France tops China’s tokamak record with 22-minute plasma containment run (2025/02/20) Nice number, but also not much more than a nice advance
US Army soldier linked to Snowflake extortion rampage admits breaking the law (2025/02/20) That's the way the cookie melts
Trump can't quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it (2025/02/20) Comment Reported layoffs suggest R&D functions may be hobbled, fab subsidies also at risk
Trump’s DoD CISO pick previously faced security clearance suspension (2025/02/19) Hey, at least Katie Arrington brings a solid resume
Microsoft shows off novel quantum chip that can scale to 'a million qubits'. So far: Eight (2025/02/19) Not just a matter of time but a matter of Majorana fermions, too
Check out this free automated tool that hunts for exposed AWS secrets in public repos (2025/02/19) You can find out if your GitHub codebase is leaking keys ... but so can miscreants
We meet the protesters who want to ban Artificial General Intelligence before it even exists (2025/02/19) Feature STOP AI warns of doomsday scenario, demands governments pull the plug on advanced models
Want to play billionaire for a day? This app lets you rent your own armed goon squad (2025/02/19) Black Escalade motorcade sold separately - of course
KDE Plasma 6.3 released – and 6.3.1 is already here (2025/02/19) A year on from the big overhaul of Plasma 6, more functionality appears
Microsoft boffins promise entire game worlds made from AI slop (2025/02/19) WHAM, bam, no thank you, ma'am?
Telco to open lab to test cell network interoperability with satellites (2025/02/19) Because 4G notspots aren't much good to anyone
Your days of driver sync via Windows Server Update Services are numbered (2025/02/19) Microsoft suggests a move to the cloud
Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market (2025/02/19) 15GB of sensitive files traced back to former software biz
Mobile operators brace for bigger, faster headaches with 6G (2025/02/19) NGMN reports what telcos want, but admits most can be delivered by 5G
Type-safe C-killer Delphi hits 30, but a replacement has risen (2025/02/19) The FOSS world has replicated most of it in Lazarus
Microsoft declutters Windows 11 File Explorer in the name of Euro privacy (2025/02/19) Also hammers another nail into Cortana's coffin with the end of Location History
London celebrity talent agency reports itself to ICO following Rhysida attack claims (2025/02/19) Showbiz members' passport scans already plastered online
HP Inc to build future products atop grave of flopped 'AI pin' (2025/02/19) Tech and people behind IoT brooch that reviewers instantly hated will one day pep up printers
Einstein Probe finds two stars that have spent 40 million years taking turns eating each other (2025/02/19) Odd X-ray flashes gave the game away, just few weeks after China-led mission launched