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Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11
Please let there be ‘Xbork’ as this appears in all the wrong places Organizations that rely on consumer-grade PCs or allow staff to bring their own devices to work, have something new to worry about: a virtual Xbox lurking inside Windows 11.…
Meta reveals four custom AI chips, claims they outperform commercial silicon
Social networking giant Meta has revealed details of four previously unknown custom chips powering its AI services.…
China’s CERT warns OpenClaw can inflict nasty wounds
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team has warned locals that the OpenClaw agentic AI tool poses significant security risks.…
Atlassian to shed ten percent of staff, because AI
Australian collaborationware company Atlassian has announced it will shed ten percent of staff – around 1,600 people.…
Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban
Perplexity's AI browser Comet has been banned from accessing Amazon's website after the e-commerce giant obtained a court-ordered preliminary injunction.…
Iran plots 'infrastructure warfare' against US tech giants
Iran has reportedly designated Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Palantir facilities as legitimate targets of retaliatory strikes, according to an Al Jazeera report citing Iran’s state-affiliated Tasnim news agency.…
Iran-linked cyber crew says they hit US med-tech firm
A hacking crew with ties to Iran's intelligence agency claimed to be behind a global network outage at med-tech firm Stryker on Wednesday, and said the cyberattack was in response to the US-Israel airstrikes.…
Most chatbots will help plan school shootings and other violence, study shows
You might expect a bot to have guardrails that prevent it from helping you plan a crime, but your expectations might be too high. According to a study, eight of ten major commercial chatbots will help you prepare to conduct a school shooting.…
Meta, international cops use handcuffs and AI to stop scammers
Not every scam starts with malware or a compromised account. Sometimes all it takes is a friend request or a link shared via chat.…
NASA watchdog report pokes holes in Artemis lunar lander plans
The NASA Office of Inspector General has published a report on the agency's management of the lunar Human Landing System (HLS) contracts, highlighting the risks and arguments behind the scenes.…
DR-DOS rises again – rebuilt from scratch, not open source
DR-DOS is back, and there is already a test version you can download. But as of yet, it's not finished, not FOSS – and not based on the original code.…
ICO fines Police Scotland over data-sharing debacle in gross misconduct case
The UK's data protection watchdog has fined Police Scotland £66,000 ($88,000) for what it calls a "serious failure" in handling an alleged victim's sensitive data.…
Ig Nobel Prize flees US for Switzerland after 35 years over safety concerns
The Ig Nobel Prize, which satirizes its more noble namesake, is moving its award ceremony to Europe following concerns about the safety of those attending the US event.…
Intel finds its Zen undercutting AMD with Arrow Lake refresh
Intel has a new strategy for shoring up its eroding market share: Offering PC buyers more cores per dollar than arch-rival AMD in a refresh of its Arrow Lake range.…
Ayar Labs taps Wiwynn to cram 1,024 GPUs into a photonic rack system
Exclusive If you thought Nvidia or AMD's 72-GPU rack systems were enormous, silicon Ayar Labs has something much bigger in the works.…
Lightmatter says latest photonics will slash datacenter fiber bills in half
Photonics startup LightMatter says that its latest optical engine can cut the amount of fiber used by modern datacenters in half, and perhaps more importantly, it doesn't rely on co-packaging to do it.…
Microsoft ships VS Code weekly, adds Autopilot mode so AI can wreak havoc without bothering you
Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is moving to a weekly release cycle, as well as joining Google in encouraging agentic AI development without manual approval with a new Autopilot feature.…
Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after USB keys fail to decrypt them
A Swiss canton has suspended its pilot of electronic voting after failing to count 2,048 votes cast in national referendums held on March 8.…
Dutch cops bust teen suspected of posing as bank staff to steal cards
Dutch police have arrested a 17-year-old boy who detectives suspect was responsible for 16 bank card frauds across the Netherlands.…
Scottish broadband service looking a bit dreich, says UK outage study
Broadband subscribers in Scotland suffer the most outages in the UK, according to Broadband Genie, with customers of BT typically experiencing the fewest.…