ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Anthropic quietly fixed flaws in its Git MCP server that allowed for remote code execution

(2026/01/20)

Prompt injection for the win



For the price of Netflix, crooks can now rent AI to run cybercrime

(2026/01/20)

Group-IB says crims forking out for Dark LLMs, deepfakes, and more at subscription prices



Microsoft veteran explains the one weird trick that made Windows 95 restart faster

(2026/01/20)

Hold down Shift to make the magic happen (or not, as the case might be)



Global economy shrugs off US tariff shock, tech spending does heavy lifting

(2026/01/20)

Wave of American-imposed tariffs failed to derail global growth, according to the IMF



Manchester ATM ups PIN requirement to full Windows login

(2026/01/20)

Bork!Bork!Bork! Definitely Maybe running Windows 7?



MPs ask who's responsible when AI crashes the UK finance system

(2026/01/20)

Committee says watchdogs lack urgency as accountability for automated decisions remains unresolved



England's Department of Health and Social Care offering £285k for new tech director

(2026/01/20)

Fancy it? As national health tech boss, you'd be one of the highest paid in the team



£45B savings remain theoretical as UK digital roadmap delayed again

(2026/01/20)

Promised plan keeps slipping as ministers talk up future efficiency



UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads

(2026/01/20)

Labels Zuck’s ad library ‘a window into criminality’ and the Social Network as ‘happy to turn a blind eye’



Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone

(2026/01/20)

Interview OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speech



Micron finds a way to make more DRAM with $1.8bn chip plant purchase

(2026/01/20)

Taiwan’s Powerchip sells legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago after spending $9.5 billion



ERP isn't dead yet – but most execs are planning the wake

(2026/01/19)

7 out of 10 C-suite cats reckon software category's best days are behind it, but can't agree what's next



Broker who sold malware to the FBI set for sentencing

(2026/01/19)

Feras Albashiti faces 10 years after $20,000 in sales to undercover agent exposed ransomware ties



Just the Browser claims to tame the bloat without forking

(2026/01/19)

Strips the slop and snoopery from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox



NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad

(2026/01/19)

If it all goes wrong, British kids of the '80s might remember an alternative



Microsoft Intune changes to start biting unprepared admins

(2026/01/19)

Mobile application management updates mean apps could soon be blocked



Don't underestimate pro-Russia hacktivists, warns UK's cyber crew

(2026/01/19)

They’re not the most sophisticated, but even simple attacks can lead to costly consequences



Windows 11 shutdown bug forces Microsoft into out-of-band damage control

(2026/01/19)

Ships emergency update to fix a Patch Tuesday misfire that prevented systems from switching off



Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination

(2026/01/19)

Craig Guildford banned Israeli fans based on Microsoft's match report, told MPs 'we don't use AI,' then discovers... they did



Ingram Micro admits summer ransomware raid exposed thousands of staff records

(2026/01/19)

Maine filing confirms July attack affected 42,521 employees and job applicants



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