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)

Python releases version 3.14 – with cautious free-threaded support

(2025/10/08)

JIT compiler included but experimental and can slow performance



How chatbots are coaching vulnerable users into crisis

(2025/10/08)

Feature From homework helper to psychological hazard in 300 hours of sycophantic validation



As real life banks close, network operator starts a Scam School to stop Granny getting mugged online

(2025/10/08)

Broadband biz teams up with Good Things Foundation to teach the digitally doddery how to dodge fraud



Telecoms wholesaler ICUK restores services after two-day DDoS pelting

(2025/10/08)

No idea who's behind it, just happy it's over



UK Home Office doubles down on Oracle with £54M cloud contract

(2025/10/08)

Department also wedded to Big Red in shared service applications



Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of Windows 10 junk as support ends

(2025/10/08)

Recyclers reckon millions of obsolete PCs could yield a small fortune in precious metals



AI companion bots use emotional manipulation to boost usage

(2025/10/08)

Researchers argue that this dark pattern poses a legal risk



Teens arrested in London preschool ransomware attack

(2025/10/08)

Both men, 17, taken into custody



Google declares AI bug hunting season open, sets a $30K max reward

(2025/10/08)

Jailbreaks, direct prompt injection not allowed



China is building a thriving semi industry off US leftovers, export controls be damned

(2025/10/07)

House Committee on China wants more comprehensive ban on chipmaking equipment exports to Middle Kingdom



Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT

(2025/10/07)

Microsoft Copilot, not so much



FCC kicks off 'Space Month' with vow to fast-track satellite licensing

(2025/10/07)

Agency aims to replace its default 'no' with default 'yes' while overhauling rules for operators



Nearly a year after attack, US medical scanning biz gets clear image of stolen patient data

(2025/10/07)

No fraud monitoring and no apology after miscreants make off with medical, financial data



Police and military radio maker BK Technologies cops to cyber break-in

(2025/10/07)

Florida comms outfit serving cops, firefighters, and the military says hackers pinched some employee data but insists its systems stayed online



OpenAI bans suspected Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to plan surveillance

(2025/10/07)

It also banned some suspected Russian accounts trying to create influence campaigns and malware



Trio who made foundational quantum computing discovery bag Nobel physics prize

(2025/10/07)

Studies at UC Berkeley in the 1980s paved the way for quantum computing and cryptography



JetBrains backs open AI coding standard that could gnaw at VS Code dominance

(2025/10/07)

Google and Zed have already adopted ACP – will Microsoft now follow?



Clop raid on Oracle E-Business Suite started months ago, researchers warn

(2025/10/07)

Strap in, admins. Exploits began in August and now the code is out there



Qualcomm solders Arduino to its edge AI ambitions, debuts Raspberry Pi rival

(2025/10/07)

Cali chip giant insists single-board computer house will remain independent



How your mouse could eavesdrop on you and rat you out

(2025/10/07)

Mic-E-Mouse can roar by literally vibe hacking speech



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