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CERN sends AI-trained robot mice scurrying through LHC beam pipes
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and CERN have jointly developed a "mouse-sized robot" to inspect parts of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that are out of reach to humans.…
MoJ puts Prisoner Telephony Service replacement on hold yet again
The UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will pay telco BT £94.6 million plus VAT to keep its in-cell Prisoner Telephony Service (PTS) going for another 54 months after repeatedly pushing back procurement of its replacement.…
UK still doodling digital pound while Brussels frets over payment sovereignty
The UK is still in the design phase of digital currency as the EU comes under political pressure to accelerate the development of a digital euro to bolster the bloc's sovereignty and resilience.…
Supposedly big-brained execs are outsourcing decisionmaking to AI
Most business leaders in the United Kingdom appear to have outsourced a lot of their decisionmaking to machine learning models, according to a survey of 200 suits published by data streaming tools vendor Confluent. /p>…
Google embraces third party app stores and payments to put Epic Games case behind it
Google has spelled out changes it will make to the fees it charges developers who use its app store and payment services, and says they represent the end of its long legal battle with Epic Games.…
Broadcom says AI companies can’t make their own silicon any time soon
Broadcom will soon deploy multiple gigawatts worth of custom accelerators at Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, a feat it says shows AI companies and hyperscalers can’t successfully develop and deploy their own silicon any time soon.…
Intel numbers boss swears big Foundry wins are coming soon
Intel's Foundry division is near to sealing a deal for its advanced packaging technology that would contribute billions of dollars a year to the struggling chipmaker, CFO David Zinsner said on Wednesday.…
'Hundreds' of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes
Multiple Iranian hacking crews have been targeting internet-connected surveillance cameras across Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since the war started on February 28, according to Check Point security researchers. …
Malware-laced OpenClaw installers get Bing AI search boost
OpenClaw, the AI agent that can manage just about anything, is risky all by itself, but now fake installers for it are wreaking havoc. Users who searched Bing’s AI results for “OpenClaw Windows” were directed to a malicious GitHub repository that delivered information stealers and GhostSocks onto their machines.…
Managers try AI, staff lag behind: HR urged to help
If you buy AI, employees will come and take a look, but they won't necessarily change the way they work. For that, you may have to get human resources involved.…
Apple's budget-friendly MacBook Neo is bursting with color and compromise
You'll soon be able to get a MacBook that's cheaper than many budget PCs. Apple on Wednesday unveiled the MacBook Neo, a $599 exercise in cost cutting powered by the same silicon as an iPhone 16 Pro.…
AI doctor's assistant is easily swayed to change prescriptions, give bad medical advice
A healthcare AI with the power to manage prescriptions is rather open to mind-altering suggestions, according to security experts. …
AWS-hosted tech providers urge Middle East customers to fail over now
After aerial strikes damaged AWS datacenters in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, Snowflake, Red Hat, and IoT platform EMQX have told customers to open their disaster recovery playbook and move to new bit barns.…
LexisNexis confirms data breach at Legal & Professional arm, some customer records affected
Data analytics giant LexisNexis has confirmed its Legal & Professional division suffered a data breach days after the Fulcrumsec cybercrime crew claimed responsibility for the hack.…
Ex-NASA chief gives Isaacman's Moon reboot a thumbs up, stays schtum on the awkward bits
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has won an endorsement from his predecessor Jim Bridenstine, who praised Isaacman's shake-up of the perpetually delayed Artemis program.…
Flex appeal: UK datacenter cuts AI power draw 40% on command
A UK datacenter has successfully demonstrated it can reduce the amount of power drawn by AI infrastructure in response to grid events, without disrupting critical workloads.…
Kaspersky dismisses claims Coruna iPhone exploit kit is connected to NSA-linked operation
Russian cybersecurity outfit Kaspersky is waving away claims that an iPhone exploit kit recently uncovered by Google was developed by the same people who were behind a group of zero-days that allegedly compromised thousands of Russian diplomats in a 2023 campaign.…
Google stuffs Gemini into Android Studio Panda 2 to build apps from prompts
Google has released Android Studio Panda 2, a feature drop including an AI agent that can create apps from scratch and an AI-driven version upgrade assistant.…
NIMBY pushback begins to bite US datacenter buildout
New datacenter capacity under construction in primary US markets declined in the second half of 2025, as community opposition increasingly disrupted planning approvals - a dynamic commercial real estate firm CBRE says is reshaping the industry.…
Once upon a time, saving your bits meant punching holes in floppies
Microsoft's Raymond Chen took a delightful trip down memory lane this week, tracing how write protection for removable media has changed over the decades.…