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)

China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan

(2026/03/06)

Call to do better with chips and put AI everywhere is more than rhetoric because China’s scientists are sprinting ahead



Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens

(2026/03/06)

Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at risk



Google says spyware makers and China-linked groups dominated zero-day attacks last year

(2026/03/06)

Of the 90 zero-days GTIG tracked in 2025, 43 hit enterprise tech



Okta CEO ‘paranoid’ as vibe coders stir SaaS-pocalypse fears

(2026/03/05)

It’s ok, Todd. You’re only paranoid if you’re wrong.



TerraPower gets permission to build, not operate, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor

(2026/03/05)

Don't flip the switch until the NRC says you can, okay?



Iran intelligence backdoored US bank, airport, software outfit networks

(2026/03/05)

MOIS-linked MuddyWater crew has a new, custom implant



Munificent 7 vow to spare US households from AI's rising energy costs

(2026/03/05)

Bit tricky enforcing this. What's the penalty if they go up anyway?



You can power a G-Wiz EV with 500 vapes, and this YouTuber proved it

(2026/03/05)

You made a time machine vapemobile ... out of a Delorean G-Wiz?



Document Foundation urges EU to ditch Excel lock-in for cybersecurity law consultation

(2026/03/05)

UPDATED LibreOffice steward pleased says Commish saw the light, no longer requires Excel feedback form



Congress puts the ISS on life support until 2032, orders Moon base plan

(2026/03/05)

Authorization Act seeks to keep lights on until commercial stations are ready



Office EU waves sovereignty flag with a familiar stack under the bonnet

(2026/03/05)

Euro productivity suite appears to be hosted Nextcloud and Collabora Online



Trump administration spoiling for a fight over global satellite regulations

(2026/03/05)

Updated FCC not pleased about EU space tech reqs to enter Common market, among other things



npmx package browser released as alpha to fix pain of using npmjs

(2026/03/05)

Project initiated by Nuxt lead Daniel Roe attracts wide support thanks to multiple issues with the official interface



Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience

(2026/03/05)

Embeds Edge into AI assistant, ignores questions about opt-in



UK watchdog eyes Meta's smart glasses after workers say they 'see everything'

(2026/03/05)

Contractors tasked with improving AI reportedly had access to intimate footage captured through wearables



Solar superstorm gave ESA's Mars orbiters a handy science opportunity

(2026/03/05)

Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere 'flooded by electrons'



CERN sends AI-trained robot mice scurrying through LHC beam pipes

(2026/03/05)

Updated Bots hunt deformed RF contacts inside the collider's 27 km vacuum tubes



MoJ puts Prisoner Telephony Service replacement on hold yet again

(2026/03/05)

Project dialed back, BT asked to keep current system for another 54 months



UK still doodling digital pound while Brussels frets over payment sovereignty

(2026/03/05)

Geopolitical tensions turn up the pressure for European legislators



Supposedly big-brained execs are outsourcing decisionmaking to AI

(2026/03/05)

Survey of UK bosses find 62 percent rely on LLMs for help



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in full pursuit of the uneatable.
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