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Date set for for epic Amazon-FTC antitrust showdown
The FTC's antitrust case against Amazon is headed to trial, though not anytime soon, with a federal judge scheduling it to begin on October 13, 2026. …
China's Volt Typhoon spies broke into emergency network of 'large' US city
The Chinese government's Volt Typhoon spy team has apparently already compromised a large US city's emergency services network and has been spotted snooping around America's telecommunications' providers as well.…
AI won't take our jobs and it might even save the middle class
The future described in OpenAI's mission statement, in which autonomous systems "outperform humans at most economically valuable work," sounds like a hellscape to MIT economics professor David Autor.…
Moving to Windows 11 is so easy! You just need to buy a PC that supports it!
Microsoft is again releasing a video to entice more Windows 10 users to make the leap to the brave new world of Windows 11, with market share figures indicating the majority of customers are still reluctant to do so.…
US Air Force's new cyber, IT skill recruitment plan: Bring back warrant officer ranks
Skilled IT professionals considering a career change have a new option, as the US Air Force is reintroducing warrant officer ranks exclusively "within the cyber and information technology professions." …
Prudential Financial finds cybercrims lurking inside its IT systems
Prudential Financial, the second largest life insurance company in the US and eight largest worldwide, is dealing with a digital break-in that exposed some internal company and customer records to a criminal group.…
Waymo services driverless car software after Phoenix truck collision
Self-driving car company Waymo – a subsidiary of Google owner Alphabet – has voluntarily filed a recall report after one of its vehicles collided with a truck in Pheonix.…
Romanian hospital ransomware crisis attributed to third-party breach
The Romanian national cybersecurity agency (DNSC) has pinned the outbreak of ransomware cases across the country's hospitals to an incident at a service provider.…
ASML sees semiconductor upturn ahead, but China export restrictions are a risk
Even as the chip industry lifts itself out of the current deep downcycle, ASML is worried geopolitical developments outside its control could still have an unforeseen impact on business.…
Roses are red, violets are blue, Opera GX gives Valentine's a gray, rainy hue
Opera is rolling out an extension to the gamer version of its eponymous browser aimed at users who would rather not be reminded of the significance of February 14.…
Southern Water cyberattack expected to hit hundreds of thousands of customers
UK utilities giant Southern Water admits between 5 and 10 percent of its customers have had their data stolen during a January cyberattack.…
Dumping us into ad tier of Prime Video when we paid for ad-free is 'unfair' – lawsuit
When Netflix launched its ad-supported tier in November 2022, it tried to tempt viewers in with discounted rates, hoping to win new consumers and sell their eyeballs to ad-slingers. But Amazon Prime, well, it went a different route.…
Bumblebee malware wakes from hibernation, forgets what year it is, attacks with macros
The Bumblebee malware loader seemingly vanished from the internet last October, but it's back and - oddly - relying on a vintage vector to try and gain access.…
NASA solar sail tech is ready – now who's up to use it in a mission?
NASA says its latest take on solar sail technology is ready for proposals for it to be flown on science missions.…
Damn Small Linux returns after a 12-year gap
Seventeen years after its last major version, an old favorite, Damn Small Linux, is back with a new 2024 release.…
It's time we add friction to digital experiences and slow them down
Column Before he woke up on the first day of February, one of my friends was robbed.…
Europe loosens the straps tying Apple and Microsoft to tough antitrust rules
The European Commission has reversed its decision that some Apple and Microsoft offerings qualify as "gatekeeper services" under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), meaning the bloc’s toughest regulations won’t be applied.…
Upstart retrofits an Nvidia GH200 server into a €47,500 workstation
Nvidia's long-teased GH200 CPU-GPU Superchips are finally going on sale, and the 1,000-Watt chip – built to run in servers and handle hefty AI training and inference tasks – is even available in a workstation from German startup gptshop.ai.…
Airbnb sees AI as its ticket to become a sprawling Big Tech giant
Airbnb sees AI as its ticket out of the travel industry ghetto, and a passport to expanding its services into other industries.…
Australian Tax Office probed 150 staff over social media refund scam
One hundred and fifty people who worked for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have been investigated – and some prosecuted – for participating in a tax refund scam promoted on Facebook and TikTok.…