The perfect AWS storm has blown over, but the climate is only getting worse (2025/10/27) Opinion When it rains, it pours – and nobody packed an umbrella
Frustrated consultant 'went full Hulk' and started smashing hardware (2025/10/27) Who, Me? Four back-to-back weekends of work – and disastrously bad documentation – will do that do a techie
Automattic accuses rival WordPress outfit WP Engine of ‘false advertising, and deceptive business practices’ (2025/10/27) UPDATED FOSS feud re-ignites with massive counter-claim
UN Cybercrime Treaty wins dozens of signatories, to go with its many critics (2025/10/27) Allows surveillance and cross-border evidence sharing, which worries human rights groups
Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users about Copilot subscription options (2025/10/27) Asia In Brief PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more!
Shaq's new ride gets jaq'ed in haq attaq (2025/10/26) Infosec In Brief PLUS: Judge spanks NSO; Mozilla requires data use disclosures; TARmageddon meets Rust; And more!
MPs urge government to stop Britain's phone theft wave through tech (2025/10/25) Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act
Berkeley boffins build better load balancing algo with AI (2025/10/25) One way AI can improve on human work
Everybody's warning about critical Windows Server WSUS bug exploits ... but Microsoft's mum (2025/10/25) Critical 9.8-rated vulnerability affects Windows Server 2012 - 2025
High-stakes poker scam used rigged card shufflers, X-ray tables, and special glasses (2025/10/24) 31 alleged poker schemers nabbed alongside arrest of separate sports betting ring
Sneaky Mermaid attack in Microsoft 365 Copilot steals data (2025/10/24) updated Redmond says it's fixed this particular indirect prompt injection vuln
Sora makes slurfect deepfakes of celebs spewing racial epithets (2025/10/24) If you listen closely, you’ll realize Sam Altman and the others are only saying sound-alike words
Uncle Sam's new power plan will plug AI farms into the grid faster (2025/10/24) Proposal would fast-track hookups for the megawatt-hungry datacenters driving US electricity demand
OpenAI goes after Microsoft 365 Copilot's lunch with 'company knowledge' feature (2025/10/24) Updated ChatGPT can now rummage through corporate files via connectors, though Redmond still has the deeper hooks
Apple faces £1.5B payout after losing UK App Store case (2025/10/24) iPhone maker overcharged devs and users, says competition court
AI investment is the only thing keeping the US out of recession (2025/10/24) Datacenter infrastructure and model development spending offset high borrowing costs
Microsoft drops surprise Windows Server patch before weekend downtime (2025/10/24) You didn't have plans, did you?
Alaska Airlines grounded by mystery IT meltdown (2025/10/24) Updated Failure at primary datacenter leaves planes parked and passengers angry, second incident since July
Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers (2025/10/24) Starmer rebrands unpopular scheme as convenience tool after backlash
Windows Insiders get special anniversary desktop wallpaper (2025/10/24) 11 years of filing feedback and all we got was a bloody... not even a T-shirt?