You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem – here's how to stop it Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another Cyber-crime13 Jul 2025 | 100
Google’s Gemini refuses to play Chess against the mighty Atari 2600 after realizing it can't match ancient console Warned that ChatGPT and Copilot had already lost, it stopped boasting and packed up its pawns AI + ML14 Jul 2025 | 56
Junior developer's code worked in tests, destroyed data in production Who, Me? For the lack of a little documentation, two techies did a lot of accidental damage Columnists14 Jul 2025 | 49
Nvidia warns its GPUs – even Blackwells – need protection against Rowhammer attacks Infosec In Brief PLUS: Bluetooth mess leaves cars exposed; Bitcoin ATMs attacked; Deepfakers imitate US secretary of state Marco Rubio; and more Security13 Jul 2025 | 7
Google Indonesia tangled up in $600 million Chromebook corruption probe Asia In Brief PLUS: China’s massive lithium find; Cisco’s new Asia boss; Japan and EU plan satcomms collab; and more Public Sector14 Jul 2025 | 8
Iran seeks at least three cloud providers to power its government Despite loathing the USA, Iran wants providers who match NIST’s definition of cloud computing Public Sector14 Jul 2025 | 8
GPS on the fritz? Britain and France plot a backup plan Cross-Channel pact aims to bolster navigation and timing tech as satellite signals face growing jamming threats Networks14 Jul 2025 | 39
A software-defined radio can derail a US train by slamming the brakes on remotely Neil Smith has been trying to get the railroad industry to listen since 2012, but it took a CISA warning to get there Security14 Jul 2025 | 20
xAI's Grok lurches into right-wing insanity, offers tips on assaulting man Opinion MechaHitler? Garbage In, Garbage Out AI + ML14 Jul 2025 | 45
UK's NCA disputes claim it's nearly three times less efficient than the FBI Report on serious organized crime fails to account for differences, agency says Cyber-crime14 Jul 2025 | 25
Apollo-Soyuz at 50: The Cold War space hug that nearly ended in gasping horror First US-Soviet joint mission showed détente in action, but astronauts had a close call on return home Science14 Jul 2025 | 12
Stopping the rot when good software goes bad means new rules from the start Opinion We need more paranoid Androids. And, well, everything else Applications14 Jul 2025 | 25
EU-sponsored report says GenAI's 'fair use' defense does not compute Just because a student reads a book doesn't mean Midjourney gets to eat Disney AI + ML14 Jul 2025 | 28
AWS previews Kiro IDE for developers who are over vibe coding Delivers specs in the form of user stories AI + ML14 Jul 2025 | 5
GParted: Still the best free partitioner standing – unless you're on a 32-bit box Latest release handles NBD and bcachefs, but you’ll need 64-bit hardware to boot it Software14 Jul 2025 | 10
Nvidia A6000 GPUs flip memory bits if beaten by GPUHammer Rowhammer returns for more memory-meddling fun Research14 Jul 2025 | 2
Nvidia CEO says China wouldn't risk building military supers with American AI chips With half the AI devs in the world, if China can't build on American hardware, they'll build on their own, Jensen warns HPC14 Jul 2025 | 5
Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI get $800M to hop in bed with Pentagon Looks like DoD FOMO struck Silicon Valley Public Sector14 Jul 2025 | 2
Someone hijacked Elmo's X account to post antisemitic rants Anyone investigated Grok? Just sayin'… Cyber-crime14 Jul 2025 | 6
Malaysia closes a back door that may have allowed US-sourced AI chips to reach China Will this win Washington's approval and perhaps see tariffs ease? Public Sector15 Jul 2025 |