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Royal Navy chief backs drones, autonomous weapons in ‘Hybrid Navy’
The leader of Britain’s Royal Navy has outlined a “Hybrid Navy” built on a mix of crewed, uncrewed, and autonomous platforms to ensure it can continue to defend the nation and operate overseas.…
Job's a good 'un: Bank of England tech project wins watchdog praise
Parliament's spending watchdog has held up a successful large-scale public sector tech transformation as a rare example worth emulating, in a striking departure from the usual diet of failure and overspend.…
Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents
Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents
With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usage-based pricing, that vibe-coded hobby project is about to get a whole lot more expensive. Fortunately, you're not without cost-saving options.…
UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs
UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs
The DVSA's driving test booking system has spent the week offline, according to frustrated users.…
Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt
Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt
Britain's cyber agency is warning that AI-fuelled bug hunting is about to flush out years of buried flaws, leaving defenders scrambling to keep up.…
ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs
ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs
The chase is on. Atlassian reported its largest-ever quarter for taking share from a major IT service management provider, CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said on the company's fiscal third-quarter earnings call Thursday, escalating its rivalry with ServiceNow.…
Mythos complicates the breakup, says Pentagon CTO, but Anthropic is still barred
Mythos complicates the breakup, says Pentagon CTO, but Anthropic is still barred
Pentagon CTO Emil Michael pushed back on reports of a thaw in the department’s relationship with Anthropic: The two are not getting back together, even as Mythos draws interest from government agencies.…
Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demonstration
Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demonstration
Amid the sensational NASA budget cut proposals taking place in the US at the moment, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has refined the Artemis III launch date to "late 2027."…
Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
As both Apple and Google introduce unwelcome changes in their phone OSes, here's a quick reminder that you do have alternatives to the Gruesome Twosome.…
CIOs ready for another role-change as AI becomes agent of chaos
CIOs ready for another role-change as AI becomes agent of chaos
Forrester predicts that by decade's end, the rush toward agentic AI will grow so chaotic that CIOs will be forced into a new role as enforcer of order.…
That old phone in the kitchen drawer could save an industry
That old phone in the kitchen drawer could save an industry
Secondhand phones sales are booming - relatively speaking - and the industry has rising inflation, AI bloat, and consumers' growing apathy toward overpriced new handsets to thank for it.…