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)

Google says Chrome's new AI creates risks only more AI can fix

(2025/12/09)

'User Alignment Critic' will review agentic actions so bots don't do things like emptying your bank account



Bezos-backed Unconventional AI aims to make datacenter power problems go away

(2025/12/09)

Interview Startup wagers the path to sustainable AI might be found in nature’s most amazing design - the brain



Publishers say no to AI scrapers, block bots at server level

(2025/12/08)

The open web is closing down for unwanted automated traffic



DJ Garman drops the ball instead of the bass in AWS re:Invent keynote

(2025/12/08)

But the 25 announcements in the last 10 minutes included a few well worth waiting for



Meta and Google turn to NextEra to feed insatiable datacenter power hunger

(2025/12/08)

The Chocolate Factory will also put its AI to work inside one of America’s biggest utilities



ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software

(2025/12/08)

Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violation



193 cybercrims arrested, accused of plotting 'violence-as-a-service'

(2025/12/08)

Minors groomed to kill and intimidate victims



Windows Insiders get a glimpse of Microsoft’s agentic future

(2025/12/08)

Native MCP support lands in Insider Dev and Beta builds



Classic MacOS for non-Apple PowerPC kit rediscovered

(2025/12/08)

Unreleased variants that Jobs killed off found – 7.6 on a G4, anyone?



Automakers' AI dreams may run out of road over the next five years

(2025/12/08)

Analysts reckon only a handful of manufacturers will push ahead as the rest hit the brakes



IBM straps AI to Db2 console in bid to modernize the old warhorse

(2025/12/08)

Intelligence Center features aim to unify management across on-prem, cloud, and containerized estates



IBM drops $11B on Confluent to feed next-gen AI ambitions

(2025/12/08)

Big Blue’s latest mega-buy hands it a real-time data-streaming powerhouse built on Kafka



UK moves to strengthen undersea cable defenses as Russian snooping ramps up

(2025/12/08)

Atlantic Bastion combines AI systems with warships to counter increased surveillance



Datacenters are hoarding grid power just in case, says Uptime Institute

(2025/12/08)

Warning that over-reserved capacity is blocking new connections



X shuts down European Commission ad account after €120M fine announcement

(2025/12/08)

Brussels accused of using Ad Composer quirk to post link disguised as a video



Kyocera claims 5.2 Gbps underwater laser data blast in lab tests

(2025/12/08)

Japanese outfit aims to improve comms for aquatic drones



Home Office kept police facial recognition flaws to itself, UK data watchdog fumes

(2025/12/08)

Regulator disappointed as soon-to-be-scrapped algo's problems remained a secret despite consistent engagement



Barts Health seeks High Court block after Clop pillages NHS trust data

(2025/12/08)

Body confirms patient and staff details siphoned via Oracle EBS flaw as gang threatens to leak haul



UK tech minister vows more whole-government megadeals after £9B Microsoft pact

(2025/12/08)

Kendall says Whitehall will use bulk buying to squeeze better value from cloud giants



Rebuilding VisiCorp's Visi On UI reveals how Apple defined the GUI era

(2025/12/08)

Nina Kalinina takes a deep dive into one of the earliest PC desktops



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the exact opposite."
-- Bertrand Russell, _Sceptical_Essays_, 1928