Foreign buyers are snatching up UK tech companies
Fast growing British tech companies have become attractive targets for acquisition by foreign concerns.
A wave of foreign buyers is coming after British technology companies, according to Bloomberg News. The trend threatens to deprive the UK market of the little exposure it still has to high-gro... Read more
CHIPS Act will funnel billions to global chip makers
The new US legislation will reward companies with a 25 percent tax credit on new chip fabs, plus $39 billion in direct subsidies.
Leading foundry operators stand to benefit from a 25 percent investment tax credit (ITC) on domestic fab projects, The Register reports. The policy is spelled out in ... Read more
Programming language Go gets vulnerability scanner
Go, Google's open-source programming language, has a new tool for discovering vulnerabilities. The 'govulncheck' command allows developers to scan for vulnerabilities in code through an online database.
The Go development team says the command contacts the database at vuln.go.dev. The vulner... Read more
Salesforce previews Winter 23 release
Salesforce released a preview of the Winter 23 release. The edition should make it easier for companies to automate and scale complex business processes.
The preview introduces hundreds of improvements and additions coming in the Winter 23 release of the Salesforce 360 platform. The new function... Read more
‘European Council threatens the future of artificial intelligence’
The European Council wants to regulate the development of open-source artifical intelligence, but researchers warn of the plan's risks.
The European Commission introduced a bill to regulate artifical intelligence (AI) in 2021. Brussels wants to prevent AI from contributing to discrimination, pr... Read more
IBM will provide Power S1014 servers on a subscription basis
The IBM Power S1014 will become available on a subscription basis. For a monthly fee, customers receive the server at a location of choice. IBM provides a database system and maintenance.
The server remains the property of IBM. The service's release date is unknown. The Register reports that the... Read more
Western Europe dominates world’s fastest internet rankings
Western Europe placed first in an annual ranking of the world's fastest internet regions. Researchers from Cable.co.uk measured average download speeds of 99 Mbps in Western European countries. The region ranked the highest out of 13 global regions.
Cable.co.uk conducts annual research on glob... Read more
SK hynix to invest almost €11 billion in new chip factory
SK hynix plans to invest €10.9 billion in constructing a new chip factory in South Korea.
The construction of the M15X chip factory in the city of Cheongju will begin in October. The plant is scheduled to open in 2025. SK hynix is simultaneously drawing up construction plans for a later M17X e... Read more
Call to Oracle: ‘JavaScript should be public domain’
A veteran software engineer urges Oracle to stop trademarking JavaScript and move the term to the public domain.
Ryan Dahl, the creator of Node.js and Deno, contacted Oracle through an open letter. JavaScript is a trademark of Oracle. Dahl argues that the trademark affects the developer communi... Read more
False ransomware alerts in Microsoft Defender cause mass panic
Microsoft patched a widespread Defender flaw that incorrectly identified common apps as harmful Hive ransomware payloads.
Over the weekend, Windows users and system administrators reported widespread issues due to a Defender update causing the antivirus solution to identify Electron-based and Ch... Read more