At last, a use case for AI agents with sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto Boffins outsmart smart contracts with evil automation
Perplexity rips another page from the Google playbook with its own browser, Comet Built on Chromium, ironically
Trump tariffs turn techies topsy-turvy as US braces for PC tax Shipments in America flat, surge across ROTW ahead of Win 10 support cutoff
Lovestruck US Air Force worker admits leaking secrets on dating app Oh my sweet secret informant lover, what happened in that NATO meeting today? Security10 Jul 2025 |
Now everybody but Citrix agrees that CitrixBleed 2 is under exploit Add CISA to the list Patches10 Jul 2025 | 2
Intel's leaders have stopped pretending – and it's about time Comment Not even in the top 10, CEO Lip-Bu Tan reportedly tells employees CxO10 Jul 2025 | 3
Thousands of NASA senior staffers expected to quit after budget slashed It could have the same headcount as 1960 by the end of the month Public Sector10 Jul 2025 | 6
Ex-ASML engineer who stole chip tech for Russia gets three years in Dutch prison 'Whether those files were allowed to go to Russia? I didn't ask' Cyber-crime10 Jul 2025 |
IBM moves scientists out of Almaden Research Center Company mum on whether the site will be shuttered On-Prem10 Jul 2025 | 5
EU tries to explain how to do AI without breaking the law A new code aims to make it easy to figure out AI + ML10 Jul 2025 | 4
Slow down on building power plants for all those new AI datacenters, report warns Projections are likely exaggerated, a new analysis from an environmental group says Systems10 Jul 2025 | 5
Please don't cut funds for space traffic control, industry begs Congress TraCSS is like an FAA for space, and it's slated for the chopping block Public Sector10 Jul 2025 | 3
Red Hat sweetens the RHEL deal for biz devs – just don't put it in prod Up to 25 instances for free, but only to play with PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2025 | 6
Firebase Studio's new Agent Mode wants to code so you don't have to Gemini CLI integration is nice, but there's little polish in building apps from prompts Software10 Jul 2025 |
Review: How Passwork 7 helps tame business passwords A simple interface and new roles-based capabilities make this venerable password manager an attractive proposition Sponsored feature
Russia, hotbed of cybercrime, says nyet to ethical hacking bill Politicians uneasy over potential impact on national security, local reports say Security10 Jul 2025 | 1
Trump tariffs turn techies topsy-turvy as US braces for PC tax Shipments in America flat, surge across ROTW ahead of Win 10 support cutoff Channel10 Jul 2025 | 34
Microsoft says regulations and environmental issues are cramping its Euro expansion 'I don't think there's a spare megawatt sitting anywhere idle in all of Europe, or the US, as a matter of fact' On-Prem10 Jul 2025 | 25
Former reality TV star appointed NASA interim administrator Can Sean Duffy embrace the challenge? Science10 Jul 2025 | 46
Despite 30 months work, core developer says Python’s JIT compiler is often slower than the interpreter
NCA arrests four in connection with UK retail ransomware attacks Crimefighting agency cagey on details, probes into intrusions at M&S, Harrods, and Co-op continue Cyber-crime10 Jul 2025 | 8
Sovereign-ish: Google Cloud keeps AI data in UK, but not the support Processing and storage for Gemini 2.5 Flash to stay in Blighty AI + ML10 Jul 2025 | 6
Outlook takes another sick day updated Millions of users disrupted, mailbox infrastructure blamed Applications10 Jul 2025 | 31
Write-back to aging UK health systems lessens benefits of Palantir-based platform Controversial system requires local NHS investment to maximize productivity Databases10 Jul 2025 | 17
At last, a use case for AI agents with sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto Boffins outsmart smart contracts with evil automation AI + ML10 Jul 2025 | 13
Swiss boffins just trained a 'fully open' LLM on the Alps supercomputer Source code and weights coming later this summer with an Apache 2.0 bow on top HPC10 Jul 2025 | 11
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson backs plan to do a Jurassic Park on extinct birds New Zealand’s Giant Moa stood over three meters tall but were easy prey Science10 Jul 2025 | 54
Chinese TV uses AI to translate broadcasts into sign language. It’s not going well Deaf professor who worked on one product says developers won’t listen to feedback – about their products or their tech bro ways AI + ML10 Jul 2025 | 19
Citrix signals return to the mainstream hypervisor market with a product it says isn’t quite ready for the job Cites ‘aggressive licensing changes’ from rivals, but like Broadcom only sells bundles Virtualization10 Jul 2025 | 3
Eggheads hold science fair on Capitol Hill to decry funding cuts 'The Things We’ll Never Know' show highlights what we'll be missing Science09 Jul 2025 | 25
How to trick ChatGPT into revealing Windows keys? I give up No, really, those are the magic words Research09 Jul 2025 | 74
Yes, I wrote a very expensive bug. In my defense I was only seven years old at the time Who, Me? Years later, deep into a great tech career, your fellow reader remains inspired by the forgiveness received after the error
Perplexity rips another page from the Google playbook with its own browser, Comet Built on Chromium, ironically AI + ML09 Jul 2025 | 20
Microsoft pushes $4B at AI education for the masses Hey, teacher, leave those kids to AI AI + ML09 Jul 2025 | 12
Court cancels FTC click-to-cancel rule on a technicality Welcome back to the age of dark patterns Legal09 Jul 2025 | 14
The cloud-native imperative for effective cyber resilience Modern threats demand modern defenses. Cloud-native is the new baseline Partner content
US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader Turns out outsourcing coders to bankroll Kim’s nukes doesn’t jibe with Uncle Sam Cyber-crime09 Jul 2025 | 4
AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs Low-severity bugs but infosec pros claim they are a 'critical' overall threat – patch accordingly Security09 Jul 2025 | 27
Shiny object syndrome spells doom for many AI projects, warns EPA CIO Chasing the hype without a clear use case? You may crash and burn Public Sector09 Jul 2025 | 19
Anubis guards gates against hordes of LLM bot crawlers Updated Using proof of work to block the web-crawlers of 'AI' companies AI + ML09 Jul 2025 | 33
Europe's exascale dreams inch closer as SiPearl finally tapes out Rhea1 chip Design sent to TSMC as startup wraps €130M funding round and targets 2026 silicon Systems09 Jul 2025 | 14
Google Cloud lands gig to make 100,000 UK civil servants tech-literate But Chocolate Factory love-in sorely lacks detail Public Sector09 Jul 2025 | 18
Reframing investments in security as investments in the business A little skill in business communication can help get the board on board Partner content
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot posts Mein Kampf 2.0 in now-deleted X rant No word on who pressed the 'MechaHitler' button Personal Tech09 Jul 2025 | 29
Thunderbird ESR is here: Mozilla's email client adds new functions Version 140 has built-in MS Exchange support – and a year's updates ahead Applications09 Jul 2025 | 25
Qantas begins telling some customers that mystery attackers have their home address Plus: Confirms less serious data points like meal preferences also leaked Cyber-crime09 Jul 2025 | 13
ESA backs five rockets in Launcher Challenge – only some have exploded Comment Oodles of euros on offer for not accidentally blowing up stuff Science09 Jul 2025 | 13
Ingram Micro restarts orders – for some – following ransomware attack Customers say things are still far from perfect as lengthy support queues hamper business dealings Cyber-crime09 Jul 2025 | 1
Privacy campaigners pour cold water on London cops' 1,000 facial recognition arrests Activists argue the resources spent on tech aren't leading to worthwhile numbers Security09 Jul 2025 | 32
C-suite sours on AI despite rising investment, survey finds Akkodis report suggests people skills may be helpful to bring out the best in AI AI + ML09 Jul 2025 | 35
Iranian ransomware crew reemerges, promises big bucks for attacks on US or Israel Tells would-be affiliates they don't need to worry because cyberattacks don't violate a cease fire Security09 Jul 2025 | 7
Chipmaker GlobalFoundries acquires chip designer MIPS A big bet that RISC-V can make a dent in the AI market Systems09 Jul 2025 | 6
Samsung acquires Xealth to merge hospital records with data from wearables Envisions info from your watch informing treatment. What could possibly go wrong? Personal Tech09 Jul 2025 | 10
Tim Cook's Tim Cook stepping down from Apple Operations king Jeff Williams abdicates – just don't give him a watch Personal Tech08 Jul 2025 | 37
Microsoft enjoys first Patch Tuesday of 2025 with no active exploits Sure, 130 fixes were sent out, but bask in the security goodness Patches08 Jul 2025 | 14
AI and virtualization are two major headaches for CIOs. Can storage help solve them both? It's about evolution not revolution, says Lenovo
From hype to harm: 78% of CISOs see AI attacks already AI attacks are keeping most practitioners up at night, says Darktrace, and with good reason
How homegrown AI cuts through the hype to deliver real results Nutanix leverages customer interactions to develop GenAI infra solution and the AI tools to support it
Why rapid proliferation of cloud native apps requires faster, more efficient toolsets Kubernetes enables easy, rapid AI app development, making it the industry standard for AI workloads
IBM boasts new Power11 chips are stingy on power usage More efficient cores plus an optional energy saver mode in Big Blue's latest CPUs Systems08 Jul 2025 | 5
Jack Dorsey floats specs for decentralized messaging app that uses Bluetooth It connects using peer-to-peer networking instead of the internet Edge + IoT08 Jul 2025 | 70
Army and Navy have both asked for right to repair, now Senators want to give it to them You want that military contract? Then no more proprietary repairability clauses! Public Sector08 Jul 2025 | 22
Massive browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome, Edge users updated These extensions weren't malware-laced from the start, researcher says Research08 Jul 2025 | 38
AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs Low-severity bugs but infosec pros claim they are a 'critical' overall threat – patch accordingly
Iranian ransomware crew reemerges, promises big bucks for attacks on US or Israel Tells would-be affiliates they don't need to worry because cyberattacks don't violate a cease fire
At last, a use case for AI agents with sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto Boffins outsmart smart contracts with evil automation
Privacy campaigners pour cold water on London cops' 1,000 facial recognition arrests Activists argue the resources spent on tech aren't leading to worthwhile numbers
Qantas begins telling some customers that mystery attackers have their home address Plus: Confirms less serious data points like meal preferences also leaked
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot posts Mein Kampf 2.0 in now-deleted X rant No word on who pressed the 'MechaHitler' button
Thunderbird ESR is here: Mozilla's email client adds new functions Version 140 has built-in MS Exchange support – and a year's updates ahead
C-suite sours on AI despite rising investment, survey finds Akkodis report suggests people skills may be helpful to bring out the best in AI
Trump's budget bill opens wide swath of spectrum for sale updated Including frequencies that overlap with Wi-Fi 6E and private mobile networking Public Sector08 Jul 2025 | 5
Semiconductor industry could short out as copper runs dry Climate risks threaten to fry the supply chain for essential chipmaking metal Networks08 Jul 2025 | 54
One Big Brutal Bill: Ex-NASA brass decry Trump's proposed budget cuts 'If this is the priority for our tax dollars, we are doomed' Science08 Jul 2025 | 41
How BigQuery combines data and AI for business transformation AI ingests and prepares data to generate valuable insight, but only with the right data warehousing system. Sponsored feature
Post Office and Fujitsu execs 'should have known' Horizon IT system was flawed First volume of inquiry report focuses on the UKscandal's human impact Public Sector08 Jul 2025 | 89
Georgia court throws out earlier ruling that relied on fake cases made up by AI 'We are troubled by the citation of bogus cases in the trial court’s order' AI + ML08 Jul 2025 | 36
SUSE launching region-locked support for the sovereignty-conscious Move targets European orgs wary of cross-border data exposure Software08 Jul 2025 | 12
Feds brag about hefty Oracle discount – licensing experts smell a lock-in If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is PaaS + IaaS08 Jul 2025 | 12
Suspected Chinese cybersnoop grounded in Italy after US tipoff Zewei Xu's family reportedly bemused at arrest as extradition tabled Security08 Jul 2025 | 10
Britain's 5G experience 'among the worst in Europe' says MedUX Official figures for network performance don't play out in user's reality, says monitoring biz Networks08 Jul 2025 | 40
UK police dangle £75 million to digitize its VHS tape archives Those pirated video nasties won’t last forever Public Sector08 Jul 2025 | 40
Microsoft developer ported vector database coded in SAP’s ABAP to the ZX Spectrum The mighty Z80 processor ran the code at astounding speed, proving retro-tech got a lot of things right Software08 Jul 2025 | 73
Suspected Scattered Spider domains target everyone from manufacturers to Chipotle Plus: Qantas makes contact with 'potential cyber criminal' Security08 Jul 2025 | 3
Epic Games settles its antitrust side quest that sought battle royale with Samsung They're both silent on what, if anything, has changed Legal08 Jul 2025 | 2
Trump administration announces tariffs that may make plenty of tech more expensive from August 1 World War Fee Memory from Korea, hard disks from Thailand, plenty of stuff from Japan Public Sector08 Jul 2025 | 61