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Mozilla rolls out Firefox 140 with ESR status and fresh features
The latest Mozilla Firefox is trickling out – and it's an Extended Support Release (ESR).…
Beware of fake SonicWall VPN app that steals users' credentials
Unknown miscreants are distributing a fake SonicWall app to steal users' VPN credentials.…
HPE puts all its chips in the agentic AI pot
HPE Discover 2025 In another sign that AI agents have taken over the enterprise zeitgeist, the theme at HPE Discover this year is all about cramming the automated workflow bots anywhere they'll fit, whether or not agentic AI is mature for all use cases. …
Bezos beams up batch two as Project Kuiper plays catch-up with Starlink
The second batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites has launched, but Team Bezos has a long way to go to match the coverage of Elon Musk's Starlink.…
AI may be after your job, but this AI agent promises to help you get a new one
The jury is still out on whether AI will take your job, but there's a new AI tool that promises to help you find a new one if you're pressed.…
Microsoft is about to retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure
Interview In September, Microsoft will retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure. "It's not quite a Y2K moment," says Aviatrix CPO Chris McHenry, "but things will break."…
Xlibre forks to the rescue – but Kubuntu gives X11 the boot
Depending on who you ask, the recent turbulent times in the world of X11 could be a new dawn – or the eddies around a sinking ship.…
World's largest camera shows galaxy in 3,200 megapixel glory as Rubin telescope goes online
High on a Chilean mountain the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is, at last, photographing the galaxy and the first shots have found 2,104 new asteroids in the Solar System in its initial ten hours of operation.…
Four REvil ransomware crooks walk free, escape gulag fate, after admitting guilt
Four convicted members of the once-supreme ransomware operation REvil are leaving captivity after completing most of their five-year sentences.…
Google faces UK clampdown as watchdog floats market power rules
Google is one step closer to strategic market status (SMS) designation in the UK following a proposal from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding search and advertising.…
Datacenter market offers us captive customer base, say investors
What do investors find most attractive about datacenters? One of the simple answers is customer lock-in. "When your contracts come to an end, your customers typically prefer to stay at your datacenter," said one asset firm exec.…
Tiling terminal multiplexers for the console connoisseur
All the fun of a tiling window manager right on the console, without needing a GUI at all. What's not to like?…
China’s trying to slim down, which will fatten the smartwatch market
China recently launched an initiative to reduce the incidence of obesity in the country, a move analyst firm IDC thinks will fatten the market for smartwatches and smart wristbands.…
Lenovo shows what a Chromebook packing a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra can do
Lenovo has released the first Chromebook Plus packing MediaTek’s Kompanio Ultra, the system-on-chip that includes a 50 TOPS neural processing unit, and at first glance it looks speedy and includes some AI features but is otherwise mundane.…
'Psylo' browser tries to obscure digital fingerprints by giving every tab its own IP address
Psylo, which bills itself as a new kind of private web browser, debuted last Tuesday in Apple's App Store, one day ahead of a report warning about the widespread use of browser fingerprinting for ad tracking and targeting.…
Omnissa brings VDI-style app packaging to physical PCs
Omnissa, the independent company that acquired VMware’s former end-user compute portfolio, has tweaked its App Volumes product that packages and deploys desktop apps for use on virtual PCs so it works on physical machines too.…
Typhoon-like gang slinging TLS certificate 'signed' by the Los Angeles Police Department
A stealthy, ongoing campaign to gain long-term access to networks bears all the markings of intrusions conducted by China’s ‘Typhoon’ crews and has infected at least 1,000 devices, primarily in the US and South East, according to Security Scorecard's Strike threat intel analysts. And it uses a phony certificate purportedly signed by the Los Angeles police department to try and gain access to critical infrastructure.…
America and Britain gear up with Project Flytrap to bring anti-drone kit to the battlefield
video The US Army, alongside British and other NATO partners, is testing the latest counter-drone kit at a training area in Germany. Early feedback is promising, even if most of the hardware isn't American-made.…
Huawei’s latest notebook shows China is still generations behind in chipmaking
Despite concerted efforts by the Chinese to bolster domestic semiconductor production in defiance of US trade policy, new evidence uncovered by Canadian research outlet TechInsights suggests SMIC, the Middle Kingdom's top chip manufacturer, remains generations behind the rest of the world.…
Iran cyberattacks against US biz more likely following air strikes
The US Department of Homeland Security has warned American businesses to guard their networks against Iranian government-sponsored cyberattacks along with "low-level" digital intrusions by pro-Iran hacktivists.…