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Atlassian swears it can handle AI without blowing out costs, or being swamped
Atlassian has assured investors it can add AI to its services without blowing out its costs or shrinking margins.…
Amazon can't build AI capacity fast enough, throws another $200B at the problem
AWS has an open cash spigot for AI infrastructure, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy telling investors the company has been monetizing compute capacity as fast as it brings it online and it plans to double capacity by the end of 2027.…
Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
Chrome's latest revision of its browser extension architecture, known as Manifest v3 (MV3), was widely expected to make content blocking and privacy extensions less effective than its predecessor, Manifest v2 (MV2).…
OpenClaw reveals meaty personal information after simple cracks
Another day, another vulnerability (or two, or 200) in the security nightmare that is OpenClaw.…
OpenAI chases business bucks with confusingly named Frontier platform
OpenAI, a maker of frontier models, has announced a platform called Frontier to help enterprises implement software agents. That's not confusing at all.…
Substack says intruder lifted emails, phone numbers in months-old breach
Newsletter platform Substack has admitted that an intruder swiped user contact details months before the company noticed, forcing it to warn writers and readers that their email addresses and other account metadata were accessed without permission.…
Asia-based government spies quietly broke into critical networks across 37 countries
A state-aligned cyber group in Asia compromised government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries in an ongoing espionage campaign, according to security researchers.…
Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station
US lawmakers have asked NASA to look into storing the International Space Station (ISS) in a higher orbit at the end of its operational life, instead of sending the structure hurtling into the ocean when the time comes.…
Anthropic apes OpenAI with cheeky chatbot commercials
AI companies are looking for new ways of burning cash other than by handing it to hyperscalers for model training. So now they're setting money on fire by buying Super Bowl ads that mock rivals.…
SpaceX wants to fill Earth orbit with a million datacenter satellites
Elon Musk's pie-in-the-sky plan to launch a massive orbital datacenter satellite constellation has taken a rapid step closer to reality with the Federal Communications Commission advancing SpaceX's application for public comment, technical feasibility be damned. …
Most SAP migrations bust budgets and project timelines, research finds
Nearly 60 percent of SAP migration projects are delayed and over budget as organizations underestimate complexity, allow expansion of scope, and fail to understand internal constraints, according to research from ISG.…
Betterment breach may expose 1.4M users after social engineering attack
Breach-tracking site Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) claims a cyberattack on Betterment affected roughly 1.4 million users – although the investment company has yet to publicly confirm how many customers were affected by January's intrusion.…
Microsoft declares 'reliability' a priority for Visual Studio AI
Microsoft says "reliability is the priority" for AI in Visual Studio – a reassurance that may raise eyebrows among developers already living with Copilot's quirks.…
UK's 'world-first' deepfake detection framework unlikely to stop the fakes, says expert
The UK government claims it will develop a "world-first" framework to evaluate deepfake detection technologies as AI-generated content proliferates.…
Microsoft sets Copilot agents loose on your OneDrive files
Microsoft has made OneDrive agents generally available, allowing users to query multiple documents simultaneously through Copilot instead of just one at a time.…
Curse of AI to push up PC prices as memory and CPU shortages bite
PC buyers can expect price hikes as chipmakers continue to prioritize AI production over all else, restricting the supply of key components across the tech industry.…
Italy claims cyberattacks 'of Russian origin' are pelting Winter Olympics
Italy's foreign minister says the country has already started swatting away cyberattacks from Russia targeting the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.…
n8n security woes roll on as new critical flaws bypass December fix
Multiple newly disclosed bugs in the popular workflow automation tool n8n could allow attackers to hijack servers, steal credentials, and quietly disrupt AI-driven business processes.…
CentOS is coming to RISC-V soon if you have the kit
FOSDEM 2026 CentOS Connect 2026 took place in Brussels last week, over the two days preceding the sprawling FOSDEM festival of FOSS – the nerd world's Glastonbury, complete with the queues and the questionable hygiene.…
Cloud sovereignty is no longer just a public sector concern
Interview Sovereignty remains a hot topic in the tech industry, but interpretations of what it actually means – and how much it matters – vary widely between organizations and sectors. While public bodies are often driven by regulation and national policy, the private sector tends to take a more pragmatic, cost-focused view.…