Crims hit the easy button for Scattered-Spider style helpdesk scams (2026/01/23) Teach a crook to phish…
Trump says he got a deal for rare earths in Greenland, but they won't come easy (2026/01/22) You can't just grab 'em by the mine shafts - there aren't any
AI conference's papers contaminated by AI hallucinations (2026/01/22) 100 vibe citations spotted in 51 NeurIPS papers show vetting efforts have room for improvement
Raspberry Pi flashes new branded USB drives that promise speedy performance (2026/01/22) The aluminum sticks come in 128GB and 256GB variants
Crims compromised energy firms' Microsoft accounts, sent 600 phishing emails (2026/01/22) Logging in, not breaking in
Female-dominated careers among most exposed to AI disruption (2026/01/22) Dentists least likely to get an LLM kick in the teeth
Windows fails to tip the scales in grocery store deployment (2026/01/22) Bork!Bork!Bork! Recovery from an excess of sprouts, or something else?
Palantir helps Ukraine train interceptor drone brains (2026/01/22) Beleaguered country, unfortunately, has plenty of data from its conflict
PowerShell architect retires after decades at the prompt (2026/01/22) After Microsoft, Google, and a long fight for automation, Jeffrey Snover hangs up his keyboard
Cursor used agents to write a browser, proving AI can write shoddy code at scale (2026/01/22) Project kind-of worked but left a lot of messes for humans to clean up
FortiGate firewalls hit by silent SSO intrusions and config theft (2026/01/22) Admins say attackers are still getting in despite recent patches
Uncle Sam's VMware 'bargain' doesn't include the actual hypervisor (2026/01/22) GSA trumpets 64% discounts on Broadcom's VMware portfolio, core vSphere platform mysteriously absent from agreement
EU's Digital Networks Act sets telcos squabbling before the ink is dry (2026/01/22) Comms harmonization plan already drawing fire from operators and Big Tech alike
Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it (2026/01/22) Veteran text editor gets more AI enhancements while Paint will be able to generate coloring books
Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up (2026/01/22) Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force
Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls (2026/01/22) Mind the cyber gap – similar flaws highlighted multiple years in a row
Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers (2026/01/22) Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decade
House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16 (2026/01/22) As public consultation kicks off, members of UK Parliament's second chamber highlight damage to children
Turing Institute Chief Scientist takes acting CEO role amid defense push (2026/01/22) Professor Mark Girolami keeps seat warm after Jean Innes bailed following ministerial arm-twisting
Rocket Lab's Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture (2026/01/22) Launch vehicle due to make maiden flight this year, company promises update in February earnings call