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India’s flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row

1 hour 52 min ago
One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data

India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has commenced an investigation into the failure of a PSLV launcher.…

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Trump administration sets GPU export rules that put Chinese buyers at the back of the queue

3 hours 7 min ago
America first, for sales and access to foundries

The Trump administration will only allow exports of Nvidia and AMD GPUs to China if local buyers can get all the kit they want.…

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Google rekindles relationship with jilted JPEG XL image format

5 hours 36 min ago
Chromium commit adds support for image decoder after the Big G ditched it a few years back

Google has added support for the JPEG XL (JXL) image format to the open source Chromium code base, reversing a decision in 2022 to drop the technology.…

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Windows info-disclosure 0-day bug gets a fix as CISA sounds alarm

5 hours 52 min ago
First Patch Tuesday of 2026 goes big

Microsoft and Uncle Sam have warned that a Windows bug disclosed today is already under attack.…

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Memory shortage could push PC shipments to pre-pandemic lows

Tue, 2026-01-13 22:55
Could be back to 2016 levels

The rising cost of memory due to shortages is likely to persist into late 2027, driving higher device prices and lackluster configurations for PCs, tablets, and phones, IDC research manager Jitesh Ubrani told The Register.…

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Popular Python libraries used in Hugging Face models subject to poisoned metadata attack

Tue, 2026-01-13 21:17
The open-source libraries were created by Salesforce, Nvidia, and Apple with a Swiss group

Vulnerabilities in popular AI and ML Python libraries used in Hugging Face models with tens of millions of downloads allow remote attackers to hide malicious code in metadata. The code then executes automatically when a file containing the poisoned metadata is loaded.…

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Anthropic Claude wants to be your helpful colleague, always looking over your shoulder

Tue, 2026-01-13 20:56
Just be careful not to entrust the AI model with your sensitive data

Anthropic on Monday announced the research preview of Claude Cowork, a tool for automating office work that comes with the now familiar recitation of machine learning risks.…

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Moon hotel startup hopes you get lunar lunacy, drop $1M deposit for 2032 stay

Tue, 2026-01-13 20:50
Step 1: Ask for deposit. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Build Moon hotel empire

Everest has been turned into a run-of-the-mill tourist attraction. Space tourism is over now that any celebrity can blast off into orbit. Next up: a hotel on the Moon, now taking reservations for only about six years from now, if you're willing to make a small deposit.…

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SK Hynix's $13B packaging facility promises more HBM for the AI bubble

Tue, 2026-01-13 19:22
Great news for AMD and Nvidia, less so for cash-strapped consumers

Memory makers just can't churn out their DRAM fast enough. On the heels of an AI-driven shortage, SK Hynix on Tuesday announced a new 19 trillion Korean won (about $13 billion) advanced packaging and test facility in South Korea that could offer some relief - just not for consumer products like laptops and phones.…

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Cloud to be an American: Congress votes to kick China off remote GPU services

Tue, 2026-01-13 17:43
US House backs bill to regulate remote access to export-controlled chips

Chinese companies may be unable to import the best US GPUs, but they have found a workaround: renting access to that hardware via cloud services. Now, the US House of Representatives is moving to bring that loophole under the export-control law.…

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AI and automation could erase 10.4 million US roles by 2030

Tue, 2026-01-13 17:00
Forrester models slow, structural shift rather than sudden employment collapse

AI-pocalypse AI and automation could wipe out 6.1 percent of jobs in the US by 2030 – equating to 10.4 million fewer positions that are held by humans today.…

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Trump says Americans shouldn't 'pick up the tab' for AI datacenter grid upgrades

Tue, 2026-01-13 16:50
Big Tech warned expansion must come without higher household bills as Microsoft signals support

President Trump says tech giants must pay their way when it comes to delivering increased power needed for datacenters, rather than the burden falling on US citizens, and it seems Microsoft is on board with that.…

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Linus Torvalds tries vibe coding, world still intact somehow

Tue, 2026-01-13 14:55
The Emperor Penguin tries it… just for fun

Perhaps the most famous low-level systems programmer has tried "vibe coding" for himself – and he seems to be enjoying it.…

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Dutch cops cuff alleged AVCheck malware kingpin in Amsterdam

Tue, 2026-01-13 14:32
33-year-old was under surveillance for some time before returning home from the UAE

Dutch police believe they have arrested a man behind the AVCheck online platform - a service used by cybercrims that Operation Endgame shuttered in May.…

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Trump may hate renewables, but AI datacenters still fancy cheap solar

Tue, 2026-01-13 13:50
Analysts say cheap energy and storage make sense for bit barns despite policy headwinds

Despite the Trump administration's opposition to renewables, solar power will likely remain part of datacenter energy supply mix due to its low cost.…

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Federal agencies told to fix or ditch Gogs as exploited zero-day lands on CISA hit list

Tue, 2026-01-13 13:04
Git server flaw that attackers have been abusing for months has now caught the attention of US cyber cops

CISA has ordered federal agencies to stop using Gogs or lock it down immediately after a high-severity vulnerability in the self-hosted Git service was added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.…

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Mandiant open sources tool to prevent leaky Salesforce misconfigs

Tue, 2026-01-13 12:34
AuraInspector automates the most common abuses and generates fixes for customers

Mandiant has released an open source tool to help Salesforce admins detect misconfigurations that could expose sensitive data.…

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Court tosses appeal by hacker who opened port to coke smugglers with malware

Tue, 2026-01-13 12:10
Dutchman fails to convince judges his trial was unfair because cops read his encrypted chats

A Dutch appeals court has kept a seven-year prison sentence in place for a man who hacked port IT systems with malware-stuffed USB sticks to help cocaine smugglers move containers, brushing off claims that police shouldn't have been reading his encrypted chats.…

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Affordable housing site goes live with meme-laden test data

Tue, 2026-01-13 11:47
Yes, London property prices are high. But here's a picture of Boris Johnson

From the "there but for the grace of God" department comes a new website to find affordable housing in London containing data it shouldn't.…

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Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board

Tue, 2026-01-13 11:00
Europe's largest council delays Fusion reimplementation four years after go-live disaster

Birmingham City Council has pushed back the relaunch of its troubled Oracle Fusion ERP system, saying staff need more time to adapt to the vendor's standard processes.…

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