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Don't want drive-by Ollama attackers snooping on your local chats? Patch now

Tue, 2025-08-19 21:57
Reconfigure local app settings via a 'simple' POST request

A now-patched flaw in popular AI model runner Ollama allows drive-by attacks in which a miscreant uses a malicious website to remotely target people's personal computers, spy on their local chats, and even control the models the victim's app talks to, in extreme cases by serving poisoned models.…

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Like burglars closing a door, Apache ActiveMQ attackers patch critical vuln after breaking in

Tue, 2025-08-19 20:28
Intruders hoped no one would notice their presence

Criminals exploiting a critical vulnerability in open source Apache ActiveMQ middleware are fixing the flaw that allowed them access, after establishing persistence on Linux servers.…

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Vision AI models see optical illusions when none exist

Tue, 2025-08-19 20:00
When is a duck not also a rabbit? When it's a canard

Vision language models exhibit a form of self-delusion that echoes human psychology – they see patterns that aren't there.…

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Latest Windows 11 insider builds hide secret File Explorer dark mode

Tue, 2025-08-19 19:32
Don't be afraid of the dark

HANDS ON Even when you have dark mode enabled in Windows 11, some important dialog boxes stay white. But that could be changing, if a new, hidden beta feature becomes widely available.…

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To heck with export controls! Nvidia reportedly plotting cut-down B300 for Chinese market

Tue, 2025-08-19 19:05
It's that or a replacement for its aging H200 NVL PCIe cards

Nvidia is reportedly prepping a new Blackwell-based GPU for the Chinese market that'll outperform its controversial H20 accelerators.…

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How low can colo go, asks JLL, as datacenter vacancy rates near zero

Tue, 2025-08-19 18:02
$1 trillion of new deployment needed by 2030

Colocation capacity in North American datacenters has dropped to a record low, with much of the construction pipeline already pre-leased, making this a key brake on growth. Keeping up with demand could take as much as $1 trillion in fresh datacenter builds before the decade is out.…

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Python survey shows growth even as Foundation funding falters

Tue, 2025-08-19 17:30
But 3.13 adoption lags as most devs stick with earlier releases

The Python Software Foundation (PSF), in association with tools vendor JetBrains, has published the eighth Python Developer Survey, with more than 30,000 contributors, making it the biggest yet.…

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NASA starts bolting together Artemis III rocket for 2027 Moon shot

Tue, 2025-08-19 16:25
Funding fights and Starship stumbles could still bring it back down to Earth

NASA has begun assembling the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will send humans on a lunar landing mission in 2027.…

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Uncle Sam asks industry if it has AI that'll make procurement suck less

Tue, 2025-08-19 15:43
Plan includes chatbots 'with full user context and data access' – what could go wrong?

US government buyers have been busy getting AI into the hands of federal agencies, and now they're taking a moment to ask the industry how some of that AI magic could work for them. …

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Casino tech outfit Bragg cops to intrusion but says data jackpot untouched

Tue, 2025-08-19 15:31
Toronto company says weekend cyber raid hit internal IT, not punters' wallets

Canadian casino software slinger Bragg Gaming Group has disclosed a "cybersecurity incident," though it's adamant the intruders never got their hands on customer data.…

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PinePhone Pro canned in pursuit of RISC-V business

Tue, 2025-08-19 14:28
Unexpected news from Pine64, but there are other goodies to compensate

Pine64 is moving from Arm kit to RISC-V. As a result, its higher-end open smartphones is for the chop – but not the lower-end model.…

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End well, this won't: UK commissioner suggests govt stops kids from using VPNs

Tue, 2025-08-19 13:29
Dame Rachel de Souza says under-18s are laughing off the Online Safety Act’s age blocks

England's children's commissioner has urged the government to shut down one of the most obvious loopholes in its new age-blocking regime: kids firing up a VPN.…

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Grow a new Arm: UK advisory body wants investment in local AI chips

Tue, 2025-08-19 12:50
Report recommends that the UK become a leader in chip design

The British government's advisory body on science and technology thinks the country could be a world leader in designing AI chips, if it could just get the right investment and skills in place.…

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August update leaves Windows reset and recovery dead in the water

Tue, 2025-08-19 11:28
Want to pass on that old PC? Perhaps wait until out-of-band patch arrives

Microsoft has broken the Windows reset and recovery functionality so badly, it must push an out-of-band update.…

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Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition

Tue, 2025-08-19 10:24
500, 600, 1200, 2000... what's your number?

Hands on The Commodore Amiga turned 40 this year, and the event has been marked by The National Museum Of Computing in the UK with a hands-on exhibition of models from the archives.…

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US spy chief claims UK backed down over Apple backdoor demand

Tue, 2025-08-19 09:17
Tulsi Gabbard boasts Washington forced Blighty to drop iPhone encryption fight

The UK government has reportedly abandoned its attempt to strong-arm Apple into weakening iPhone encryption after the White House forced Blighty into a quiet climb-down.…

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More customers asking for Google's Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss

Tue, 2025-08-19 08:30
Developer demand for sovereign cloud from tech giant is on the rise, says exec

Interview Google's President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the rise of AI assistants while also laying out her vision for cloud sovereignty.…

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Softbank bets $2 billion on Intel having a future

Tue, 2025-08-19 07:27
Takes two percent stake as rumours swirl Uncle Sam could do something similar

Japanese tech investment concern SoftBank has made a $2 billion investment in Intel.…

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Browser wars are back, predicts Palo Alto, thanks to AI

Tue, 2025-08-19 06:33
CEO says if you buy all your infosec stuff from him, life under assault from bots will be less painful

Brace for a new round of browser wars, according to Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora.…

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China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk

Tue, 2025-08-19 01:55
Single spacesuit now worn 20 times

Taikonauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station used an AI model to prepare for a spacewalk.…

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