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Clippy rises from the dead in major update to Copilot and its voice interface
Hands On Microsoft’s Clippy was an anthropomorphic assistant ahead of his time, offering to help you with your Office 97 tasks when all you could do was type and click in response. Today, as part of a massive Copilot Fall Release, Redmond is bringing Clippy back – at least as an avatar for its new AI helper named “Mico”.…
Google and Anthropic wave hands about mega TPU deal worth 'tens of billions'
Google and Anthropic have struck a deal that will see the AI upstart gain access to up to a million of the web giant’s tensor processing units (TPUs) and involve “tens of billions of dollars.”…
Don't take AI to Thanksgiving: Bots have hidden biases
Large language models, or LLMs, are biased in one way or another - often many. And there may be no way around that.…
Playtime’s over: Crooks swipe Toys R Us Canada customer data and dump it online
The Canadian outpost of retailer Toys R Us on Thursday notified customers that attackers accessed a database, stole some of their personal information, then posted the data online.…
Excel is three sheets to the window on iOS as update borks everything
Microsoft Excel for the past week has been hanging or crashing on iOS and iPadOS devices, to customers' great annoyance.…
Norks droning on about your dream job while pwning your PC
North Korea's Lazarus Group has successfully compromised Europe's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sector with its Operation DreamJob campaign, which promises job seekers lucrative employment opportunities - but then delivers a malware-laced offer and a compromised computer.…
Give Europe some space! 3 companies join forces to reach for the stars
Three European aerospace giants plan to combine their space units into a single heavyweight, hoping to boost the continent's space autonomy.…
Blinded by the light: Tesla fixes glaringly bright Cybertruck headlights
Feeling a bit blinded by the light when a Cybertruck rolls by? It's not just you — Tesla's recalling most built to date because the boxy pickup's front parking lights are too bright.…
Trump's workforce cuts blamed as America's cyber edge dulls
America's once-ambitious cyber defences are starting to rust, according to the latest annual report from the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), which warns that policy momentum has slowed and even slipped backwards thanks to Trump-era workforce and budget cuts.…
Microsoft suggests temporary registry hack for stricken smart card users
Microsoft accidentally broke several things in the October 2025 Windows Update, but smart card authentication was not one of them. That was intentionally broken, and the temporary workaround requires a registry hack.…
Apple's ultra-thin iPhone flops as foldable iPad hits a crease
Apple's run of hardware experiments appears to be hitting some turbulence: The company's ultra-thin iPhone Air has reportedly failed to catch on with buyers, while its long-awaited foldable iPad is slipping further down the calendar amid engineering snags and soaring costs.…
Fedora council approves policy allowing AI-assisted contributions
The Fedora Council has approved AI-assisted contributions to its Linux distribution, following intense debate and subject to strict conditions.…