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)

Duolingo jumps aboard the 'AI-first' train, will phase out contractors

(2025/04/29)

Luis von Ahn says small quality hits are a price worth paying to ride the wave



Enterprise tech dominates zero-day exploits with no signs of slowdown

(2025/04/29)

As Big Tech gets used to the pain, smaller vendors urged to up their game



Backblaze denies 'sham accounting' claims as short sellers circle

(2025/04/29)

Cloud storage biz says 'baseless allegations' are attempts by analysts to profit



China now America's number one cyber threat – US must get up to speed

(2025/04/29)

RSAC Former Rear Admiral calls for National Guard online deployment and corporates to be held accountable



OpenBSD 7.7 released with updated hardware support, 9Front ships second update of 2025

(2025/04/29)

The OS refresh brings Ryzen AI and Arrow Lake compatibility



Infosec pros tell Trump to quit bullying Chris Krebs – it's undermining security

(2025/04/29)

Top voices warn that political retaliation puts democracy and national defense at risk



The State of Open Source in 2025? Honestly, it's a mess but you knew that already

(2025/04/29)

The good news: everyone's using it. The bad news: have you seen how they're using it?



China is using AI to sharpen every link in its attack chain, FBI warns

(2025/04/29)

RSAC Artificial intelligence is helping Beijing's goons break in faster and stay longer



808 lines of BBC BASIC and a dream: Arm architecture turns 40

(2025/04/29)

'We thought it was a really obvious way to build a processor and everybody would be doing it'



The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers

(2025/04/29)

RSAC FBI and others list how to spot NK infiltrators, but AI will make it harder



After leaving citizens on hold for 798 years, UK tax authority has £1B for CRM upgrade

(2025/04/29)

HMRC kicks off procurement to modernize customer service after scathing reports



Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, economists claim

(2025/04/29)

'When we look at the outcomes, it really has not moved the needle'



Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science

(2025/04/29)

They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse



Amazon’s first 27 Kuiper broadband sats make it into orbit on an Atlas V

(2025/04/29)

One launch down, 80-plus to go, for a pittance compared to planned AWS spending



Open source text editor poisoned with malware to target Uyghur users

(2025/04/29)

Who could possibly be behind this attack on an ethnic minority China despises?



Ex-Disney employee gets 3 years in the clink for goofy attacks on mousey menus

(2025/04/29)

Florida man altered allergen info, DoSed former colleagues



Cybersecurity CEO accused of running malware on hospital PC blabs about it on LinkedIn

(2025/04/29)

Updated Sometimes, silence is the best option



How to survive as a CISO aka 'chief scapegoat officer'

(2025/04/28)

RSAC Whistleblowing, email is evidential mail, HR is not your friend, and more discussed by CxO panel



Admission impossible: NSA, CISA brass absent from RSA Conf

(2025/04/28)

RSAC Homeland Security boss Noem added as last-minute keynote, mind you



DOGE may help Elon Musk's biz empire dodge $2.4B in liabilities – Senate probe

(2025/04/28)

Dem Sens demand action to stop SpaceX oligarch from turning watchdogs into corporate yes-men



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