Microsoft's Azure AI Speech needs just seconds of audio to spit out a convincing deepfake (2025/07/31) No way this will be abused
Beijing summons Nvidia over alleged backdoors in China-bound AI chips (2025/07/31) H20 silicon under the microscope after slipping through US export bans
Microsoft removes the whiff of Vista from Windows 11 Insider Preview (2025/07/31) Trauma-inducing startup sound finally axed
Arm plots move up the stack with push into end-to-end silicon (2025/07/31) Brit chip biz sees demand surge for turnkey compute subsystems, chiplets, and complete SoC designs
Kremlin goons caught abusing ISPs to spy on Moscow-based diplomats, Microsoft says (2025/07/31) Russia spying on foreign embassies? Say it ain't so
Silk Typhoon spun a web of patents for offensive cyber tools, report says (2025/07/31) US court docs reveal that infamous Chinese snoops filed IP papers like tax returns
Canonical dusts off TPM encryption for Ubuntu 25.10 (2025/07/31) Passwordless disk locking is coming, a couple of years later than hoped
Brit watchdog pushes to rein in Microsoft and AWS with 'strategic market status' (2025/07/31) Regulators around the globe pay attention as results of 21-month cloud probe published
Figma debuts on Wall Street at $33 per share – then more than triples (2025/07/31) updated Investors cash in as design firm goes public after takeover dreams dashed
NHS disability equipment provider on brink of collapse a year after cyberattack (2025/07/31) Government officials say they are monitoring the situation
SpaceX Crew Dragon lofting next batch of 'nauts to ISS today (2025/07/31) Crew-11 prepares for liftoff on Musk rocket while Boeing's Calamity Capsule remains grounded
AWS Lambda loves charging for idle time: Vercel claims it found a way to dodge the bill (2025/07/31) Startup’s workaround reuses stuck compute slots to rein in runaway function costs
Capgemini wins £107M HMRC extension – no competition needed (2025/07/31) Updated Deal for legacy applications support reaches £322M as they continue to be decommissioned
Banning VPNs to protect kids? Good luck with that (2025/07/31) Analysis UK's Online Safety Act kicks off about as well as everyone expected
Bitter fight over 2020 Microsoft quantum paper both resolved and unresolved (2025/07/31) Deep dive Ground control to Majorana
Internet exchange points are ignored, vulnerable, and absent from infrastructure protection plans (2025/07/31) Italian operator calls for lawmakers to wake up to the critical role played by peering
Qualcomm working on datacenter CPU and in ‘advanced discussions’ with hyperscaler (2025/07/31) But may face competition in its core smartphone segment as Samsung says it’s found a premium handset-maker who wants its Exynos SoCs
Lethal Cambodia-Thailand border clash linked to cyber-scam slave camps (2025/07/31) Analysis Infosec issues spill into the real world and regional politics
Trump officials float plan for Americans to share their medical data more freely (2025/07/31) Apple, Google, AI biggies, and for-profit insurance all eagerly rubbing their hands
The TSA likes facial recognition at airports. Passengers and politicians, not so much (2025/07/31) Few passengers are told they can opt out, and when they do, airport staff may push back