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)

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



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