Lindsay Clark
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Oracle pins hopes on 'Star Wars' productivity jump to lightspeed from AI-assisted engineering (opens the original)
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Big Red talks up superhuman coders after shedding 21,000 staff Oracle is betting that AI coding will deliver "Star Wars" levels of software engineering productivity, CEO Mike Sicilia told investors last week. With its shares sharply down over the past year, Big Red claims its engineers' productivity will skyrocket as the company mainlines the AI wonder drug it prescribes to customers. Speaking at Deutsche Bank's 2026 Technology Conference, Sicilia insisted that AI would be a net positive for the
Astronomers find sugar near the creamy center of the Milky Way (no caramel, though) (opens the original)
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First interstellar monosaccharide suggests some of life's ingredients may be scattered across the galaxy Scientists have detected a sugar in interstellar space, suggesting the galaxy may be liberally sprinkled with some of life's chemical ingredients. A new study shows that a sugar molecule containing four carbon atoms, called erythrulose, has been found near the center of the Milky Way, the first confirmed detection of a monosaccharide in the interstellar medium. Living organisms use sugars as
Capita hears demand for pension scheme cleanup 'loud and clear' – but won't say yes (opens the original)
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Outsourcer wants a commercial chinwag before agreeing to cover UK government's recovery costs Capita has yet to agree to reimburse the UK government for the full cost of recovering the failing Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) it administers. In a testy Parliamentary hearing in which Capita was called to account for its performance since taking over the CSPS, Adolfo Hernandez, group chief executive, refused to be drawn on whether the company would pay the full amount that the government had in
SAP makes it easier for customers to shop for legacy product support, ending EU antitrust probe (opens the original)
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Vendor drops reinstatement fees and caps back-maintenance charges ahead of the ECC support cliff The European Commission has ended an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices after SAP agreed to abolish reinstatement fees and reduce back-maintenance fees. The move could reduce barriers for customers considering third-party support for products nearing the end of their vendor support terms, including thousands of large businesses that rely on SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) to run th
UK.gov withholds £10M payment from Capita over pensions project fiasco, as dispute continues (opens the original)
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After CEO promised 'flagship use-case' for AI, retired scheme members still struggling to make ends meet, MPs hear The UK government has withheld £10 million in payments to tech and business process outsourcing biz Capita following the disastrous takeover of the Civil Service pensions scheme (CSPS). The penalties (£9.9 million) in the £239 million contract relate to the transition from the earlier scheme provider to the Capita service. Since the service went live in December last year, Capita ha
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