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)

Dems ask federal agencies for reassurance DOGE isn't feeding data into AI willy-nilly

(2025/03/14)

Pouring sensitive info into unapproved, unaccountable, unsafe models would be a 'severe' cybersecurity fail



We did not have Brave clashing with Rupert Murdoch on our 2025 bingo card, but there it is

(2025/03/13)

Indie browser maker asks judge for legal shield against copyright threats over AI summaries



Google says it's rolling out fix for stricken Chromecasts

(2025/03/13)

It'll take a few days, give or take your situation



OpenAI asks Uncle Sam to let it scrape everything, stop other countries complaining

(2025/03/13)

Updated The rest of the world doesn't think 'fair use' is fair but we should make 'em



Starliner astronauts' stay drags on as Crew-10 launch scrubs

(2025/03/13)

Hydraulic problems stop the countdown clock at T-44 minutes



That 'angry guest' email from Booking.com? It's a scam, not a 1-star review

(2025/03/13)

Phishers check in, your credentials check out, Microsoft warns



Microsoft tempted to hit the gas as renewables can't keep up with AI

(2025/03/13)

So much for 'carbon negative by 2030'



CISA: We didn't fire our red team, we just unhired a bunch of them

(2025/03/13)

Agency tries to save face as it also pulls essential funding for election security initiatives



DeepSeek can be gently persuaded to spit out malware code

(2025/03/13)

It might need polishing, but a useful find for any budding cybercrooks out there



ESA cuts the ribbon on 34,000-core Space HPC center tailored for space workloads

(2025/03/13)

PUE of 1.09 and heats the building it lives in



Frack to the future? Geothermal energy pitched as datacenter savior

(2025/03/13)

If operators are willing to cough up a 'green premium' and tax credits are not repealed



GCC 15 is close: COBOL and Itanium are in, but ALGOL is out

(2025/03/13)

Steering Committee decides against merge of over-complex and largely unloved ALGOL-68 'at this point'



City council rejects inquiry into £130M Oracle IT disaster

(2025/03/13)

Opposition faults leadership as officers accused of misleading councillors



Google slips built-in terminal, Debian Linux VM into Android 15 March feature drop

(2025/03/13)

Try it out now on Pixel phones for some penguin on penguin fun



Nextcloud puts out fire after data leak panic

(2025/03/13)

Community calls for off-by-default data sharing setting



Medusa ransomware affiliate tried triple extortion scam – up from the usual double demand

(2025/03/13)

Feds warn gang still rampant and now cracked 300+ victims around the world



AI models hallucinate, and doctors are OK with that

(2025/03/13)

Eggheads call for comprehensive rules to govern machine learning in medical settings



As Chromecast outage drags on, fix could be days to weeks away

(2025/03/13)

Google apologizes but won’t say what went wrong nor when it will make things right



Need cash? Your IPv4 stash can now be collateral for $100M loans

(2025/03/13)

Yeah, yeah ... if we were all exclusively on IPv6, this wouldn't be a thing. But here we are



Get off that old Firefox by Friday or you'll be sorry, says Moz

(2025/03/13)

Root cert expiry may bring breakage or worse for add-ons, media playback, and more



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