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Bots are taking over the internet and AI users are to blame

Wed, 2026-02-04 22:55
RAG bots could overtake human visitors on publisher sites this year, trackers tell us

The AI bot takeover of the internet continues apace, and the latest data suggests the surge is being driven less by model-training scrapes and more by the growing use of AI tools as a stand-in for web search.…

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Positron: we don’t need no fancy HBM to compete with Nvidia’s Rubin

Wed, 2026-02-04 22:06
Pleb-tier LPDDR5x apparently good enough for Arm-backed AI startup's next-gen Asimov accelerators

On paper, Positron's next-gen Asimov accelerators, no doubt named for the beloved science fiction author, don't look like much of a match for Nvidia's Rubin GPUs.…

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AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 minutes thanks to AI assist, researchers say

Wed, 2026-02-04 21:09
LLMs automated most phases of the attack

A digital intruder broke into an AWS cloud environment and in just under 10 minutes went from initial access to administrative privileges, thanks to an AI speed assist.…

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Anthropic cements its position as the not-OpenAI with no-ads pledge

Wed, 2026-02-04 20:37
As profit-starved AI companies scramble to monetize chat interactions, Claude bets on trust

Anthropic has taken the high road by committing to keep its Claude AI model family free of advertising.…

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Critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug under attack

Wed, 2026-02-04 18:15
US agencies told to patch by Friday

Attackers are exploiting a critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug - less than a week after the vendor disclosed and fixed the 9.8-rated flaw. That's according to America's lead cyber-defense agency, which set a Friday deadline for federal agencies to patch the security flaw.…

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Rise of AI means companies could pass on SaaS

Wed, 2026-02-04 18:00
The writing is on the wall as AI companies race to add vertical functionality

Software stocks have taken a beating over the last month as investors grow concerned that AI could put vertical SaaS vendors out of business.…

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US Army looks for robots that can clean up chemical and bioweapons messes

Wed, 2026-02-04 17:16
Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-assisted threats

It's bot versus bot! Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-made biological and chemical weapons, the US Army has plans to fight autonomy with autonomy by getting its hands on some bot-based chemical weapon cleanup tech.…

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Server CPUs join memory in the supply shortage, pushing up prices

Wed, 2026-02-04 17:06
Silicon manufacturing issues to blame

Datacenter servers will face a double whammy this year as CPU supply constraints pile on top of an already severe memory shortage. Even so, shipments are still expected to grow at a double-digit rate.…

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Estonia hedges its bets on US tech while going all-in on Microsoft

Wed, 2026-02-04 16:47
Riigi IT preps European escape plan as it herds civil servants into Redmond's cloud

An Estonian government IT agency is trialling European alternatives to US software providers, even as it moves many of the country’s civil servants to a centrally-managed cloud computing service provided by Microsoft.…

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Microsoft engineer speedruns Raspberry Pi magic smoke in five minutes

Wed, 2026-02-04 15:58
Only cool dudes should wear a HAT backward

Microsoft is no stranger to things breaking unexpectedly – and now one of its engineers has added a Raspberry Pi to the list.…

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DWP finds Copilot saves civil servants a whopping 19 minutes a day

Wed, 2026-02-04 15:18
Tool speeds up searches and first draft emails, becomes 'comfort blanket' for Whitehall workers

Microsoft Copilot saved civil servants 19 minutes daily on routine tasks, according to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research comparing users to a control group of non-users.…

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Nitrogen ransomware is so broken even the crooks can't unlock your files

Wed, 2026-02-04 13:50
Gang walks away with nothing, victims are left with irreparable hypervisors

Cybersecurity experts usually advise victims against paying ransomware crooks, but that advice goes double for those who have been targeted by the Nitrogen group. There's no way to get your data back from them!…

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UK watchdog to rule on £246M Post Office subsidy over Horizon scandal and IR35

Wed, 2026-02-04 13:34
CMA's Subsidy Advice Unit reviewing state aid linked to redress and off-payroll tax costs

The UK competition regulator is set to report on a request for £246 million in subsidies to the Post Office, a publicly owned company, to cover its costs in compensation for the Horizon IT scandal and tax liability for IR35, a mechanism commonly used by tech consultants.…

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Microsoft actually does something useful, adds Sysmon to Windows

Wed, 2026-02-04 13:33
After years of bolting AI onto everything, Redmond remembers admins exist

There is good news for administrators: Microsoft has delivered on its promise to build Sysmon functionality into Windows.…

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EU's fishy digital certificate system leaves exporters floundering

Wed, 2026-02-04 11:53
Catch platform sinks under weight of bugs, missing species, and postal code gaffes while containers pile up at ports

Problems with a new digital European system for certifying fishing catches are hampering producers and delaying exports, according to ministers from several EU member states.…

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Universal £7,500 payout offered to PSNI staff over major data breach

Wed, 2026-02-04 11:41
Affected police officers squeezed mental health services, relocated over safety fears

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) employees who had their details exposed in a significant 2023 data breach will each receive £7,500 ($10,279) as part of a universal offer of compensation.…

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SpaceX halts Falcon 9 flights after second stage anomaly

Wed, 2026-02-04 11:02
Failed deorbit burn grounds workhorse rocket

SpaceX has paused flights of its workhorse Falcon 9 after a second stage failure resulted in the spent rocket tumbling uncontrollably back to Earth.…

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'The EU runs on Microsoft' – and Uncle Sam could turn it off

Wed, 2026-02-04 10:49
Open source gains urgency as Europe reassesses reliance on US tech

Open Source Policy Summit 2026 European tech leaders are waking up to the risk of the US simply turning off their IT services.…

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AWS says you're on your own if media codec patent owners come knocking

Wed, 2026-02-04 10:43
Service terms update removes infringement cover tied to audio and video encoding tech

Amazon is warning users of its media services that it will not protect them against patent infringement claims relating to media codec technology supported by those services.…

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Lego shrinks NASA's biggest rocket – accuracy sold separately

Wed, 2026-02-04 09:30
Bring your own sound effects to a Technic-enabled Space Launch System

The launch of the Artemis II mission to send humans around the Moon is fast approaching. The Register had a go at building Lego's latest SLS set and found it a lot of fun, particularly making whooshing noises as the rocket "launches."…

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