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Linus Torvalds: Stop making an issue out of AI slop in kernel docs – you're not changing anybody's mind
Today, it is hard to escape LLM bots and the endless slop they emit, but the Linux kernel might be largely safe … for now.…
Why colos are city slickers and hyperscalers are country bumpkins
Datacenter building decisions tend to fall into two camps with colocation providers plumping for urban areas while hyperscalers seek sites where electricity, land, and construction costs come cheaper.…
ISS spacewalk postponed over mystery astronaut malady
NASA has postponed today's spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) due to an undisclosed "medical concern" with a crew member.…
Ransomware attacks kept climbing in 2025 as gangs refused to stay dead
If 2025 was meant to be the year ransomware started dying, nobody appears to have told the attackers.…
Trump spectrum sale leaves airlines with $4.5B bill for altimeter do-over
Airlines operating in the US may have to upgrade their aircraft radio altimeters again at a cost of billions of dollars, to avoid potential interference with cell networks following the Trump administration's decision last year to auction off additional spectrum to bidders.…
CISA flags actively exploited Office relic alongside fresh HPE flaw
CISA has added a pair of security holes to its actively exploited list, warning that attackers are now abusing a maximum-severity bug in HPE's OneView management software and a years-old flaw in Microsoft Office.…
AOSP on a diet plan as Google halves Android code drops
Google has confirmed there will be two code dumps to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) per year, down from the four developers have become accustomed to.…
UK regulators swarm X after Grok generated nudes from photos
Elon Musk's X platform is under fire as UK regulators close in on mounting reports that the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, is generating sexual imagery without users' consent.…
Maximum-severity n8n flaw lets randos run your automation server
A maximum-severity bug in the popular automation platform n8n has left an estimated 100,000 servers wide open to complete takeover, courtesy of a flaw so bad it doesn't even require logging in.…
OpenAI putting bandaids on bandaids as prompt injection problems keep festering
Security researchers at Radware say they've identified several vulnerabilities in OpenAI's ChatGPT service that allow the exfiltration of personal information.…
Are criminals vibe coding malware? All signs point to yes
Interview With everyone from would-be developers to six-year-old kids jumping on the vibe coding bandwagon, it shouldn't be surprising that criminals like automated coding tools too.…
Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first
Scientists have developed a synthetic skin capable of mimicking some of the best camouflage skills in nature that could also have applications in soft robotics and advanced displays.…
Logitech macOS mouse mayhem traced to expired dev certificate
Logitech says an expired developer certificate is to blame after swaths of customers were left infuriated when their mice malfunctioned.…
Cloudflare pours cold water on ‘BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela’ theory
Cloudflare has poured cold water on a theory that the USA’s incursion into Venezuela coincided with a cyberattack on telecoms infrastructure.…
AMD threatens to go medieval on Nvidia with Epyc and Instinct: What we know so far
AMD teased its next-generation of AI accelerators at CES 2026, with CEO Lisa Su boasting the the MI500-series will deliver a 1,000x uplift in performance over its two-year-old MI300X GPUs.…
IBM's AI agent Bob easily duped to run malware, researchers show
IBM describes its coding agent thus: "Bob is your AI software development partner that understands your intent, repo, and security standards." Unfortunately, Bob doesn't always follow those security standards.…
New carbon capture tech could save us from datacenter doom
Researchers in Finland have found a new way to capture carbon dioxide from ambient air that they say is more efficient than existing methods, cheap to produce, reusable, and allows for easy recycling of captured CO₂. …
British Palantir rival, whose founder touted UK tech sovereignty, sells to Accenture
Accenture plans to buy UK-based AI firm Faculty, a Palantir competitor, and onboard the company’s CEO as Accenture’s new chief technology officer. The move suggests the two companies, while partners today, could start taking each others' business.…
SanDisk heals WD Black and Blues, rebrands beloved client SSDs
WD Black and Blue SSDs are some of the most widely recognized client drives on the market, but their branding is about to disappear. Following Western Digital's flash-business spinoff, SanDisk announced it was retiring the beloved names and rebranding its NVMe lineup under the SANDISK Optimus banner.…
ESA calls cops as crims lift off 500 GB of files, say security black hole still open
exclusive The European Space Agency on Wednesday confirmed yet another massive security breach, and told The Register that the data thieves responsible will be subject to a criminal investigation. And this could be a biggie.…