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Agile Manifesto turns 25 – just in time for vibe coding to test it

1 hour 13 min ago
Co-author Jon Kern says AI coding tools amplify strengths and expose weaknesses

Interview Twenty-five years after 17 software developers gathered at a Utah ski resort to draft the the Agile Manifesto, artificial intelligence is once again reshaping how code gets written.…

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OpenClaw is the most fun I’ve had with a computer in 50 years

3 hours 9 min ago
The DECwriter got me hooked in 1975. ‘Clawdine’ feels like a wonderful new beginning

Opinion Fifty years ago this month, I touched a computer for the first time. It was an experience that pegged the meter for me like no other – until last week.…

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Poland bans camera-packing cars made in China cars from military bases

4 hours 48 min ago
Dell, however, is welcome to help build a local-language LLM

Poland’s Ministry of Defence has banned Chinese cars – and any others include tech to record position, images, or sound – from entering protected military facilities.…

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Indian think tank finds strong hiring for the kind of jobs AI puts at risk

8 hours 54 min ago
IT services companies are largely immune to AIpocalypse, although the outlook is not good for entry-level jobs

Indian think tank the Council for Research on International Economic Relations has found AI is not an immediate threat to the nation’s IT services sector.…

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Microsoft boffins cook up archival storage using Pyrex glass they say can last over 10,000 years

10 hours 14 min ago
It may have half the capacity of fused silica glass, but is faster and much cheaper

Microsoft this week detailed new research aimed at preserving data in borosilicate glass plates for thousands of years longer than conventional media like hard drives or magnetic tape, without needing to worry about bit rot.…

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Adidas investigates third-party data breach after criminals claim they pwned the sportswear giant

Wed, 2026-02-18 23:57
'Potential data protection incident' at an 'independent licensing partner,' we're told

Adidas has confirmed it is investigating a third-party breach at one of its partner companies after digital thieves claimed they stole information and technical data from the German sportswear giant.…

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As memory shortage persists, vendor price quotes are not long remembered

Wed, 2026-02-18 22:50
HPE and Cisco are adjusting terms and conditions

If you like the price of that server, PC, or storage array, you'd better act fast.…

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Google presses play on 30-second Gemini musical slop generator

Wed, 2026-02-18 21:24
Who needs to express themselves through music when a bot will do it for you with nothing but a prompt?

If you've ever wanted to make music but have neither the talent nor the inspiration, Google has the AI tool for you. Gemini will now generate a 30-second song for you directly from a text prompt, photo, or video. …

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ShinyHunters allegedly drove off with 1.7M CarGurus records

Wed, 2026-02-18 20:40
Latest in a rash of grab-and-leak data incidents

CarGurus allegedly suffered a data breach with 1.7 million corporate records stolen, according to a notorious cybercrime crew that posted the online vehicle marketplace on its leak site on Wednesday.…

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Google digs deep to power AI expansion with 150 MW geothermal deal

Wed, 2026-02-18 19:41
Plants expected to begin operations as early as 2028 pending approval by state government

Datacenter power consumption has surged amid the AI boom, forcing builders to get creative in order to prevent their capex-heavy bit barns from running out of steam. But at least in some parts of the world, the answer to abundant clean energy may be hiding just a few thousand feet below the surface of the earth.…

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Copilot spills the beans, summarizing emails it's not supposed to read

Wed, 2026-02-18 19:32
Data Loss Prevention? Yeah, about that...

The bot couldn't keep its prying eyes away. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat has been summarizing emails labeled “confidential” even when data loss prevention policies were configured to prevent it.…

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DARPA's autonomous missile-firing missile advances toward flight tests

Wed, 2026-02-18 19:07
Yo dawg, we heard you like missiles, so we put some missiles in your missile so you can boom while you zoom

It's taken about five years, but DARPA's missile-launching missile has become the government's latest experimental X-plane and is advancing toward flight testing.…

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Fraudster hacked hotel system, paid 1 cent for luxury rooms, Spanish cops say

Wed, 2026-02-18 18:31
'First time we have detected a crime using this method,' cops say

Spanish police arrested a hacker who allegedly manipulated a hotel booking website, allowing him to pay one cent for luxury hotel stays. He also raided the mini-bars and didn't settle some of those tabs, police say.…

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Windows 11 finally hits right note: MIDI 2.0 support arrives

Wed, 2026-02-18 17:36
Musical instrument digital interface protocol leaves preview for bright lights of General Availability

Microsoft has finally ushered in the era of MIDI 2.0 for Windows 11, more than a year after first teasing the functionality for Windows Insiders.…

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Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities

Wed, 2026-02-18 17:29
State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam

TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and for marketing its devices as secure despite reported firmware vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors.…

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German train line back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes

Wed, 2026-02-18 16:36
National rail bookings and timetables disrupted for nearly 24 hours

If you wanted to book a train trip in Germany recently, you would have been out of luck. The country's national rail company says that its services were disrupted for hours because of a cyberattack.…

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6,000 execs struggle to find the AI productivity boom

Wed, 2026-02-18 15:07
Survey says 80% of firms see no gains from the tech

A survey of almost 6,000 corporate execs across the US, UK, Germany, and Australia found that more than 80 percent detect no discernible impact from AI on either employment or productivity.…

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Your AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way

Wed, 2026-02-18 14:06
Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, crackable within hours

Generative AI tools are surprisingly poor at suggesting strong passwords, experts say.…

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Tesla drops 'Autopilot' branding in California after DMV order

Wed, 2026-02-18 13:41
EV maker avoids 30-day license suspension after state ruling on self-driving claims

Tesla has complied with an order by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and stopped using the term "Autopilot" in its marketing of electric vehicles, having already modified use of "Full Self-Driving" to clarify that it requires driver supervision.…

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Cabinet Office probes digital ID minister over think tank's journalist investigation

Wed, 2026-02-18 13:17
Starmer orders inquiry after Labour Together commissioned dossier on reporters

Josh Simons, the Cabinet Office minister responsible for the UK government's digital identity program, is being probed by the department for his actions running a Labour think tank that commissioned an investigation into journalists.…

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