deepin desktop over security stink
: Linux giant finds Chinese environment to be perilous beneath pretty exterior
Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI This BS ends at some point, right? Microsoft believes AI can hasten development of nuclear fusion as a practical energy source, which could in turn accelerate answers to the question of how to power AI.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack fusion power
: This BS ends at some point, right?
As US scientists flee Trump, MP urges Britain to do more to nab them One concrete suggestion: Looser visa requirements The EU and nation states have already heralded schemes to attract top scientific talent seeking to escape the Republic of Trump. So where's Britain in the mix?… #theregister #IT
Britain wants in on drawing US scientists fleeing Trump
: One concrete suggestion: Looser visa requirements