Weird ideas welcome: VC fund looking to make science fiction factual Nuclear power is getting hot, but don't hold your breath for everlasting batteries
How your mouse could eavesdrop on you and rat you out Mic-E-Mouse can roar by literally vibe hacking speech
Senate report says AI will take 97M US jobs in the next 10 years, but those numbers come from ChatGPT Bernie Sanders calls for a robot tax and a 32-hour work week in response
Leak suggests US government is fibbing over FEMA security failings Plus, PAN under attack, IT whistleblowers get a payout, and China kills online scammers
Hacked Ford screens put anti-RTO slogan above CEO’s face Carmaker confirms screen hijack, says probe underway
No suds for you! Asahi brewery attack leaves Japanese drinkers dry One week after the blitz, beer biz is still stymied
Amazon grounds drone deliveries in Arizona after two crashed into a crane No injuries, but the FAA and NTSB are investigating
Ransomware scumbags say they deleted kids' info after other gangs called them out Honor among thieves - extortion is fine, but no juveniles, please
Texas man accidentally shoots cable, brings internet down And it’s not the first time gunfire has cut Spectrum’s lines
Nadella hands Microsoft money machine off to new commercial CEO so he can visioneer the future Judson Althoff gets the job of keeping the biz running
Salesforce users grumble after Agentforce AI replaces search on some help pages This is one way to add a lot of AI users in a hurry, which Wall Street wants to see
Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name Yep, we're sure that will win folks over
California cops confused after trying to give ticket to self-driving car Don't tell Elon, he'd have Tesla's Robotaxis going ludicrous speed
Asahi runs dry as online attackers take down Japanese brewer No personal info gulped as yet, but don't call for help
Forget vibe coding - Microsoft wants to make vibe working the new hotness Adds more Anthropic into the mix as Redmond hedges its bets
Dutch teen duo arrested over alleged 'Wi-Fi sniffing' for Russia PLUS: Interpol recoups $439M from crims; CISA criticizes Feds security; FIFA World Cup nets dodgy domain deluge
Many employees are using AI to create 'workslop,' Stanford study says Remember when AI was supposed to make us more productive, not hate each other?
If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bank
Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of Googly lappies
Microsoft cuts off Azure phone surveillance support for Israeli military Brad Smith says 'we do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians'
iPhone 17 Scratchgate is real, iFixit warns – buy a case for your fancy phone In good news, battery replacement is a lot easier than earlier models
OpenAI's Stargate project to pave the world with AI datacenters announces five new US locations In Texas, New Mexico, and the Midwest
Boffins fool a self-driving car by putting mirrors on traffic cones 21st century tech confused by $100 of shiny stuff
Don't panic: H-1B visas will cost companies $100K only for new petitions However, the changes could lead to more offshoring
Tech troubles create aviation chaos on both sides of the Atlantic ‘Cyber-attack’ on ticketing outfit Collins and cable cuts at Dallas ground hundreds of flights
Ransomware attack linked to museum break-in and theft of golden exhibits PLUS: Luxury brands under fire; FBI warns crims are spoofing it again; ICE buys phone cracking software
Trump admin says tech companies are abusing H-1B visas, slaps $100k a year to allow entry It will hit outsourcing companies hardest
Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams
Atlassian drops $1B on company that helps measure dev productivity Aussie CEO promises AI everywhere, and clearer views of what your devs are up to
Vibe coding platform Replit's latest update is infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns It's worst when going over older code, one user tells us
US tech giants pledge $42 billion in UK investment as Trump tours Blighty Datacenters galore, plus some vague cooperation on AI, nuclear, quantum, and more
OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance Even a wrong answer is right some of the time
Fiverr cuts 30% of staff in pivot to being 'an AI-first company' 250 people now have the chance to sell their freelance services on the site
Google unveils master plan for letting AI shop on your behalf Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch
Trump backpedals as Hyundai factory ICE raid enrages South Korea Nice plans for US manufacturing you had there, shame if something was to happen to them
15 ransomware gangs ‘go dark’ to enjoy 'golden parachutes' PLUS: China's Great Firewall springs a leak; FBI issues rare 'Flash Alert' of Salesforce attacks; $10m bounty for alleged Russian hacker; and more
Your call is very important to us – which is why we're connecting you to a human Gartner survey shows very few are planning to replace human support staff
Outlook outage over North America, Microsoft scrambles to respond On the plus side we'll all be getting fewer unwanted emails
We're number 1! America now leads the world in surveillanceware investment Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security
Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line
AI can't be woke and regulators should be asleep, Senator Cruz says We went through two hours of Senate hearings so you didn't have to
This Patch Tuesday, SAP is the worst offender and Microsoft users can kinda chill ERP giant patches flaw that allows total takeover of NetWeaver, Microsoft has nothing under attack for once
Mega-and-MAGA deals position Oracle's Larry Ellison to overtake Elon Big Red's profits are flat, but its order book is phat
Microserfs ordered back to the office, given 10 days to appeal If you're within 50 miles of Redmond, then it's time to come in
Forget disappearing messages – now Signal will store 100MB of them for you for free Including messages sent to users, a potential problem for the privacy-conscious
CISA sounds alarm over TP-Link wireless routers under attack Plus: Google clears up Gmail concerns, NSA drops SBOM bomb, Texas sues PowerSchool, and more
US cuffs 475 at Hyundai–LG battery plant – feds tout largest single-site raid South Korean government protests as workers left up s**t creek
Shell to pay: Crims invade your PC with CastleRAT malware, now in C and Python Pro tip, don't install PowerShell commands without approval
OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart Move over LinkedIn, Altman's crew wants a piece of the action
Gigs in space: Amazon breaks bandwidth barrier with Kuiper's satellite broadband Signs up JetBlue for in-flight connection, but not until 2027
US puts $10M bounty on three Russians accused of attacking critical infrastructure Seven-year-old Cisco vuln that remains inexplicably unpatched is their way in
Android drops mega patch bomb - 120 fixes, two already exploited September bundle the largest this year, and possibly the most serious
Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly decides to do hardly anything to break it up Ad giant won't be broken up, forced to offload Chrome or Android, thanks to AI
Who watches the watchmen? Surveillanceware firms make bank, avoid oversight Enough governments love it and it's highly lucrative
WhatsApp warns of 'attack against specific targeted users' PLUS: Microsoft ends no-MFA Azure access; WorkDay attack diverts payments; FreePBX warns of CVSS 10 flaw; and more
Researcher who found McDonald's free-food hack turns her attention to Chinese restaurant robots The controls were left wide open on Pudu's robots
Five years – that's how long Anthropic will store Claude chats unless you opt out My brain hurts a lot
Online property ad reveals looted Nazi war art, triggers police raid Stolen painting still missing, sadly
EchoStar sells off its spectrum for more than its total market cap $23B deal with AT&T shows where the money is
Trump stomps feet, pulls out 't-word' again over China rare earths ban 'They have to give us magnets'
Google takes Photoshop to the woodshed with new image AI It will even draw legs and arms not in the source material
Malware-ridden apps made it into Google's Play Store, scored 19 million downloads Everything's fine, the ad slinger assures us
xAI fires legal rocket at Apple and OpenAI claiming they're locking out Grok Lawsuit 'consistent with Mr Musk’s ongoing pattern of harassment' says Altman's crew
AWS, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean, and Google helped Feds investigate alleged Rapper Bot DDoS perp Comet AI browser fooled; Microsoft sets sail for quantum safety; Sailor sent down for espionage
Bug bounties: The good, the bad, and the frankly ridiculous ways to do it For incentives remember the three Fs – finance, fame, and fixing it
US government snaps up 10% of Intel for $8.9B The funds were already allocated under the CHIPS Act and Secure Enclave program
Don't cave to Euro censorship or backdoor demands, Uncle Sam warns US tech firms FTC chair: Companies could face enforcement if they give in
Developer jailed for taking down employer's network with kill switch malware Pro tip: When taking revenge, don't use your real name
Google tries to trump iPhone launch with AI-powered Pixel 10 range At 3% US market share, we don't think Cook & Co are sweating
McDonald's not lovin' it when hacker exposes nuggets of rotten security Burger slinger gets a McRibbing, reacts by firing staffer who helped
