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)

AI hasn't delivered the profits it was hyped for, says Deloitte

(2026/01/21)

Business transformation, but not much remuneration



MIT boffins create device that 'paints' iridescent structural color in real time

(2026/01/21)

From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next



House GOP wants final say on AI chip exports after Trump gives Nvidia a China hall pass

(2026/01/21)

Bill still needs to pass the House and Senate before the president can sign or veto it



Don't click on the LastPass 'create backup' link - it's a scam

(2026/01/21)

updated Phishing campaign tries to reel in master passwords



Trump promises nuclear datacenter permits in 3 weeks, calls Greenland 'big beautiful ice'

(2026/01/21)

Also at Davos, Nvidia boss Jensen Huang pitches AI five-layer cake



Social Security Administration admits it underreported DOGE dirty dealings

(2026/01/21)

Encrypted files, Cloudflare sharing, and political outreach surface in DOJ filings



ESA puts ExoMars lander through its paces with eye on 2028 launch

(2026/01/21)

After Russia drama and NASA's on-again-off-again romance, rover shows it still has legs... four of them



We come in peace, OpenAI tells locals near gargantuan Stargate facilities

(2026/01/21)

AI darling on neighborly charm offensive amid datacenter backlash



Palantir CEO claims AI will mean western economies won't need immigration

(2026/01/21)

Opinion Alex Karp can sniff out a hot potato topic, but what comes next in the act?



Everest ransomware gang said to be sitting on mountain of Under Armour data

(2026/01/21)

Have I Been Pwned reckons 72.7M customer accounts affected, sportswear firm remains silent



Concorde at 50: Twice the speed of sound, twice the economic trouble

(2026/01/21)

Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially



EU considers whether there's Huawei of axing Chinese kit from networks within 3 years

(2026/01/21)

Still dominant in Germany's networks, among others



FTC tries to un-Zuck Meta's grip on the market by dragging it back to court

(2026/01/21)

Artist formerly known as Facebook can’t escape the legal-verse



Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages

(2026/01/21)

Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion



Microsoft admits Outlook might freeze when saving files to OneDrive

(2026/01/21)

January update is the gift that keeps on giving



Best of British: UK's infosec envoys include Cisco, Palo Alto, and Accenture

(2026/01/21)

Minister unwraps ambassadors of the Software Security Code of Practice



Microsoft CEO: AI sovereignty isn't where it runs, it's who controls it

(2026/01/21)

Ownership of models, embedded corporate knowledge matters more than server location, Nadella says



MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems

(2026/01/21)

Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help



Child safety or age-gating for all? UK social media ban plan draws fire

(2026/01/21)

Open Rights Group says plans would create serious privacy risks



Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue

(2026/01/21)

Behold the cardboard ENIAC



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