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)

Hyperscalers, vendors funding trillion dollar AI spree, but users will have to pay up long term

(2026/01/16)

Analyst: We'll hit a spot where 'we go from that was a great idea to where's my revenue?'



Lawmakers urge FTC to probe Trump Mobile over 'deceptive' marketing

(2026/01/16)

Gold phone more like fool's gold as none show up six months later



RondoDox botnet linked to large-scale exploit of critical HPE OneView bug

(2026/01/16)

Check Point observes 40K+ attack attempts in 4 hours, with government organizations under fire



Congress throws NASA a lifeline, leaves Mars sample mission to die in the dust

(2026/01/16)

Agency dodges deep cut and mass mission shutdowns, but ambitious red planet plan gets the boot



Researchers scrutinize datacenters' lifecycles, aiming to make them more sustainable

(2026/01/16)

Much of the damage done well before first power-on, in bit barns' childhood, says study



Bankrupt scooter startup left one private key to rule them all

(2026/01/16)

Owner reverse-engineered his ride, revealing authentication was never properly individualized



Just because Linus Torvalds vibe codes doesn't mean it's a good idea

(2026/01/16)

Opinion For trivial projects, it's fine. For serious work, forget about it



Probably not the best security in the world: Carlsberg wristbands spill visitor pics

(2026/01/16)

Exclusive Researcher shows how anyone can access Copenhagen experience attendees' names, videos



BOFH: Every computer system eventually serves ads

(2026/01/16)

Episode 1 Boss's bright idea enshittifies itself in record time



An old parking meter and a Pi make beautiful music together

(2026/01/16)

You can't park there, mate



Engineer used welding shop air hose to 'clean' PCs – hilarity did not ensue

(2026/01/16)

On Call How not to maintain computers



Wikimedia’s 25th birthday gift: Letting more AIs scour pages volunteers created

(2026/01/16)

Microsoft promises to be a responsible copilot



TSMC sees no signs of the AI boom slowing for at least two or three years

(2026/01/16)

2nm process will go large this year, and bring inevitable price rises



OpenAI invests in brain-interface biz co-founded by CEO Sam Altman

(2026/01/16)

Merge Labs envisions controlling devices using your brain - without implanting hardware in your body



Cisco finally fixes max-severity bug under active attack for weeks

(2026/01/16)

This is a threat to security - and to the weekend for some unlucky netadmins



Open ISA champ SiFive leaps aboard Nvidia's proprietary interconnect bandwagon

(2026/01/16)

You might call it a RISC-V/NVLink Fusion ... or a bad day for UALink



Over half of AI projects are shelved due to complex infrastructure

(2026/01/16)

The answer seems to be educating the enterprise workforce, and creating smarter use cases



Chinese spies used Maduro's capture as a lure to phish US govt agencies

(2026/01/15)

What's next for Venezuela? Click on the file and see



Flipping one bit leaves AMD CPUs open to VM vuln

(2026/01/15)

Fix landed in July, but OEM firmware updates are required



Bond, debt bond: Investors shaken, not stirred by Oracle’s borrowing spree sue Big Red

(2026/01/15)

Investors upset that company failed to inform them might need to take out even more debt.



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