Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable (2025/02/21) Updated Nobody wants memory bugs. Penguinistas continue debate on how to squish 'em
Microsoft expands Copilot bug bounty targets, adds payouts for even moderate messes (2025/02/21) Said bugs 'can have significant implications' – glad to hear that from Redmond
Oops, some of our customers' Power Pages-hosted sites were exploited, says Microsoft (2025/02/21) Don't think this is SaaS and you can relax: Redmond wants a few of you to check your websites
GitLab and its execs sued again and again over 'misleading' AI hype, price hikes (2025/02/20) Bosses bragged about Duo Chat bot, buyers weren’t buying it – claim
Laptop makers stalled on repairability improvements (2025/02/20) Apple, Dell made some progress, but MacBooks are still the worst to crack open, says PIRG
Euro cloud biz trials 'server blades in a cold box' system (2025/02/20) Hot air or a 50% energy saving? Exoscale datacenter runs proof-of-concept to test veracity of Digger's claims
US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K (2025/02/20) A painful loss for young company that's yet to generate revenue
Microsoft Azure faceplants in Norway, taking government services with it (2025/02/20) Locals see red as public cloud's service health dashboard shows green
NASA's on-again, off-again job cuts – what's the plan? (2025/02/20) Comment Lucky there isn't an asteroid headed for Earth for which a demoralized space agency might need to mount a redirect mission
Critical flaws in Mongoose library expose MongoDB to data thieves, code execution (2025/02/20) Bugs fixed, updating to the latest version is advisable
Talk of Broadcom and TSMC grabbing pieces of Intel lights fire under investors (2025/02/20) Chipzilla's design and manufacturing limbs said to be on the table
Insiders say IBM's broader return-to-office plan hits older, more expensive staff hard (2025/02/20) IT giant doing whatever it takes to reach $300 a share
HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls (2025/02/20) Updated Stalling tactics designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve'
UK tax authority eyes £880M overhaul for Northern Ireland trade services (2025/02/20) Cost of post-Brexit arrangements revealed as HMRC looks at options following Fujitsu contract
Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg (2025/02/20) The latest in a long line of fraud stings worth billions each year
Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think (2025/02/20) Most people crank up the brightness, making energy savings moot
DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project (2025/02/20) Updated Systems integrator secured 'variation' just before mega SAP migration put on hold
Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec (2025/02/20) FBI and CISA issue reminder - deep sigh - about the importance of patching and backups
Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider (2025/02/20) Exclusive 2.3 TB held to ransom as biz formerly known as Virgin Care tells us it's probing IT 'security incident'
A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive (2025/02/20) Arista trumpeted its role in this project for a year. Good thing business is otherwise solid