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Science17 Jul 2025 | 7
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OSes17 Jul 2025 | 13
Microsoft offers vintage Exchange and Skype server users six more months of security updates
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Patches17 Jul 2025 | 5
Meta used AI to concoct low-carbon concrete it poured for a datacenter floor
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Off-Prem17 Jul 2025 | 10
Intel swings the axe again as it looks to lose 5,000 staff
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On-Prem17 Jul 2025 | 4
Trump tax law keeps Bill Gates' nuclear datacenter dreams alive
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On-Prem16 Jul 2025 | 11
Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed major Russian drone maker's entire network
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Security16 Jul 2025 | 29
Operation Eastwood shutters 100+ servers used to DDoS websites supporting Ukraine
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Cyber-crime16 Jul 2025 | 8
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Cloudflare fesses up to config change that borked internet access for all
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Google plugs AI into nuclear reactor biz – what could possibly go wrong?
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AI + ML16 Jul 2025 | 9
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Science16 Jul 2025 | 4
Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs to deploy stealthy backdoor and rootkit
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OSes16 Jul 2025 | 25
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Cyber-crime16 Jul 2025 | 26
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AI + ML16 Jul 2025 | 50
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Channel16 Jul 2025 | 26
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Networks16 Jul 2025 | 36
Uber to roll out thousands of robo-cabs built by China’s Baidu
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AI + ML16 Jul 2025 | 15
AMD cleared to join Nvidia and resume selling some underpowered AI chips to China
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Systems16 Jul 2025 | 3
Curl creator mulls nixing bug bounty awards to stop AI slop
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AI + ML15 Jul 2025 | 20
Ex-US soldier who Googled 'can hacking be treason' pleads guilty to extortion
File this one under what not to search if you've committed a crime
Cyber-crime15 Jul 2025 | 14
German team warns ChatGPT is changing how you talk
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AI + ML15 Jul 2025 | 46
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AI + ML15 Jul 2025 | 4
Caught between China and Trump, Apple spends $500M on rare earth recycling
MP Materials aims to deliver US-made, recycled magnets by 2027
Personal Tech15 Jul 2025 | 15
Faceless megacorps could be a salary-hungry IT pro's best friend, if you're in AI that is
They might pay more, but don't expect a mega salary anymore
AI + ML15 Jul 2025 | 6
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Personal Tech15 Jul 2025 | 30
Nearly 3 out of 4 Oracle Java users say they've been audited in the past 3 years
Big Red’s changes to Java licensing also inspire exodus to open source
Devops15 Jul 2025 | 34
AI creeps into the risk register for America's biggest firms
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AI + ML15 Jul 2025 | 9
With Tomahawk Ultra, Broadcom asks who needs UALink when there's Ethernet?
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IT consultancy settles US battle over alleged $14.75M government contract fraud
Outfit was accused of charging for specialist IT labor performed by uncertified folks
Public Sector15 Jul 2025 | 2
Former Google DeepMind engineer behind Simular says other AI agents are doing it wrong
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AI + ML15 Jul 2025 | 18
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CIOs pause net-new IT investments as global tariff jitters bite
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On-Prem15 Jul 2025 | 7
HAMR time: Seagate unleashes 30 TB disks to feed the AI beast
Exos and IronWolf drives show spinning rust isn't going anywhere
Storage15 Jul 2025 | 9
Britain's billion-pound F-35s not quite ready for, well, anything
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Security15 Jul 2025 | 174
Meta reveals plan for several multi-gigawatt datacenter clusters
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Off-Prem15 Jul 2025 | 30
Scientists spot massive black hole collision that defies current theories
Off-the-charts gravitational waves ripple out from merged dead stars
Science15 Jul 2025 | 41
Nvidia to resume sales to China – with Trump administration approval
Maybe CEO Jensen Huang's million-dollar meal at Mar-a-Lago has paid off in the form of permission to sell the H20 and a new RTX Pro GPU
Public Sector15 Jul 2025 | 8
Malaysia closes a back door that may have allowed US-sourced AI chips to reach China
Stricter regulation follows last week's tariff whack
Public Sector15 Jul 2025 |
Someone hijacked Elmo's X account to post antisemitic rants
Anyone investigated Grok? Just sayin'…
Cyber-crime14 Jul 2025 | 21
Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI get $800M to hop in bed with Pentagon
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Public Sector14 Jul 2025 | 13
Nvidia A6000 GPUs flip memory bits if beaten by GPUHammer
Rowhammer returns for more memory-meddling fun
Research14 Jul 2025 | 4
Nvidia CEO says China wouldn't risk building military supers with American AI chips
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HPC14 Jul 2025 | 7
A software-defined radio can derail a US train by slamming the brakes on remotely
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