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Cash torrent pouring into Nvidia slows – despite booming Blackwell adoption
Nvidia's astounding recent growth leveled off in the fourth quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, the 12 months to January 26, but the GPU titan is still producing enviable numbers.…
FAA confirms it's testing Starlink, maybe for tasks Elon says Verizon is doing badly
The FAA has confirmed it's trying out three SpaceX Starlink broadband terminals in the United States.…
Wallbleed vulnerability unearths secrets of China's Great Firewall 125 bytes at a time
Smart folks investigating a memory-dumping vulnerability in the Great Firewall of China (GFW) finally released their findings after probing it for years.…
With millions upon millions of victims, scale of unstoppable info-stealer malware laid bare
A tip-off from a government agency has resulted in 284 million unique email addresses and plenty of passwords snarfed by credential-stealing malware being added to privacy-breach-notification service Have I Been Pwned (HIBP).…
Bybit declares war on North Korea's Lazarus crime-ring to regain $1.5B stolen from wallet
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, just days after suspected North Korean operatives stole $1.5 billion in Ethereum from it, has launched a bounty program to help recover its funds.…
100-plus spies fired after NSA internal chat board used for kinky sex talk
More than 100 US spies have been fired, and their security clearance revoked, after an internal NSA messaging system was used by staff to chat about their sex lives instead of intelligence and security.…
Like a kid handing in homework at the last minute, Supermicro finally files its missing financial figures
It only took five or so months, but Supermicro has managed to untangle its long-delayed 2024 annual report, which was in a shoddy enough state to set its previous accountants running for the hills and put the server maker at risk of being delisted from the NASDAQ again.…
Yes, Slack isn't working properly right now – enjoy your internet snow day
It's not just you. Slack is indeed having a wobbly day, leaving people unable to message each other as usual.…
Qualcomm pledges 8 years of security updates for Android kit using its chips (YMMV)
It seems manufacturers are finally getting the message that people want to use their kit for longer without security issues, as Qualcomm has said it'll provide Android software updates, including vulnerability fixes, for its latest chipsets for eight years instead of four.…
Network edge? You get 64-bit Armv9 AI. You too, watches. And you, server remote management. And you...
Arm predicts AI inferencing will soon be ubiquitous. In order to give devices the oomph they need for all that neural-network processing, it is beefing up its embedded platform with the first 64-bit Armv9 CPU core aimed at edge workloads.…
Windows 11 24H2 goes back to the drawing board over AutoCAD 2022 glitch
Microsoft has thrown up another safeguard hold for Windows 11 24H2. This time, it's problems with AutoCAD 2022 that are to blame.…
Workday talks up AI agents platform that will reap rewards of staff cuts
Workday has confirmed that AI did indeed cost the job of colleagues that are leaving the organization following a restructuring plan cooked up by executive head chef Carl Eschenbach. How so? The money the org expects to save will be ploughed into its Agent System of Record platform.…
Framework guns for cheap laptops with upgradeable alternative
Framework, maker of modular and repairable laptops, is aiming at a wider audience with an upcoming 12-inch touchscreen convertible that will target the entry-level market.…
Under Trump 2.0, Europe's dependence on American clouds has become a worry
Interview Europeans are starting to worry that US companies’ dominance of the cloud represents untenable risk.…
Microsoft's updated Windows battery indicator rollout runs out of juice
Microsoft has halted the rollout of a revamped battery indicator to Windows 11 Insiders in the Release Preview Channel.…
Signal will withdraw from Sweden if encryption-busting laws take effect
Signal CEO Meredith Whittaker says her company will withdraw from countries that force messaging providers to allow law enforcement officials to access encrypted user data, as Sweden continues to mull such plans.…
SpaceX says bad vibes most likely cause of Starship 7 flop
As SpaceX prepares for a Friday launch of its next Starship flight test, Elon Musk's biz has explained that the failure of the previous test was due to a harmonic response.…
Murena kicks Google out of the Pixel Tablet
We had a play with Murena's first tablet, a Google Pixel running /e/OS, its in-house de-Googled Android 13 with additional privacy features.…
HP CEO pay for 2024 = 261,658 toner cartridges
HP CEO Enrique Lores saw his total compensation shrink by a little more than $98,000 in the corporation's fiscal 2024. To mere mortals that would induce tears, but as for the executive himself, it likely just meant he had to opt for a slightly less shiny new suit.…
Steve Wozniak: 'Founding Apple would be much harder today than in the 1970s'
Computing pioneer Steve Wozniak didn't set out to revolutionize the computer industry. He just wanted the respect of his fellow engineers.…