• Intel's network and edge ("NEX") division is headed out the door to join Altera as the company cuts everything that isn't nailed down and some things that are.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  It's not being shut down, just spun off.  Intel will keep a major though not necessarily a majority stake.
  
  Intel's share price is down 8% on the latest quarter's results following a $2.9 billion loss.

• How Clorox got wiped.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Clorox suffered a major ransomware attack recently, because - allegedly - the internal tech support team run for them by Cognizant was, well, this:

  "Cognizant was not duped by any elaborate ploy or sophisticated hacking techniques," the lawsuit asserts. "The cybercriminal just called the Cognizant Service Desk, asked for credentials to access Clorox's network, and Cognizant handed the credentials right over."

  Oops.
  
  
  
• Allianz Life also had an oops.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  The company's CRM was hacked, leaking data for the majority of customers and staff.
  
  
  
• How to make Postgress run 42,000 times slower.  (Byte of Dev)
  
  As a challenge, you can only edit the config file.
  
  
  
• Is ChatGPT making us stupid?  (The Conversation)
  
  I don't use ChatGPT.  I became stupid through hard work and determination.
  
  
  

Posted by: furball at Wednesday, July 30 2025 09:58 AM (As8gg)

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