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)

Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds

(2026/01/23)

updated If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys



ShinyHunters claims Okta customer breaches, leaks data belonging to 3 orgs

(2026/01/23)

'A lot more' victims to come, we're told



China’s Deepin Linux gets a slick desktop - and, yes, built-in AI

(2026/01/23)

Hands On Where FOSS desktop OSes meet geopolitics



Hacker taps Raspberry Pi to turn Wi-Fi signals into wall art

(2026/01/23)

Pipe local wireless noise through an SDR into an RPi, and 64 LED filaments do the rest



NASA planet hunter resumes operations after low power incident

(2026/01/23)

Pointing problem left TESS in the dark



AI-powered cyberattack kits are 'just a matter of time,' warns Google exec

(2026/01/23)

Security chief says criminals are already automating workflows, with full end-to-end tools likely within years



Microsoft shifting to cloud management software brings possibility of it peeking into your estate

(2026/01/23)

Deprecation of popular management tool requires a new look at Azure-based system



Tesla Full Self Driving subscription to rise alongside its capabilities

(2026/01/23)

One-time FSD purchase no longer available as Elon Musk talks up future where drivers can be asleep at the wheel



As Oracle loses interest in MySQL, devs mull future options

(2026/01/23)

As Big Red's governance of the popular database comes into question, contributors to MySQL consider wresting control



Fortinet admits FortiGate SSO bug still exploitable despite December patch

(2026/01/23)

Fix didn't quite do the job – attackers spotted logging in



Qualcomm CEO pockets 15% pay rise as profits fall 45%

(2026/01/23)

Cristiano Amon took home almost $30M in 2025 as the chipmaker booked higher revenues despite earnings slide



Microsoft 365 outage drags on for nearly 10 hours during bad night for North American infra

(2026/01/23)

Down to 364.5 already: Redmond's crappy 2026 continues



British government caves on datacenter approval after legal challenge

(2026/01/23)

Ministry admits greenlighting London-based megabit barn without proper environmental safeguards



London boroughs limping back online months after cyberattack

(2026/01/23)

Direct debits? Maybe February. Birth certificates? Dream on. Council tax bills? Oh, those are coming



UK trade department put civil servants' feelings first during Windows 11 migration

(2026/01/23)

Is that the cloud? No, it's incense wafting through Whitehall



Marching orders delayed: Veterans' Digital ID off to a slow start

(2026/01/23)

Much owed to the few, but takeup is under 1%



Tech support detective solved PC crime by looking in the carpark

(2026/01/23)

On Call Overnight action made for a sticky situation in the candy factory



Oracle, Michael Dell, named as investors in JV that will run TikTok's US operations

(2026/01/23)

Big Red gets to store data, advise on security, and store the 'I'll watch just one more video' algo



Intel puts consumer chip production on back burner as datacenters make a run on Xeons

(2026/01/23)

CFO David Zinsner says foundry capacity should improve starting in Q2



Former crypto-mining company building 430 MW datacenter in secret location for secret client

(2026/01/23)

Keeps location under wraps after communities opposed past projects



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As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says "optimize
the heck out of this routine", and your definition of heck would be a
parameter to the optimizer.
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