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)

Education boards left gates wide open for PowerSchool mega-breach, say watchdogs

(2025/11/20)

Privacy cops say attack wasn't just bad luck but a result of sloppy homework



Google and Westinghouse lean on AI to speed US nuclear plant builds

(2025/11/20)

Pair say digital twin-powered scheduling will cut costs, shrink timelines for 10 planned reactors



Palo Alto kit sees massive surge in malicious activity amid mystery traffic flood

(2025/11/20)

Updated GlobalProtect login endpoints targeted, sparking concern that something bigger may be brewing



Systemd 259 release candidate flexes musl support – with long list of caveats

(2025/11/20)

PostmarketOS pushed for the change, but devs warn it may not last



Manchester hits snooze again on joining Palantir-run NHS data platform

(2025/11/20)

Care board still waiting for evidence that it will be in the best interests of the population



Eleven years after Lenovo acquired IBM’s x86 server biz, profits are still elusive

(2025/11/20)

PC sales are pushing upwards nicely, but AI PCs only account for a third of the new fleet



Palo Alto CEO tips nation-states to weaponize quantum computing by 2029

(2025/11/20)

Company thinks you’ll contemplate replacing most security kit in the next few years to stay safe



US, UK, Australia sanction Lockbit gang’s hosting provider

(2025/11/20)

‘Bulletproof’ hosts partly dodged the last attack of this sort



It's a good time to be the arms dealer for the AI boom

(2025/11/20)

Bubble? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doesn't see one



Fortinet 'fesses up to second 0-day within a week

(2025/11/20)

Attackers may be joining the dots to enable unauthenticated RCE



Devs gripe about having AI shoved down their throats

(2025/11/19)

The force-feeding will continue until morale improves



Senators propose to let users sue tech giants for harmful algos

(2025/11/19)

The latest attack on Section 230 is likely to face the same fate as many previous efforts



Pegasus XL rocket dusted off to rescue NASA’s Swift observatory from fiery demise

(2025/11/19)

Air-launched antique picked for tricky low-inclination orbit job



Amazon security boss: Hostile countries use cyber targeting for physical military strikes

(2025/11/19)

interview And companies are getting caught in the crossfire



DARPA making low-hanging satellites that use air to move

(2025/11/19)

Skim the atmosphere and air-breathing VLEO sats can theoretically maintain orbit



Canada ups its European Space Agency bet 10x with $376M

(2025/11/19)

Massive jump in spending shows the Great White North isn’t betting everything on NASA



Ford rolls into the Xen Project as hypervisor gears up for autos

(2025/11/19)

Version 4.21 also brings advances in the datacenter, on ARM, and RISC-V



US pumps $1B into Three Mile Island nuclear plant reboot to keep AI datacenters fed

(2025/11/19)

A reactor at the site suffered a partial meltdown in 1979



San Jose's 'warrantless' license plate queries land cops in court

(2025/11/19)

Digital rights groups argue cameras used to unconstitutionally surveil locals



Mastodon CEO steps down with €1M payout and a deep sigh

(2025/11/19)

Burnout and slowing growth push Eugen Rochko into an advisory role after nearly a decade in charge



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Economies of scale:
The notion that bigger is better. In particular, that if you want
a certain amount of computer power, it is much better to buy one
biggie than a bunch of smallies. Accepted as an article of faith
by people who love big machines and all that complexity. Rejected
as an article of faith by those who love small machines and all
those limitations.