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Concorde at 50: Twice the speed of sound, twice the economic trouble - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:59:25 GMT)Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commerciallyIt is 50 years since Concorde began scheduled passenger flights, with British Airways operating a London-Bahrain service and Air France flying from Paris to Rio de Janeiro.… |
EU considers whether there's Huawei of axing Chinese kit from networks within 3 years - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:42:21 GMT)Still dominant in Germany's networks, among othersThe European Commission (EC) wants a revised Cybersecurity Act to address any threats posed by IT and telecoms kit from third-country sources, potentially forcing member states to confront the thorny issue of suppliers such Huawei in their national networks.… |
FTC tries to un-Zuck Meta's grip on the market by dragging it back to court - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:10:30 GMT)Artist formerly known as Facebook can’t escape the legal-verseThe Federal Trade Commission has doubled down on its belief that Meta maintained a monopoly of social networking by anticompetitive conduct, appealing last year's district court victory for Zuck and co.… |
Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:05:25 GMT)Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansionThe Irish government is planning to bolster its police's ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use.… |
Microsoft admits Outlook might freeze when saving files to OneDrive - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:33:43 GMT)January update is the gift that keeps on givingMicrosoft's January Windows update has delivered another blow for unsuspecting users – apps including Outlook might freeze when saving files to cloud storage services such as OneDrive or Dropbox.… |
Best of British: UK's infosec envoys include Cisco, Palo Alto, and Accenture - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:31:31 GMT)Minister unwraps ambassadors of the Software Security Code of PracticeBritain's digital economy minister has sent forth a raft of companies as "ambassadors" to help organizations across the land embrace the UK's Software Security Code of Practice.… |
Microsoft CEO: AI sovereignty isn't where it runs, it's who controls it - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:45:24 GMT)Ownership of models, embedded corporate knowledge matters more than server location, Nadella saysMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella says datacenter location is "the least important thing" for AI sovereignty.… |
MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:00:11 GMT)Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can helpMX Linux 25.1 restores the ability to switch init systems – the killer feature of MX Linux of old.… |
Child safety or age-gating for all? UK social media ban plan draws fire - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:15:09 GMT)Open Rights Group says plans would create serious privacy risksThe UK government's proposed ban on under-16s using social media would amount to building a mass age-verification system for the entire internet, creating "serious risks to privacy, data protection, and freedom of expression," digital rights advocates have warned.… |
Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:30:13 GMT)Behold the cardboard ENIACStudents at an Arizona school have built a full-scale replica of ENIAC, marking 80 years since the dedication of the computer at the University of Pennsylvania.… |
ATM takes a kicking yet keeps on ticking - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:01:11 GMT)But who is paying to keep the lights on?Bork!Bork!Bork! Sometimes technology is made of sterner stuff than we give credit for, such as this ATM, which has clung on to life – and power – despite the indignities heaped upon it.… |
Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:29:47 GMT)Maintainer hopes hackers send bug reports anyway, will keep shaming ‘silly' onesThe maintainer of popular open-source data transfer tool cURL has ended the project’s bug bounty program after maintainers struggled to assess a flood of AI-generated contributions.… |
Sony no longer home of the Bravia as it plans TV biz spin-out to China’s TCL - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:34:06 GMT)Hasn't said why, but low share in a slow-growing market suggests it can't be botheredSony wants to stop making televisions.… |
OpenAI will try to guess your age before ChatGPT gets spicy - (pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:37:35 GMT)Think of the children...and the monetization options available where they're not allowedOpenAI says it has begun deploying an age prediction model to determine whether ChatGPT users are old enough to view "sensitive or potentially harmful content."… |
Cloudflare whacks WAF bypass bug that opened side door for attackers - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:05:29 GMT)ACME validation had a challenge-request holeCloudflare has fixed a flaw in its web application firewall (WAF) that allowed attackers to bypass security rules and directly access origin servers, which could lead to data theft or full server takeover.… |
Anthropic CEO: Selling H200s to China is like giving nukes to North Korea - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:10:33 GMT)This is totally not because China is giving away its best models away for free, right?Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei isn’t happy about the US allowing Nvidia to sell GPUs to Chinese companies, and likened the decision to giving nuclear weapons to an adversary.… |
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy goes wobbly on AI bubble possibility - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:29:09 GMT)Sure it's a bubble and the deals are circular - that doesn't mean Amazon's not going to try to extract value from itCould one of the most prominent tech company leaders be less-than-enthused about the AI economy? In an interview, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn't dismiss the idea that the AI bubble could pop, despite his company's massive investments in the technology. … |
AI researchers map models to banish 'demon' persona - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:03:00 GMT)Keeping models on the Assistant Axis improves AI safetyResearchers from Anthropic and other orgs have observed situations in which LLMs act like a helpful personal assistant, and are trying to study the phenomenon further to make sure chatbots don't go off the rails and cause harm.… |
Mozilla starts offering RPMs of Firefox Nightly - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:35:47 GMT)More packaging options for the leading all-FOSS browserIf you can't wait to get the bleeding-edge version of Firefox, we have good news. Mozilla is offering native RPM packages of Firefox Nightly for Linux distros in the greater Red Hat and SUSE families.… |
Remember VoidLink, the cloud-targeting Linux malware? An AI agent wrote it - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:48:10 GMT)AI + skilled malware developers = security threatVoidLink, the newly spotted Linux malware that targets victims' clouds with 37 evil plugins, was generated "almost entirely by artificial intelligence" and likely developed by just one person, according to the research team that discovered the do-it-all implant.… |
Dead batteries cough up lithium after a bath in CO₂ and water, boffins say - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:12:06 GMT)Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remainsLithium-ion batteries are everywhere, and recycling them cleanly and safely at scale is still hard. Now, a Chinese research team claims to have discovered a way to recycle Li-ion batteries using carbon dioxide and water. Just don't expect it to revolutionize the market overnight.… |
Power scarcity drives datacenters to Texas, where the juice is - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:50:52 GMT)Plus, one in three bit barns expected to exceed 1 GW by 2035Everything's bigger in Texas, including the amount of available power. That's why the Lone Star State is set to become the leading bit barn market within a few years, and why hyperscalers and colocation providers now expect roughly a third of datacenter campuses to rely entirely on onsite power by 2030.… |
Rackspace tests customer loyalty with brutal email price hike - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:07:09 GMT)Mailbox costs leap overnight as longtime users vent their frustrationRackspace is giving a masterclass in how to annoy customers after an eye-watering price hike for email hosting.… |
OpenAI is still figuring out how to make money, but wants you to believe in it - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:28 GMT)And the world economy might depend on it finding an answerThis week, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar took to the internet to make a bold pitch for the company's future, which she claims is bright, despite what the current numbers say.… |
Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:31:15 GMT)PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savingsMore than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive investments in the technology, according to a PwC survey of 4,454 business leaders.… |
AI framework flaws put enterprise clouds at risk of takeover - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:00:10 GMT)Update Chainlit to the latest version ASAPTwo "easy-to-exploit" vulnerabilities in the popular open-source AI framework Chainlit put major enterprises' cloud environments at risk of leaking data or even full takeover, according to cyber-threat exposure startup Zafran.… |
Windows 11, not AI, kick-started the PC upgrade cycle - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:27:16 GMT)Corporate IT refreshed hardware to stay supported, not chase new featuresIf 2025 proved anything about PCs, it's that corporate IT will upgrade hardware out of necessity long before it does so out of AI-fueled excitement.… |
Anthropic quietly fixed flaws in its Git MCP server that allowed for remote code execution - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:00:14 GMT)Prompt injection for the winAnthropic has fixed three bugs in its official Git MCP server that researchers say can be chained with other MCP tools to remotely execute malicious code or overwrite files via prompt injection.… |
For the price of Netflix, crooks can now rent AI to run cybercrime - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:32:09 GMT)Group-IB says crims forking out for Dark LLMs, deepfakes, and more at subscription pricesCybercrime has entered its AI era, with criminals now using weaponized language models and deepfakes as cheap, off-the-shelf infrastructure rather than experimental tools, according to researchers at Group-IB.… |
Microsoft veteran explains the one weird trick that made Windows 95 restart faster - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:08:12 GMT)Hold down Shift to make the magic happen (or not, as the case might be)Microsoft's Raymond Chen has explained why holding down Shift during a Windows 95 restart would get the system up and running again far faster than a full reboot.… |
Global economy shrugs off US tariff shock, tech spending does heavy lifting - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:26:17 GMT)Wave of American-imposed tariffs failed to derail global growth, according to the IMFThe global economy has proved more resilient than many expected in the wake of US tariff shocks, with the International Monetary Fund now projecting worldwide growth of 3.3 percent in 2026 as a surge in AI investment helps offset trade disruption.… |
Manchester ATM ups PIN requirement to full Windows login - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:02:50 GMT)Definitely Maybe running Windows 7?Bork!Bork!Bork! Just because Microsoft has ended support doesn't mean an operating system will suddenly disappear. Take this crusty ATM running Windows 7 in the fair city of Manchester, England.… |
MPs ask who's responsible when AI crashes the UK finance system - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:43:15 GMT)Committee says watchdogs lack urgency as accountability for automated decisions remains unresolvedUK financial regulators must conduct stress testing to ensure businesses are ready for AI-driven market shocks, MPs have warned.… |
England's Department of Health and Social Care offering £285k for new tech director - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:15:07 GMT)Fancy it? As national health tech boss, you'd be one of the highest paid in the teamEngland's Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting a head of technology, digital and data at a maximum salary of up to £285,000 a year, well above that most recently advertised for the department's boss.… |
£45B savings remain theoretical as UK digital roadmap delayed again - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:30:13 GMT)Promised plan keeps slipping as ministers talk up future efficiencyThe UK government has delayed publication of its long-promised digital roadmap, a plan it says could eventually help save up to £45 billion of taxpayers' money by modernizing creaking public sector IT.… |
UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:44:10 GMT)Labels Zuck’s ad library ‘a window into criminality’ and the Social Network as ‘happy to turn a blind eye’The head of the UK’s Gambling Commission has accused social media giant Meta of lying about its ability to proactively detect operators of illegal casinos advertising on its services.… |
Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:55:41 GMT)OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speechInterview When Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince recently threatened to disrupt the Winter Olympics to protect free speech after Italian authorities fined his company for not disrupting pirate video streams, rival CDN provider Akamai’s CEO Dr. Tom Leighton fired back with what reads a lot like thinly veiled criticism.… |
Micron finds a way to make more DRAM with $1.8bn chip plant purchase - (pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:55:52 GMT)Taiwan’s Powerchip sells legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago after spending $9.5 billionMicron has found a way to add new DRAM manufacturing capacity in a hurry by acquiring a chipmaking campus from Taiwanese outfit Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC).… |
ERP isn't dead yet – but most execs are planning the wake - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:14:53 GMT)7 out of 10 C-suite cats reckon software category's best days are behind it, but can't agree what's nextSeven out of ten C-suite leaders see a life beyond ERP as businesses have come to know it, but are divided on what the future holds for this big-ticket item critical to organizational performance.… |
Broker who sold malware to the FBI set for sentencing - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:36:22 GMT)Feras Albashiti faces 10 years after $20,000 in sales to undercover agent exposed ransomware tiesA Jordanian national faces sentencing in the US after pleading guilty to acting as an initial access broker (IAB) for various cyberattacks.… |
Just the Browser claims to tame the bloat without forking - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:08:51 GMT)Strips the slop and snoopery from Chrome, Edge, and FirefoxThe promise of Just the Browser sounds good. Rather than fork one of the big-name browsers, just run a tiny script that turns off all the bits and functions you don't want.… |
NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:34:14 GMT)If it all goes wrong, British kids of the '80s might remember an alternativeNASA's monster Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), has trundled out to the launch pad – though the upper stage and Orion spacecraft look uncannily like a prop from a 1980s British children's television show.… |
Microsoft Intune changes to start biting unprepared admins - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:00:12 GMT)Mobile application management updates mean apps could soon be blockedToday's a critical day for administrators managing a fleet of mobile devices via Microsoft Intune. Without updates, apps - including Microsoft's own - may stop working.… |
Don't underestimate pro-Russia hacktivists, warns UK's cyber crew - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:37:47 GMT)They’re not the most sophisticated, but even simple attacks can lead to costly consequencesThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is once again warning that pro-Russia hacktivists are a threat to critical services operators.… |
Windows 11 shutdown bug forces Microsoft into out-of-band damage control - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:05:32 GMT)Ships emergency update to fix a Patch Tuesday misfire that prevented systems from switching offMicrosoft has rushed out an out-of-band Windows 11 update after January's Patch Tuesday broke something as fundamental as turning PCs off.… |
Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:43:43 GMT)Craig Guildford banned Israeli fans based on Microsoft's match report, told MPs 'we don't use AI,' then discovers... they didThe chief constable of West Midlands Police has retired after his force used fictional output from Microsoft Copilot in deciding to ban Israeli fans from attending a football match at Birmingham club Aston Villa.… |
Ingram Micro admits summer ransomware raid exposed thousands of staff records - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:32:09 GMT)Maine filing confirms July attack affected 42,521 employees and job applicantsIngram Micro disclosed that a July 2025 ransomware attack compromised the personal data of tens of thousands of employees.… |
UK prime minister stares down barrel of ban on social media for kids - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:55:57 GMT)Labour's latest U-turn? 61 backbenchers pile pressure for Starmer to back Tory peer's amendmentThe British government may impose a ban on under-16s using social media, despite Labour prime minister Keir Starmer having previously expressed skepticism over the measure.… |
Warwickshire school to reopen after cyberattack crippled IT - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:15:14 GMT)Kids return to classrooms after safety infrastructure knocked outA Warwickshire secondary school says it will fully reopen this week after a cyberattack forced a prolonged closure – though staff will return to classrooms with "very limited access" to IT systems.… |
Price, battery life, performance – that's how you sell PCs - (pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:00:12 GMT)Traditional considerations back in vogue. On-device AI? Not so muchThe majority of PCs that commercial resellers shipped to enterprise customers in Q4 were AI-capable, however, it was the traditional levers of price, battery life and performance these biz buyers were mostly sold on.… |
