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SETI admits its search for alien life may be too narrowly focussed
The SETI Institute, the nonprofit that conducts a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by examining radio waves for artefacts that are unlikely to be the result of natural processes, thinks it may have been going about it the wrong way.…
HPE tweaks T&Cs so the price it quotes may not be the price you pay
HPE has changed its terms and conditions in ways that allow it to change hardware prices after it’s issued a quote, due to rampant storage and memory price rises.…
Palantir’s lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is using Palantir to figure out where its staff should sit, after deciding only the colorful AI company can do the job.…
Anthropic debuts pricey and sluggish automated Code Review tool
Anthropic has introduced a more extensive – and expensive – way to review source code in hosted repositories, many of which already contain large swaths of AI-generated code.…
AI vs AI: Agent hacked McKinsey's chatbot and gained full read-write access in just two hours
Researchers at red-team security startup CodeWall say their AI agent hacked McKinsey's internal AI platform and gained full read and write access to the chatbot in just two hours.…
Moody humans should let AI handle bad public feedback first, study finds
Angry company responses to customer complaints are a favorite topic of internet amusement and outrage, but they're also embarrassing for the employees who post them. Having AI process customer reviews could be a better way. …
Microsoft taps Claude to make Copilot Cowork a better agent
Microsoft on Monday celebrated freedom of choice by giving customers in the company's Frontier program the option to use Anthropic and OpenAI models via Copilot Chat.…
ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist
ShinyHunters told The Register that it has stolen data from about 100 high-profile companies in its latest Salesforce customer data heist, including Salesforce itself.…
Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream
Amazon wants US regulators to reject a SpaceX application for permission to launch a fleet of orbital datacenter satellites, criticizing it as incomplete, speculative, and unrealistic.…
China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon
Researchers from China are narrowing down the landing sites for the nation’s first crewed mission to the Moon, set to take place before 2030.…
Vulture rediscovers RSS to dull the pain of the modern web
opinion A couple of timely blog posts remind us that RSS is alive, well, and can help you resist enshittification of the Web.…
'AI brain fry' affects employees managing too many agents
As AI adoption in the workplace accelerates, many people find themselves in a position where babysitting bots and agents is a significant part of their day. Those people are feeling a bit like AI has fried their brains. …
Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts
Microsoft has finally confirmed that its AI-centric E7 subscription tier - where it licenses AI agent agents like employees - will debut on May 1 for an eye-watering $99 per user per month (pupm).…
EV charger biz ELECQ zapped by ransomware crooks, customer contact data stolen
Exclusive ELECQ, maker of smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, is warning customers that their personal details may have been stolen in a ransomware attack that encrypted and copied user data from its cloud systems.…
MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry
After a couple of years of relative calm, the relationship between MariaDB and its open source foundation was ruffled in February, leaving observers with a few unanswered questions.…
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
Markdown has been around for more than 20 years, but native support in LibreOffice might suddenly help to make it viable for more people.…
Ex-Meta execs pop up on Nscale board as rent-a-GPU firm raises $2B
Former British deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg has landed a board seat at UK-based neocloud Nscale, alongside fellow ex-Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg and former president of Yahoo Susan Decker.…
Dutch cops warn 100 alleged scammers: Turn yourselves in or we tell Grandma
Dutch national police are taking a novel stand against scammers - 100 suspects now have less than two weeks to hand themselves in or face public shaming.…
Russian cybercrims phish their way into officials' Signal and WhatsApp accounts
Russian-linked hackers are trying to break into the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials, journalists, and military personnel globally – not by cracking encryption, but by simply tricking people into handing over the keys.…
NASA abandons delayed SLS upper stage for ULA's Centaur V instead
NASA has selected United Launch Alliance's Centaur V upper stage for the Artemis missions that aim to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.…

