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)

One of TikTok’s network boffins says it causes ‘massive data wastage’

(2025/09/23)

China-funded research suggests video app's new American operators might byte off 40 percent more traffic than they can chew



Stop runaway AI before it's too late, experts beg the UN

(2025/09/23)

ai-pocalypse Signatories include 10 Nobel Prize winners



AI gone rogue: Models may try to stop people from shutting them down, Google warns

(2025/09/23)

Misalignment risk? That's an area for future study



Nvidia adds more air to the AI bubble with vague $100B OpenAI deal

(2025/09/23)

analysis Promises, promises



Don't panic: H-1B visas will cost companies $100K only for new petitions

(2025/09/22)

However, the changes could lead to more offshoring



Cops cuff another teen over alleged Scattered Spider attack that broke Vegas casinos

(2025/09/22)

Not old enough to drink, old enough to be accused of causing millions in damage



You can now test drive Fedora 43 and Ubuntu 25.10

(2025/09/22)

Spooky season is nearly here. Want to be scared? There are fresh betas to try



Two heads better than one? Oracle gives the co-CEO model another shot

(2025/09/22)

Cloud and apps chiefs step up as Safra Catz moves upstairs. Larry remains Larry



NASA panel fears a Starship lunar touchdown is more fantasy than flight plan

(2025/09/22)

Safety watchdog doubts SpaceX can ready HLS in time for 2027 Artemis mission



RubyGems maintainer quits after Ruby Central takes control of project

(2025/09/22)

Long-time contributor Ellen Dash steps down after GitHub access shake-up and governance dispute



Moody's raises Big Red flag over Oracle's AI datacenter buildout blueprint

(2025/09/22)

Ratings agency points out there's a risk of relying on a small number of buyers



Don't despair. iFixit says you can still repair that iPhone Air

(2025/09/22)

Thinnest yet still fixable, though not without effort



EU’s cyber agency blames ransomware as Euro airport check-in chaos continues

(2025/09/22)

Airport staff revert to manual ops as travellers urged to use self-service check-in where possible



Windows 11 update leaves Blu-ray and TV apps stuttering

(2025/09/22)

Protected content in some Blu-ray and DVD applications broken



Car giant Stellantis says customer data nicked after partner vendor pwned

(2025/09/22)

Automaker insists only names and emails exposed, no financials



Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil

(2025/09/22)

It's one small sip for man...



Linux has the lineage to out-evolve the deadliest of cyber threats, given the right push

(2025/09/22)

Opinion Darwin would understand microkernels. We need microkernels that understand Darwin.



'Technical debt' in police database built to respond to child murders causing a 'failing service'

(2025/09/22)

Project rated at 'Red' risk as it struggles to move off obsolete Oracle tech and cloud transition stalls



FOMO? Brit banking biz rolls out AI tools, talks up security

(2025/09/22)

Lloyds Data and AI lead doesn't want devs downloading models from the likes of Hugging Face – too risky



Bored developers accidentally turned their watercooler into a bootleg brewery

(2025/09/22)

Who, Me? Revenge on managers who slow things down is a drink best served with floating fungus



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