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Rust core library partly polished for industrial safety spec
Memory-safe Rust code can now be more broadly applied in devices that require electronic system safety, at least as measured by International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards.…
India's government targets Uber, Ola with plan to launch zero-commission rideshare platform
India’s government is set to launch a rideshare platform and app that charges no commission and is intended to make life harder for Uber and its ilk.…
Micron ditches consumer memory brand Crucial to chase AI riches
The lure of AI spending was too much for Micron to ignore. On Wednesday, the US chipmaker announced it's abandoning its Crucial memory and storage lineup to bolster its supply of enterprise-focused chips, including those used in AI systems.…
John Henry still leading the race vs. AI in customer service
The world’s smallest digital violin is playing for AI chatbots, which are having a hard time elbowing out their human counterparts for jobs in customer service, according to a Gartner study.…
Lawyer's 6-year-old son uses AI to build copyright infringement generator
You don't have to be smarter than a fifth grader (or even a first grader) to commit potential copyright infringement using AI tools. One IP attorney watched over the weekend as his young son built a bedtime story generator that used copyrighted characters without permission. …
'Exploitation is imminent' as 39 percent of cloud environs have max-severity React hole
A maximum-severity flaw in the widely used JavaScript library React, and several React-based frameworks including Next.js allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute malicious code on vulnerable instances. The flaw is easy to abuse, and mass exploitation is "imminent," according to security researchers.…
MAGA cognoscenti warn feds away from shielding AI infringers
A group of conservatives allied with President Donald Trump's MAGA movement, including former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, has asked the Justice Department and the White House to stop protecting Big Tech against copyright claims.…
China's reusable rocket makes it to orbit but fails to stick the landing
There's good news and bad news for the Chinese commercial launch industry. The good news is that LandSpace's ZhuQue-3 launched successfully on its maiden flight. The bad news is that a hoped-for recovery of the first stage ended in a fireball.…
Poop-peeping toilet attachment has a different definition of 'end-to-end' encryption
No, this isn't a joke: Kohler's poop-scanning toilet attachment, which the company claims is … uh … end-to-end encrypted, appears to be anything butt.…
Space telescopes are being photobombed by satellites, and the problem is slated to get much worse
Nearly all images from some space telescopes in low Earth orbit could be affected by light from man-made satellites as the number of communication spacecraft surges, new research led by NASA has found.…
Microsoft sharpens the blocking axe for Exchange Web Services
Microsoft is getting serious about the end of Exchange Web Services (EWS) and has announced that, starting in March 2026, it will begin blocking EWS access to mailboxes without license rights.…
HPE positions Morpheus stack as enterprise alternative to VMware
HPE is laying out its enterprise stall with enhancements to its GreenLake hybrid cloud portfolio, while converging its Aruba and Juniper networking to offer customers AIOps across both, plus high-speed connectivity for AI processing.…
ISS hits rare full house as all eight docking ports ocupado
NASA confirmed this week that for the first time, all eight of the International Space Station's docking ports are currently occupied – four by Russian vehicles.…
Windows 11 still barely pulling ahead of 10 despite end-of-support push
Windows 11 has not significantly widened its market share lead over Windows 10, despite support for many versions of the latter ending almost two months ago.…
Newly launched civil service pension portal from Capita is crapita, users report
Pension scheme members are facing a string of errors and malfunctions as they try to log into and retrieve account details from the UK's civil service portal the government is paying Capita £239 million ($318 million) to build and run.…
Pat Gelsinger's EUV lithography gig gets $150M wink from Uncle Sam
The US Department of Commerce has signed a preliminary letter of intent to provide up to $150 million to xLight, a Palo Alto-based startup led by former Intel chief Pat Gelsinger, that is working on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.…
Linux 6.18 arrives as the year's final drop and likely next LTS
The last new kernel release of 2025 is here, and it's looking likely this will be the new LTS kernel release.…
Here’s your worst nightmare: E-tailer can only resume partial sales 45 days after ransomware attack
Japanese e-tailer Askul has resumed online sales, 45 days after a ransomware attack.…
China using AI as ‘precision instrument’ of censorship and repression, at home and abroad
China has embraced AI to help it censor and surveil its citizens and is exporting its techniques to the world, according to a new report by think tank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).…
Indian government reveals GPS spoofing at eight major airports
India’s Civil Aviation Minister has revealed that local authorities have detected GPS spoofing and jamming at eight major airports.…