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)

Self-replicating botnet attacks Ray clusters

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updated Using AI to attack AI



FCC looks to torch Biden-era cyber rules sparked by Salt Typhoon mess

(2025/11/18)

Regulator sides with telcos that claimed new cybersecurity duties were too ‘burdensome’



China readies a lifeboat for stranded Shenzhou crew

(2025/11/18)

Stuck on the Tiangong station with a cracked capsule for company



Take fight to the enemy, US cyber boss says

(2025/11/18)

When? Sean Cairncross wouldn't say



Google Chrome bug exploited as an 0-day - patch now or risk full system compromise

(2025/11/18)

Seventh Chrome 0-day this year



Datacenter fossil fuel habit 'not sustainable' as AI workloads soar

(2025/11/18)

Rising AI power demand is straining grids and pushing operators toward hydrogen, batteries, geothermal, and nuclear



Outdated Samsung handset linked to fatal emergency call failure in Australia

(2025/11/18)

Carrier insists network wasn't at fault when smartphone couldn't reach 000



Microsoft issues patch to tackle Windows 10 Extended Security Updates failures

(2025/11/18)

Users who thought they were safely in the program hit errors on day one



Brussels eyes AWS, Azure for gatekeeper tag in cloud clampdown

(2025/11/18)

European Commission probes whether Amazon and Microsoft wield outsized control under Digital Markets Act



NetApp claims ex-CTO built a secret cloud platform then sold it to VAST Data

(2025/11/18)

Lawsuit alleges he poached staff, lifted trade secrets, and set up Red Stapler before quitting



Linus Torvalds is OK with vibe coding as long as it's not used for anything that matters

(2025/11/18)

Linux inventor also discusses Rust in the kernel, Nvidia's proprietary code, and the problem of AI crawlers



Cloudflare coughs, half the internet catches a cold

(2025/11/18)

Updated Outage leaves users staring at error pages while recovery crawls along



Zoomers are officially worse at passwords than 80-year-olds

(2025/11/18)

They can probably set up a printer faster, but look elsewhere for cryptography advice



Dutch turbine engineer tried to turn wind into crypto, ends up generating community service

(2025/11/18)

Techie wired cryptominers into Nordex's network while company reeled from cyberattack



Rust on the Moon? Far-side dirt says yes, actually

(2025/11/18)

Chang'e 6's soil sample turns up iron oxides where none were supposed to exist



Eviden set to build France's first exascale supercomputer with AMD at the wheel

(2025/11/18)

SC25 €544M Alice Recoque system aims to lift Europe's research horsepower



Latest Servo release hints at a real Rust alternative to Chromium

(2025/11/18)

As Mozilla stumbles into 'AI everywhere,' you might be glad of a non-Google browser engine



Brits to help foot power bill for datacenters under government AI plans

(2025/11/18)

Cheaper electricity to lure bit barns north as planning fast-track kicks in



Vodafone, EE, O2, Three hit with £3B overcharging lawsuit

(2025/11/18)

Case alleges loyal customers continued to pay bundled rates after minimum contract terms ended



Brits believe the bots even though study finds they're often talking nonsense

(2025/11/18)

Consumer group Which? warns AI assistants can dish out unclear, risky, or downright daft advice



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A master was explaining the nature of Tao to one of his novices.
"The Tao is embodied in all software -- regardless of how insignificant,"
said the master.
"Is Tao in a hand-held calculator?" asked the novice.
"It is," came the reply.
"Is the Tao in a video game?" continued the novice.
"It is even in a video game," said the master.
"And is the Tao in the DOS for a personal computer?"
The master coughed and shifted his position slightly. "The lesson
is over for today," he said.
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"