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)

Frustrated consultant 'went full Hulk' and started smashing hardware

(2025/10/27)

Who, Me? Four back-to-back weekends of work – and disastrously bad documentation – will do that do a techie



Automattic accuses rival WordPress outfit WP Engine of ‘false advertising, and deceptive business practices’

(2025/10/27)

UPDATED FOSS feud re-ignites with massive counter-claim



UN Cybercrime Treaty wins dozens of signatories, to go with its many critics

(2025/10/27)

Allows surveillance and cross-border evidence sharing, which worries human rights groups



Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users about Copilot subscription options

(2025/10/27)

Asia In Brief PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more!



Shaq's new ride gets jaq'ed in haq attaq

(2025/10/26)

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Judge spanks NSO; Mozilla requires data use disclosures; TARmageddon meets Rust; And more!



MPs urge government to stop Britain's phone theft wave through tech

(2025/10/25)

Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act



Berkeley boffins build better load balancing algo with AI

(2025/10/25)

One way AI can improve on human work



Everybody's warning about critical Windows Server WSUS bug exploits ... but Microsoft's mum

(2025/10/25)

Critical 9.8-rated vulnerability affects Windows Server 2012 - 2025



High-stakes poker scam used rigged card shufflers, X-ray tables, and special glasses

(2025/10/24)

31 alleged poker schemers nabbed alongside arrest of separate sports betting ring



Sneaky Mermaid attack in Microsoft 365 Copilot steals data

(2025/10/24)

updated Redmond says it's fixed this particular indirect prompt injection vuln



Sora makes slurfect deepfakes of celebs spewing racial epithets

(2025/10/24)

If you listen closely, you’ll realize Sam Altman and the others are only saying sound-alike words



Uncle Sam's new power plan will plug AI farms into the grid faster

(2025/10/24)

Proposal would fast-track hookups for the megawatt-hungry datacenters driving US electricity demand



OpenAI goes after Microsoft 365 Copilot's lunch with 'company knowledge' feature

(2025/10/24)

Updated ChatGPT can now rummage through corporate files via connectors, though Redmond still has the deeper hooks



Apple faces £1.5B payout after losing UK App Store case

(2025/10/24)

iPhone maker overcharged devs and users, says competition court



AI investment is the only thing keeping the US out of recession

(2025/10/24)

Datacenter infrastructure and model development spending offset high borrowing costs



Microsoft drops surprise Windows Server patch before weekend downtime

(2025/10/24)

You didn't have plans, did you?



Alaska Airlines grounded by mystery IT meltdown

(2025/10/24)

Updated Failure at primary datacenter leaves planes parked and passengers angry, second incident since July



Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers

(2025/10/24)

Starmer rebrands unpopular scheme as convenience tool after backlash



Windows Insiders get special anniversary desktop wallpaper

(2025/10/24)

11 years of filing feedback and all we got was a bloody... not even a T-shirt?



BBC probe finds AI chatbots mangle nearly half of news summaries

(2025/10/24)

Google Gemini worst offender with 76% error rate



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