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Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't want - here's what we actually need
OPINION From desktop alerts begging you to sign up for Xbox Game Pass to a second-chance out-of-the-box experience that insists you need Microsoft 365, Windows has a hard time taking "no" for an answer. The operating system's corporate parent isn't a good listener either, festooning the OS with useless features no one asked for.…
Minority Report: Now with more spreadsheets and guesswork
The UK government has unveiled a scheme to use AI to "help police catch criminals before they strike."…
Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit
Codeberg, a Berlin-based code hosting community, is struggling to cope with a deluge of AI bots that can now bypass previously effective defenses.…
Oracle cuts cloud jobs with Seattle hit hard as AI spending soars
Oracle issued layoff notices for more than 300 people in Washington State and California this week, according to state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filings in those states.…
Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host
A suspected Chinese-government-backed cyber crew recently broke into a Taiwanese web hosting provider to steal credentials and plant backdoors for long-term access, using a mix of open-source and custom software tools, Cisco Talos reports.…
Blockwurst ruling: German court says ad blockers’ code-tweaks could pose copyright problem
A recent ruling by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has reopened the possibility that using ad blocking software could violate copyright law in Germany.…
Ethernet switch vendors like Cisco are riding high on AI network economics
Nvidia is expected to ship somewhere north of 5 million Blackwell GPUs in 2025. But before those GPUs can train the next GPT, Gemini, or Llama, they need to be networked — and that's quickly becoming big business for Ethernet switch vendors like Cisco, Arista, HPE ... and Nvidia itself.…
Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash
comment The first release candidate of Linux 6.17 is out, without any bcachefs changes… but not for any technical reasons. This is bad.…
Cisco's Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole
Cisco has issued a patch for a maximum-severity bug in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands on vulnerable systems.…
Reckon you can put a nuclear reactor on the Moon?
NASA's plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon have moved on – the agency has now put out a Request For Information (RFI) to gauge industry interest in the project.…
Boy riding bubble realizes what he's on, asks for more air
Sam Altman admitted we're in the midst of an AI bubble Thursday, but don't let that fool you: He still intends to rule over whatever's left after it bursts. …
Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition debuts: Xfce desktop never looked so good
Teejeetech turns its attention from Ubuntu to its progenitor. The result is a refined and attractive spin of Debian with Xfce.…