Microsoft pulls plug on generous Azure credit program for startups Up to $150 K tier shelved, perks folded into two-track system Microsoft has retired its program that granted incorporated AI startups with a validated business plan up to $150,000 in Azure credits and replaced it with a two-track system.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft changes conditions for Azure startup credits
: Up to $150K tier shelved, perks folded into two-track system
Cloudflare creates AI crawler tollbooth to pay publishers The bargain between content makers and crawlers has broken down ai-pocalypseΒ  Cloudflare has started blocking AI web crawlers by default in a bid to become the internet's gatekeeper.… #theregister #IT
Cloudflare creates AI crawler tollbooth to pay publishers
ai-pocalypse: The bargain between content makers and crawlers has broken down
Microsoft admits to Intune forgetfulness Customizations not saved with security baseline policy update Microsoft Intune administrators may face a few days of stress after Redmond acknowledged a problem with security baseline customizations.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft admits to Intune forgetfulness
: Customizations not saved with security baseline policy update
Senate decides free rein for AI companies isn't such a good thing Trump's budget bill moves back to the House with some mods It took a tie-breaking vote from the Vice President JD Vance to pass Trump's budget reconciliation bill through the Senate on Tuesday, but a controversial section that would have barred states from regulating AI was struck down in a much clearer fashion. … #theregister #IT
Senate nixes Trump’s ban on state AI rules
: Trump's budget bill moves back to the House with some mods
Chip design is a RISC-y business: Codasip puts itself up for sale R&D teams are 'separable' says biz, which is open to offers for parts or the whole European RISC-V biz Codasip has put itself up for sale, citing an expression of interest during a recent funding round, and is now openly touting for buyers.… #theregister #IT
Chip design is a RISC-y business: Codasip up for sale
: R&D teams are 'separable' says biz, which is open to offers for parts or the whole
Apple accuses former engineer of taking Vision Pro secrets to Snap He didn't cover his tracks very well, the iGiant claims in a court filing An ex-Apple employee who allegedly thought he was clever enough to sneak out the back door to a job at Snap loaded up with Cupertino's secrets has instead found himself on the receiving end of a lawsuit. … #theregister #IT
Apple sues ex-engineer over AR leaks to Snap
: He didn't cover his tracks very well, the iGiant claims in a court filing
International Criminal Court swats away 'sophisticated and targeted' cyberattack Body stays coy on details but alludes to similarities with 2023 espionage campaign The International Criminal Court (ICC) says a "sophisticated" cyberattack targeted the institution, the second such incident in two years.… #theregister #IT
Targeted cyberattack strikes International Criminal Court
: Body stays coy on details but alludes to similarities with 2023 espionage campaign
Fedora 43 won't drop 32-bit app support – or adopt Xlibre Community vetoes plans to axe i686 compatibility and switch X11 forks The Fedora community has quickly dropped a couple of recent proposed changes – one highly controversial, the other rather less so.… #theregister #IT
Fedora 43 won
: Community vetoes plans to axe i686 compatibility and switch X11 forks
NASA gives Lunar Trailblazer a few more weeks to pick up the phone Stricken probe giving US space agency the silent treatment NASA has extended recovery efforts for its stricken Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft to mid-July, but is warning that if the probe remains silent, the mission could end.… #theregister #IT
NASA gives Lunar Trailblazer more time to start talking
: Stricken probe giving US space agency the silent treatment
EU rattles its purse and AI datacenter builders come running 176 expressions of interest to erect 'gigafactories' across 16 member states, with 3 million GPUs needed It's pork barrel time in Europe for Nvidia (and possibly AMD) as corporations bid for a slice of the €20 billion ($23.6 billion) fund to build proposed AI Gigafactories to advance the EU's AI credentials.… #theregister #IT
EU rattles its purse and AI datacenter builders come running
: 176 expressions of interest to erect 'gigafactories' across 16 member states, with 3 million GPUs needed