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)

Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits

(2026/03/06)

Now if only device makers would deliver higher quality components



Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones

(2026/03/06)

Steals SMS messages, location data, contacts … and delivers it to Hamas-linked crew



US state laws push age checks into the operating system

(2026/03/06)

Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS



Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack

(2026/03/06)

Switchzilla says flaws could allow file overwrites or privilege escalation



Anthropic sues US government after unprecedented national security designation

(2026/03/06)

Brands Trump administration decision 'legally unsound' and has 'no choice but to challenge it in court'



Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm

(2026/03/06)

Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least



Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports

(2026/03/06)

Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroad



Microsoft spots ClickFix campaign getting users to self-pwn on Windows Terminal

(2026/03/06)

Crooks tweak familiar copy-paste ruse so that victims run malicious commands themselves



UK peers warn weakening AI copyright law could hammer creative industries

(2026/03/06)

House of Lords committee says ministers must not trade a £124B sector for promises of future tech growth



Microsoft kicks new Outlook opt-out deadline down the road to 2027

(2026/03/06)

Admins get another year before migration pressure ramps up



Son of government contractor arrested after alleged $46M crypto heist from US Marshals

(2026/03/06)

FBI and French GIGN swoop on Saint Martin, John Daghita in cuffs



Norway's Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification

(2026/03/06)

Its aim is wide, covering everything from social networks to GenAI



Microsoft finally gets around to fixing Windows 10 Recovery Environment after breaking it in October

(2026/03/06)

Released from the curse of the update bork fairy



UK Treasury not sure about ditching Oracle to join £1.7 billion shared services program it is funding

(2026/03/06)

It promised £1.15B… but finance ministry yet to show 'formal commitment' to adopt Workday SaaS, watchdog says



Transport for London says 2024 breach affected 7M customers, not 5,000

(2026/03/06)

Attackers accessed systems holding data tied to millions of Oyster and contactless users



UK mobilizes lawyers to keep report on Gatwick 'drone' chaos under wraps

(2026/03/06)

Exclusive Seven-year Freedom of Information battle heads to tribunal



Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway

(2026/03/06)

Opinion OpenAI CEO's principles lasted about 12 hours before $200M check arrived



Techie was given strict instructions not to disrupt client. Then he touched one box and the lights went out

(2026/03/06)

On Call Discovering, and explaining, the bizarre cause was harder than the job he was sent to do



Microsoft previews tech to ease creation of keyboard-accessible websites

(2026/03/06)

‘focusgroup’ has nothing to do with market research, offers devs faster coding and faster websites for everyone



Iranian news service claims drone strikes on AWS were deliberate, to probe for US datacenter dependencies

(2026/03/06)

Remember: Truth is the first casualty of war



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