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)

MI6 reveals 'Silent Courier' dark web portal upgrade it hopes will help it recruit new spies

(2025/09/19)

YouTube vids explain digital tradecraft to reach spooks over Tor or VPN without blowing your cover



Slack threatened to delete nonprofit coding club’s data if it didn’t pay $50k in a week

(2025/09/19)

Collaborationware CEO tried to smooth things over, but Hack Club now plans a strategy shift



Pigs will fly: Uber Eats to trial drone delivery

(2025/09/19)

Teams with UAV operator Flytrex for service that moves meals in minutes



Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission

(2025/09/19)

Thanks for the memories, Akatsuki



Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin

(2025/09/19)

In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams



Intel and Nvidia sitting in a tree, NVLink-I-N-G

(2025/09/18)

But still no hero customer for Chipzilla's Foundry biz



Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like it or not

(2025/09/18)

Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you?



Google pushes emergency patch for Chrome 0-day – check your browser version now

(2025/09/18)

Sixth such Chrome flaw this year spotted by the Chocolate Factory, already in play



Atlassian drops $1B on company that helps measure dev productivity

(2025/09/18)

Aussie CEO promises AI everywhere, and clearer views of what your devs are up to



AI can now design functional viruses – not the computer kind, either

(2025/09/18)

Inject this synthetic phage into E. coli and it kills better than the real thing



Crims bust through SonicWall to grab sensitive config data

(2025/09/18)

Vendor pulls plug on cloud backup feature, urges admins to reset passwords and re-secure devices



The Notepad that knew too much: Humble text editor gets unnecessary AI infusion

(2025/09/18)

Copilot+ PC users can run the AI models locally. Others may need a subscription.



Cybercriminals pwn 850k+ Americans' healthcare data

(2025/09/18)

Three US medical centers fess up to serious breaches



Workday U-turns on rehiring pledge as activist investors take $2B stake

(2025/09/18)

Layoffs to stand following $1.1B AI acquisition



Two Scattered Spider teens charged over attack on London’s transport network

(2025/09/18)

Decisive action comes nearly a year after the attack and first arrest took place



Cloudflare DDoSed itself with React useEffect hook blunder

(2025/09/18)

Dashboard loop caused API outage that was hard to troubleshoot



French jet left circling while Corsican controller caught Zs

(2025/09/18)

Wake-up call for dozed and confused chap who had to turn on runway lights



Insight Partners confirms ransomware hit, more than 12,000 caught in data dragnet

(2025/09/18)

VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it



Panda-monium: China-backed cyber crew spoof Congressman to dig for dirt on US trade talks

(2025/09/18)

Proofpoint spots efforts to spy on US economic policy nerds



China's DeepSeek applying trial-and-error learning to its AI 'reasoning'

(2025/09/18)

Model can also explain its answers, researchers find



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