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