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Trump spectrum sale leaves airlines with $4.5B bill for altimeter do-over

Thu, 2026-01-08 14:34
Just refreshed to avoid 5G interference? Do it again, FAA tells industry, as Upper C-band auction looms

Airlines operating in the US may have to upgrade their aircraft radio altimeters again at a cost of billions of dollars, to avoid potential interference with cell networks following the Trump administration's decision last year to auction off additional spectrum to bidders.…

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CISA flags actively exploited Office relic alongside fresh HPE flaw

Thu, 2026-01-08 13:44
Max-severity OneView hole joins a PowerPoint bug that should've been retired years ago

CISA has added a pair of security holes to its actively exploited list, warning that attackers are now abusing a maximum-severity bug in HPE's OneView management software and a years-old flaw in Microsoft Office.…

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AOSP on a diet plan as Google halves Android code drops

Thu, 2026-01-08 12:57
Two a year is for your own good, Mountain View insists

Google has confirmed there will be two code dumps to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) per year, down from the four developers have become accustomed to.…

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UK regulators swarm X after Grok generated nudes from photos

Thu, 2026-01-08 12:40
Lawyers say Musk's platform may face punishment under Online Safety Act priority offenses

Elon Musk's X platform is under fire as UK regulators close in on mounting reports that the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, is generating sexual imagery without users' consent.…

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Maximum-severity n8n flaw lets randos run your automation server

Thu, 2026-01-08 11:40
Unauthenticated RCE means anyone on the network can seize full control

A maximum-severity bug in the popular automation platform n8n has left an estimated 100,000 servers wide open to complete takeover, courtesy of a flaw so bad it doesn't even require logging in.…

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OpenAI putting bandaids on bandaids as prompt injection problems keep festering

Thu, 2026-01-08 11:01
Happy Groundhog Day!

Security researchers at Radware say they've identified several vulnerabilities in OpenAI's ChatGPT service that allow the exfiltration of personal information.…

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Are criminals vibe coding malware? All signs point to yes

Thu, 2026-01-08 11:00
They also hallucinate when writing ransomware code

Interview With everyone from would-be developers to six-year-old kids jumping on the vibe coding bandwagon, it shouldn't be surprising that criminals like automated coding tools too.…

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Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first

Thu, 2026-01-08 10:14
Synthetic cephalopod skin could be used in architecture and computer displays as well as background-matching subterfuge

Scientists have developed a synthetic skin capable of mimicking some of the best camouflage skills in nature that could also have applications in soft robotics and advanced displays.…

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Logitech macOS mouse mayhem traced to expired dev certificate

Thu, 2026-01-08 09:30
Company says it dropped the ball, apologizes for wasting people's time

Logitech says an expired developer certificate is to blame after swaths of customers were left infuriated when their mice malfunctioned.…

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Cloudflare pours cold water on ‘BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela’ theory

Thu, 2026-01-08 06:00
Suggests rotten routing, not evidence of a cyber-strike before kinetic action

Cloudflare has poured cold water on a theory that the USA’s incursion into Venezuela coincided with a cyberattack on telecoms infrastructure.…

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AMD threatens to go medieval on Nvidia with Epyc and Instinct: What we know so far

Wed, 2026-01-07 23:06
AMD boasts 1000x higher AI perf by 2027 and pulls the lid off Helios compute tray ahead of 2H 2026 launch

AMD teased its next-generation of AI accelerators at CES 2026, with CEO Lisa Su boasting the the MI500-series will deliver a 1,000x uplift in performance over its two-year-old MI300X GPUs.…

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IBM's AI agent Bob easily duped to run malware, researchers show

Wed, 2026-01-07 22:04
Prompt injection lets risky commands slip past guardrails

IBM describes its coding agent thus: "Bob is your AI software development partner that understands your intent, repo, and security standards." Unfortunately, Bob doesn't always follow those security standards.…

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New carbon capture tech could save us from datacenter doom

Wed, 2026-01-07 21:04
Maybe our AI overlords, hell-bent on securing power any way they can, should invest in getting this to market

Researchers in Finland have found a new way to capture carbon dioxide from ambient air that they say is more efficient than existing methods, cheap to produce, reusable, and allows for easy recycling of captured CO₂. …

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British Palantir rival, whose founder touted UK tech sovereignty, sells to Accenture

Wed, 2026-01-07 20:33
Let the co-opetition commence

Accenture plans to buy UK-based AI firm Faculty, a Palantir competitor, and onboard the company’s CEO as Accenture’s new chief technology officer. The move suggests the two companies, while partners today, could start taking each others' business.…

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SanDisk heals WD Black and Blues, rebrands beloved client SSDs

Wed, 2026-01-07 19:45
NVMe drives to live on under the Optimus banner

WD Black and Blue SSDs are some of the most widely recognized client drives on the market, but their branding is about to disappear. Following Western Digital's flash-business spinoff, SanDisk announced it was retiring the beloved names and rebranding its NVMe lineup under the SANDISK Optimus banner.…

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ESA calls cops as crims lift off 500 GB of files, say security black hole still open

Wed, 2026-01-07 18:02
Two weeks, two major data leaks … not a good look for the European Space Agency

exclusive The European Space Agency on Wednesday confirmed yet another massive security breach, and told The Register that the data thieves responsible will be subject to a criminal investigation. And this could be a biggie.…

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Stalkerware slinger pleads guilty for selling snooper software to suspicious spouses

Wed, 2026-01-07 17:32
pcTattletale boss Bryan Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced later this year

The US government has secured a guilty plea from a stalkerware maker in federal court, marking just the second time in more than a decade that the US has managed to prosecute a consumer spyware vendor successfully. …

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FAA signs radar deals to drag US air traffic control out of the 1980s

Wed, 2026-01-07 17:24
RTX and Indra land contracts as long-delayed overhaul moves ahead

The US government has announced contracts for new radar infrastructure as part of its long-running effort to replace the country's aging air traffic control system.…

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Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown

Wed, 2026-01-07 16:55
Apollo-era Saturn V and Shuttle stands set for controlled demolition as Artemis ramps up

With less than a month to go until NASA attempts to send astronauts around the Moon, the agency is demolishing facilities that got it there the first time around.…

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Luggable datacenter: startup straps handles to server with 4 H200 GPUs

Wed, 2026-01-07 16:21
Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead?

Fancy having an AI system packed with Nvidia H200 GPUs that you can take with you from place to place? According to hardware maker Odinn, now you can, so long as you don't mind carrying a 35 kg (77 pound) box around.…

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