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)

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?



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