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Microsoft nuke power deal for Three Mile Island appears to be ahead of schedule
A revamped Three Mile Island nuclear plant could be fueling Microsoft's AI datacenters sooner than first thought, according to Constellation Energy executives.…
Cisco fixes two critical make-me-root bugs on Identity Services Engine components
Cisco has dropped patches for a pair of critical vulnerabilities that could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code on vulnerable systems.…
Exif marks the spot as fresh version of PNG image standard arrives
The free graphics format that people actually know how to pronounce has been updated.…
The SmartNIC revolution fell flat, but AI might change that
Analysis In 2013, Amazon Web Services announced a new C3 instance type and made vague references to what it described as "enhanced networking" enabled by an Intel Virtual Function interface.…
Gridlocked: AI's power needs could short-circuit US infrastructure
Power required by AI datacenters in the US may be more than 30 times greater in a decade, with 5 GW facilities already in the pipeline..…
NICER science not so nice as ISS telescope pauses operations
NASA's NICER X-ray telescope is pausing operations just weeks after the US space agency boasted that a January repair and reconfiguration had improved its daytime measurements.…
Kaseya CEO: Why AI adoption is below industry expectations
Interview Adoption of generative AI for enterprise customers isn't taking off in the manner many in the industry expected – and there are major obstacles in the way, according to Rania Succar, recently appointed CEO at Kaseya.…
Glasgow City Council online services crippled following cyberattack
A cyberattack on Glasgow City Council is causing massive disruption with a slew of its digital services unavailable.…
Qilin ransomware attack on NHS supplier contributed to patient fatality
The NHS says Qilin's ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis last year led to the death of a patient.…
OpenDylan sheds some parentheses in 2025.1 update
OpenDylan is a Lisp without all the parentheses – just as John McCarthy originally intended for LISP-2.…
UK to buy nuclear-capable F-35As that can't be refueled from RAF tankers
The UK government is to buy 12 F-35A fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons as part of the NATO deterrent, but there's a snag: the new jets are incompatible with the RAF's refueling tanker aircraft.…
Frozen supermarket chain deploys facial recognition tech
Privacy campaigners are branding frozen food retailer Iceland's decision to trial facial recognition technology (FRT) at several stores "chilling" – the UK supermarket chain says it's deploying the cameras to cut down on crime.…
Top AI models - even American ones - parrot Chinese propaganda, report finds
Five popular AI models all show signs of bias toward viewpoints promoted by the Chinese Communist Party, and censor material it finds distasteful, according to a new report.…
That WhatsApp from an Israeli infosec expert could be a Iranian phish
The cyber-ops arm of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has started a spear-phishing campaign intent on stealing credentials from Israeli journalists, cybersecurity experts, and computer science professors from leading Israeli universities.…
French city of Lyon ditching Microsoft for open source office and collab tools
The French city of Lyon has decided to ditch Microsoft’s Office suite and plans to adopt Linux and PostgreSQL.…
Japanese company using mee-AI-ow to detect stressed cats
A Japanese company called Rabo that makes a smart collar for cats and uses the motto “Because nine lives are never enough” has started using AI to monitor feline stress levels.…
ICANN writes angry letter to African regional internet registry after election suspended
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers (ICANN) has demanded the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) explain why the nomination committee overseeing its board elections suspended voting, or face disciplinary action.…
Intel totals automotive group
Intel is shuttering its automotive efforts and laying off the bulk of the team responsible.…
Visiting students can't hide social media accounts from Uncle Sam anymore
The US State Department last week said foreign nationals seeking to study in the US must make their social media profiles public, prompting some students to delete their social media posts.…
Citrix bleeds again: This time a zero-day exploited - patch now
Hot on the heels of patching a critical bug in Citrix-owned Netscaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that one security researcher dubbed "CitrixBleed 2," the embattled networking device vendor today issued an emergency patch for yet another super-serious flaw in the same products — but not before criminals found and exploited it as a zero-day.…