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AmiBrowser brings 21st century web to 20th century Amigas

Thu, 2025-08-28 17:03
Also, not one but two new models of the classic 1200

The new native 68K AmigaOS web browser leans on the machines' underlying emulation system to offer modern facilities on a retro OS.…

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'It isn't designed to solve privacy concerns,' Grafana CTO says of Bring Your Own Cloud

Thu, 2025-08-28 16:18
Think BYOC will solve all your sovereignty and privacy worries? You might be missing the point

INTERVIEW Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) is a concept gaining traction as companies seek ways to resolve sovereignty and privacy issues, but its implementation can vary widely depending on interpretation.…

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Google and Zed push protocol to pry AI agents out of VS Code's clutches

Thu, 2025-08-28 15:34
Because not every bot wants to live inside Microsoft's walled garden

Google and code editor company Zed Industries have introduced the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) as a standard way for AI agents to integrate with an IDE, with the idea that this will prevent developers getting locked into VS Code.…

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SK Telecom walloped with $97M fine after schoolkid security blunders let attackers run riot

Thu, 2025-08-28 14:53
Regulator points to lack of 'basic access controls' between internet-facing systems, internal network

South Korea's privacy watchdog has slapped SK Telecom with a record ₩134.5 billion ($97 million) fine after finding that the mobile giant left its network wide open to hackers through a catalog of bungles.…

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Firefly reckons thermal tweaks will stop next rocket tearing itself apart

Thu, 2025-08-28 14:41
Company cleared to launch again after April failure

Firefly Aerospace has been given the green light to resume launches after its April failure.…

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TransUnion admits 4.5M affected after third-party support app breached

Thu, 2025-08-28 13:54
Credit agency offers own services as compensation

Credit scoring and monitoring biz TransUnion says that it recently suffered a breach affecting nearly 4.5 million individuals.…

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Thousands of Citrix NetScaler boxes still sitting ducks despite patches

Thu, 2025-08-28 13:17
Shadowserver counts more than 13,000 appliances still wide open – including thousands in US, Germany, and UK

Thousands of Citrix NetScaler appliances remain exposed to a trio of security flaws that the vendor patched this week, one of which is already being actively exploited in the wild.…

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Ransomware crooks knock Swedish municipalities offline for measly sum of $168K

Thu, 2025-08-28 12:39
Miljödata meltdown leaves 200 local authorities scrambling over 1.5 BTC

Sweden's municipal governments have been knocked offline after ransomware crooks hit IT supplier Miljödata, reportedly demanding the bargain-basement sum of $168,000.…

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Good morning, Brit Xbox fans – ready to prove your age?

Thu, 2025-08-28 12:17
Microsoft blames incoming UK Online Safety Act, says you have until 2026

Microsoft has begun emailing users of its Xbox gaming platform with likely unwelcome news: users will need to verify their age if they want to keep access to the company's various social services, and it's blaming the UK Online Safety Act.…

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Euro banks block billions in rogue PayPal direct debits after fraud glitch

Thu, 2025-08-28 11:41
US payments platform back in action, says it's informing affected customers

Shoppers and merchants in Germany found themselves dealing with billions of euros in frozen transactions this week, thanks to an apparent failure in PayPal's fraud-detection systems.…

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Law firm email blunder exposes Church of England abuse victim details

Thu, 2025-08-28 11:02
Apology issued after names tied to redress scheme revealed in mass mailing

A London law firm leaked the details of nearly 200 people who requested to receive updates about the redress scheme set up for victims of abuse at the hands of the Church of England (CoE).…

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UK unions want 'worker first' plan for AI as people fear for their jobs

Thu, 2025-08-28 10:20
Labor group says new technologies could increase inequality if we're not careful

AI-Pocalypse Over half of the British public are worried about the impact of AI on their jobs, according to employment unions, which want the UK government to adopt a "worker first" strategy rather than simply allowing corporations to ditch employees for algorithms.…

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Wastewater monitoring project could catch next pandemic early, says health agency

Thu, 2025-08-28 09:33
UK starts early warning system combing through stuff that folks flush away

The UK Health Security Agency is looking to set up an early warning system ahead of future pandemics, launching a £1.3 million (around $1.75 million) program to identify "cutting-edge technologies" which could turn people's pee and poop into valuable data on the spread of viruses.…

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Solo.io boss: I was wrong, I made mistakes – and that made me a better CEO

Thu, 2025-08-28 08:21
Idit Levine on going from startup to a billion-dollar valuation

Interview "I feel that a founder always needs to be a little bit stupidly optimistic." Solo.io CEO Idit Levine has been on an interesting journey in cloud computing since starting the networking and API management company in 2017.…

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If you thought China's Salt Typhoon was booted off critical networks, think again

Thu, 2025-08-28 07:32
13 governments sound the alarm about ongoing unpleasantness

China's Salt Typhoon cyberspies continue their years-long hacking campaign targeting critical industries around the world, according to a joint security alert from cyber and law enforcement agencies across 13 countries.…

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Online property ad reveals looted Nazi war art, triggers police raid

Thu, 2025-08-28 06:26
Stolen painting still mising, sadly

Police in Argentina reportedly raided a home in a coastal town on Monday after someone spotted a real estate ad that included images of art the Nazis looted in the Second World War.…

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Japan exploring whether AI could help inspect its nuclear power plants

Thu, 2025-08-28 03:00
If regulators heed the lessons of Fukushima, testing will have to jump Godzilla-sized hurdles

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has requested extra funds to experiment with AI-powered nuclear plant inspectors.…

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ChatGPT hates LA Chargers fans

Wed, 2025-08-27 23:59
Harvard researchers find model guardrails tailor query responses to user's inferred politics and other affiliations

OpenAI's ChatGPT appears to be more likely to refuse to respond to questions posed by fans of the Los Angeles Chargers football team than to followers of other teams.…

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AI arms dealer Nvidia laments the many billions lost to US-China trade war

Wed, 2025-08-27 23:23
China would be a $50 billion a year market for Nvidia if Uncle Sam would let us sell competitive products, says Jensen Huang

Nvidia's top brass urged Washington to approve the sale of Blackwell accelerators to China during the GPU giant's Q2 earnings call on Wednesday.…

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VMware tweaked software licenses for submarines

Wed, 2025-08-27 22:55
Virtzilla also helping banks to sink and re-float software-defined infrastructure to stop stealthy malware

VMware has tweaked its software licensing so submarines can keep their computers running when they’re beneath the waves.…

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