Cursor used agents to write a browser, proving AI can write shoddy code at scale
Project kind-of worked but left a lot of messes for humans to clean up
PowerShell architect retires after decades at the prompt
After Microsoft, Google, and a long fight for automation, Jeffrey Snover hangs up his keyboard
Tech support detective solved PC crime by looking in the carpark
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Overnight action made for a sticky situation in the candy factory
Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers
Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decade
Tesla Full Self Driving subscription to rise alongside its capabilities
One-time FSD purchase no longer available as Elon Musk talks up future where drivers can be asleep at the wheel
AI + ML23 Jan 2026 | 7
Devs begin to assess options for MySQL's future beyond Oracle
As Big Red's governance of the popular database comes into question, contributors to MySQL consider wresting control
Databases23 Jan 2026 | 2
Fortinet admits FortiGate SSO bug still exploitable despite December patch
Fix didn't quite do the job – attackers spotted logging in
CSO23 Jan 2026 | 1
Qualcomm CEO pockets 15% pay rise as profits fall 45%
Cristiano Amon took home almost $30M in 2025 as the chipmaker booked higher revenues despite earnings slide
Systems23 Jan 2026 | 3
Microsoft 365 outage drags on for nearly 10 hours during bad night for North American infra
Down to 364.5 already: Redmond's crappy 2026 continues
PaaS + IaaS23 Jan 2026 | 17
British government caves on datacenter approval after legal challenge
Ministry admits greenlighting London-based megabit barn without proper environmental safeguards
On-Prem23 Jan 2026 | 12
London boroughs limping back online months after cyberattack
Direct debits? Maybe February. Birth certificates? Dream on. Council tax bills? Oh, those are coming
Cyber-crime23 Jan 2026 | 3
UK trade department put civil servants' feelings first during Windows 11 migration
Is that the cloud? No, it's incense wafting through Whitehall
Offbeat23 Jan 2026 | 17
Marching orders delayed: Veterans' Digital ID off to a slow start
Much owed to the few, but takeup is under 1%
Public Sector23 Jan 2026 | 31
Tech support detective solved PC crime by looking in the carpark
On Call Overnight action made for a sticky situation in the candy factory
Personal Tech23 Jan 2026 | 28
Oracle, Michael Dell, named as investors in JV that will run TikTok's US operations
Big Red gets to store data, advise on security, and store the 'I'll watch just one more video' algo
SaaS23 Jan 2026 | 6
Intel puts consumer chip production on back burner as datacenters make a run on Xeons
CFO David Zinsner says foundry capacity should improve starting in Q2
Systems23 Jan 2026 | 2
ATM maintenance tech broke the bank by forgetting to return a key
Who, Me? Bank staff wore the blame for a silly security slip
Former crypto-mining company building 430 MW datacenter in secret location for secret client
Keeps location under wraps after communities opposed past projects
Systems23 Jan 2026 | 2
Crims hit the easy button for Scattered-Spider style helpdesk scams
Teach a crook to phish…
Cyber-crime22 Jan 2026 |
Trump says he got a deal for rare earths in Greenland, but they won't come easy
You can't just grab 'em by the mine shafts - there aren't any
Public Sector22 Jan 2026 | 44
AI conference's papers contaminated by AI hallucinations
100 vibe citations spotted in 51 NeurIPS papers show vetting efforts have room for improvement
AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 7
Raspberry Pi flashes new branded USB drives that promise speedy performance
The aluminum sticks come in 128GB and 256GB variants
Personal Tech22 Jan 2026 | 20
Crims compromised energy firms' Microsoft accounts, sent 600 phishing emails
Logging in, not breaking in
Cyber-crime22 Jan 2026 | 2
Female-dominated careers among most exposed to AI disruption
Dentists least likely to get an LLM kick in the teeth
AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 10
Windows fails to tip the scales in grocery store deployment
Bork!Bork!Bork! Recovery from an excess of sprouts, or something else?
Offbeat22 Jan 2026 | 18
Palantir helps Ukraine train interceptor drone brains
Beleaguered country, unfortunately, has plenty of data from its conflict
AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 11
PowerShell architect retires after decades at the prompt
After Microsoft, Google, and a long fight for automation, Jeffrey Snover hangs up his keyboard
OSes22 Jan 2026 | 22
Cursor used agents to write a browser, proving AI can write shoddy code at scale
Project kind-of worked but left a lot of messes for humans to clean up
AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 27
Windows 11 shutdown bug forces Microsoft into out-of-band damage control
Ships emergency update to fix a Patch Tuesday misfire that prevented systems from switching off
FortiGate firewalls hit by silent SSO intrusions and config theft
Admins say attackers are still getting in despite recent patches
Cyber-crime22 Jan 2026 | 3
Uncle Sam's VMware 'bargain' doesn't include the actual hypervisor
GSA trumpets 64% discounts on Broadcom's VMware portfolio, core vSphere platform mysteriously absent from agreement
PaaS + IaaS22 Jan 2026 | 7
EU's Digital Networks Act sets telcos squabbling before the ink is dry
Comms harmonization plan already drawing fire from operators and Big Tech alike
Networks22 Jan 2026 | 9
Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it
Veteran text editor gets more AI enhancements while Paint will be able to generate coloring books
OSes22 Jan 2026 | 56
Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up
Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force
Security22 Jan 2026 | 7
Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls
Mind the cyber gap – similar flaws highlighted multiple years in a row
Security22 Jan 2026 | 3
Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers
Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decade
Patches22 Jan 2026 | 34
AI vibe coding: when automation convenience becomes security debt
Intruder's AI-coded honeypot revealed the hidden risks of letting machines write production code
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House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16
As public consultation kicks off, members of UK Parliament's second chamber highlight damage to children
Public Sector22 Jan 2026 | 79
Turing Institute Chief Scientist takes acting CEO role amid defense push
Professor Mark Girolami keeps seat warm after Jean Innes bailed following ministerial arm-twisting
AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 5
Rocket Lab's Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture
Launch vehicle due to make maiden flight this year, company promises update in February earnings call
Science22 Jan 2026 | 7
Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day
The critical-rated flaw leaves unpatched systems open to full takeover
Networks22 Jan 2026 | 1
Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud
Hands On There are other home server, NAS, and media-streaming distros, but this aspires to much more
OSes22 Jan 2026 | 36
SAP scores £275M award from UK tax collector – sans competition
Updated System handling £800B must be SaaS and sovereign. Only German vendor fits the bill, says HMRC
Databases22 Jan 2026 | 11
What exactly makes an AI PC fit for the enterprise?
Do TOPS trump everything else?
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British Army's drone degree program set to take flight
Program will train just 20 people per year
Public Sector22 Jan 2026 | 9
Splash-screen memories from a Bangkok ticket machine
Bork!Bork!Bork! When the operating system is older than the transport network
Offbeat22 Jan 2026 | 23
Anthropic writes 23,000-word 'constitution' for Claude, suggests it may have feelings
Describes its LLMs as an ‘entity’ that probably has something like emotions
AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 77
eBay updates legalese to ban AI-powered shop-bots
This establishment does not serve agents, says digital tat bazaar
AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 18
Future jobs in AI will come with a hardhat and boots, tech bigshots argue
Jensen Huang and Alex Karp talk up trade skills as AI datacenters multiply, while Satya Nadella says the real test comes later
AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 15
AI networking startup Upscale scores $200M to challenge Nvidia's NVSwitch
Plans to swing SkyHammer silicon into UALink switches later this year
Networks22 Jan 2026 |
Davos discussion mulls how to keep AI agents from running wild
Where the shiny new FOMO object collides with insider-threat reality
Security21 Jan 2026 | 10
AI hasn't delivered the profits it was hyped for, says Deloitte
Business transformation, but not much remuneration
AI + ML21 Jan 2026 | 59
MIT boffins create device that 'paints' iridescent structural color in real time
From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next
Science21 Jan 2026 | 31
House GOP wants final say on AI chip exports after Trump gives Nvidia a China hall pass
Bill still needs to pass the House and Senate before the president can sign or veto it
Public Sector21 Jan 2026 | 2
Don't click on the LastPass 'create backup' link - it's a scam
updated Phishing campaign tries to reel in master passwords
Cyber-crime21 Jan 2026 | 20
Trump promises nuclear datacenter permits in 3 weeks, calls Greenland 'big beautiful ice'
Also at Davos, Nvidia boss Jensen Huang pitches AI five-layer cake
AI + ML21 Jan 2026 | 105
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Public Sector21 Jan 2026 | 10
ESA puts ExoMars lander through its paces with eye on 2028 launch
After Russia drama and NASA's on-again-off-again romance, rover shows it still has legs... four of them
Offbeat21 Jan 2026 | 4
We come in peace, OpenAI tells locals near gargantuan Stargate facilities
AI darling on neighborly charm offensive amid datacenter backlash
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Davos discussion mulls how to keep AI agents from running wild
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Everest ransomware gang said to be sitting on mountain of Under Armour data
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Cyber-crime21 Jan 2026 | 6
Concorde at 50: Twice the speed of sound, twice the economic trouble
Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially
Offbeat21 Jan 2026 | 143
EU considers whether there's Huawei of axing Chinese kit from networks within 3 years
Still dominant in Germany's networks, among others
Networks21 Jan 2026 | 15
From AI Ambition to AI Production: Escaping the AI Pilot Trap
Everyone wants AI, but the pilots won’t land because the runway was never built
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FTC tries to un-Zuck Meta's grip on the market by dragging it back to court
Artist formerly known as Facebook can’t escape the legal-verse
Personal Tech21 Jan 2026 | 6
Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages
Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion
Security21 Jan 2026 | 30
Microsoft admits Outlook might freeze when saving files to OneDrive
January update is the gift that keeps on giving
Storage21 Jan 2026 | 44
Best of British: UK's infosec envoys include Cisco, Palo Alto, and Accenture
Minister unwraps ambassadors of the Software Security Code of Practice
Security21 Jan 2026 | 6
Microsoft CEO: AI sovereignty isn't where it runs, it's who controls it
Ownership of models, embedded corporate knowledge matters more than server location, Nadella says
AI + ML21 Jan 2026 | 32
MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems
Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help
OSes21 Jan 2026 | 14
Child safety or age-gating for all? UK social media ban plan draws fire
Open Rights Group says plans would create serious privacy risks
Public Sector21 Jan 2026 | 67
Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue
Behold the cardboard ENIAC
On-Prem21 Jan 2026 | 48
ATM takes a kicking yet keeps on ticking
Bork!Bork!Bork! But who is paying to keep the lights on?
Offbeat21 Jan 2026 | 21
Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop
Maintainer hopes hackers send bug reports anyway, will keep shaming ‘silly' ones
Security21 Jan 2026 | 10
Sony no longer home of the Bravia as it plans TV biz spin-out to China’s TCL
Hasn't said why, but low share in a slow-growing market suggests it can't be bothered
Personal Tech21 Jan 2026 | 76
OpenAI will try to guess your age before ChatGPT gets spicy
Think of the children...and the monetization options available where they're not allowed
AI + ML21 Jan 2026 | 14
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