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)

US Army looks for robots that can clean up chemical and bioweapons messes

(2026/02/04)

Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-assisted threats



Server CPUs join memory in the supply shortage, pushing up prices

(2026/02/04)

Silicon manufacturing issues to blame



Estonia hedges its bets on US tech while going all-in on Microsoft

(2026/02/04)

Riigi IT preps European escape plan as it herds civil servants into Redmond's cloud



Microsoft engineer speedruns Raspberry Pi magic smoke in five minutes

(2026/02/04)

Only cool dudes should wear a HAT backward



DWP finds Copilot saves civil servants a whopping 19 minutes a day

(2026/02/04)

Tool speeds up searches and first draft emails, becomes 'comfort blanket' for Whitehall workers



Nitrogen ransomware is so broken even the crooks can't unlock your files

(2026/02/04)

Gang walks away with nothing, victims are left with irreparable hypervisors



UK watchdog to rule on £246M Post Office subsidy over Horizon scandal and IR35

(2026/02/04)

CMA's Subsidy Advice Unit reviewing state aid linked to redress and off-payroll tax costs



Microsoft actually does something useful, adds Sysmon to Windows

(2026/02/04)

After years of bolting AI onto everything, Redmond remembers admins exist



EU's fishy digital certificate system leaves exporters floundering

(2026/02/04)

Catch platform sinks under weight of bugs, missing species, and postal code gaffes while containers pile up at ports



Universal £7,500 payout offered to PSNI staff over major data breach

(2026/02/04)

Affected police officers squeezed mental health services, relocated over safety fears



SpaceX halts Falcon 9 flights after second stage anomaly

(2026/02/04)

Failed deorbit burn grounds workhorse rocket



'The EU runs on Microsoft' – and Uncle Sam could turn it off, claims MEP

(2026/02/04)

Open Source Policy Summit 2026 Open source gains urgency as Europe reassesses reliance on US tech



AWS says you're on your own if media codec patent owners come knocking

(2026/02/04)

Exclusive Service terms update removes infringement cover tied to audio and video encoding tech



Lego shrinks NASA's biggest rocket – accuracy sold separately

(2026/02/04)

Bring your own sound effects to a Technic-enabled Space Launch System



UK to properly probe xAI to test if its revolting robo-smut generator broke the law

(2026/02/04)

As Spain announces stern laws for social media, and Elon Musk’s response shows regulators keep looking his way



Clouds rush to deliver OpenClaw-as-a-service offerings

(2026/02/04)

As analyst house Gartner declares AI tool ‘comes with unacceptable cybersecurity risk’ and urges admins to snuff it out



For once, Supermicro has dodged drama and just delivered datacenters

(2026/02/04)

Single customer accounted for 63 percent of surging revenue



Too much AI for some, too little for others: Why AMD can't win with investors

(2026/02/04)

A diverse portfolio is usually a good thing, except when AI is the only thing



VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

(2026/02/04)

Versions installed via Snap don't delete files when users empty system trash



AI agents can't yet pull off fully autonomous cyberattacks – but they are already very helpful to crims

(2026/02/04)

Don't relax: This is a 'when, not if' scenario



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