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Half a century later (guess what is 50 years old)
If you've been doing computers for as long as me, you'll be aware of the importance that the CP/M operating system played in the early days. Well that OS turns 50 this year.

The Nigerian teens clueless on computers but aiming to reboot

NordVPN Helps Users Protect Themselves From Vulnerable Apps
The vulnerability detection feature checks Windows computers for vulnerable applications and notifies users about their security flaws so preventive measures can be taken.

Cologne Catholic diocese clergy and staff used work computers for porn, German media reports
Around 1,000 attempts to view blocked sites were made but no crime was committed, Cologne's Archdiocese says.

Police face criticism over central Kansas newspaper raid in which computers, phones seized

Semiconductors: Can India become a global chip powerhouse?
Semiconductors power every aspect of modern life, from computers and smartphones to cars.

AI creator on the risks, opportunities and how it may make humans 'boring'
AI boss on the future of artificial intelligence and what will happen if computers become more clever than humans.

Crypto-mining scheme run from US school crawl space
Police were called after a janitor noticed electrical wires, ductwork and computers that looked amiss.

An impressive bit of tech
What if computers and cars were like airliners?

Spy agency uses 'computer network exploitation' to take digital information
One of the country's two spy agencies has revealed it retrieves information directly from where it is stored or processed on computers.

DOJ plans to disrupt global spam network after hacker's arrest
The US Department of Justice announced an "extensive effort to disrupt and dismantle" a network of thousands of compromised computers under the control of an alleged cybercriminal, a statement released Monday said.

An experimental new attack can steal data from air-gapped computers using a phone's gyroscope

The next frontier in the tech battle between the US and China
The technological arms race between the United States and China has cut across everything from smartphones and cellular equipment to social media and artificial intelligence. But a new battleground is emerging that goes a layer deeper: to the components that power our smartphones, computers, automobiles and home appliances.

Using Computers Strongly Linked to Erectile Dysfunction

HP CEO: PC demand remains a challenge, though AI computers are coming

Ex-postmistress says she 'blames people, not computers'
Gail Ward was falsely accused and convicted of stealing more than �12,000 from the Post Office.

The hidden danger in software
The very thing that makes computers so powerful is also the thing that can bring them to their knees in less than a microsecond.

North Korean hackers breach computers of Russian corporation that produces cruise missiles

Elon Musk's Neuralink says it has approval to put brain-chips in humans
Neuralink wants to help restore people's vision and mobility by connecting brains with computers.

Apple posts second consecutive quarterly revenue decline
Apple on Thursday reported that its revenue fell 3% to $94.8 billion for the first three months of the year as consumers scale back spending on smartphones and computers amid looming recession fears.

Hackers Target Thousands of Computers; Italy Calls Meeting

Microsoft quarterly profit falls 12% but cloud computing business shows strength
Microsoft on Tuesday posted weaker-than-expected revenue and a double-digit percentage drop in profit for the final three months of last year amid broader economic uncertainty and reduced demand for personal computers and software.

Apple's industrial design chief to depart company three years after Jony Ive
Apple's industrial design chief who most recently oversaw the design of products including the iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac computers is leaving the company.

More unreality
As if the visual deceptions created by AI technologies are not bad enough, now you can also not believe anything you hear because the human voice is just as easily twisted and shaped by computers.