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Signalgate storm intensifies as journalist releases full secret Houthi airstrike chat
The Atlantic's editor-in-chief who was inadvertently added to a Signal group in which the US Secretary of Defense, Vice President, and others discussed secret military plans has now publicly released the messages.…
US defense contractor cops to sloppy security, settles after infosec lead blows whistle
A US defense contractor will cough up $4.6 million to settle complaints it failed to meet cybersecurity requirements on military contracts and knowingly submitted false claims for payment.…
Files stolen from NSW court system, including restraining orders for violence
Australian police are currently investigating the theft of "sensitive" data from a New South Wales court system after they confirmed approximately 9,000 files were stolen.…
It's International Datacenter Day for those who colocate, er, celebrate
It's International Datacenter Day, when people around the world get together to share their love of faceless concrete edifices.…
Credible nerd says stop using atop, doesn't say why, everyone panics
Veteran sysadmin and tech blogger Rachel Kroll posted a cryptic warning yesterday about a popular Linux system monitoring tool. Maybe it's better to be safe than sorry.…
Microsoft patches patch that broke USB printing in Windows 11
Months after releasing a patch that left some printers spouting gibberish, Microsoft is issuing another update to deal with it.…
US closes subsidiary loophole on dozens of Chinese entity list members
The US government has initiated another crackdown on Chinese businesses skirting chip export bans, adding a few dozen new names, and offshoots of repeat offenders, to the entity list.…
50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building
It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled out from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to launchpad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.…
Schneider Electric pumps $700M into US ops as AI datacenter demand surges
Schneider Electric plans to spend $700 million through 2027 to expand its US operations and bolster the supply of its power equipment necessary to sustain the proliferation of AI datacenters.…
NCSC taps influencers to make 2FA go viral
The world's biggest brands have benefited from influencer marketing for years – now the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has hopped on the bandwagon to preach two-factor authentication (2FA) to the masses.…
UK satellite smartphone services could get green light this year
Britain's telecoms regulator could authorize satellite-to-smartphone services in the UK before the end of this year.…
British govt wants to mainline AI, but its arteries are clogged with legacy tech
The parlous state of UK government legacy IT systems is hampering attempts to adopt AI, a report from MPs has warned.…
Aardvark beats groundhogs and supercomputers in weather forecasting
Aardvark, a novel machine learning-based weather prediction system, teases a future where supercomputers are optional for forecasting - but don't pull the plug just yet.…
Jeff Bezos can now taunt Elon Musk: I'm building a moon rover for NASA, when can Tesla do that?
Elon Musk may have launched hundreds of rockets and sent his own Tesla Roadster into space, but rival billionaire Jeff Bezos will soon be able to boast he’s built a moon rover.…
VMware sues Siemens for allegedly using unlicensed software
VMware has sued industrial giant AG Siemens’s US operations for alleged use of unlicensed software and accused it of changing its story negotiations.…
India ditches its 'Google Tax', perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs
India again ditches a tech tax, perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs Already binned an e-commerce tax last year The lower house of India’s parliament on Tuesday passed the nation’s budget for 2025, after making a last-minute change that removed a tax on digital ads.…
Revenge of the nerds: Boffins sue to undo Trump science funding cuts
Two academic organizations sued the Trump administration Tuesday for the allegedly unlawful withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University and associated demands for policy changes.…
God didn't have a plan for Gelsinger at Intel. Maybe there is one for his new gig, Gloo
Pat Gelsinger, once CEO of VMware and later Intel, has announced he's taken a new job as executive chair and head of technology at Gloo, a Colorado-based startup offering technology tools for churches and other faith-based organizations.…
Judge halts DOGE's union personal data grab at OPM, Treasury, Education
A Maryland judge has dealt another blow to Elon Musk's cost-trimming DOGE unit, temporarily blocking the US Treasury, Dept of Education, and Office of Personnel Management from sharing union members' personal data with the billionaire's minions.…