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Vulture rediscovers RSS to dull the pain of the modern web
opinion A couple of timely blog posts remind us that RSS is alive, well, and can help you resist enshittification of the Web.…
'AI brain fry' affects employees managing too many agents
As AI adoption in the workplace accelerates, many people find themselves in a position where babysitting bots and agents is a significant part of their day. Those people are feeling a bit like AI has fried their brains. …
Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts
Microsoft has finally confirmed that its AI-centric E7 subscription tier - where it licenses AI agent agents like employees - will debut on May 1 for an eye-watering $99 per user per month (pupm).…
EV charger biz ELECQ zapped by ransomware crooks, customer contact data stolen
Exclusive ELECQ, maker of smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, is warning customers that their personal details may have been stolen in a ransomware attack that encrypted and copied user data from its cloud systems.…
MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry
After a couple of years of relative calm, the relationship between MariaDB and its open source foundation was ruffled in February, leaving observers with a few unanswered questions.…
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
Markdown has been around for more than 20 years, but native support in LibreOffice might suddenly help to make it viable for more people.…
Ex-Meta execs pop up on Nscale board as rent-a-GPU firm raises $2B
Former British deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg has landed a board seat at UK-based neocloud Nscale, alongside fellow ex-Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg and former president of Yahoo Susan Decker.…
Dutch cops warn 100 alleged scammers: Turn yourselves in or we tell Grandma
Dutch national police are taking a novel stand against scammers - 100 suspects now have less than two weeks to hand themselves in or face public shaming.…
Russian cybercrims phish their way into officials' Signal and WhatsApp accounts
Russian-linked hackers are trying to break into the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials, journalists, and military personnel globally – not by cracking encryption, but by simply tricking people into handing over the keys.…
NASA abandons delayed SLS upper stage for ULA's Centaur V instead
NASA has selected United Launch Alliance's Centaur V upper stage for the Artemis missions that aim to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.…
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns
AI can reverse engineer machine code and find vulnerabilities in ancient legacy architectures, says Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, who used his own Apple II code from 40 years ago as an example.…
Musk's Grok sparks outrage after chatbot makes offensive jibes about football disasters
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is once again under investigation after it began posting explicit and derogatory remarks about historic football disasters when prompted by users on X.…
Britain spends £180M to work out what time it is
The British government is to pour £180 million into ensuring the UK keeps up with the times.…
UK government's Shared Services Strategy is entering the danger zone
Opinion On the eve of its fifth birthday, the UK's Shared Services Strategy for Government got a couple of presents. With around £1.7 billion already committed to tech suppliers and a 2028 deadline looming, the 450,000 civil servants and military personnel set to depend on these systems might wonder what was in store.…
Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat
Britain's Royal Navy is urgently seeking a ship-based counter-drone system and recent world events likely explain why.…
Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract
Who, Me? Welcome to another working week, and another installment of "Who, Me?" – a weekly reader-contributed column that unearths your errors and reveals how you rebounded afterwards.…
Lenovo, Nintendo sue US government seeking tariff refunds
World War Fee Tech companies have started suing the US government to seek repayment of tariffs that the Supreme Court recently declared unconstitutional.…
NASA’s asteroid defence mission slowed targets by 1.7 inches per hour
NASA has published new analysis of its 2022 planetary defense test that suggests the mission slowed down the target asteroids, albeit infinitesimally.…
Iran is the first out-loud cyberwar the US has fought
Kettle Unlike previous military conflicts, the cyber domain has been front and center since the Trump administration invaded Iran, upending the traditionally quiet role played by hackers in military conflicts.…
Beijing warns of more chip supply worries after Nexperia China claims it was cut off from SAP
China’s Ministry of Commerce has warned of further disruption to the global semiconductor supply chain after Dutch chipmaker Nexperia cut access to some of its systems for Chinese staff.…

