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 catches Beijing spies using Sheets to spread espionage across 4 continents

(2026/02/25)

UNC2814 historically targets governments and telcos



Hide from Meta's spyglasses with this new Android app

(2026/02/25)

Academic urges users not to harass those suspected of snooping with (sp)eyewear



AMD challenges Intel with an 84-core Epyc processor aimed at telcos, edge

(2026/02/25)

Chips are likely Zen 5's last hurrah before Venice makes its debut later this year



OpenAI asks its friends to tell their friends about Frontier

(2026/02/25)

Agent-making tool that mimics human workers is about to get its enterprise close up.



All your bots are belong to US if you don't play ball, DoD tells Anthropic

(2026/02/25)

AI firm drops key safety pledge as Pentagon dispute drags on



Hardly anybody bought Samsung's last smartphones for AI. It hopes this year's models change that

(2026/02/25)

hands on But only Qualcomm can power the most alluring features



Fake 'interview' repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware

(2026/02/25)

Come for the coding test, stay for the C2 traffic



Microsoft boss on AI content: 'Nobody wants anything that is sloppy'

(2026/02/25)

Sometimes the 'S' word slips through even the best media training



Cloudflare experiment ports most of Next.js API 'in one week' with AI

(2026/02/25)

Uses Vite and Claude to sidestep Vercel lock-in



Firefox 148 adds master switch for browser bot bother

(2026/02/25)

While Thunderbird 148 improves MS Exchange support and sign-on security



Execs love AI, just not enough to pay for user training

(2026/02/25)

Research points to skills gaps and weak oversight as barriers to return on investment



Ex-L3Harris exec jailed 7 years for selling exploits to Russia

(2026/02/25)

Former Trenchant manager profited millions from cyber tools reserved for the US



Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost

(2026/02/25)

Orbit decay accelerates as solar activity rises, with no approved mission yet to raise the telescope's altitude



Worried Europeans can now cut Azure's phone cord completely

(2026/02/25)

As transatlantic tensions rattle nerves, Microsoft offers a digital bunker to the sufficiently paranoid



Wynn Resorts takes attacker's word for it that stolen staff data was deleted

(2026/02/25)

Security pros question assurances as company offers staff credit monitoring



Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious'

(2026/02/25)

It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'



Brit dual nationals grounded by border digitization drive

(2026/02/25)

Overhauling immigration system a 'significant change for millions of travelers,' government admits



Recycling biz reckons AI features are destroying smartphone resale values

(2026/02/25)

Galaxy S25 sheds 63% in 12 months as reseller questions LLM emphasis



DVSA drives up online theory test contract value to £700M with no explanation

(2026/02/25)

Agency that can't keep bots out of its booking system more than doubles size of services agreement



OpenAI says Chinese cops used ChatGPT to plan and track smear ops against opponents

(2026/02/25)

Note to secret agents: ChatGPT is NOT a private diary



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