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)

‘ERP down for emergency maintenance’ was code for ‘You deleted what?’

(2025/11/03)

Who, Me? One SQL slip-up is survivable. Not learning from the first mess meant change



Network operator ponders building a new submarine cable – on land

(2025/11/03)

It’s less bonkers than it sounds given the challenges of wiring Africa



ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through carrier-grade NAT: Cloudflare

(2025/11/03)

When operators see danger, innocent users are dragged down along with bad actors



White House says China to lift rare earth export bans, stop probes into US tech companies

(2025/11/03)

Asia In Brief PLUS: Google's massive AI giveaway in India; Raid on Australian software company; Alleged scam camp owner's assets seized; and more!



Attackers targeting unpatched Cisco kit notice malware implant removal, install it again

(2025/11/03)

Infosec in brief PLUS: Cyber-exec admits selling secrets to Russia; LastPass isn't checking to see if you're dead; Nation-state backed Windows malware; and more



Fortytwo's decentralized AI has the answer to life, the universe, and everything

(2025/11/02)

No datacenters required



Robotic lawnmower uses AI to dodge cats, toys

(2025/11/01)

The Sunseeker Elite X5 can mow on its own, but it doesn't come cheap



AI blew open software security, now OpenAI wants to fix it with an agent called Aardvark

(2025/10/31)

AI promises to find bugs and gaps in your apps



Datacenter biz and nuke startup join forces for Texas AI ranch

(2025/10/31)

The bit barn will run on gas power first.



Ransomware gang runs ads for Microsoft Teams to pwn victims

(2025/10/31)

You click and think you're getting a download page, but get malware instead



YouTube's AI moderator pulls Windows 11 workaround videos, calls them dangerous

(2025/10/31)

Creators baffled as videos on local accounts, unsupported PCs vanish under ‘harmful acts’ rule



A word about comments and forums...

(2025/10/31)

Our house, our rules



Microsoft Task Manager now tasking PCs with running multiple copies of itself

(2025/10/31)

The once fearsome process killer is now a leaker of resources



Russia finally bites the cybercrooks it raised, arresting suspected Meduza infostealer devs

(2025/10/31)

Rare case of the state turning on its own, but researchers say it may be doing so more often



Developer puts Windows 7 on a crash diet, drops it to down to 69 MB

(2025/10/31)

Trim down for obsolete operating system leaves it booting, but not much else



International Criminal Court kicks Microsoft Office to the curb

(2025/10/31)

Rough justice? Redmond out as Germany's openDesk judged a better fit



Attackers dig up $11M in Garden Finance crypto exploit

(2025/10/31)

Bitcoin bridge biz offers 10 percent reward to attackers if they play nice



Meta to sell $30B in bonds to build AI datacenters

(2025/10/31)

Zuckcorp will gladly pay you in 2065 for the eyewatering sums it is borrowing today



SpaceX shows off progress on its lunar Starship

(2025/10/31)

NASA is short of options when it comes to alternatives



The clock's ticking for MySQL 8.0 as end of life looms

(2025/10/31)

Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026



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We've tried each spinning space mote
And reckoned its true worth:
Take us back again to the homes of men
On the cool, green hills of Earth.

The arching sky is calling
Spacemen back to their trade.
All hands! Standby! Free falling!
And the lights below us fade.
Out ride the sons of Terra,
Far drives the thundering jet,
Up leaps the race of Earthmen,
Out, far, and onward yet--

We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth.
-- Robert A. Heinlein, 1941