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)

Avio bags €40M ESA contract for reusable rocket stage, but don't hold your breath

(2025/10/02)

Industry insiders whisper more about posturing than practical progress



Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files

(2025/10/02)

570GB of data claimed to be stolen by the Crimson Collective



Ionos customers fume at mid-contract Plesk hike

(2025/10/02)

Exclusive Web host blames partner's license fee increase, but users say notice was too short and terms unfair



Irony alert: UK.gov Work dept hires IBM to aid AI projects

(2025/10/02)

Updated Some Big Blue sky thinking needed for tech that promises employment extinction for humanity



Lloyds Banking Group says 'digitization' will power more branch closures

(2025/10/02)

Group promises sandboxing of AI money management tools with 1,000 branches remaining



Microsoft confirms it found a way to make Crocs even uglier – with Windows XP and Clippy

(2025/10/02)

It looks like you want some horrible shoes. Would you like to win them?



Square Kilometre Array is so sensitive, its datacenter needs two Faraday cages to stop RF leaks

(2025/10/02)

IAC 2025 Stray signals are a no-no when you’re trying to tune into the stars



New Zealand’s Institute of IT Professionals collapses

(2025/10/02)

Discovers debt it didn’t fully understand, leaving skilled migrants and students in limbo



Meta will listen into AI conversations to personalize ads

(2025/10/02)

Religion, race, health and other dicey topics supposedly exempt



Texas man accidentally shoots cable, brings internet down

(2025/10/01)

And it’s not the first time gunfire has cut Spectrum’s lines



Microsoft declares bring your Copilot to work day, usurping IT authority

(2025/10/01)

Use your home subscription with your work Microsoft 365 account



US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew

(2025/10/01)

The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex federal CISO tells The Register



'Delightful' root-access bug in Red Hat OpenShift AI allows full cluster takeover

(2025/10/01)

Who wouldn't want root access on cluster master nodes?



AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study

(2025/10/01)

Other studies are finding the same thing



Air Force admits SharePoint privacy issue as reports trickle out of possible breach

(2025/10/01)

Exclusive Uncle Sam can't quit Redmond



Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation: Big, slow, and confusing

(2025/10/01)

Based on Universal Blue, it's akin to Fedora Kinoite with knobs on… A lot of knobs



Nadella hands Microsoft money machine off to new commercial CEO so he can visioneer the future

(2025/10/01)

Judson Althoff gets the job of keeping the biz running



Hundreds of orgs urge Microsoft: don’t kill off free Windows 10 updates

(2025/10/01)

Petitions pile up on Satya’s desk while Windows 7 mysteriously surges back from the grave



Windows 11 25H2 is mostly 24H2 with bits bolted on or ripped out

(2025/10/01)

Microsoft's Secure Future pitch lands with old bugs still in tow



SpaceX rockets toward next Starship launch, set for October 13

(2025/10/01)

Once more with feeling...



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