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700+ self-hosted Gits battered in 0-day attacks with no fix imminent
Attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day bug in Gogs, a popular self-hosted Git service, and the open source project doesn't yet have a fix.…
US teens not only love AI, but also let it rot their brains
Alongside TikTok and Instagram, teens have added ChatGPT to the mix. Pew says about two-thirds of US teenagers have tried an AI chatbot, with nearly a third using one every day. Negative mental-health warnings be damned!…
Really Simple Licensing spec lets web publishers demand their due from AI scrapers
Most big AI providers scrape the open web, hoovering up content to improve their chatbots, which then compete with publishers for the attention of internet users. However, more AI orgs might have to pay up soon, because the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) spec has reached version 1.0, providing guidance on how to set machine-readable rules for crawlers.…
US Navy pledges $448 million to test if Palantir is seaworthy
Palantir and the US Navy have signed a two-year deal to test whether its Foundry operational software can streamline the nation’s shipbuilding efforts and steer the Secretary of the Navy's top budget priority into port.…
Qualcomm takes RISC on Arm alternative with Ventana acquisition
Qualcomm could soon be serving up RISC-V cores alongside its custom Arm ones following the acquisition of Ventana Micro Systems on Wednesday.…
US extradites Ukrainian woman accused of hacking meat processing plant for Russia
A Ukrainian woman accused of hacking US public drinking water systems and a meat processing facility on behalf of Kremlin-backed cyber groups was extradited to the US earlier this year and will stand trial in early 2026.…
Microsoft won’t fix .NET RCE bug affecting slew of enterprise apps, researchers say
Security researchers have revealed a .NET security flaw thought to affect a host of enterprise-grade products that they say Microsoft refuses to fix.…
Welcome to America - now show us your last five years of social media posts
The next time someone visits the US, customs may ask to see their passport, their Facebook feed, and all of their Instagram posts. The United States maintains a list of 42 countries whose citizens are allowed to enter without a visa, but visitors from those nations may soon have to provide five years' worth of their social media history in order to gain entry. …
Crisis in Icebergen: How NATO crafts stories to sharpen cyber skills
Andravia and Harbadus – two nations so often at odds with one another – were once again embroiled in conflict over the past seven days, which thoroughly tested NATO's cybersecurity experts' ability to coordinate defenses across battlefield domains.…
Electric cars no more likely to flatten you than the noisy ones, study finds
Electric cars are no more of a danger to pedestrians than conventional vehicles, according to new research.…
Vibe coding will deliver a wonderful proliferation of personalized software
Opinion For most of the last year, the phrase 'vibe coding' seemed more punchline than possibility. That outlook altered significantly over the last month after step-changes in quality mean vibe coding tools now generate code that’s good enough to rewrite expectations about how IT will operate before the end of this decade.…
Galactic Brain space datacenter coming in 2027, pledges startup Aetherflux
Space startup Aetherflux says it plans to put its first data center satellite into orbit during the first quarter of 2027.…
Rocket Lab ready to send a Hungry Hippo into space
Space outfit Rocket Lab says its Hungry Hippo is ready to go into space, a fillip for the company’s plans to fly its new Neutron launch vehicle.…
Datacenters buy Boom Supersonic a ticket to revive fast air transport
Boom Supersonic, the company that hopes to revive faster-than-sound air travel, has diverted into the datacenter power business.…
Letting Nvidia sell H200s to China is closing the door after the horse has bolted
Half a decade of US trade policy aimed at denying China access to America's most potent semiconductor tech has only served to spur China to develop homegrown alternatives.…
Microsoft reports 7.8-rated zero day, plus 56 more in December Patch Tuesday
Happy December Patch Tuesday to all who celebrate. This month's patch party includes one Microsoft flaw under exploitation, plus two others listed as publicly known – but just 57 CVEs in total from Redmond.…
Australia bans teens from social media, but nobody thinks it'll really work
Australia's ban on children under 16 holding active social media accounts comes into force on Wednesday. While nobody expects this world-first policy to stop every kid using their favorite online communities, its backers take solace in the mere fact it's sparked global debate.…
How to answer the door when the AI agents come knocking
The fear of AI agents running amok has thus far halted the wide deployment of these digital workhorses, Okta's president of Auth0, Shiv Ramji, told The Register.…
Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from US military spending bill
Congress has released the final version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and critics have been quick to point out that previously proposed rules giving the US military the right to repair its equipment without having to rely on contractors have gone missing. …
Linux Foundation aims to become the Switzerland of AI agents
The Linux Foundation on Tuesday said it has formed the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to provide vendor-neutral oversight for the development of AI agent infrastructure.…