Forget the Space Force! Trump needs to create a Cyber Force, says think tank (2025/08/04) One new military branch per term would have to be some sort of record
AI going critical: Hyundai to help build nuclear-powered datacenter in Texas (2025/08/04) Fermi America will also have 4GW of gas generators for the Amarillo 'HyperGrid'
Python-powered malware snags hundreds of credit cards, 200K passwords, and 4M cookies (2025/08/04) PXA Stealer pilfers data from nearly 40 browsers, including Chrome
IT firing spree: Shrinking job market looks even worse after BLS revisions (2025/08/04) The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain
Mars says hello as NASA's Europa Clipper warms up radar (2025/08/04) Instrument works fine. Now, about those transistors
Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons (2025/08/04) Devs told to exercise 'extreme caution' with emails disguised as account update prompts
Study finds radical nutjobs targeting gamers via Discord, Twitch, Steam (2025/08/04) Updated 'Hyper-masculine' first-person shooter fandoms are prime targets
Windows 11 leads as October looms, but millions still cling to Windows 10 (2025/08/04) With just over two months left, enterprises look to Extended Security Updates as a stay of execution
Tony Blair Institute: UK needs bit barns to lead in AI deployment, not training (2025/08/04) Let US and China compete in the AI development arms race, says former Brit PM's non-profit org
Project Banana ripens into a pre-alpha for KDE Linux, and you can test it (2025/08/04) Desktop project's in-house distro is impressively ambitious, but nowhere near ready
Untangling the Jeff Bezos web: Who pays for the billionaire's space lust? (2025/08/04) Blue Origin and Amazon's Kuiper satellite program are an arm's length apart
German phone repair biz collapses following 2023 ransomware attack (2025/08/04) Founder miffed over prosecutors holding onto its Bitcoin
When hyperscalers can’t safeguard one nation’s data from another, dark clouds are ahead (2025/08/04) Opinion If it’s not on-prem, it’s on the menu
Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safey Act gets rolling (2025/08/04) But it's OK, claims Brit government, no personal data stored 'unless absolutely necessary'
Legendary OpenPrinting architect looking for new role (2025/08/04) Canonical lays off one of its old hands – a longstanding FOSS developer – after nearly two decades
Tech bro denied dev's hard-earned bonus for bug that overcharged a little old lady (2025/08/04) Who, Me? Startups aren't good at testing software, or respecting contracts
China’s botched Great Firewall upgrade invites attacks on its censorship infrastructure (2025/08/04) Attempts to censor QUIC traffic create chance to block access to offshore DNS resolvers
Microsoft briefly turned off Indian company’s cloud, perhaps due to EU sanctions on Russia (2025/08/04) Oh, the irony of Europe demonstrating the importance of the sovereign cloud it craves
China's IPv6 adoption takes a decent leap forward, especially on fixed networks (2025/08/04) Asia In Brief PLUS: Nightmare insect found in Australia; Arista makes more stuff in India; Atlassian job cuts; And more!
Lazarus Group rises again, this time with malware-laden fake FOSS (2025/08/04) Infosec In Brief PLUS: Slow MFA rollout costs Canucks $5m; Lawmakers ponder Stingray ban; MSFT tightens Teams; And more!