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)

Everything is 'different on Windows': Zed port delays highlight dev friction

(2025/08/22)

Graphics API, crash reporting and more: Making low-level code cross-platform for Windows is a challenge



IBM, NASA cook up AI model to predict solar tantrums

(2025/08/22)

Open source Surya system promises early alerts for space weather that can fry satellites and grids



BOFH: HR plays checkers, IT plays 5D chess

(2025/08/22)

Episode 16 It's not sabotage if you log a maintenance ticket first



Basic projector repair job turns into armed encounter at secret bunker

(2025/08/22)

On Call Escort's forgotten cap left techie facing rifles and a debrief



Don't cave to Euro censorship or backdoor demands, Uncle Sam warns US tech firms

(2025/08/22)

FTC chair: Companies could face enforcement if they give in



Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer follow-up adds Nvidia GPUs

(2025/08/22)

Fujitsu doesn’t have the project all to itself any more



Dwarf planet Ceres may have been habitable - for microbes - a couple of billion years back

(2025/08/22)

Radioactive decay produced a warm internal ocean



Bank reverses decision to replace 45 customer service staff with AI chatbot

(2025/08/22)

Also fired another AI - GitHub Copilot - after it produced ‘mixed results in utilization and efficacy’



DeepSeek's new V3.1 release points to potent new Chinese chips coming soon

(2025/08/22)

Point release retuned with new FP8 datatype for better compatibility with homegrown silicon



Developer jailed for taking down employer's network with kill switch malware

(2025/08/22)

Pro tip: When taking revenge, don't use your real name



Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason

(2025/08/22)

Because savvy terrorists always use public internet services to plan their mischief, right?



Microsoft reportedly cuts China's early access to bug disclosures, PoC exploit code

(2025/08/22)

Better late than never after SharePoint assault?



'Impersonation as a service' the next big thing in cybercrime

(2025/08/22)

Underground forums now recruiting English-speaking social engineers



Honey, I shrunk the image and now I'm pwned

(2025/08/21)

Google’s Gemini-powered tools tripped up by image-scaling prompt injection



Congressman proposes bringing back letters of marque for cyber privateers

(2025/08/21)

Bill would let US President commission white hat hackers to go after foreign threats, seize assets on the online seas



Google joins government AI discount frenzy, undercuts competition with $0.47 deal

(2025/08/21)

If anyone’s gonna lock in Uncle Sam’s business, it'd better be us!



LibreOffice 25.8: Faster, leaner, and finally speaks PDF 2.0

(2025/08/21)

Update boosts Microsoft file imports, adds new spreadsheet functions, and drops older Windows



Transatlantic chip war fizzles as EU and US framework confirms 15% tariff cap

(2025/08/21)

World War Fee US pulls back from Trump's threatened 100% levy but not everyone pleased at Europe's concessions



Google's $250 AI agent can only help you book restaurant reservations

(2025/08/21)

But the free AI Mode itself can now take your history into account



Microsoft continues Control Panel farewell tour

(2025/08/21)

Latest Windows Insider Build puts time and language options in Settings



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