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Users protest as Google Antigravity price floats upward
Developers using Google's Antigravity agentic AI coding tool are complaining about higher prices following an announcement yesterday that the company is evolving its AI plans.…
Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare reaches the base case at 92
Obit Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare has died at the age of 92. Known to many computer science students as C. A. R. Hoare, and to his friends as Tony, he was not only one of the greatest minds in the history of programming – he also came up with a number of the field's pithiest quotes.…
NASA probe checks out years early because this solar cycle is a real drag
NASA's Van Allen Probe A has re-entered Earth's atmosphere eight years earlier than expected, with a 1 in 4,200 chance that its components could cause injury.…
CISA warns max-severity n8n bug is being exploited in the wild
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that hackers are exploiting a max-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in workflow automation platform n8n.…
Fresh indie broadband provider incoming as Google's fiber biz and Stonepeak’s Astound merge
Alphabet is spinning out its US Google Fiber business and combining it with Astound Broadband as part of a joint venture with private equity investor Stonepeak.…
Campaigners claim NHS Palantir system could be accessed by police and immigration
Medical and legal rights campaigners are warning that the Palantir data platform, designed to be at the heart of England's health system, risks enabling UK immigration and policing departments to access confidential patient information.…
Lloyds Banking Group apps play mix-and-match with customer transactions
Updated Customers of three major UK banks woke on Thursday to find incorrect transactions appearing in their apps, a problem later attributed to a technical glitch.…
Smart mirror shows dumb Windows in elevator
Bork!Bork!Bork! Smart mirrors are all the rage. However, rather than a list of headlines and tasks to do today, an unhappy Windows installation can make a smart mirror seem very dumb indeed.…
Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles
Britain has taken the first steps towards producing its own ultrahigh temperature materials, regarded as vital for applications including hypersonic vehicles, space, and advanced propulsion systems.…
So much for power to the people – AI datacenters could jump UK grid queue
The British government is consulting on reforms to prioritize "strategically important" grid connections – including datacenters – amid reports of delays stretching more than a decade on some projects.…
Whitehall seeks lone C++ coder to keep airport passenger model flying
The UK's Department for Transport is offering up to £100,000 over three years for access to a C++ programmer who can keep a module of its airport usage model up in the air.…
Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11
Please let there be ‘Xbork’ as this appears in all the wrong places Organizations that rely on consumer-grade PCs or allow staff to bring their own devices to work, have something new to worry about: a virtual Xbox lurking inside Windows 11.…
Meta reveals four custom AI chips, claims they outperform commercial silicon
Social networking giant Meta has revealed details of four previously unknown custom chips powering its AI services.…
China’s CERT warns OpenClaw can inflict nasty wounds
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team has warned locals that the OpenClaw agentic AI tool poses significant security risks.…
Atlassian to shed ten percent of staff, because AI
Australian collaborationware company Atlassian has announced it will shed ten percent of staff – around 1,600 people.…
Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban
Perplexity's AI browser Comet has been banned from accessing Amazon's website after the e-commerce giant obtained a court-ordered preliminary injunction.…
Iran plots 'infrastructure warfare' against US tech giants
Iran has reportedly designated Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Palantir facilities as legitimate targets of retaliatory strikes, according to an Al Jazeera report citing Iran’s state-affiliated Tasnim news agency.…
Iran-linked cyber crew says they hit US med-tech firm
A hacking crew with ties to Iran's intelligence agency claimed to be behind a global network outage at med-tech firm Stryker on Wednesday, and said the cyberattack was in response to the US-Israel airstrikes.…
Most chatbots will help plan school shootings and other violence, study shows
You might expect a bot to have guardrails that prevent it from helping you plan a crime, but your expectations might be too high. According to a study, eight of ten major commercial chatbots will help you prepare to conduct a school shooting.…
Meta, international cops use handcuffs and AI to stop scammers
Not every scam starts with malware or a compromised account. Sometimes all it takes is a friend request or a link shared via chat.…

