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China says “no thanks” to Intel and AMD on government devices

Dataconomy

These purchasing standards, which were disclosed on December 26, are currently in effect and extend their influence to Microsoft’s Windows operating system and database software from international sources, with a preference for Chinese-made alternatives, as indicated in the report. In October 2023, the U.S.

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Valve surprises with new model of the Steam Deck portable gaming PC

GeekWire

Since its release in early 2022 , the Deck has reportedly sold approximately 3 million units, and heated up the previously-quiet competition among PC manufacturers to create their own portable gaming PCs. The Steam Deck runs on a custom Linux build and runs games off its user’s Steam library via custom compatibility layers.

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Valve pushes back release of Steam Deck portable gaming PC because of supply chain issues

GeekWire

The launch of Valve Software’s new portable gaming PC, the Steam Deck , has been pushed back two months to February 2022. Out of the box, it runs off of a new edition of SteamOS, the Linux-based operating system that Valve first used for its standalone Steam Machine PCs. (Valve Photo). Bellevue, Wash.-based

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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half

SecureWorld News

LockBit ransomware group operates under a RaaS model leveraging double, and sometimes triple, extortion techniques. It's estimated LockBit had nearly 1,100 victims in 2022 alone. After a brief hiatus, Emotet threat actors resumed their operations in early March 2023.

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Technology Short Take 151

Scott Lowe

Welcome to Technology Short Take #151, the first Technology Short Take of 2022. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and that 2022 is off to a wonderful start! Operating Systems/Applications. Dennis Felsing shares some thoughts on switching to macOS after 15 years on Linux. Read more here. Yes please!

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A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

Vox

One of the most fascinating and frightening incidents in computer security history started in 2022 with a few pushy emails to the mailing list for a small, one-person open source project. He — along with a number of other accounts — was apparently part of a campaign to compromise nearly every Linux-running computer in the world.

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Technology Short Take 164

Scott Lowe

Networking William Morgan’s 2022 service mesh recap captures some of the significant events in service mesh in 2022, although through a Linkerd-colored lens. Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ?