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)

Take this rob and shove it! Salesforce issues stern retort to ransomware extort

(2025/10/08)

CRM giant 'will not engage, negotiate with, or pay' the scumbags



Bank of England smells hint of dotcom bubble 2.0 in AI froth

(2025/10/08)

UK central bank warns of 'sudden correction' in tech stocks



IBM's big iron to get Spyre AI accelerator upgrade this month

(2025/10/08)

Giving the mainframe customers what they want



Exchange Online will start archiving your oldest emails before your inbox bursts

(2025/10/08)

Microsoft promises fewer 'mailbox full' errors in face of message deluge



IBM invites CockroachDB to infest its mainframes with PostgreSQL

(2025/10/08)

Vendors promote bridge to modern architecture for legacy systems, but Db2 not going anywhere just yet



Texas senators cry foul over Smithsonian's pricey Space Shuttle shuffle

(2025/10/08)

Can be shifted for a tenth of the price AND the wings don't have to come off – allegedly



Germany slams brakes on EU's Chat Control device-scanning snoopfest

(2025/10/08)

Berlin's opposition likely kills off Brussels' bid to scan everyone's messages



Python releases version 3.14 – with cautious free-threaded support

(2025/10/08)

JIT compiler included but experimental and can slow performance



How chatbots are coaching vulnerable users into crisis

(2025/10/08)

Feature From homework helper to psychological hazard in 300 hours of sycophantic validation



As real life banks close, network operator starts a Scam School to stop Granny getting mugged online

(2025/10/08)

Broadband biz teams up with Good Things Foundation to teach the digitally doddery how to dodge fraud



Telecoms wholesaler ICUK restores services after two-day DDoS pelting

(2025/10/08)

No idea who's behind it, just happy it's over



UK Home Office doubles down on Oracle with £54M cloud contract

(2025/10/08)

Department also wedded to Big Red in shared service applications



Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of Windows 10 junk as support ends

(2025/10/08)

Recyclers reckon millions of obsolete PCs could yield a small fortune in precious metals



AI companion bots use emotional manipulation to boost usage

(2025/10/08)

Researchers argue that this dark pattern poses a legal risk



Teens arrested in London preschool ransomware attack

(2025/10/08)

Both men, 17, taken into custody



Google declares AI bug hunting season open, sets a $30K max reward

(2025/10/08)

Jailbreaks, direct prompt injection not allowed



China is building a thriving semi industry off US leftovers, export controls be damned

(2025/10/07)

House Committee on China wants more comprehensive ban on chipmaking equipment exports to Middle Kingdom



Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT

(2025/10/07)

Microsoft Copilot, not so much



FCC kicks off 'Space Month' with vow to fast-track satellite licensing

(2025/10/07)

Agency aims to replace its default 'no' with default 'yes' while overhauling rules for operators



Nearly a year after attack, US medical scanning biz gets clear image of stolen patient data

(2025/10/07)

No fraud monitoring and no apology after miscreants make off with medical, financial data



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A would-be disciple came to Nasrudin's hut on the mountain-side. Knowing
that every action of such an enlightened one is significant, the seeker
watched the teacher closely. "Why do you blow on your hands?" "To warm
myself in the cold." Later, Nasrudin poured bowls of hot soup for himself
and the newcomer, and blew on his own. "Why are you doing that, Master?"
"To cool the soup." Unable to trust a man who uses the same process
to arrive at two different results -- hot and cold -- the disciple departed.