IT firing spree: Shrinking job market looks even worse after BLS revisions The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain
Tech bro denied dev's hard-earned bonus for bug that overcharged a little old lady Who, Me? Startups aren't good at testing software, or respecting contracts
Microsoft promises to eventually make WinUI 'truly open source' Developer community skeptical following 'long silent stagnation' of the framework and accompanying SDK
Forget the Space Force! Trump needs to create a Cyber Force, says think tank One new military branch per term would have to be some sort of record
Perplexity vexed by Cloudflare's claims its bots are bad AI search biz insists its content capture and summarization is okay because someone asked for it AI + ML05 Aug 2025 | 2
Chromebook sales surged in Q2 thanks to Japanese schools Tablets have also been growing for six straight quarters, says Canalys Personal Tech05 Aug 2025 |
Patch now: Millions of Dell PCs with Broadcom chips vulnerable to attack black hat Psst, wanna steal someone's biometrics? Patches05 Aug 2025 | 4
Three US agencies get failing grades for not following IT best practices CIOs at the EPA, DHS, and GSA are called out for failure to implement critical cybersecurity recommendations Public Sector05 Aug 2025 | 1
Study finds humans not completely useless at malware detection Some pinpointed software nasties but were suspicious of printer drivers too Security05 Aug 2025 | 5
JetBrains previews Kineto for vibe no-coding Tools vendor targets 'creators who've never coded' but devs will be wary AI + ML05 Aug 2025 | 5
NetBSD 11 prepares for launch with 57 supported platforms New version season is near, and some of the big names are dropping x86-32 – but not this one OSes05 Aug 2025 | 7
Chained bugs in Nvidia's Triton Inference Server lead to full system compromise Wiz Research details flaws in Python backend that expose AI models and enable remote code execution Patches05 Aug 2025 | 1
Lunar Trailblazer trails off as NASA loses probe to the void Stricken spacecraft gives scientists the silent treatment Science05 Aug 2025 | 3
Uncle Sam floats tracking tech to keep AI chips out of China Plan would embed location verification in advanced semiconductors to combat black market exports Systems05 Aug 2025 | 20
Eutelsat LEO revenue rockets 84% as governments cool on Starlink OneWeb constellation may be smaller, but it's suddenly looking like a safer bet for some Networks05 Aug 2025 | 10
Comprehensive solutions from HPE for safeguarding your data HPE data protection portfolio looks after your digital assets no matter what threats may come Partner content
How to train your robot: Wear a tiny one in a baby carrier You can build your own robot CHILD for under $1,000 Science05 Aug 2025 | 13
Hacker summer camp: What to expect from BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON These are the conference events to keep an eye on. You can even stream a few Security05 Aug 2025 | 2
TSMC launches legal action against insiders accused of trade secret theft Chipmaker said it caught the ‘unauthorized activity’ early Systems05 Aug 2025 |
Microsoft promises to eventually make WinUI 'truly open source' Developer community skeptical following 'long silent stagnation' of the framework and accompanying SDK Applications05 Aug 2025 | 39
Skyrora wins green light to lob rockets from Scotland Launch license issued for suborbital Skylark L Science05 Aug 2025 | 12
Germany and Japan teamed their ISS robots for seek-and-photograph mission Bot built by Airbus and IBM recognized astronaut’s voice and issued instructions to camera drone Science05 Aug 2025 | 5
Lyft and Baidu plan Eurobocab launch, starting in UK and Germany next year Using the Apollo vehicles that already offer autonomous rides across China AI + ML05 Aug 2025 | 40
Amazon’s Kuiper satellite broadband to offer commercial services from mid-2026 We know this because it just won a big client – Australia – which says that’s when it will start selling connections Networks05 Aug 2025 | 5
Long live the nub: ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that never made it Interview We almost got more butterfly keyboards and foldable workstations
Foxconn says EV sales are so slow it's converting a factory to build AI servers instead Cites low demand and overcapacity for electric cars on the same day Tesla gives Elon Musk $29 billion for similar reasons AI + ML05 Aug 2025 | 13
Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor Updated 'Plague' malware has been around for months without tripping alarms Security05 Aug 2025 | 38
Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes On hot summer days, air conditioning is rather more important than search summaries Off-Prem04 Aug 2025 | 20
SonicWall investigates 'cyber incidents,' including ransomware targeting suspected 0-day Bypassing MFA and deploying ransomware…sounds like something that rhymes with 'schmero-day' Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 1
Perplexity AI accused of scraping content against websites’ will with unlisted IP ranges Cloudflare finds AI search biz ignoring crawl prohibitions and trying to hide its spiders AI + ML04 Aug 2025 | 14
Forget the Space Force! Trump needs to create a Cyber Force, says think tank One new military branch per term would have to be some sort of record Public Sector04 Aug 2025 | 19
AI going critical: Hyundai to help build nuclear-powered datacenter in Texas Fermi America will also have 4GW of gas generators for the Amarillo 'HyperGrid' On-Prem04 Aug 2025 | 6
Python-powered malware snags hundreds of credit cards, 200K passwords, and 4M cookies PXA Stealer pilfers data from nearly 40 browsers, including Chrome Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 5
IT firing spree: Shrinking job market looks even worse after BLS revisions The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain On-Prem04 Aug 2025 | 34
Mars says hello as NASA's Europa Clipper warms up radar Instrument works fine. Now, about those transistors Science04 Aug 2025 | 15
Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons Devs told to exercise 'extreme caution' with emails disguised as account update prompts Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 7
Servers hated Mondays until techie quit quaffing coffee in their company On Call Unix boxes needed a hotfix to survive early morning cold boots
Study finds radical nutjobs targeting gamers via Discord, Twitch, Steam Updated 'Hyper-masculine' first-person shooter fandoms are prime targets Offbeat04 Aug 2025 | 22
Windows 11 leads as October looms, but millions still cling to Windows 10 With just over two months left, enterprises look to Extended Security Updates as a stay of execution OSes04 Aug 2025 | 51
Tony Blair Institute: UK needs bit barns to lead in AI deployment, not training Let US and China compete in the AI development arms race, says former Brit PM's non-profit org Cloud Infrastructure Month04 Aug 2025 | 64
Overcoming app delivery and security challenges in AI deployments F5 AI Gateway enables protection and optimization to deliver ideal user experiences Partner content
Project Banana ripens into a pre-alpha for KDE Linux, and you can test it Desktop project's in-house distro is impressively ambitious, but nowhere near ready OSes04 Aug 2025 | 20
Untangling the Jeff Bezos web: Who pays for the billionaire's space lust? Blue Origin and Amazon's Kuiper satellite program are an arm's length apart Science04 Aug 2025 | 18
German phone repair biz collapses following 2023 ransomware attack Founder miffed over prosecutors holding onto its Bitcoin Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 9
When hyperscalers can’t safeguard one nation’s data from another, dark clouds are ahead Opinion If it’s not on-prem, it’s on the menu Cloud Infrastructure Month04 Aug 2025 | 30
Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safey Act gets rolling But it's OK, claims Brit government, no personal data stored 'unless absolutely necessary' Security04 Aug 2025 | 283
Legendary OpenPrinting architect looking for new role Canonical lays off one of its old hands – a longstanding FOSS developer – after nearly two decades Software04 Aug 2025 | 27
Three questions you should always be able to answer about your security environment All security questions are hard to answer, but these three are non-negotiable Partner content
Tech bro denied dev's hard-earned bonus for bug that overcharged a little old lady Who, Me? Startups aren't good at testing software, or respecting contracts Software04 Aug 2025 | 98
China’s botched Great Firewall upgrade invites attacks on its censorship infrastructure Attempts to censor QUIC traffic create chance to block access to offshore DNS resolvers Networks04 Aug 2025 | 7
Microsoft briefly turned off Indian company’s cloud, perhaps due to EU sanctions on Russia Oh, the irony of Europe demonstrating the importance of the sovereign cloud it craves Off-Prem04 Aug 2025 | 32
China's IPv6 adoption takes a decent leap forward, especially on fixed networks Asia In Brief PLUS: Nightmare insect found in Australia; Arista makes more stuff in India; Atlassian job cuts; And more! Networks04 Aug 2025 | 13
Lazarus Group rises again, this time with malware-laden fake FOSS Infosec In Brief PLUS: Slow MFA rollout costs Canucks $5m; Lawmakers ponder Stingray ban; MSFT tightens Teams; And more! Security04 Aug 2025 | 3
Silent Push CEO on cybercrime takedowns: 'It's an ongoing cat-and-mouse game' interview Plus: why takedowns aren't in threat-intel analysts' best interest Cyber-crime03 Aug 2025 | 1
Capacity planning a rising concern for datacenter operators as AI grows New Uptime survey flags cost, power, outages Cloud Infrastructure Month03 Aug 2025 | 3
Reddit is people! Which means its search might not be so damaged by AI slop Community content site aims to profit from real conversation AI + ML02 Aug 2025 | 31
CISA roasts unnamed critical national infrastructure body for shoddy security hygiene Plaintext passwords, shared admin accounts, and insufficient logging rampant at mystery org Security02 Aug 2025 | 17
Florida jury throws huge fine at Tesla in Autopilot crash Plaintiffs argued that the company massively oversold the assisted-driving capabilities of its cars Legal01 Aug 2025 | 89
Rampant emoji use suggests crypto-stealing NPM package was written by AI Kodane code was either machine-generated or done by a teenager AI + ML01 Aug 2025 | 24
OpenAI removes ChatGPT self-doxing option Checkbox to make chatbot conversations appear in search engines deemed a footgun AI + ML01 Aug 2025 | 9
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
$10 billion, 10 year US Army contract elevates Palantir to defense contracting royalty Crashes the multibillion-dollar DoD party alongside Boeing, Lockheed, and Raytheon Public Sector01 Aug 2025 | 11
Gadget geeks aghast at guru's geriatric GPU Paramount Penguin Linus Torvalds still uses a 2017 graphics card OSes01 Aug 2025 | 78
Tested: Microsoft Recall can still capture credit cards and passwords, a treasure trove for crooks exclusive Our tests have shown there are ways to get around the promised security improvements Security01 Aug 2025 | 93
China says US spies exploited Microsoft Exchange zero-day to steal military info Spy vs. spy CSO01 Aug 2025 | 10
Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safey Act gets rolling But it's OK, claims Brit government, no personal data stored 'unless absolutely necessary'
Tech bro denied dev's hard-earned bonus for bug that overcharged a little old lady Who, Me? Startups aren't good at testing software, or respecting contracts
IT firing spree: Shrinking job market looks even worse after BLS revisions The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain
China’s botched Great Firewall upgrade invites attacks on its censorship infrastructure Attempts to censor QUIC traffic create chance to block access to offshore DNS resolvers
Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons Devs told to exercise 'extreme caution' with emails disguised as account update prompts
Microsoft briefly turned off Indian company’s cloud, perhaps due to EU sanctions on Russia Oh, the irony of Europe demonstrating the importance of the sovereign cloud it craves
Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor Updated 'Plague' malware has been around for months without tripping alarms
Python-powered malware snags hundreds of credit cards, 200K passwords, and 4M cookies PXA Stealer pilfers data from nearly 40 browsers, including Chrome
Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes On hot summer days, air conditioning is rather more important than search summaries
Lazarus Group rises again, this time with malware-laden fake FOSS Infosec In Brief PLUS: Slow MFA rollout costs Canucks $5m; Lawmakers ponder Stingray ban; MSFT tightens Teams; And more!
Court upholds Epic win in Google Play Store antitrust battle Appeals panel says Chocolate Factory abused its dominance in Android app distribution Legal01 Aug 2025 | 8
Microsoft gives in to Chromebook bullies and drops Windows 11 SE Budget educational computing is now Google's game to lose OSes01 Aug 2025 | 44
Another one bites the dust as KubeSphere kills open source edition Updated Company blames license violations and infrastructure changes for abrupt move Software01 Aug 2025 | 33
Google's open lakehouse: the foundation for enterprise AI data Unifying data to support AI applications used to come with trade-offs. Not any more, says Google Sponsored feature
ISS is still leaking air after latest repair efforts fail Russian boffins searching for root cause in their segment of the outpost, former cosmonaut says Science01 Aug 2025 | 56
Florida prison email blunder exposes visitor contact info to inmates Victims fear leak at Everglades Correctional Institution could lead to violent extortion Security01 Aug 2025 | 8
Oracle offers workaround to Windows boot issue in the cloud instead of fix Kludge causing production outages Cloud Infrastructure Month01 Aug 2025 | 6
Enterprise software giants weaponize AI to kill discounts and deepen lock-in Oracle, SAP, Salesforce et al are tightening the screws, Forrester warns AI + ML01 Aug 2025 | 10
Wasp nest at US nuclear site tests ten times over safe radiation limit Everything's fine, says Department of Energy report Science01 Aug 2025 | 75
Cybercrooks attached Raspberry Pi to bank network and drained ATM cash Criminals used undocumented techniques and well-placed insiders to remotely withdraw money Research01 Aug 2025 | 26
Windows 10 @ 10: How Microsoft led developers round in circles Comment From one platform to rule them all to a carousel of half-baked visions OSes01 Aug 2025 | 38
BOFH: Deepfake or just an idiot? We'll need an audit to confirm Episode 15 The Boss gets locked out by his own two-factor mousetrap BOFH01 Aug 2025 | 81
Power to the people: How Snapdragon’s smartphone DNA is disrupting the PC market Qualcomm Technologies is back with a non-x86-based processor series that offers power and performance Sponsored feature
Top spy says LinkedIn profiles that list defense work 'recklessly invite attention of foreign intelligence services' Workers on joint US/UK/Australia nuclear submarine program are painting a target on themselves Cyber-crime01 Aug 2025 | 44
Panic buying ahead of Trump tariffs added $825 million to Apple's sales last quarter World War Fee iBiz warns import imposts set to rise Personal Tech01 Aug 2025 | 4
US lowers tariffs on major tech exporting nations - but buyers will still pay more World War Fee Malaysia's attitude of 'This could be worse and our neighbors are copping it too' is a typical response Public Sector01 Aug 2025 | 22