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)

Turns out Hayabusa2's next asteroid target isn't much bigger than the probe itself

(2025/09/19)

It's also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier



Ding ding: Fortra rings the perfect-10 bell over latest GoAnywhere MFT bug

(2025/09/19)

Outside experts say the vulnerability has probably already been exploited



Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants

(2025/09/19)

Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out



Alleged Scattered Spider teen cuffed after extortion Bitcoin used to buy games, meals

(2025/09/19)

Feds say gift card splurges tied suspect to multimillion-dollar ransomware crew



One token to pwn them all: Entra ID bug could have granted access to every tenant

(2025/09/19)

Until Microsoft lobbed it into a virtual volcano



Nice try, sinners: Pope nixes idea of AI pontiff blessing netizens

(2025/09/19)

Leo XIV voices concerns about AI taking jobs – and not just his own



User group says SAP's licensing models make cloud migration harder

(2025/09/19)

DSAG criticizes separate regimes for public, private cloud, says users need more time to upgrade in uncertain times



OpenAI plugs ShadowLeak bug in ChatGPT that let miscreants raid inboxes

(2025/09/19)

Radware says flaw enabled hidden email prompts to trick Deep Research agent into exfiltrating sensitive data



Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators

(2025/09/19)

Another blow for the legislation as Parliament continues to hear stakeholder views



British spreadsheet wizard will take mad skillz to Vegas after taking national Excel crown

(2025/09/19)

Q: How many Excel users do you need to correctly set the number formatting of a cell? A: Monday, January 1st, 1900



BOFH: HR discovers the limits of vertical mobility

(2025/09/19)

Episode 18 Ambitious relocation plan stalls between floors 5 and 6



Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel

(2025/09/19)

On Call Contractor sneakily fired after pointing out odious ignorance



MI6 reveals 'Silent Courier' dark web portal upgrade it hopes will help it recruit new spies

(2025/09/19)

YouTube vids explain digital tradecraft to reach spooks over Tor or VPN without blowing your cover



Slack threatened to delete nonprofit coding club’s data if it didn’t pay $50k in a week

(2025/09/19)

Collaborationware CEO tried to smooth things over, but Hack Club now plans a strategy shift



Pigs will fly: Uber Eats to trial drone delivery

(2025/09/19)

Teams with UAV operator Flytrex for service that moves meals in minutes



Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission

(2025/09/19)

Thanks for the memories, Akatsuki



Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin

(2025/09/19)

In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams



Intel and Nvidia sitting in a tree, NVLink-I-N-G

(2025/09/18)

But still no hero customer for Chipzilla's Foundry biz



Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like it or not

(2025/09/18)

Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you?



Google pushes emergency patch for Chrome 0-day – check your browser version now

(2025/09/18)

Sixth such Chrome flaw this year spotted by the Chocolate Factory, already in play



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There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital
and labour. As matters stand, their only common interest is that of cutting
each other's throat.
-- Brooks Atkinson, "Once Around the Sun"