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Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack
A software platform used by law enforcement agencies and major tech companies to manage subpoenas and data requests went dark this week after attackers socially engineered AWS into freezing its domain.…
Only way to move Space Shuttle Discovery is to chop it into pieces, White House told
How would you move Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to Texas? The White House Office of Management and Budget asked NASA and the Smithsonian Institution and the response was to dismantle it.…
Mad man builds chatbot in Minecraft with redstone, Python, and patience
Never mind Doom running on a potato, or whatever – the next generation of ridiculous computing belongs to Minecraft YouTuber Sammyuri, who built a working chatbot in the perennially popular voxel building sandbox.…
OpenAI ropes in Korean giants Samsung and SK Hynix to feed its AI megaproject
OpenAI has persuaded two of South Korea's chip titans to fuel its bid to build the biggest AI engine yet.…
Dirty little Electron secret tanks macOS 26 performance
The Electron team has fixed code that caused system-wide slowdowns on the newly released macOS 26 "Tahoe."…
SaaS turbo-charged software spending tough for CIOs to control, says research
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is warning that organizations need to rethink their approach to buying software as the ongoing push of SaaS into the market gathers pace.…
Apple's AirPods Pro 3 are still chuck-and-buy-again specials
Improvements in repairability might have been made elsewhere in Apple's product range, but the AirPods Pro 3 model continue to make repairs virtually impossible.…
Clop-linked crims shake down Oracle execs with data theft claims
Criminals with potential links to the notorious Clop ransomware mob are bombarding Oracle execs with extortion emails, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from Big Red's E-Business Suite, according to researchers.…
Windows 10 refuses to go gentle into that good night
With just days remaining until Microsoft discontinues free support, Windows 10 still accounts for 40.5 percent of the Windows desktop market, At the same time, Windows 11 adoption remains at just 48.94 percent.…
EU funds are flowing into spyware companies, and politicians are demanding answers
An arsenal of angry European Parliament members (MEPs) is demanding answers from senior commissioners about why EU subsidies are ending up in the pockets of spyware companies.…
BT promises 5G Standalone for 99% of the UK by 2030
BT wants to have 5G Standalone (5G SA) mobile service available to 99 percent of the local population by the end of the decade, but it isn't the only telco with lofty ambitions.…
Avio bags €40M ESA contract for reusable rocket stage, but don't hold your breath
Italian rocket company Avio has signed a €40 million contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a reusable upper stage, a project already drawing skepticism from industry watchers.…
Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files
A hacking crew claims to have broken into Red Hat's private GitHub repositories, exfiltrating some 570GB of compressed data, including sensitive documents belonging to customers. …
Ionos customers fume at mid-contract Plesk hike
Exclusive Hosting biz Ionos is hiking the price of its server instances, blaming an increase in Plesk license costs. Customers have a month to accept the increase or else disable Plesk on their account.…
Irony alert: UK.gov Work dept hires IBM to aid AI projects
Updated The UK's pensions and benefits department has awarded IBM a contract that's worth up to £27 million to explore, deploy and support AI technologies to enhance its services.…
Lloyds Banking Group says 'digitization' will power more branch closures
Lloyds Banking Group — the £18.67 billion turnover UK-based bank — has promised that it will continue to use “digitization” to power a program of branch closures.…
Microsoft confirms it found a way to make Crocs even uglier – with Windows XP and Clippy
Microsoft has delivered its found a way to make Crocs even uglier by using some of its own software.…
Square Kilometre Array is so sensitive, its datacenter needs two Faraday cages to stop RF leaks
IAC 2025 Work on the datacenter that serves the Square Kilometre Array’s (SKA’s) site in Western Australia is all but complete, including the installation of two Faraday cages to ensure the equipment inside does not leak radio waves that could harm the operation of the giant radio telescope.…
New Zealand’s Institute of IT Professionals collapses
New Zealand’s Institute of IT Professionals has discovered it is insolvent and advised members it has no alternative but to enter liquidation.…
Meta will listen into AI conversations to personalize ads
Meta, having committed hundreds of billions to AI infrastructure and talent, says it will start using people's conversations and interactions with its AI services to create personalized content and advertising.…