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Behold! Humanity has captured our first look at the Sun's South Pole
Occupants of planet Earth can’t see the Sun’s poles – unless they look at images the Solar Orbiter spacecraft has just sent home.…
Oracle scores cloud customer – maybe China's TEMU - that wants any available server, anytime, anywhere
Oracle has surfed demand for cloud services to post revenues that beat its own forecast, fuelled by demand for non-AI cloud services.…
DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise? Click around and find out
Suspected cybercriminals have created a fake installer for Chinese AI model DeepSeek-R1 and loaded it with previously unknown malware called "BrowserVenom".…
Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews
Australian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process.…
US Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier crew left half-fed by contractor-locked ovens
US Navy Secretary John Phelan has told the Senate the service needs the right to repair its own gear, and will rethink how it writes contracts to keep control of intellectual property and ensure sailors can fix hardware, especially in a fight.…
DARPA is exploring a swallowable device that could tweak soldiers’ stress responses
DARPA has announced a research program to explore whether an "ingestible form factor" device can stimulate gut neurons to modulate stress responses, potentially improving decision-making and reducing the risk of PTSD.…
Altman fluffs superintelligence to save humanity as OpenAI slashes prices
OpenAI on Tuesday rolled out its o3-Pro model for ChatGPT Pro and Teams subscribers, slashed o3 pricing by 80 percent, and dropped a blog post from CEO Sam Altman teasing "intelligence too cheap to meter."…
RIP: Bill Atkinson, co-creator of Apple Lisa and Mac
Obit Bill Atkinson, widely acclaimed as perhaps the most brilliant computer programmer ever, has succumbed to pancreatic cancer at 74.…
Hire me! To drop malware on your computer
In a scam that flips the script on fake IT worker schemes, cybercriminals posing as job seekers on LinkedIn and Indeed are targeting recruiters - a group hated only slightly less than digital crooks - with malware hosted on phony resume portfolio sites.…
Salesforce tags 5 CVEs after SaaS security probe uncovers misconfig risks
Salesforce has assigned five CVE identifiers following a security report that uncovered more than 20 configuration weaknesses, some of which exposed customers to unauthorized access and session hijacking.…
Starbucks brews up AI to support baristas instead of replace them
After lackluster results from customer-facing automation, Starbucks is now redirecting its tech ambitions toward helping its own employees.…
Cisco returns to load balancing market as it chases VMware refugees
Cisco Live Cisco has returned to the load balancing market using open-source software proven at scale by both Google and Meta.…
NASA to silence Voyager's social media accounts
NASA is shutting down many of its social media accounts, including those dedicated to the Voyager mission and the Mars Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.…
Asia dismantles 20,000 malicious domains in infostealer crackdown
Thirty-two people across Asia have been arrested over their suspected involvement with infostealer malware in the latest international collaboration against global cybercrime.…
Tug reaches flaming ship carrying electric cars off Alaska coast
A tug has reached the Morning Midas, six days after a presumed battery fire broke out, causing the crew to abandon ship.…
Schneider, Nvidia sign pact to cool Europe's AI ambitions
GTC Paris Schneider Electric and Nvidia are jointly developing cooling, management, and control systems for AI datacenters in support of the EU's AI action plan, with Schneider detailing support for racks with 1 MW loads.…
Half of businesses rethink ditching humans for customer service bots
Good news for consumers frustrated by wading through pools of AI treacle in search of customer service - businesses are reportedly turning back to human agents "amid AI integration challenges."…
SiPearl ships reference node design for Rhea1 high-spec Arm chip
Euro chip designer SiPearl has released a reference server design featuring its Rhea1 processor, the chip that powers Jupiter, Europe's most powerful supercomputer.…
UK bets big (and small) on nuclear as datacenter demand expected to climb
The UK has bet big on nuclear power — both big and small — following a series of warnings about energy capacity and supply for datacenter investments.…
Microsoft slows Windows 11 24H2 Patch Tuesday due to a 'compatibility issue'
Microsoft has set a new record with June's security update for the time between release and an admission of borkage.…