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Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void

Tue, 2026-02-03 19:01
Too slow react-ion time

Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native's Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild attacks still haven't received the "broad public acknowledgement" that they should, according to security researchers.…

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Next-gen nuclear reactors safe enough to skip full environmental reviews, says Trump admin

Tue, 2026-02-03 18:40
DoE trims NEPA paperwork for advanced reactors

The Department of Energy says advanced nuclear reactor designs - many of which have so far existed mainly at the experimental, testing, or demonstration stage - generally pose limited environmental risk and can qualify for a streamlined environmental review for future projects.…

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Snowflake plugs PostgreSQL into its AI Data Cloud

Tue, 2026-02-03 18:06
Yes, it already had Unistore

Snowflake is launching a PostgreSQL database-as-a-service within its AI data environment to place transactional workloads alongside analytics and AI under a single set of governance rules.…

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CISA updated ransomware intel on 59 bugs last year without telling defenders

Tue, 2026-02-03 17:17
GreyNoise's Glenn Thorpe counts the cost of missed opportunities

On 59 occasions throughout 2025, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) silently tweaked vulnerability notices to reflect their use by ransomware crooks. Experts say that's a problem.…

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Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights

Tue, 2026-02-03 17:08
CEO Alex Karp meets criticism with soaring revenues and a sermon

Opinion Palantir had a whopper of a Q4, showing accelerating revenue growth, beating Wall Street's profit estimates, and enjoying a share price jump of as much as 11% during pre-market trading on Tuesday before coming back down to earth.…

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Azure outages ripple across multiple dependent Microsoft services

Tue, 2026-02-03 16:31
Managed Identity and virtual machine failures triggered knock-on problems throughout cloud platform

Microsoft has reported two Azure service wobbles in as many days, including a disruption affecting Virtual Machine management ops yesterday and a Managed Identity for Azure resources outage in East US and West US regions today.…

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Robotics will break AI infrastructure: Here's what comes next

Tue, 2026-02-03 16:00
Robotics is forcing a fundamental rethink of AI compute, data, and systems design

Partner Content Physical AI and robotics are moving from the lab to the real world— and the cost of getting it wrong is no longer theoretical. With robots deployed in factories, warehouses, and public settings, large-scale simulation has become tightly coupled with real-world operations.…

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Europe shrugs off tariffs, plots to end tech reliance on US

Tue, 2026-02-03 15:05
Governments and businesses respond to Trump pressures by upping spending in domestically controlled infrastructure

US tariffs may be squeezing Europe's trade balance, but they are also pushing governments and businesses to spend big on keeping tech closer to home.…

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HP CEO prints final page after six years, moves to PayPal

Tue, 2026-02-03 13:54
Multimillion-dollar tenure could have bought a couple of crates of toner

Longtime HP CEO Enrique Lores is decamping for a top job at PayPal, handing the reins to an interim chief while the business hunts for a permanent successor.…

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X marks the raid: French cops swoop on Musk's Paris ops

Tue, 2026-02-03 13:09
Algorithmic bias probe continues, CEO and former boss summoned to defend the platform's corner

French police raided Elon Musk's X offices in Paris this morning as part of a criminal investigation into alleged algorithmic manipulation by foreign powers.…

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Microsoft finally sends TLS 1.0 and 1.1 to the cloud retirement home

Tue, 2026-02-03 12:59
Azure Storage now requires version 1.2 or newer for encrypted connections

Today is the day Azure Storage stops supporting versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS 1.2 is the new minimum.…

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Polish cops bail 20-year-old bedroom botnet operator

Tue, 2026-02-03 12:34
DDoSer of 'strategically important' websites admitted to most charges

Polish authorities have cuffed a 20-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out DDoS attacks.…

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UK names Barnsley as first Tech Town to see whether AI can fix... well, anything

Tue, 2026-02-03 12:25
South Yorkshire becomes ground zero for nationwide experiment with £500K seed funding

AI-pocalypse Barnsley, a town in South Yorkshire, England, best known for coal mining and glassmaking, is being thrust into the limelight as the country's first "Tech Town" – shoehorning AI into everything from local businesses to public services.…

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Firefox makes AI optional, like it probably should have been all along

Tue, 2026-02-03 11:08
Users can disable every generative feature in one click – not everyone wants a chatbot bolted to their tabs

Mozilla has decided that if AI is going to live in your browser, you should at least be able to kill it when it gets annoying.…

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NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test

Tue, 2026-02-03 10:31
This is starting to sound oddly familiar

NASA has concluded a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) for Artemis II, but recurring liquid hydrogen leaks forced the test to be halted short of completion, prompting the agency to delay the mission's launch to at least March 2026.…

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DIY AI bot farm OpenClaw is a security 'dumpster fire'

Tue, 2026-02-03 10:14
Your own personal Jarvis. A bot to hear your prayers. A bot that cares. Just not about keeping you safe

OpenClaw, the AI-powered personal assistant users interact with via messaging apps and sometimes entrust with their credentials to various online services, has prompted a wave of malware and is delivering some shocking bills.…

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British military to get legal OK to swat drones near bases

Tue, 2026-02-03 09:30
Armed Forces Bill would let troops take action against unmanned threats around defense sites

Britain's defense personnel will be given the authority to neutralize drones threatening military bases under measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill, currently making its way through Parliament.…

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Microsoft kills standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans, because they’re not suite enough

Tue, 2026-02-03 06:13
Blames ‘unintended or nonstandard usage’ and the cost of keeping them alive

Microsoft has slipped out news that it’s killing some standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans.…

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South Korea enlists AI to spot pump and dump schemes on social media, or in Spam

Tue, 2026-02-03 04:42
Main stock exchange targets shares, government agency looks for crypto crooks

South Korea’s government and main stock exchange have developed and deployed AI-powered tools to detect schemes that aim to send the price of cryptocurrencies and shares soaring so that unscrupulous investors can cash in.…

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Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun

Tue, 2026-02-03 01:02
Burning Man woo woo values rocket factory at $250 billion

Elon Musk on Monday revealed his space company SpaceX has acquired his AI outfit xAI, and that the two will work together to escape the surly bonds of Earthly powers by tapping the sun's enduring glow.…

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