Hacker News with Generative AI: Oracle

Oracle starts laying mines in JavaScript trademark battle (theregister.com)
Oracle this week asked the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to partially dismiss a challenge to its JavaScript trademark.
Veterans Affairs reboots Oracle health records project for $330M (theregister.com)
The US Department of Veterans Affairs has restarted a project to implement Oracle electronic health records in its hospitals after the project was suspended in 2023.
Oracle Cloud deleting active user accounts without possibility for data recovery (mastodon.de)
Oracle has until Monday to respond to the JavaScript trademark dispute (twitter.com)
Only 1 in 10 Oracle Java users want to stay with Big Red (theregister.com)
Only around one in ten Oracle Java customers are likely to stick around following costly licensing changes Big Red made to its development and runtime environments in January 2023, according to research.
Larry Ellison on AI Surveillance (Xcancel) (xcancel.com)
Oracle's Larry Ellison says “citizens will be on their best behavior” with an AI surveillance system
Oracle Will Not Voluntarily Withdraw JavaScript Trademark (twitter.com)
Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, keep everyone in line (theregister.com)
AI is on the verge of ushering in a new era of mass surveillance, says Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, adding that his juggernaut is ready to serve as the technological backbone for such applications.
Oracle files notice of appearance for JavaScript trademark [pdf] (deno.com)
USPTO petitioned to cancel Oracle's JavaScript trademark (infoworld.com)
Deno Land, maker of the Deno runtime for JavaScript, has petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel Oracle’s ownership of the JavaScript trademark.
Deno is filing a USPTO petition to cancel Oracle's JavaScript trademark (bsky.app)
Oracle Cloud Free Tier (oracle.com)
Build, test, and deploy applications on Oracle Cloud—for free.
200GB Free Cloud for Your Files (tomaszdunia.pl)
My post about the free VPS server from Oracle is a true hit on this blog. Looking at the stats, it has more views than all other posts combined. It’s no wonder, because I think everyone likes to save a little and get something cool for free.
Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 (theregister.com)
Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud.
Oracle Cloud AI will enable mass surveillance, says Ellison (theregister.com)
AI is on the verge of ushering in a new era of mass surveillance, says Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, adding that his juggernaut is ready to serve as the technological backbone for such applications.
Ellison declares Oracle 'all in' on AI mass surveillance (theregister.com)
AI is on the verge of ushering in a new era of mass surveillance, says Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, and his juggernaut is rip-roaring, ready to serve as the technological backbone for such AI applications.
Oracle, it's time to free JavaScript (javascript.tm)
Oracle, it’s time to free JavaScript.
Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison (arstechnica.com)
On Thursday, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison shared his vision for an AI-powered surveillance future during a company financial meeting, reports Business Insider.
Oracle designing data center powered by nuclear reactors (cnbc.com)
Oracle pays $115M, agrees not to capture personal details after 2yr class action (theregister.com)
Datadog Is the New Oracle (coroot.com)
Oracle Java license teams set to begin targeting unknowing Oracle users (theregister.com)
Oracle is shutting down its ad business (adweek.com)
Oracle Is Shutting Down Its Ad Business (adweek.com)
Is Oracle Killing MySQL? (percona.com)
OpenAI Selects Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to Extend Microsoft Azure AI Platform (oracle.com)
Oracle Java police start knocking on Fortune 200's doors for first time (theregister.com)
PostgreSQL just might replace your Oracle database (infoworld.com)
Oracle dumps Terraform for OpenTofu (thestack.technology)
Oracle Fusion rollout costs 15 times council's estimates in SAP rip-'n-replace (theregister.com)