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Daddy of a mistake by GoDaddy took Zoom offline for about 90 minutes
A bad mistake by GoDaddy took Zoom offline for almost two hours on Wednesday afternoon, US time.…
Heat can make Li-Ion batteries explode. Or restore their capacity, say Chinese boffins
Researchers at China’s Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering have found a way to restore the energy density of old Lithium-Ion batteries by heating them to over 150°C.…
Whistleblower describes DOGE IT dept rampage at America's labor watchdog
Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation after a tech staffer at the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) blew the whistle on the cost-trimming DOGE's activities at the employment watchdog – which the staffer claims included being granted superuser status in contravention of standard operating procedures, exfiltrating data, and seemingly leaking credentials to someone with a Russian IP address.…
Tesla fudged odometer to screw me out of warranty, Model Y owner claims
Tesla has been accused of somehow sneakily altering a customer's odometer to hasten the end of his vehicle's warranty period.…
California sues President Tariff
World War Fee President Trump's reign of tariffs has been challenged on the left and right by the State of California and the Liberty Justice Center.…
Microsoft: Why not let our Copilot fly your computer?
Microsoft will soon let Copilot agents drive computers through the GUI just like humans – by clicking buttons, selecting menus, and even completing forms on screen.…
White House confirms 245% tariff on some Chinese imports not a typo
World War Fee No, it wasn't a typo. Some Chinese imports are indeed subject to a 245 percent tariff in the United States.…
Free Blue Screens of Death for Windows 11 24H2 users
Keeping with its rich history of updates that break Windows in unexpected ways, Microsoft has warned that two recent patches for Windows 11 24H2 are triggering blue screen crashes.…
Signalgate chats disappear from CIA chief's phone
CIA Director John Ratcliffe's smartphone has almost no trace left of the infamous Signalgate chat – the one in which he and other top US national security officials discussed a secret upcoming military operation in a group Signal conversation a journalist was inadvertently added to.…
Microsoft admits it's not you, Classic Outlook can be a real CPU, power hog sometimes
Far be from us to suggest Microsoft is trying to force people onto its New Outlook application, but it has admitted Classic Outlook occasionally and mysteriously turns into a system resource hog. It's a SNAFU that may just push folks over the edge to the new app – or to a full alternative.…
First Nvidia, now AMD: Trump trade turmoil threatens $800M in China chip sales
World War Fee Turns out Nvidia's not the only chip shop caught in the crossfire of Trump's tit-for-tat trade battle with China.…
Microsoft blames 'latent code issue' after Windows 11 upgrades sneak past admin blockades
Microsoft has admitted some users are being offered Windows 11 upgrades despite Intune policies configured otherwise.…
Figma bucks market trends, plunges into IPO waters after Adobe's failed buyout
It's been a little over a year since Adobe abandoned its plans to purchase web-based design tool Figma. Now, the smaller of the two app makers is bucking market uncertainty by filing for an IPO.…
CVE program gets last-minute funding from CISA – and maybe a new home
In an 11th-hour reprieve, the US government last night agreed to continue funding the globally used Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program.…
20 years on, DART still a masterclass in how not to rendezvous in orbit
It is twenty years since NASA's DART mission collided with a satellite after depleting its fuel during a rendezvous attempt.…
Law firm 'didn't think' data theft was a breach, says ICO. Now it's nursing a £60K fine
A law firm is appealing against a £60,000 fine from the UK's data watchdog after 32 GB of personal information was stolen from its systems.…
AWS claims 50% of Azure workloads would jump ship if licensing costs allowed
AWS estimates that half of the workloads Microsoft enterprise customers run on Azure would migrate to its own datacenters if only the licensing costs of doing so were not prohibitively high and a competitive deterrent.…
ASML hits targets but orders sag as Trump trolls markets
Euro tech giant ASML hit its revenue guidance last quarter and still expects the coffers to swell this year, but order bookings are down as Trump's tariff turmoil casts uncertainty over the entire industry.…
Russians lure European diplomats into malware trap with wine-tasting invite
Russia never stops using proven tactics, and its Cozy Bear, aka APT 29, cyber-spies are once again trying to lure European diplomats into downloading malware with a phony invitation to a lux event.…
In wake of Horizon scandal, forensics prof says digital evidence is a minefield
Digital forensics in the UK is in need of reform, says one expert, as the deadline to advise the government on computer evidence rules arrives.…