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Classic Psion fan releases proof-of-concept language server for OPL

Wed, 2025-08-27 15:25
Vintage computing boffinry to please palmtop enthusiasts

Vintage computing enthusiast Colin Hoad has released a gift to anyone who fondly remembers Psion's classic EPOC-based palmtops and their Open Programming Language (OPL): a language server which brings modern quality-of-life features to the OPL programmer, regardless of their development environment.…

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Microsoft can't guarantee data sovereignty – OVHcloud says 'We told you so'

Wed, 2025-08-27 14:44
French provider seizes on Redmond's admission that US law could override local protections

Interview European cloud provider OVHcloud has long warned about the risks of relying on foreign tech giants for critical infrastructure – especially when it comes to data sovereignty.…

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GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist

Wed, 2025-08-27 14:02
Hybrid of GNUstep and Xfce channels classic NeXT vibes

The latest release of GhostBSD, an easy graphical FreeBSD distribution, includes a brand new macOS-like desktop environment, "Gershwin."…

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Salesforce data missing? It might be due to Salesloft breach, Google says

Wed, 2025-08-27 13:04
Attackers steal OAuth tokens to access third-party sales platform, then CRM data in 'widespread campaign'

Google says a recent spate of Salesforce-related breaches was caused by attackers stealing OAuth tokens from the third-party Salesloft Drift app.…

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What a difference 2 years makes: MariaDB buys back SkySQL

Wed, 2025-08-27 12:25
Because the DBaaS has lately become AI-tastic, among other things

It's less than two years since MariaDB spun out SkySQL, but it's already unspinning the database-as-a-service outfit, which has since been marinated in AI sauce.…

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EchoStar sells off its spectrum for more than its total market cap

Wed, 2025-08-27 11:45
$23B deal with AT&T shows where the money is

US telco EchoStar, valued around $14.5 billion on Wednesday morning, has sold its American spectrum allocation to AT&T for $23 billion.…

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VMware: The private cloud's main purpose is now keeping developers happy

Wed, 2025-08-27 10:59
The DevOps dance has new steps, but Virtzilla thinks it can teach ops folks to tango

Private clouds are all about keeping developers happy and productive, according to Krish Prasad, senior veep and general manager of Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation division.…

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Unlike most of Musk's other ventures, Starship keeps it together for Flight Test 10

Wed, 2025-08-27 10:17
Explosions all expected and on schedule this time

SpaceX has finally managed a test flight of Starship without anything creating an impromptu firework display.…

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Who are you again? Infosec experiencing 'Identity crisis' amid rising login attacks

Wed, 2025-08-27 09:39
Vendor insists passkeys are the future, but getting workers on board is proving difficult

Infosec pros are losing confidence in their identity providers' ability to keep attackers out, with Cisco-owned Duo warning that the industry is facing what it calls "an identity crisis."…

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Datacenters face rising thirst as Europe dries up

Wed, 2025-08-27 08:45
Analysts warn cooling demands could outstrip supplies as heatwaves intensify

Water scarcity is rising up the agenda as one of the major concerns for datacenters in Europe following an unusually hot and dry summer, marked by intense heatwaves in southern parts of the continent.…

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More than 100 companies are chasing an AI chip gold rush. Few will surive

Wed, 2025-08-27 07:39
Quick, get some investment money before the bubble bursts

The number of companies developing AI processor chips now numbers well over a hundred, according to new research.…

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Intel pitches Clearwater Forest as a consolidation play for all you hoarding ancient Xeons

Wed, 2025-08-27 07:07
Chipzilla's first datacenter part to use 18A process tech is another core-packed monster

Hot Chips The first datacenter silicon to use Intel's two-nanometer-class 18A process tech won't arrive for a while yet, but that's not stopping the struggling x86 giant from making its sales pitch early.…

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BGP’s security problems are notorious. Attempts to fix that are a work in progress

Wed, 2025-08-27 06:30
Securing internet infrastructure remains a challenging endeavour

Systems Approach I’ve been working on a chapter about infrastructure security for our network security book.…

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Google issued ‘State-backed attack in progress’ warnings after spotting web hijack scheme

Wed, 2025-08-27 04:58
Suspects this was Beijing-backed Typhoon and/or Panda crew targeting diplomats in Asia

Google has warned customers of a suspected state-backed attack after observing a web traffic hijacking campaign.…

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Trump stomps feet, pulls out 't-word' again over China rare earths ban

Tue, 2025-08-26 23:26
'They have to give us magnets'

world war fee The Chinese lockdown on rare-earth minerals has drawn the ire of President Trump, who is threatening crushing tariffs if the Middle Kingdom doesn't cough up more rare earths.…

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Anthropic teases Claude for Chrome: Don't try this at home

Tue, 2025-08-26 23:02
AI am inevitable, AI firm argues

Anthropic is now offering a research preview of Claude for Chrome, a browser extension that enables the firm's machine learning model to automate web browsing.…

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Google takes Photoshop to the woodshed with new image AI

Tue, 2025-08-26 21:50
It will even draw legs and arms not in the source material

Google has updated its Gemini AI image generation tool with a build that caused a stir after it was released under the code name Nano Bananas.…

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First AI-powered ransomware spotted, but it's not active – yet

Tue, 2025-08-26 21:24
Oh, look, a use case for OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b model

ESET malware researchers Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek have discovered what they describe as the "first known AI-powered ransomware," which they named PromptLock. …

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Azure apparatchik shows custom silicon keeping everything locked down

Tue, 2025-08-26 20:50
From hardware security chips and trusted execution pipelines to open source Root of Trust modules

Hot Chips Microsoft is one of the biggest names in cybersecurity, but it has a less-than-stellar track record in the department. Given its reputation, Redmond can't afford to mess around when it comes to securing its cloud customers' data and workloads.…

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AI robs jobs from recent college grads, but isn't hurting wages, Stanford study says

Tue, 2025-08-26 20:20
Machine-learning models are automating away some entry-level roles

Researchers with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab say that workers between the ages of 22 and 25 in occupations most exposed to AI, like software developers, have seen a 13 percent relative decline in employment compared to other occupations.…

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