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Away from Oktoberfest, Munich's museums also serve science on tap
Geek's Guide It's September and the German city of Munich is celebrating Oktoberfest. But away from the beer tents, schnitzel, and lederhosen lies a set of museums worth visiting for the price of a few beers.…
Blockchain just became an utterly mainstream part of the global financial system
Blockchains are still synonymous with the wild world of cryptocurrencies, but on Monday, 30 banks and SWIFT – the world’s most important cross-border payment service – made them an utterly mainstream part of the global financial system.…
Taliban impose tele-ban and takes Afghanistan offline
Afghanistan has dropped off the global internet.…
Beijing-backed burglars master .NET to target government web servers
Threat-hunters at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have decided a gang they spotted two years ago is backed by China, after seeing it sling a new variety of malware.…
Salesforce users grumble after Agentforce AI replaces search on some help pages
Salesforce developers have called for the SaaS-y CRM giant to wind back a change that saw the AI-powered Agentforce bot replace basic search functions on some online help pages.…
Cyborg dreams move closer to reality with low-power artificial neuron
Scientists affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed an artificial neuron that can communicate efficiently with biological neurons, a research advance expected to accelerate the development of bioelectronic devices and interfaces.…
Fake North Korean IT workers sneaking into healthcare, finance, and AI
The North Korean IT worker threat extends well beyond tech companies, with fraudsters interviewing at a "surprising" number of healthcare orgs, according to Okta Threat Intelligence.…
Tile trackers are a stalker's dream, say Georgia Tech researchers
Tile Bluetooth trackers leak identifying data in plain text, giving stalkers an easy way to track victims despite Life360's security promises, a group of Georgia Tech researchers warns.…
Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name
Microsoft is testing talking avatars for Copilot to see if users feel more at ease chatting with a face instead of just a text box. Our US Editor tried them out, only to find the digital stare was more creepy than comforting.…
Google bolts AI into Drive to catch ransomware, but crooks not shaking yet
Google on Tuesday rolled out a new AI tool in Drive for desktop that it says will pause syncing to limit ransomware damage, but it won't stop attacks outright.…
Socket will block it with free malicious package firewall
Software security biz Socket has released a free command line tool to defend developers against supply chain attacks.…
Second time unlucky for Firefly as an Alpha rocket stage explodes
Firefly Aerospace's run of bad luck has continued after the first stage of its Alpha Flight 7 rocket was lost during testing.…
IBM killing mainframe coding kit for PCs this year
IBM is killing off a mainframe coding toolkit for PCs and withdrawing all support, directing developers to instead use a cloud-hosted environment for dev and test purposes.…
Blood-red bot stalks the burbs armed with . . . groceries
Rise of the machines Machines may soon be taking over the mean streets of suburban America . . . in the form of Dot by DoorDash. However, it'll be groceries and take-outs that it delivers rather than justice.…
California lawmakers pretend to regulate AI, create a pile of paperwork
A year after vetoing a tougher bill, California Gov Gavin Newsom has signed the nation's first AI transparency law, forcing big model developers to publish frameworks and file incident reports, but critics argue it's more paperwork than protection.…
Senators rail against Tesla AI's apparent inability to detect train crossings
A pair of US senators is asking the federal traffic safety agency to look into Tesla's self-driving software in response to complaints that it fails to stop for trains at railroad crossings.…
Warnings about Cisco vulns under active exploit are falling on deaf ears
Nearly 50,000 Cisco ASA/FTD instances vulnerable to two bugs that are actively being exploited by "advanced" attackers remain exposed to the internet, according to Shadowserver data.…
Pop! System76's 24.04 beta is here – complete with a beta of polarizing COSMIC
It's September 2025 and the beta of the April 2024 release of Pop!_OS is here. It's fast, fluid – and fallible.…
Logitech's MX Master 4 mouse buzzes with haptic feedback but lacks lefty love
(Right) Hands On Logitech has unveiled its latest MX Master mouse, filled with impressive new productivity features, including an added button and haptic feedback. However, like most mice on the market, it's right-handed only.…
Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead? No, wait – it's on Windows
Zed Industries has released a public beta of its code editor for Windows, marking a significant milestone for the Rust-based VS Code alternative that has until now been limited to macOS and Linux users.…