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Trump promises nuclear datacenter permits in 3 weeks, calls Greenland 'big beautiful ice'
Donald Trump and Jensen Huang both took the stage at Davos today, giving attendees a myriad of reasons to feel assured or panic stricken about humanity’s future, depending on your point of view.…
Social Security Administration admits it underreported DOGE dirty dealings
DOGE's mucking around at the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been heavily scrutinized, but now the SSA itself is admitting it slightly underreported the unofficial agency's improper activities within its systems. DOGE employees may have been asked to assist a political advocacy group using SSA data, prompting Hatch Act referrals.…
ESA puts ExoMars lander through its paces with eye on 2028 launch
The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a full-scale structural mock-up of the landing platform for its long-delayed ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover.…
We come in peace, OpenAI tells locals near gargantuan Stargate facilities
OpenAI wants every Stargate datacenter campus to come with its own community plan reflecting "local concerns," including a commitment not to cause a hike in electricity prices, minimizing water use, and protecting local ecosystems.…
Palantir CEO claims AI will mean western economies won't need immigration
Opinion Palantir CEO Alex Karp has an inimitable aptitude for sniffing out the politically sensitive topic about which, by his own admission, he should not be speaking, but which will also win him the most attention.…
Everest ransomware gang said to be sitting on mountain of Under Armour data
Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) says 72.7 million accounts registered with Under Armour were affected by an alleged ransomware attack in November.…
Concorde at 50: Twice the speed of sound, twice the economic trouble
It is 50 years since Concorde began scheduled passenger flights, with British Airways operating a London-Bahrain service and Air France flying from Paris to Rio de Janeiro.…
EU considers whether there's Huawei of axing Chinese kit from networks within 3 years
The European Commission (EC) wants a revised Cybersecurity Act to address any threats posed by IT and telecoms kit from third-country sources, potentially forcing member states to confront the thorny issue of suppliers such Huawei in their national networks.…
FTC tries to un-Zuck Meta's grip on the market by dragging it back to court
The Federal Trade Commission has doubled down on its belief that Meta maintained a monopoly of social networking by anticompetitive conduct, appealing last year's district court victory for Zuck and co.…
Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages
The Irish government is planning to bolster its police's ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use.…
Microsoft admits Outlook might freeze when saving files to OneDrive
Microsoft's January Windows update has delivered another blow for unsuspecting users – apps including Outlook might freeze when saving files to cloud storage services such as OneDrive or Dropbox.…
Best of British: UK's infosec envoys include Cisco, Palo Alto, and Accenture
Britain's digital economy minister has sent forth a raft of companies as "ambassadors" to help organizations across the land embrace the UK's Software Security Code of Practice.…
Microsoft CEO: AI sovereignty isn't where it runs, it's who controls it
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says datacenter location is "the least important thing" for AI sovereignty.…
MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems
MX Linux 25.1 restores the ability to switch init systems – the killer feature of MX Linux of old.…
Child safety or age-gating for all? UK social media ban plan draws fire
The UK government's proposed ban on under-16s using social media would amount to building a mass age-verification system for the entire internet, creating "serious risks to privacy, data protection, and freedom of expression," digital rights advocates have warned.…
Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue
Students at an Arizona school have built a full-scale replica of ENIAC, marking 80 years since the dedication of the computer at the University of Pennsylvania.…
ATM takes a kicking yet keeps on ticking
Bork!Bork!Bork! Sometimes technology is made of sterner stuff than we give credit for, such as this ATM, which has clung on to life – and power – despite the indignities heaped upon it.…
Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop
The maintainer of popular open-source data transfer tool cURL has ended the project’s bug bounty program after maintainers struggled to assess a flood of AI-generated contributions.…
Sony no longer home of the Bravia as it plans TV biz spin-out to China’s TCL
Sony wants to stop making televisions.…
OpenAI will try to guess your age before ChatGPT gets spicy
OpenAI says it has begun deploying an age prediction model to determine whether ChatGPT users are old enough to view "sensitive or potentially harmful content."…