Oracle vows 'new era' for MySQL as users sharpen their forks (2026/02/16) Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to reset
You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised (2026/02/16) Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options
KPMG partner in Oz turned to AI to pass an exam on... AI (2026/02/16) AI-pocalypse Unnamed consultant – one of a dozen cases at the company's Australian arm – now nursing a fine
X users howl into the void as timelines fail to load (2026/02/16) 'All systems operational,' says status page – real life suggests otherwise
Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security (2026/02/16) fosdem 2026 Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money
Secondhand laptop market goes 'mainstream' amid memory crunch (2026/02/16) Budget-conscious buyers in Europe voting with their wallet
Why AI writing is so generic, boring, and dangerous: Semantic ablation (2026/02/16) opinion The subtractive bias we're ignoring
FTC to probe whether Microsoft's cloud clout crosses the line (2026/02/16) Competitors asked to detail licensing terms, training costs, and business practices in widening antitrust inquiry
NASA's fill-'er-up Moon rocket 'confidence' test sees mixed results (2026/02/16) Plan was to turn SLS into Seal Leaks Stemmed... But the flow was off
Google patches Chrome zero-day as in-the-wild exploits surface (2026/02/16) High-severity CSS flaw let malicious webpages run code inside the sandbox
Why does the Windows 11 taskbar hurt me like that? (2026/02/16) Former Windows manager explains design decisions behind it
Price of popularity: Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress (2026/02/16) Lots of donations, but lots of pressure to go with it
Keir Starmer declares 'months' timeline for social media age clampdown in UK (2026/02/16) Stricter rules for VPNs and AI chatbots also in the offing amid child safety push
DVSA seeks £95K digital chief to steer test booking system out of the ditch (2026/02/16) Agency looks to cut waiting times and curb bot-driven slot reselling as it doubles down on IT overhaul
Anthropic tries to hide Claude's AI actions. Devs hate it (2026/02/16) The software doesn't show what files it's working on
Digital sovereignty must define itself before it can succeed (2026/02/16) Opinion Great concept, shame about the details
Final step to put new website into production deleted it instead (2026/02/16) Who, Me? 02:00 AM is not the time to ignore procedures and rely on a shortcut to do a tricky job
Cisco set to release home-brew hypervisor as a VMware alternative (2026/02/16) Only for its own comms apps – whose users can probably do without a full private cloud
US appears open to reversing some China tech bans (2026/02/16) Asia In Brief PLUS: India demands two-hour deepfake takedowns; Singapore embraces AI; Japanese robot wolf gets cuddly; And more
OpenAI grabs OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger to build personal agents (2026/02/16) Whatever comes next will be ‘core to OpenAI product offerings’