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)

Keep it simple, stupid: Agentic AI tools choke on complexity

(2026/01/26)

Even agents checking other agents can still get it wrong



Internet spent Q4 '25 losing fights with cables, power, and itself

(2026/01/26)

Latest data from Cloudflare shows cable cuts, power failures, and network faults drive steady run of internet outages



KDE Plasma 6.6 beta ships a login manager that won't log in without systemd

(2026/01/26)

Bad luck, BSDs – although alternatives still work



Three is the magic number for Alaska Airlines: triple redundancy

(2026/01/26)

Thankfully they only sufffered two outages in 2025. And now it has flown in experts to play with configurations



Knee-Deep in the CAD: Boffin gets Doom running inside a design modeler

(2026/01/26)

The seminal shooter finds yet another unlikely home



Sandia boffins let three AI agents loose in the lab. Science, not chaos, ensued

(2026/01/26)

Researchers demonstrate fourfold improvement to LED steering results after enlisting the help of some good old-fashion AI



EU looking into Elon Musk's X after Grok produces deepfake sex images

(2026/01/26)

Probe follows outcry over use of creepy image generation tool



Data thieves borrow Nike's 'Just Do It' mantra, claim they ran off with 1.4TB

(2026/01/26)

US sports brand launches probe after extortion crew WorldLeaks claims it stole huge dataset



Microsoft probes Windows 11 boot failures tied to January security updates

(2026/01/26)

Some machines are failing to start after security updates, prompting yet another Microsoft investigation



When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype

(2026/01/26)

Opinion Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter



Moscow likely behind wiper attack on Poland’s power grid, experts say

(2026/01/26)

Cyber sleuths believe Sandworm up to its old tricks with a brand-new sabotage toy



Just the Browser is just the beginning: Why breaking free means building small

(2026/01/26)

Opinion Privacy tools are a start, but real freedom lives in the digital outskirts of the web



Microsoft rushes out another fix for cloud storage after January update

(2026/01/26)

2026 is shaping up to be a bumper year for patch management



Oracle AI sailed the world on Royal Navy flagship via cloud-at-the-edge kit

(2026/01/26)

Big Red says 'sovereign' platform supports decision-making and operational learning at sea



UK digital ID goes in-house, government swears it isn't an ID card

(2026/01/26)

Minister dodges cost questions while promising smartphone-free access and 'robust' verification



Marketing 'genius' destroyed a printer by trying to fix a paper jam

(2026/01/26)

Who, Me? This story starts with the worst mistake of them all – loaning a tool



Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 uncovers 76 zero-days, pays out more than $1M

(2026/01/26)

infosec in brief Also, cybercriminals get breached, Gemini spills the calendar beans, and more



No one talking about a datacenter could be a sign one is coming

(2026/01/25)

feature Balancing the need to know with the need to get shovels in the ground is causing friction in communities across the US



Emmabuntüs DE 6: A newbie-friendly Linux to help those in need

(2026/01/25)

A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste – and helping a charity, too



Future of UK's multibillion Ajax armored vehicle program looks shaky

(2026/01/25)

Noise and vibration keeps sending soldiers to the medics



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