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