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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.…
Texas man accidentally shoots cable, brings internet down
A stray bullet cut through a Spectrum fiber line on Friday, knocking an undisclosed number of Texans offline.…
Microsoft declares bring your Copilot to work day, usurping IT authority
Your job may not support BYOD, but how about BYOC? Microsoft has declared that people can bring their personal Microsoft 365 subscriptions to work to access various Copilot features at companies that fail to provide an AI fix.…
US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew
The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and leaving cybersecurity operations to run on skeleton crews.…
'Delightful' root-access bug in Red Hat OpenShift AI allows full cluster takeover
A 9.9 out of 10 severity bug in Red Hat's OpenShift AI service could allow a remote attacker with minimal authentication to steal data, disrupt services, and fully hijack the platform.…
AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study
Yale researchers say that despite the anxiety about AI taking people's jobs, there's very little evidence of it actually happening.…
Air Force admits SharePoint privacy issue as reports trickle out of possible breach
Exclusive The US Air Force confirmed it's investigating a "privacy-related issue" amid reports of a Microsoft SharePoint-related breach and subsequent service-wide shutdown, rendering mission files and other critical tools potentially unavailable to service members.…
Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation: Big, slow, and confusing
Aurora, a relatively young distro from Austria, bills itself as "your stable, privacy-respecting and ultimate productivity OS." These are rather bold claims, though many other Linux distros make the same promise.…
Nadella hands Microsoft money machine off to new commercial CEO so he can visioneer the future
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella told staff on Wednesday that he's appointing Judson Althoff to a new role as CEO of the company's commercial business, so that the big boss can concentrate on Redmond's future plans and strategy.…

