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)

Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare reaches the base case at 92

(2026/03/12)

Obit Classicist, philosopher, wit, and one of the greatest British computer scientists of all time



NASA probe checks out years early because this solar cycle is a real drag

(2026/03/12)

Van Allen spacecraft re-enters over the Pacific with 1 in 4,200 chance of causing injury



CISA warns max-severity n8n bug is being exploited in the wild

(2026/03/12)

No rest for project maintainers battered by slew of vulnerability disclosures



Fresh indie broadband provider incoming as Google's fiber biz and Stonepeak’s Astound merge

(2026/03/12)

Alphabet to remain 'significant minority shareholder'



Campaigners claim NHS Palantir system could be accessed by police and immigration

(2026/03/12)

US spy-tech biz and platform provider retorts that this would be against the current law and a breach of its contract



Lloyds Banking Group apps play mix-and-match with customer transactions

(2026/03/12)

Updated Some account holders see names, salaries, and child benefit payments… just not their own



Smart mirror shows dumb Windows in elevator

(2026/03/12)

Bork!Bork!Bork! All aboard the elevator where only Microsoft knows where you're going



Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles

(2026/03/12)

DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materials



So much for power to the people – AI datacenters could jump UK grid queue

(2026/03/12)

Plan to fast-track bit barn connections leaves housing developers fuming and billpayers on the hook



Whitehall seeks lone C++ coder to keep airport passenger model flying

(2026/03/12)

Government offers £100K to support software forecasting how travelers choose departure hubs



Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11 - even the Professional edition

(2026/03/12)

Updated Out of the Copilot and into the fire



Meta reveals four Broadcom-built custom AI chips, claims some outperform commercial silicon

(2026/03/12)

Deploying them by the gigawatt but still can’t flag obvious AI slop



China’s CERT warns OpenClaw can inflict nasty wounds

(2026/03/12)

Like deleting data, exposing keys, and loading malicious content - which may be why Beijing has reportedly banned it



Atlassian to shed ten percent of staff, because AI

(2026/03/12)

Company is ‘reshaping our skill mix’ amid long share price slide and SaaSpocalypse whispers



Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban

(2026/03/12)

Court issues preliminary injunction but delays it to allow an appeal



Iran plots 'infrastructure warfare' against US tech giants

(2026/03/11)

State news published a list of nearly 30 sites that could be targeted



Iran-linked cyber crew says they hit US med-tech firm

(2026/03/11)

Meanwhile, Verifone says 'no evidence' to support the digital intruders' claims



Most chatbots will help plan school shootings and other violence, study shows

(2026/03/11)

I see you're trying to kill children. Would you like some help with that?



Meta, international cops use handcuffs and AI to stop scammers

(2026/03/11)

150k accounts nuked, 21 suspects arrested



NASA watchdog report pokes holes in Artemis lunar lander plans

(2026/03/11)

Inspector general flags Starship risks and gaps in testing



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