https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comMon, 20 Jul 2026 04:15:00 +0200 Layoffs.fyi, which tracks announced job cuts, counts more than 800,000 tech workers laid off since 2022,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-ai-transforms-silicon-valley-some-tech-workers-face-evaporating-financial-security/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-ai-transforms-silicon-valley-some-tech-workers-face-evaporating-financial-security/ The Zilog Z80 has just turned 50 years old. This iconic 8-bit processor first went on sale in July 1976 and stayed in production for 48 years until Zilog, now a Littelfuse subsidiary, stopped accepting orders in June 2024. However, there's an open-source replacement closer than ever to shipping in the chip's original 40-pin DIP package thanks to community-funded fabrication...
The chip powered the ZX Spectrum, TRS-80, MSX machines, Nint]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zilog-z80-8-bit-cpu-turns-50-open-source-replacement-heads-to-drop-in-dip40-silicon/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zilog-z80-8-bit-cpu-turns-50-open-source-replacement-heads-to-drop-in-dip40-silicon/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dozens-of-robotaxi-riders-are-falling-asleep-sparking-frantic-calls-for-emergency-services/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dozens-of-robotaxi-riders-are-falling-asleep-sparking-frantic-calls-for-emergency-services/ A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/californias-truth-in-recycling-law-blocked-by-judge/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/californias-truth-in-recycling-law-blocked-by-judge/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-how-black-holes-feed-themselves/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-how-black-holes-feed-themselves/ The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend competition began Thursday in Shenzhen, China, according to the article, with local robotics company EngineAI providing $40,000 of their "T800" robots (yes, named after The Terminator) to 32 participating teams from around the world:A video shared of the combat on YouTube by local news outlet Shenzhen Story, showed that even aft]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robot-decapitated-in-worlds-first-ever-humanoid-ufc-fight/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robot-decapitated-in-worlds-first-ever-humanoid-ufc-fight/ A year ago, the operating system accounted for about half of the machines in its dataset, falling to the low-to-mid 40% range by the time Microsoft ended standard support. The decline continued after that, reaching 18.6% in June, but Lansweeper says migration has now slowed to a crawl... Small and medium-sized businesses are particularly expo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-10-still-being-used-often-unpatched-and-insecure/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-10-still-being-used-often-unpatched-and-insecure/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aptera-announces-us-wide-repair-network-for-its-upcoming-solar-electric-car/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aptera-announces-us-wide-repair-network-for-its-upcoming-solar-electric-car/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aptera-announces-nationwide-repair-network-for-its-upcoming-solar-electric-car/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aptera-announces-nationwide-repair-network-for-its-upcoming-solar-electric-car/ Recalling his initial resistance to free and open software, billionaire computer scientist David Siegel argues vigorously in FORTUNE that the stakes are too high to let AI become increasingly closed. "In the 1980s, I had the chance to spend several years arguing about free and open software, what we now call open source, with the founder of the movement, Richard Stallman. My office at the MIT AI Lab was next door to his. Stallman's position was that the s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-richard-stallman-colleague-now-argues-for-open-ai-models-too/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-richard-stallman-colleague-now-argues-for-open-ai-models-too/ The automotive industry's increasing use of over-the-air technology to update vehicle systems makes it more susceptible to cyberattacks, analysts say, urging more intervention in the sector... Its use represents "a unique national security concern," Gabriel Lim, senior analyst at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, told CNBC. "Aside from data privacy concerns, the potential of a foreign actor sabotaging the controls of a moving vehicle is a possibility t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-there-cybersecurity-risks-in-over-the-air-tech-used-in-autos/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-there-cybersecurity-risks-in-over-the-air-tech-used-in-autos/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-study-links-teen-boys-adhd-symptoms-to-addictive-social-media-use/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-study-links-teen-boys-adhd-symptoms-to-addictive-social-media-use/ That discovery had "gathered so much negative attention that Elon Musk felt compelled to issue a public statement alongside SpaceX, and its technical staff, promising to delete all data that Grok Build has ever stored and give users more choice over how their]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/grok-build-coding-tool-open-sourced-this-week-promises-to-respect-zero-data-retention/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/grok-build-coding-tool-open-sourced-this-week-promises-to-respect-zero-data-retention/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-acknowledges-gpt-56-may-accidentally-delete-files-calls-it-honest-mistake/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-acknowledges-gpt-56-may-accidentally-delete-files-calls-it-honest-mistake/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/france-orders-isps-to-block-access-to-polymarket/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/france-orders-isps-to-block-access-to-polymarket/ The reporter first found an ad offering $18 to $28 to hire Americans as "digital escorts" for China-based tech support, then just searched LinkedIn for people who apparently had ans]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-microsofts-little-workaround-created-a-major-threat-to-americas-defense-department/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-microsofts-little-workaround-created-a-major-threat-to-americas-defense-department/ Incoming British prime minister Andy Burnham will scrap the government's troubled plans for a digital ID scheme when he enters office on Monday, a spokesperson for the new Labour Party leader said. Resources devoted to the scheme, deemed a "fiasco" by a cross-party committee of lawmakers, will be redirected to Burnham's priorities, the spokesperson said...
"All the time and resource that was going to be spent on a national ID scheme will go instead to where it's most needed, suc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/next-uk-prime-minister-drops-digital-id-scheme/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/next-uk-prime-minister-drops-digital-id-scheme/ affordable collectible. This behavior underscores that for younger generations, the act of buying
physical music is as much about aesthetic ownership and direct financial suppo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gen-z-and-millennials-are-buying-cds-though-half-dont-have-cd-players/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gen-z-and-millennials-are-buying-cds-though-half-dont-have-cd-players/ Aside from the homepage, there's a GitHub repository — but beware, this is separate from the old one, whose repo is still there although the most recent changes were seven years ago. The new project also has a project history giving credit where it's due. The main man behind the revival is Joe Maloney, known on GitHub as pkgdemon. In case his name rings a bell]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nextbsd-returns-to-port-apple-source-onto-freebsd/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nextbsd-returns-to-port-apple-source-onto-freebsd/ "I need cold hard return facts," the "Mad Money" host said. "Or, I, too, will grow more skeptical than I am now...." While Cramer said he remains optimistic about the long-term opportunity, he argued the market needs more evidence that those investments are translating into measurable financial returns for customers. Cramer said one of his biggest]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cnbcs-jim-cramer-says-he-needs-cold-hard-proof-ai-is-paying-off/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cnbcs-jim-cramer-says-he-needs-cold-hard-proof-ai-is-paying-off/