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)

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



Resilience, not sovereignty, defines OpenStack's next chapter

(2025/10/31)

OpenInfra Summit Price hikes, politics, and platform fatigue drive organizations back toward open alternatives



Linux vendors are getting into Ubuntu – and Snap

(2025/10/31)

Ubuntu Summit Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass



VodafoneThree to offshore UK network jobs to India

(2025/10/31)

Exclusive TUPE or not TUPE? Not for roles being sent overseas amid a push to meet post-merger rollout targets



England's local government shake-up promises to be a massive tech headache

(2025/10/31)

Surrey to be divided into two new councils in first phase of countrywide reorg



O2 cranks prices mid-contract, essentially telling customers to like it or lump it

(2025/10/31)

Updated Ofcom 'disappointed' by decision that 'goes against the spirit of our rules'



NHS left with sick PCs as suppliers resist Windows 11 treatment

(2025/10/31)

Hospitals told to upgrade, but some medical device makers haven't prescribed compatibility yet



Actor couldn’t understand why computer didn’t work when the curtain came down

(2025/10/31)

On Call When tech support collides with Halloween, the results are scary



Europe preps Digital Euro to enter circulation in 2029

(2025/10/31)

Because fewer people like banknotes, and payment sovereignty is a problem



Japan’s new space truck is also a temporary space lab, just worked first time

(2025/10/31)

HTV-X capsule is designed to hang around in space after delivering cargo to ISS



Amazon juggernaut continues hauling in more cash despite recent bad news

(2025/10/31)

The spending will continue until AI revenue improves



Hacking LED Halloween masks is frighteningly easy

(2025/10/30)

No costume idea? We've got you covered



Claude code will send your data to crims ... if they ask it nicely

(2025/10/30)

Company tells users concerned about exfiltration to 'stop it if you see it'



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That's life for you, said McDunn. Someone always waiting for someone who
never comes home. Always someone loving something more than that thing loves
them. And after awhile you want to destroy whatever that thing is, so it
can't hurt you no more.
-- R. Bradbury, "The Fog Horn"