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)

Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants

(2025/09/19)

Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out



Alleged Scattered Spider teen cuffed after extortion Bitcoin used to buy games, meals

(2025/09/19)

Feds say gift card splurges tied suspect to multimillion-dollar ransomware crew



One token to pwn them all: Entra ID bug could have granted access to every tenant

(2025/09/19)

Until Microsoft lobbed it into a virtual volcano



Nice try, sinners: Pope nixes idea of AI pontiff blessing netizens

(2025/09/19)

Leo XIV voices concerns about AI taking jobs – and not just his own



User group says SAP's licensing models make cloud migration harder

(2025/09/19)

DSAG criticizes separate regimes for public, private cloud, says users need more time to upgrade in uncertain times



OpenAI plugs ShadowLeak bug in ChatGPT that let miscreants raid inboxes

(2025/09/19)

Radware says flaw enabled hidden email prompts to trick Deep Research agent into exfiltrating sensitive data



Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators

(2025/09/19)

Another blow for the legislation as Parliament continues to hear stakeholder views



British spreadsheet wizard will take mad skillz to Vegas after taking national Excel crown

(2025/09/19)

Q: How many Excel users do you need to correctly set the number formatting of a cell? A: Monday, January 1st, 1900



BOFH: HR discovers the limits of vertical mobility

(2025/09/19)

Episode 18 Ambitious relocation plan stalls between floors 5 and 6



Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel

(2025/09/19)

On Call Contractor sneakily fired after pointing out odious ignorance



MI6 reveals 'Silent Courier' dark web portal upgrade it hopes will help it recruit new spies

(2025/09/19)

YouTube vids explain digital tradecraft to reach spooks over Tor or VPN without blowing your cover



Slack threatened to delete nonprofit coding club’s data if it didn’t pay $50k in a week

(2025/09/19)

Collaborationware CEO tried to smooth things over, but Hack Club now plans a strategy shift



Pigs will fly: Uber Eats to trial drone delivery

(2025/09/19)

Teams with UAV operator Flytrex for service that moves meals in minutes



Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission

(2025/09/19)

Thanks for the memories, Akatsuki



Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin

(2025/09/19)

In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams



Intel and Nvidia sitting in a tree, NVLink-I-N-G

(2025/09/18)

But still no hero customer for Chipzilla's Foundry biz



Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like it or not

(2025/09/18)

Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you?



Google pushes emergency patch for Chrome 0-day – check your browser version now

(2025/09/18)

Sixth such Chrome flaw this year spotted by the Chocolate Factory, already in play



Atlassian drops $1B on company that helps measure dev productivity

(2025/09/18)

Aussie CEO promises AI everywhere, and clearer views of what your devs are up to



AI can now design functional viruses – not the computer kind, either

(2025/09/18)

Inject this synthetic phage into E. coli and it kills better than the real thing



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Linux: transforms your microcomputer in a workstation.
Windows NT: transforms your workstation in a microcomputer.

-- Paulo F. Sedrez