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Casino tech outfit Bragg cops to intrusion but says data jackpot untouched
Canadian casino software slinger Bragg Gaming Group has disclosed a "cybersecurity incident," though it's adamant the intruders never got their hands on customer data.…
PinePhone Pro canned in pursuit of RISC-V business
Pine64 is moving from Arm kit to RISC-V. As a result, its higher-end open smartphones is for the chop – but not the lower-end model.…
End well, this won't: UK commissioner suggests govt stops kids from using VPNs
England's children's commissioner has urged the government to shut down one of the most obvious loopholes in its new age-blocking regime: kids firing up a VPN.…
Grow a new Arm: UK advisory body wants investment in local AI chips
The British government's advisory body on science and technology thinks the country could be a world leader in designing AI chips, if it could just get the right investment and skills in place.…
August update leaves Windows reset and recovery dead in the water
Microsoft has broken the Windows reset and recovery functionality so badly, it must push an out-of-band update.…
Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition
Hands on The Commodore Amiga turned 40 this year, and the event has been marked by The National Museum Of Computing in the UK with a hands-on exhibition of models from the archives.…
US spy chief claims UK backed down over Apple backdoor demand
The UK government has reportedly abandoned its attempt to strong-arm Apple into weakening iPhone encryption after the White House forced Blighty into a quiet climb-down.…
More customers asking for Google's Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss
Interview Google's President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the rise of AI assistants while also laying out her vision for cloud sovereignty.…
Softbank bets $2 billion on Intel having a future
Japanese tech investment concern SoftBank has made a $2 billion investment in Intel.…
Browser wars are back, predicts Palo Alto, thanks to AI
Brace for a new round of browser wars, according to Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora.…
China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk
Taikonauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station used an AI model to prepare for a spacewalk.…
Molten salt nuclear reactors slated to power Google datacenters in 2030
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, could be home to a molten salt reactor once again if Google-backed Kairos Power has its way.…
Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show
Facial recognition technology has been deployed publicly on the basis of benchmark tests that reflect performance in laboratory settings, but some academics are saying that real-world performance doesn't match up.…
Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells
Microsoft, in its ongoing effort to AI-ify every product it has, is now adding it right into the cells of Excel. Available on Monday to beta users of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new COPILOT function allows you to task Redmond's AI with performing generative tasks right in, for example, C2 or B23.…
Physicist models new use for nuclear waste: Turning it into super-rare fusion fuel
Tritium is ridiculously rare, incredibly expensive, and central to most fusion energy reactor designs. If research out of Los Alamos National Lab proves to hold true, it might soon become easier to obtain.…
Pot calls kettle black as China dubs US 'surveillance empire' over chip tracking
Comment Chinese state media called the US an aspiring "surveillance empire" over its proposed use of asset tracking tags to crack down on black-market GPU shipments to the Middle Kingdom.…
GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire
US companies have invested between $35 and $40 billion in Generative AI initiatives and, so far, have almost nothing to show for it.…
List or get off the pot: Auditors demand gov’t improve IT reporting or give it up
The US federal government first planned to standardize its categorization of IT costs, resources, and solutions back in 2017. Eight years later, the project has mostly stalled, say auditors, and now they're demanding that it either get priority or get the axe.…
AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed 'a wallet-wrecking tragedy'
AWS has introduced new pricing for Kiro, its AI-driven coding tool, but unlike the pricing originally announced, the latest plans are "a wallet-wrecking tragedy," according to many of its users.…
Microsoft's Nuance coughs up $8.5M to rid itself of MOVEit breach suit
Microsoft-owned talk-to-text outfit Nuance has agreed to cough up $8.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the sprawling MOVEit Transfer mega-breach – although it admits no liability.…