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