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)

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



Atlassian drops $1B on company that helps measure dev productivity

(2025/09/18)

Aussie CEO promises AI everywhere, and clearer views of what your devs are up to



AI can now design functional viruses – not the computer kind, either

(2025/09/18)

Inject this synthetic phage into E. coli and it kills better than the real thing



Crims bust through SonicWall to grab sensitive config data

(2025/09/18)

Vendor pulls plug on cloud backup feature, urges admins to reset passwords and re-secure devices



The Notepad that knew too much: Humble text editor gets unnecessary AI infusion

(2025/09/18)

Copilot+ PC users can run the AI models locally. Others may need a subscription.



Cybercriminals pwn 850k+ Americans' healthcare data

(2025/09/18)

Three US medical centers fess up to serious breaches



Workday U-turns on rehiring pledge as activist investors take $2B stake

(2025/09/18)

Layoffs to stand following $1.1B AI acquisition



Two Scattered Spider teens charged over attack on London’s transport network

(2025/09/18)

Decisive action comes nearly a year after the attack and first arrest took place



Cloudflare DDoSed itself with React useEffect hook blunder

(2025/09/18)

Dashboard loop caused API outage that was hard to troubleshoot



French jet left circling while Corsican controller caught Zs

(2025/09/18)

Wake-up call for dozed and confused chap who had to turn on runway lights



Insight Partners confirms ransomware hit, more than 12,000 caught in data dragnet

(2025/09/18)

VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it



Panda-monium: China-backed cyber crew spoof Congressman to dig for dirt on US trade talks

(2025/09/18)

Proofpoint spots efforts to spy on US economic policy nerds



China's DeepSeek applying trial-and-error learning to its AI 'reasoning'

(2025/09/18)

Model can also explain its answers, researchers find



Microsoft weaves Oracle and BigQuery data mirroring into Fabric platform

(2025/09/18)

And knits a graph DB out of LinkedIn cast-offs



How and why Linux has thrived after three decades in Kernelland

(2025/09/18)

Open Source Summit 'Just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU...'



Toys can tell us a lot about how tech will change our lives

(2025/09/18)

Column LEGO Mindstorms, PlayStation 2 and Furby all resonate today in their own way



Huawei lays out multi-year AI accelerator roadmap and claims it makes Earth’s mightiest clusters

(2025/09/18)

On the same day that fellow Chinese giant Tencent says its overseas cloud clientele doubled



Microsoft thinks cloud PCs might be overkill, starts streaming just apps under Windows 365

(2025/09/18)

As old-school virtual desktop player Omnissa distances itself further from VMware



Vibe coding platform Replit's latest update is infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns

(2025/09/18)

It's worst when going over older code, one user tells us



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