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)

Datacenter biz and nuke startup join forces for Texas AI ranch

(2025/10/31)

The bit barn will run on gas power first.



Ransomware gang runs ads for Microsoft Teams to pwn victims

(2025/10/31)

You click and think you're getting a download page, but get malware instead



YouTube's AI moderator pulls Windows 11 workaround videos, calls them dangerous

(2025/10/31)

Creators baffled as videos on local accounts, unsupported PCs vanish under ‘harmful acts’ rule



A word about comments and forums...

(2025/10/31)

Our house, our rules



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



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