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EV charging biz zaps customers with data leak scare
An electric vehicle charging point provider is telling users that their data may be compromised, following a recent security "incident" at a service provider.…
China tells grumps, trolls, and AIs to stop emoting online
China’s Cyberspace Administration yesterday announced a two-month campaign to quash netizens who “maliciously incite negative emotions”.…
One of TikTok’s network boffins says it causes ‘massive data wastage’
Before Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and Rupert Murdoch put pen to paper to take over TikTok’s US operations from ByteDance, they might want to consider that one of the Chinese company’s network boffins thinks the app and others like it create “massive data wastage”.…
Stop runaway AI before it's too late, experts beg the UN
ai-pocalypse Ten Nobel Prize winners are among the more than 200 people who've signed a letter calling on the United Nations to define and enforce “red lines” that prohibit some uses of AI.…
AI gone rogue: Models may try to stop people from shutting them down, Google warns
Google DeepMind added a new AI threat scenario - one where a model might try to prevent its operators from modifying it or shutting it down - to its AI safety document. It also included a new misuse risk, which it calls "harmful manipulation."…
Nvidia adds more air to the AI bubble with vague $100B OpenAI deal
analysis OpenAI and Nvidia have signed a letter of intent wherein OpenAI agrees to buy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for its datacenters, while the AI arms dealer returns the favor with an investment of up to $100 billion in the house that Altman built.…
Don't panic: H-1B visas will cost companies $100K only for new petitions
In a surprise announcement on Friday, President Trump issued a proclamation on the H-1B visas many tech companies use to import qualified foreign workers. The headlines mentioning a $100,000 fee caused panic among many visa holders, leading the White House to issue a clarification: Only new applicants will cost their companies this exorbitant price.…
Cops cuff another teen over alleged Scattered Spider attack that broke Vegas casinos
A teen surrendered to Las Vegas police and was booked on suspicion of breaking into multiple Las Vegas casino networks in 2023, as part of a series of hacks attributed to Scattered Spider.…
You can now test drive Fedora 43 and Ubuntu 25.10
Two of the biggest names in fixed-release distros are nearly finished and ready to drop. You can taste them now, but they're not fully baked yet.…
Two heads better than one? Oracle gives the co-CEO model another shot
Oracle on Monday named Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as its new co-chief executives, replacing Safra Catz, who will shift into the role of executive vice chair of the board after more than a decade as top dog.…
NASA panel fears a Starship lunar touchdown is more fantasy than flight plan
NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) has cast doubt on SpaceX's Starship making the 2027 Artemis III lunar landing deadline.…
RubyGems maintainer quits after Ruby Central takes control of project
A decade-long RubyGems maintainer, Ellen Davis (also known as duckinator), has resigned from Ruby Central following what she described as a "hostile takeover" of the open source project.…
Moody's raises Big Red flag over Oracle's AI datacenter buildout blueprint
Ratings agency Moody's has pointed to the dangers inherent in Oracle's $300 billion agreement with OpenAI - one of the deals contributing to a staggering $455 billion pipeline of obligations for Big Red's cloud infrastructure.…
Don't despair. iFixit says you can still repair that iPhone Air
iFixit has given Apple's slimline new smartphone, the iPhone Air, a thumbs-up for repairability, praising its easy access to key components, despite being the thinnest handset Cupertino has built so far.…
EU’s cyber agency blames ransomware as Euro airport check-in chaos continues
The EU's cybersecurity agency today confirmed that ransonmware is the cause of continued disruption blighting major airports across Europe.…
Windows 11 update leaves Blu-ray and TV apps stuttering
Microsoft has added another entry to its growing list of problematic updates in the Windows Hall of Shame, this time causing Digital TV and Blu-ray applications to stutter and freeze when playing protected content.…
Car giant Stellantis says customer data nicked after partner vendor pwned
Car giant Stellantis is admitting that attackers targeted one of its third-party partners, spilling its own customers' details in the process.…
Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil
British boffins say they've discovered a way of taking one of the country's favorite pastimes – having a nice cup of tea – into outer space.…
Linux has the lineage to out-evolve the deadliest of cyber threats, given the right push
Opinion The IT industry is not only full of sharks, it has shark nature itself. It must keep moving forward to survive. Not all sharks are obligate ram ventilators, and not all IT changes all the time, but without innovation the sector would curdle and die.…
'Technical debt' in police database built to respond to child murders causing a 'failing service'
The risk rating of the UK's crime intelligence database is being elevated to "Red" by the governments projects' watchdog as the DB struggles to migrate from a legacy Oracle platform.…