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Funding for program to stop next Stuxnet from hitting US expired Sunday
Government funding for a program that hunts for threats on America's critical infrastructure networks expired on Sunday, preventing Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from analyzing activity that could indicate a cyberattack, the program director told Congress on Tuesday.…
Google AI Overviews are killing the web, Pew study shows (again)
ai-pocalypse Google Search users are less likely to click on search result links when those pages have AI Overviews, according to the Pew Research Center.…
Biggest chunk of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3M at auction, cheaper than NASA's sample return mission
Videos The largest chunk of Mars yet discovered on Earth, a 54-pound (25kg) chunk of the Red Planet, has been purchased at auction for $5.3 million by an unknown bidder.…
How to get rid of useless keys in Windows and turn them into something helpful
In the era of laptops and tenkeyless keyboards, many of us are living with fewer keys than we had years ago. But even on a small keyboard, you'll find keys that you just don't need. …
How AI chip upstart FuriosaAI won over LG with its power-sipping design
South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI scored a major customer win this week after LG's AI Research division tapped its AI accelerators to power servers running its Exaone family of large language models.…
Struggling to sell EVs, Tesla pivots to slinging burgers
video Facing declining sales and a tarnished reputation, EV manufacturer Tesla is looking to a new industry to generate some revenue: Fast-casual food service.…
Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare
If you installed the Firefox, LibreWolf, or Zen web browsers from the Arch User Repository (AUR) in the last few days, delete them immediately and install fresh copies.…
GitHub command palette wins stay of execution after dev pushback
GitHub has "paused" the removal of the command palette, which enables keyboard control of the GitHub web application, following developer protests.…
Surprise, surprise: Chinese spies, IP stealers, other miscreants attacking Microsoft SharePoint servers
At least three Chinese groups are attacking on-premises SharePoint servers via a couple of recently disclosed Microsoft bugs, according to Redmond.…
Silicon Valley engineer admits theft of US missile tech secrets
A Silicon Valley engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of trade secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including crucial military technology.…
Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals
Researchers in Italy have developed a way to create a biometric identifier for people based on the way the human body interferes with Wi-Fi signal propagation.…
UK government swoons over OpenAI in legally meaningless love-in
The UK's Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) is jumping into bed with chatbot biz OpenAI, signing a memorandum of understanding to expand OpenAI's footprint in the nation while inserting its tech firmly into the public sector.…
Microsoft patches critical SharePoint 2016 zero-days amid active exploits
Microsoft has good news for administrators running SharePoint Server 2016. The cloud and software megacorp has published updates to close a gaping hole in the document management service.…
The real reason why Trump is killing the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawai'i
Column When you don't like the message, what do you do? You shoot the messenger, of course.…
Mike Lynch estate owes HPE $943M over Autonomy fallout
A High Court judge has ruled that the estate of Autonomy founder Dr Mike Lynch will not have to pay the billions of dollars sought in damages by HPE following its ill-fated acquisition of Autonomy in 2011.…
NASA Goddard Center Director quits as agency staffers issue dissent letter
Updated NASA's Goddard Center Director, Makenzie Lystrup, is to depart after just over two years in the role.…
UK to ban ransomware payments by public sector organizations
The UK government is proposing to "ban" public sector organizations and critical national infrastructure from paying criminal operators behind ransomware attacks, under new measures outlined today.…
UK Post Office names public inquiry as risk to £410 million Horizon replacement project
The UK Post Office has said the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal is a risk to its £410 million ($552 million) plan to replace its ageing POS and accounting system, and may force changes to awarded contracts.…
Open source's superior security is a matter of eyeballs: Be kind to the brains behind them
Opinion The speedrun is one of the internet's genuinely new artforms. At its best, it's akin to a virtuoso piano recital. Less emotional depth, more adrenalin. Watching an expert fly through a game creates an endorphin rush without the expense or time of doing it for yourself. …
Brit watchdog says public service TV must 'urgently' join Team YouTube
Public service broadcasters (PSBs) need to work with Google-owned YouTube "urgently," says the UK's communications watchdog, Ofcom.…