Atlassian outsources office drudgery to GenAI agents (2024/05/03) Rovo will write to-do lists, create graphics, become virtual colleagues to whom you offload scutwork
UK inertia on LLMs and copyright is 'de facto endorsement' (2024/05/03) Lords committee slams government response to complaints from creators
I can fix this PC, boss, but I’ll need to play games for hours to do it (2024/05/03) On Call Loyal Wingman has fond memories of memory register exceptions
Boffins suggest astronauts should build a Wall of Death on the Moon (2024/05/03) Relax! It's for low-gravity exercise
Europol op shutters 12 scam call centers and cuffs 21 suspected fraudsters (2024/05/03) Cops prevented crims from bilking victims out of more than €10m - but couldn't stop crime against art
Indonesia sneakily buys spyware, claims Amnesty International (2024/05/03) A 'murky' web sees many purchases run through Singapore in a way that hides potential users
Apple sales slip, but investors offered bite of $110B stock buyback (2024/05/03) Mac sales rose, iPads predicted to soar, and AI is riding to the rescue
Chinese government website security is often worryingly bad, say Chinese researchers (2024/05/03) Exclusive Bad configurations, insecure versions of jQuery, and crummy cookies are some of myriad problems
Starlink geofence appears to have some gaping holes (2024/05/03) I guess the brains down in Africa gonna take some time to do the things they never should have had
Microsoft, Google do a victory lap around passkeys (2024/05/03) Windows giant extends passwordless tech to everyone else
Prof asks court to protect his Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension from Facebook's ire (2024/05/03) You've got to fight for your right to personalize
Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military (2024/05/02) Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force
Patch up – 4 critical bugs in ArubaOS lead to remote code execution (2024/05/02) Ten vulnerabilities in total for admins to apply
Dozens of vulnerabilities fixed in Xiaomi, Google Android flavors … slowly (2024/05/02) Oversecure details bugs spotted and stamped since private disclosure
Huawei's hidden hand in optics research contest shocks scholars (2024/05/02) Updated US universities awarded money from a corp they had severed ties with
NASA plasma propulsion project promises Mars in a flash (2024/05/02) System would also make it easier to transport much heavier spacecraft
Lights about to go out on US Affordable Connectivity Program (2024/05/02) A partial benefit in May then subsidy gets unplugged once and for all
Microsoft continues multibillion-dollar cloud and AI sprinkle in Malaysia (2024/05/02) Satya reaches once more into his wallet
Amazon boss receives tap on wrist for statements breaking labor laws (2024/05/02) Jass sass gets a pass
Billions on the line for Google as web search monopoly trial nears end (2024/05/02) Chocolate Factory relies on dominance for bulk of its revenues, says US