The new president will reportedly allow the ban to lapse Wednesday. …read more Source:: CNet

Numbers have plummeted during the pandemic. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader shares a report: Artificial-intelligence systems are nowhere near advanced enough to replace humans in many tasks involving reasoning, real-world knowledge, and social interaction. They are showing human-level competence in low-level pattern recognition skills, but at the cognitive level they are merely imitating human intelligence, not engaging deeply and creatively, says Michael I….

Some unemployed workers might receive a second refund check in May. …read more Source:: CNet

Big Blue and its claret-capped subsidiary accused of nicking UnixWare blueprints, lying, and conspiring Xinuos, formed around SCO Group assets a decade ago under the name UnXis and at the time disavowing any interest in continuing SCO’s long-running Linux litigation, on Wednesday sued IBM and Red Hat for alleged copyright and antitrust law violations.… …read…

Apple said Wednesday that it will build a battery-based renewable energy storage facility in Central California near a solar energy installation that already provides energy for all of its facilities in the state. From a report: Apple said the project will store 240 megawatt-hours of energy, or enough to power more than 7,000 homes for…

The augmented-reality headset contract could be worth up to $21.88 billion over ten years, Microsoft says. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Micron said its market for memory chips is seeing “rapidly improving conditions.” …read more Source:: ZDNet

Luxuriate in the bliss of foaming suds for less than half the price of most similar dispensers. …read more Source:: CNet

A new Microsoft-commissioned report finds less than 30% of organizations allocate security budget toward preventing firmware attacks. …read more Source:: DarkReading