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