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Updated 2026-07-08 15:01
Bug in top AI coding agents shows that Unix-era security headaches never really die
'GhostApproval' problem highlights human-in-the-loop fails
China tells devs to ditch Claude Code over 'backdoor code' fears
National vulnerability database claims monitoring mechanism can forward Chinese users' data to remote servers
Ex-NASA boss points out small flaw in Moon landing plan: No lander
Jim Bridenstine says Artemis 'extraordinarily complicated' compared to the days of Apollo and the Saturn V
Unexpected Windows bloat is due to bug, not by design
Mystery of the disappearing storage solved (for some)
Telstra outage: Failed emergency services calls, train chaos, payment systems down
Telco says issues all sorted, but transport networks expected to be disrupted well into Thursday
Tech divorce from Walmart cost Brit retail giant Asda £1.22B
Project which included new SAP system saw delays and costs rise from an 800m estimate while causing financial disruptions
Clingy Virgin Media fined £28M for refusing to take the hint
Ofcom: Telco encouraged staff to drop calls and put customers on hold for no reason when they wanted to cancel
Another German state heads down the open source sovereignty road
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ditches SharePoint while Bavaria also mulls Microsoft alternatives
Home Office's glitchy eVisa rollout lands UK privacy regulator in campaigners' crosshairs
Coalition says ICO failed to act despite hundreds of complaints about bug-plagued digital immigration status scheme
NHS told to show its working on Palantir platform benefits
Campaigners say ministers repeated claims about FDP despite an admission that the data does not prove cause and effect
AI's biggest challenge is not compute - it's data storage
SPONSORED FEATURE: As AI evolves from novelty to autonomy, the real bottleneck isn't processing power-it's where to put all that data.
AI is becoming a bargain hunter's market, with a few luxury models on top
Inference is become a commodity except for frontier models
Media Over QUIC can scale real-time streaming and carry the world's vids
The low latency of WebRTC, the scalability of DASH, and perhaps no need for CDNs
Microsoft intros tech that rebuilds dead PCs without requiring local copies of Windows
No USB stick required if your Win 11 box has a pulse and a network driver
Windows is watching: Anti-piracy tool fingers Scattered Spider suspect
Along with other telemetry, Windows GDID makes online activity more traceable
Avoid AI atrophy - new tool promises to reverse vibe coding skills decay
Want big muscles? Keep working out. Want big coding skillsets? Flex your dev skills with the Atrophy CLI app before they wither away
GitHub AI agent leaks private repos when asked nicely
Per usual, there's no fix - or even any documentation - for GitLost
South Korean chip startup FuriosaAI invades European datacenters
RNGD accelerators land in Equinix's Lisbon DCs
CAI cloud worm gives competitors' malware the boot, then steals secrets and mines for coin
Dog-eat-dog world for credential-stealing attackers
NASA calls time on CAPSTONE after four years of lunar orbit lessons
Advanced Space's privately owned probe will keep flying, but the agency's role is over
New tool gives CLIs a warm and GUI feeling instead
Fed up with forgetting flags? Let Instagui read --help output and build a browser GUI instead
Predatorgate snoopfest victims launch €8M sueball at spyware maker
Greek lawsuit comes as rights campaigners lobby the EU to take firmer stance on spyware abuses
Court tosses Microsoft's appeal in pre-owned software licenses battle
ValueLicensing celebrates while Redmond considers next steps
Put all your data and AI to work and get it out of silos and lakehouses
PARTNER CONTENT: In the agentic era, intelligence has to be where the agents and data are acting, not separated from it.
Microsoft flips Windows Backup to on by default unless you're in the EU
Everyone else must opt out manually if they don't fancy settings data shipped off-device
Enterprise AI still smarting from leaping before looking
Majority report AI-related security incidents or vulnerabilities
DRAM prices are killing the cheap smartphone
Now eats 60% of a sub-$400 handset's bill of materials and it's only getting worse
Fake IT bods on Microsoft Teams coax workers into installing malware
Unit 42 says attackers are posing as helpdesk staff and persuading employees to hand over remote control before dropping EtherRAT trojan
Spain collars alleged pro-Russia hacktivist after FBI tip-off
Palencia man suspected of links to CARR, Z-Pentest, and NoName057(16), plus helping a Ukrainian hacker flee to Russia
Government's cyber pledge lands 60 signatories, including M&S and, somehow, Capita
Whitehall's latest attempt to boost corporate cyber hygiene has already produced a curious roll call
MPs tell Brit government: Sort out your tech sovereignty or get left out in the cold
Committee says Anthropic's brief US export ban shows UK can't even trust its allies to keep the AI lights on
Northern Ireland tries (again) to expel Capita from schools IT contract
New procurement could be worth 851M after previous Fujitsu award was scrapped
UK guts planning red tape so datacenters can bypass the neighbors faster
Overhaul of process could give NIMBYs one year less to complain
Brussels shows how to remove friction from collaboration
SPONSORED FEATURE: Flemish Government explores the radical notion that meeting rooms should just work
Broadcom and Apple extend custom silicon pact to 2031
Probably an extension of long-running iThing innards arrangement, not a new custom AI accelerator deal
Samsung’s profits jump 19x in a year and you don’t need AI to figure out why
Share price down sharply, apparently amid fears the bubble is getting bigger
IBM teases new rackable mainframes that ‘complete’ the z17 family
Big Iron remains big business for Big Blue
AI startup that’s never turned a profit say's it'll totally be around in 2047 to close its $19B lease
Model dev and AGI fearmonger Anthropic signs 20-year lease with TeraWulf
Boffins bet on quantum computers, AI supers to solve fusion fuel dilemma
Department of Energy, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM simulate a soup of molten salts and techno babble in pursuit of tritium
Software engineers can still rake in big bucks by working for fast-growing companies
AI's impact on tech business is complicated
Madlad builds homebrew GPU using 8,192 RISC-V chips
The next version will have 32,000 MCUs
GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues
A purported jab of Sony's physical media phase-out blows up on GitHub itself.
EU urged to act after Pegasus infects phone of spyware inquiry MEP
Campaigners demand investigation and long-delayed action on PEGA Committee recommendations
Samsung floats 2028 launch for seaborne datacenter
Korean megacorp sets itself a target date to commercialize watery server farm concept
Microsoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams
Xbox chief says company can't afford to mistake longevity for inevitability
AMD’s Ryzen AI Halo makes local AI look easy, but at $4K, easy doesn't come cheap
128 GB of memory! In this economy?
Europe's new import rules are coming for your bargains
Good news if you're an OEM printer maker, EU retail biz, or a customs official... but hobbyists and others less pleased
Even banks and hyperscalers are now sounding the alarm about the AI bubble
Oracle's down more than 40% this month, the BIS thinks AI could destroy the economy, and we've got the Kettle on for a chat about the whole mess
Brit supermarket giant triples down on facial recog to nab shoplifters
Up to 150 more stores to get the 'Orwellian' tech by year's end
Moody Bible Institute breach leaves 2.3M accounts needing salvation, says cyber expert
ShinyHunters leaks names, addresses, DOBs, and more after Christian college discloses cyberattack
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