Iran cybersnoops still LARPing as ransomware crooks in espionage ops
MOIS-linked cyber outfit puts on a ransomware show to disguise the wide-open backdoor behind the scenes
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AI layoffs backfire as cutting staff doesn't cut it, firms warned
Replacing meatbags with failure prone agents isn't the gold mine some CEOs hoped for
Ruby inventor Matz working on native compiler with AI help
Matz gets together with Anthropic's Claude to create an experimental ahead-of-time compiler for Ruby – though with many limitations
IBM tried to kill Tab navigation. Microsoft told it Bill Gates' mother wasn't interested
Big Blue escalated the OS/2 keyboard squabble through seven layers of management. Redmond's answer? Nope
UK age-gating plans risk breaking the internet, privacy groups warn
Activists say ministers are targeting access rather than Big Tech's data-hungry business models
It's always DNS: Denic says sorry for crashing Germany's internet
Major .de domains experienced hours-long outage after registry distributed faulty signatures
UK puts £20.5M behind 'numberplate for the skies' to keep tabs on drones
Remote ID system will log aircraft identity and location as ministers try to stop rogue flyers grounding airports
It's game over for Copilot on Xbox
Microsoft winds down console AI assistant as new boss says it no longer fits the plan
Taiwan cops say student's radio kit brought bullet trains to a standstill
Investigators spent weeks unravelling enthusiast's bedroom project
Firefox integrates an ad-blocker, but not to block ads
It's in Waterfox too, and there it does what you'd expect
GNOME may rule Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon, but X.org isn't roadkill yet
Seven official flavors offer alternatives to the default Wayland-only desktop – and Xfce looks like the leanest
Britain says Skyhammer drone interceptor passed Jordan tests with flying colors
MoD eyes Middle East exports after desert trials of Cambridge Aerospace system
Planning and land searches hit by IT problems in 3 councils following SaaS migration
EXCLUSIVE: Searches go missing, house sales fall through, and a 5G mast erected by mistake
AWS lets agents drive its virtual cloudy desktops – which could cost 500,000 tokens per click
Vendor benchmark finds APIs let you do the job faster and cheaper
India orders infosec red alert in case Mythos sparks crime spree
Securities regulator urges market players to develop new strategies and nail cyber-basics before AI models fuel mass attacks
India orders infosec red alert in case Mythos sparks crime spree
Securities regulator urges market players to develop new strategies and nail cyber-basics before AI models fuel mass attacks India’s Securities and Exchange Board has advised participants in the nation’s equities industry to immediately revisit their information security systems and practices, in...
Anthropic comes for the midmarket software spend
Backed by private equity and banking giants, it will build custom AI systems for business bottlenecks
Anthropic comes for the midmarket software spend
Backed by private equity and banking giants, it will build custom AI systems for business bottlenecks There’s gold in midmarket IT spend, and Anthropic - backed by private equity and banking heavyweights and tapping its Claude Partner Network - is coming for it.…
OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else's money on compute this year
If the numbers are large enough, perhaps we won't question the math
OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else's money on compute this year
If the numbers are large enough, perhaps we won't question the math An executive for ChatGPT maker OpenAI said in court testimony on Tuesday that the AI model developer expects to burn $50 billion on computing power before the end of the year.…