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Gigs in space: Amazon breaks bandwidth barrier with Kuiper's satellite broadband
Amazon showed off download speeds peaking at 1.28 Gbps from its nascent Project Kuiper internet satellite service and announced an airline deal with US commercial airline JetBlue to provide Wi-Fi in the sky.…
China-aligned crew poisons Windows servers to manipulate Google results
A new China-aligned cybercrime crew named GhostRedirector has compromised at least 65 Windows servers worldwide - spotted in a June internet scan - using previously undocumented malware to juice gambling sites' rankings in Google search, according to ESET researchers.…
Sky-high budget gap: FAA launches air traffic overhaul, lacks cash to finish it
Get ready to start flying American skies with a renewed sense of confidence, at least eventually, as the Federal Aviation Administration has finally decided to start soliciting ideas for an overhaul of the US' antiquated air traffic control systems. In classic Trump administration style, the FAA wants a single private-sector integrator to run the overhaul, with the public footing the bill. …
No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others
+Comment US lawmakers are looking to apply Trump's America-First agenda to advanced semiconductors by giving US buyers first dibs while restricting the sale of most high-end chips needed for AI to the rest of the world.…
Microsoft inches toward Rusty Windows drivers, production use still a no-no
Developers keen to write Windows drivers in Rust now have improved tools and samples, but progress is slow and obstacles to production use remain.…
SpaceX Dragon gives International Space Station a kick up the orbit
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has successfully reboosted the International Space Station (ISS), raising the perigee of its orbit by approximately one mile and further eroding the complex's reliance on Russian rocketry.…
Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn't after security fix
Microsoft's August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.…
PostgreSQL 18 eyes analytics boost and distributed future
Users and developers can expect the release of PostgreSQL 18 in September, the new iteration of the popular open source database, promising new features to enhance analytics and distributed architectures.…
Atlassian acquisition drives dream of AI-powered ChromeOS challenger
Atlassian today revealed it has purchased New York startup The Browser Company, and it appears the pair have plans to reinvent the ChromeOS wheel with added... AI.…
Linux Lite relief: 7.6 keeps it simple, shiny, and mostly slim
Linux Lite 7.6 is the latest, slightly updated release of this technologically moderate distro from New Zealand.…
Ex-NASA chief: China likely to land humans on Moon before Uncle Sam does again
A former NASA administrator has told the US Senate Commerce Committee that it is "highly unlikely" the US will return humans to the Moon before a Chinese taikonaut plants a flag on the lunar surface.…
Enterprises sticking with Windows 10 could shell out billions for continued support
Free support is ending for many editions of Windows 10 on October 14, and enterprises unable to make the jump are on the hook for billions to keep the fixes flowing.…
SAP splashes €20B on Euro sovereign cloud push
SAP says it will pump €20 billion into expanding sovereign cloud infrastructure in Europe over the next ten years, pitching itself as a secure and compliant alternative to American cloud giants.…
UK DARPA clone spared savings squeeze while Treasury raided government
ARIA – the UK science and technology agency inspired by DARPA in the US – was not asked to make savings leading up to the Spending Review, unlike other government departments.…
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost
A UK government department's three-month trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot has revealed no discernible gain in productivity – speeding up some tasks yet making others slower due to lower quality outputs.…
Sainsbury's eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition
Sainsbury's, Britain's second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech in two of its stores to curb shoplifting.…
Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself
Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers.…
France fines Google, SHEIN, for undercooked Cookie policies that led to crummy privacy
France’s data protection authority levied massive fines against Google and SHEIN for dropping cookies on customers without securing their permission, and also whacked Google for showing ads in email service.…
IBM Cloud to end free human support, suggests customers use enhanced AI instead
IBM Cloud will update the services it provides under its Basic Support tier, which will move to a self-service model in January 2026.…
US puts $10M bounty on three Russians accused of attacking critical infrastructure
The US State Department has put a $10 million bounty on the heads of three Russians accused of being intelligence agents hacking America's critical infrastructure - primarily via old Cisco kit, it seems.…