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Oh Brother. Printer giant denies dirty toner tricks as users cry foul
Brother is the latest printer manufacturer to come under fire over alleged sharp practices around the use of third-party consumables versus its own ink supplies.…
101 fun things to do with a locked Kindle e-reader
FOSDEM 2025 Amazon's Kindle e-readers just got a bit less useful, but help is at hand, from jailbreaking to making one of the devices into a monitor.…
UK must give more to ESA to get benefits of space industry boom, says Brian Cox
The UK should hitch its cosmic wagon to the European space agency and contribute more cash to the intergovernmental body, professor Brian Cox, musician, media luvvie and Manchester University particle physicist, told the UK's second Parliamentary chamber this week.…
Microsoft goes native with Copilot. Again
Microsoft has revamped its Copilot app on Windows once again, this time insisting it really has gone native.…
Satnav systems built for Earth used by Blue Ghost lander as it approached the Moon
An experimental module attached to Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Moon lander successfully used Earth's orbiting satnav systems, a feat that suggests a specialized lunar positioning system may not be needed.…
Xen Project delivers solid hypervisor update and keeps working on RISC-V port
The Xen Project has delivered an update to its flagship hypervisor.…
Cybereason CEO leaves after months of boardroom blowups
Eric Gan is no longer CEO of AI security biz Cybereason after what appears to have been a protracted and unpleasant fight with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund and Liberty Strategic Capital.…
Feds name and charge alleged Silk Typhoon spies behind years of China-on-US attacks
US government agencies announced Wednesday criminal charges against alleged members of China's Silk Typhoon gang, plus internet domain seizures linked to a long-term Chinese espionage campaign that saw Beijing hire miscreants to compromise US government agencies and other major orgs.…
Intel wins something: Judge tosses out shareholder lawsuit over foundry losses
Intel has dodged at least one shareholder lawsuit accusing the chipmaker of misleading investors about the health of its struggling foundry business.…
Ex-NSA grandee says Trump's staff cuts will 'devastate' America's national security
Video Looming staffing cuts to America's security and intelligence agencies, if carried out, would "have a devastating effect on cybersecurity and our national security," former NSA bigwig Rob Joyce has told House representatives.…
It begins: Pentagon to give AI agents a role in decision making, ops planning
The American military has signed a deal with Scale AI to give artificial intelligence, as far as we can tell, its most prominent role in the defense sector to date – with AI agents to now be used in planning and operations. …
Run DeepSeek R1 on an Apple M3 Ultra Mac Studio? Sure, it'll just cost you $9,499-plus
Apple's newly refreshed Mac Studio has arrived bristling with up to 32 CPU and 80 GPU cores, and as much as 512GB of unified memory on board.…
China's Silk Typhoon, tied to US Treasury break-in, now hammers IT and govt targets
Silk Typhoon, the Chinese government crew believed to be behind the December US Treasury intrusions, has been abusing stolen API keys and cloud credentials in ongoing attacks targeting IT companies and state and local government agencies since late 2024, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.…
Brit watchdog closes inquiry into Microsoft's $13B OpenAI funding
The UK's investigation into competition concerns arising from Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI has reached a conclusion, albeit an anticlimactic one in which officials have left loose ends.…
Trump says US should scrap CHIPS Act, use the cash to cut debt
US President Trump has renewed his call for the CHIPS Act funding to be cancelled, and suggests any remaining money be set against national debt.…
iOS users left refreshing in vain as Microsoft Outlook woes drag on
Users of Microsoft Outlook on Apple devices are experiencing service disruptions for a second day.…
Apple takes UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
Apple has reportedly filed a legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) contesting the UK government's order that it must forcibly break the encryption of iCloud data.…
'Cybertruck ownership comes with ... interesting fan mail'
Comment Since Elon Musk vigorously threw up a gesture once thought reprehensible at a Trump rally on the day of the president's inauguration, owning a Tesla has taken on a whole new meaning for some.…
Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365
Microsoft today announced two software agents that automate certain business functions for Dynamics 365, its enterprise resource planning and customer relationship suite, and Microsoft 365, its cloud productivity suite.…
Controllers getting no response from Lunar Trailblazer orbiter or Odin asteroid mining probe
Engineers are continuing to attempt to make contact with NASA's stricken Lunar Trailblazer probe as hopes for the science planned for the mission begin to fade.…