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Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data
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FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America
Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn!
Cyber-crime14 Jan 2025 | 2
Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters
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Oracle open source overlord calls it quits, leaves with big ol' pile of shares
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Microsoft, PC makers cut prices of Copilot+ gear in Europe, analyst stats confirm
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AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 15
Brit watchdog probes Google's search, ads empire
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Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 2
Intel, AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft code change
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Snyk appears to deploy 'malicious' packages targeting Cursor for unknown reason
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Security14 Jan 2025 |
Tim cooking up the dough as his Apple pay rises 18% to $74.6M
He could buy 49,766 and a half MacBook Pros with that
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Absolute Linux has reached the end – where to next?
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UK floats ransomware payout ban for public sector
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Cyber-crime14 Jan 2025 | 17
They've only gone and made Doom run in a PDF file
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Offbeat14 Jan 2025 | 38
Europe hopes Trump trumps Biden's plan for US to play AI gatekeeper
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Hulk smash Musk and Zuck! Actor Mark Ruffalo and non-billionaire pals back network tech underpinning Bluesky
Free Our Feeds solicits funds to foster AT Protocol that powers decentralized social media
Bootnotes14 Jan 2025 | 54
Intel’s datacenter architecture boss and Xeon lead jumps to Qualcomm
Sailesh Kottapalli sees ‘a once-in-a-career opportunity’ at the house of Snapdragon – maybe server CPUs or AI silicon?
Systems14 Jan 2025 |
Sonos CEO steps down after smart speaker app upgrade hit bum note
Board appoints interim leader to stay in tune with its turnaround song, both execs hear sweet sound of cash landing in the bank
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 22
WordPress drama latest: Leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors
WordPress.org accounts cancelled, dissidents told to fork off
Applications14 Jan 2025 | 22
Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used
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Networks14 Jan 2025 | 16
HPE may have bagged $1B order from Elon Musk's X for AI servers
That's Cray cray
HPC14 Jan 2025 | 27
Pornhub lockdown and fact-free Zuckbots – welcome to 2025
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In AI agent push, Microsoft re-orgs to create 'CoreAI – Platform and Tools' team
Nad lad says 30 years of change happening in 3 years ... we're certainly feeling the compression of time
AI + ML13 Jan 2025 | 8
Cryptojacking, backdoors abound as fiends abuse Aviatrix Controller bug
This is what happens when you publish PoCs immediately, hm?
Patches13 Jan 2025 | 1
CoreWeave drops £1bn in UK datacenters – but don't expect the latest Nvidia magic just yet
Rent-a-GPU outfit's latest datacenters are packed to the brim with H200s
Systems13 Jan 2025 | 2
Microsoft sues 'foreign-based' cyber-crooks, seizes sites used to abuse AI
Scumbags stole API keys, then started a hacking-as-a-service biz, it is claimed
Security13 Jan 2025 | 4
Azure, Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks out users across regions
It's fixed, mostly, after Europeans had a manic Monday
Security13 Jan 2025 | 9
NATO's newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack
'Sweden has changed,' PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts
Networks13 Jan 2025 | 41
Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam
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Offbeat13 Jan 2025 | 27
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Nvidia snaps back at Biden's 'innovation-killing' AI chip export restrictions
'New rule threatens to squander America's hard-won technological advantage' says GPU supremo
Systems13 Jan 2025 | 23
Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption, sets data-destruct timer for 7 days
'Codefinger' crims on the hunt for compromised keys
Research13 Jan 2025 | 4
Tesla recalls 239,382 vehicles over rearview camera problems
Software snafu can fry computer components for owners of Musk's electric buggies
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Rust 1.84 released, including name change to WASI target that may break toolchains
JetBrains Rider will get remote Windows development, mixed mode .NET and C++ debugging and improved SQL Server support
Coding help on StackOverflow dives as AI assistants rise
Developers of htmx will resist new features, focus on stability and extensions
UK unveils plans to mainline AI into the veins of the nation
Government adopts all 50 venture capitalist recommendations but leaves datacenter energy puzzle unsolved
AI + ML13 Jan 2025 | 76
Blue Origin gives up on New Glenn lift-off, 2 hours into launch window
Updated Vehicle subsystem concerns blamed for scrub
Science13 Jan 2025 | 34
Nominet probes network intrusion linked to Ivanti zero-day exploit
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UK prepared to throw planning rules out the window for massive datacenters
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project designation could tear down more restrictions
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Life lesson: Don't delete millions of accounts on the same day you go to the dentist
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Databases13 Jan 2025 | 55
Europe coughs up €400 to punter after breaking its own GDPR data protection rules
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Security13 Jan 2025 | 14
Linus Torvalds offers to build guitar effects pedal for kernel developer
‘I'm a software person with a soldering iron’, he warns alongside release of Linux 6.13-rc7
Personal Tech13 Jan 2025 | 58
Microsoft tests 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific to see how much you enjoy AI
Won’t say if other nations will be hit, but will ‘listen, learn, and improve’ as buyers react – so far with anger
TSMC revenue booms and you don’t need AI to figure out why
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Cyber-crime10 Jan 2025 | 8
New Outlook marches onto Windows 10 for what little time it has left
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Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL
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Scammers exploit UK's digital landline switch to swipe cash
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Networks10 Jan 2025 | 36
Mail-out madness as insurer offers refunds to customers in error
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Databases10 Jan 2025 | 44
Two accused of COVID-19 vaccine fraud under Computer Misuse Act
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Legal10 Jan 2025 |
Devs sent into security panic by 'feature that was helpful … until it wasn't'
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Hands-on jobs to grow fastest, because AI can't touch them
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Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content
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Legal10 Jan 2025 | 26
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Look for the label: White House rolls out 'Cyber Trust Mark' for smart devices
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Biden said to weigh global limits on AI exports in 11th-hour trade war blitz
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