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-linked snoops have been exploiting Dell 0-day since mid-2024, using 'ghost NICs' to avoid detection

(2026/02/18)

Full scale of infections remains 'unknown'



Gemini lies to user about health info, says it wanted to make him feel better

(2026/02/17)

Though commonly reported, Google doesn't consider it a security problem when models make things up



Amazon's $200 billion capex plan: How I learned to stop worrying and love negative free cash flow

(2026/02/17)

It isn't insane, and Amazon will be fine when the music stops. Other players, maybe not so much



Infosys bows to its master, signs deal with Anthropic

(2026/02/17)

After a selloff fueled by fears AI could upend the outsourcing model



China remains embedded in US energy networks 'for the purpose of taking it down'

(2026/02/17)

Plus 3 new goon squads targeted critical infrastructure last year



GPU who? Meta to deploy Nvidia CPUs at large scale

(2026/02/17)

CPU adoption is part of deeper partnership between the Social Network and Nvidia which will see millions of GPUs deployed over next few years



AI gets all the good stuff, including Micron's speedy 28 GB/s PCIe 6.0 SSD

(2026/02/17)

Consumers have a long wait ahead of them before they can bring that kind of performance home



AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas

(2026/02/17)

Companies talk renewables while firing up gas turbines as fast as they can



Scientists show it's possible to solve problems in your dreams by playing the right sounds

(2026/02/17)

Could the same method one day power sleep-time ads?



React survey shows TanStack gains, doubts over server components

(2026/02/17)

Not everyone's convinced React belongs on the server as well as in the browser



European Parliament bars lawmakers from using AI tools

(2026/02/17)

Who knows where that helpful email summary is being generated?



Flush with potential? Activist investor insists Japanese toilet giant is an AI sleeper

(2026/02/17)

Palliser Capital says Toto is sitting on hidden semiconductor value – and wants the company to lift the lid



Dear Oracle, we need to talk about the future of MySQL

(2026/02/17)

Faithful pen open letter proposing independent foundation with or without Big Red's participation



£111M later, frictionless post-Brexit border dream 'brought to early closure'

(2026/02/17)

With no staff, no funding, and the contract closed, it looks a lot like limbo



All the world's a stage – except this deputy federal CIO job

(2026/02/17)

$200K role promises authority, mission, and 'zero patience for theater'



US lawyers fire up privacy class action accusing Lenovo of bulk data transfers to China

(2026/02/17)

Keep behavioral tracking American? PC giant says the claim is 'false'



Polish cops nab 47-year-old man in Phobos ransomware raid

(2026/02/17)

Police say seized kit contained logins, passwords, and server IP addresses



Gentoo dumps GitHub over Copilot nagware

(2026/02/17)

Repo mirrors now open for business



CIOs told: Prove your AI pays off – or pay the price

(2026/02/17)

Boards demand measurable ROI as budgets, bonuses, and jobs hang in the balance



UK.gov launches cyber 'lockdown' campaign as 80% of orgs still leave door open

(2026/02/17)

Digital burglaries remain routine, and data shows most corps still don't stick to basic infosec standards



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Several years ago, some smart businessmen had an idea: Why not build a big
store where a do-it-yourselfer could get everything he needed at reasonable
prices? Then they decided, nah, the hell with that, let's build a home
center. And before long home centers were springing up like crabgrass all
over the United States.
-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"