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Hide from Meta's spyglasses with this new Android app - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:13:34 GMT)Academic urges users not to harass those suspected of snooping with (sp)eyewearWorried that someone wearing Meta's snooping spyware goggles could be creeping up on you? Android users now have access to an app that can warn them if someone is wearing such smart glasses in their vicinity by using Bluetooth.… |
AMD challenges Intel with an 84-core Epyc processor aimed at telcos, edge - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:50:09 GMT)Chips are likely Zen 5's last hurrah before Venice makes its debut later this yearAMD's edgiest Epyc chips are officially getting a Zen 5 refresh with the introduction of its 8005-series processors codenamed Sorano.… |
OpenAI asks its friends to tell their friends about Frontier - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:24:04 GMT)Agent-making tool that mimics human workers is about to get its enterprise close up.OpenAI has managed to make a name for itself with ChatGPT. But if it wants its new enterprise AI product Frontier to succeed, it's going to need help. According to an analyst, the company is smart to partner with the world's biggest consultants to push Frontier, which can create and control role-based AI agents throughout an organization.… |
All your bots are belong to US if you don't play ball, DoD tells Anthropic - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:43:41 GMT)AI firm drops key safety pledge as Pentagon dispute drags onUS Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made Anthropic an offer it may not be able to refuse. The Defense Department and the AI firm held a meeting at the Pentagon on Tuesday, where the government tried to compel the house of Claude to lift some restrictions on military use of its tech. However, recent changes to the company's safety policy suggest it may be willing to be more flexible than it's letting on. … |
Hardly anybody bought Samsung's last smartphones for AI. It hopes this year's models change that - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:00:15 GMT)But only Qualcomm can power the most alluring featureshands on Just 20 percent of punters who bought Samsung's 2025 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S25 Ultra, cited AI as the main reason for their purchase. With this year's S26 models, the Korean giant hopes to improve that number.… |
Fake 'interview' repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:51:54 GMT)Come for the coding test, stay for the C2 trafficNext.js developers are once again in the crosshairs as hackers seed malicious repositories disguised as legitimate projects, according to Microsoft, which said a limited set of those repos were directly tied to observed compromises.… |
Microsoft boss on AI content: 'Nobody wants anything that is sloppy' - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:30:13 GMT)Sometimes the 'S' word slips through even the best media trainingIs it OK to say "slop" again? Microsoft boss Satya Nadella took to the stage on the London leg of the company's AI tour and said the words that many an IT pro has uttered when faced with a Copilot rollout: "Nobody wants anything that is sloppy in terms of AI creation."… |
Cloudflare experiment ports most of Next.js API 'in one week' with AI - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:14:05 GMT)Uses Vite and Claude to sidestep Vercel lock-inA Cloudflare engineer says he has implemented 94 percent of the Next.js API by directing Anthropic's Claude, spending about $1,100 on tokens.… |
Firefox 148 adds master switch for browser bot bother - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:31:29 GMT)While Thunderbird 148 improves MS Exchange support and sign-on securityIt's not the only new feature in Firefox 148 yet one thing is very definitely the big news: the global off switch for its AI features that the company announced earlier this month is now included.… |
Execs love AI, just not enough to pay for user training - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:24:02 GMT)Research points to skills gaps and weak oversight as barriers to return on investmentJust 4 percent of businesses achieved a return on their AI investments, yet rather than admit AI isn't living up to early expectations, a newly published study is blaming the users for not doing enough.… |
Ex-L3Harris exec jailed 7 years for selling exploits to Russia - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:44:56 GMT)Former Trenchant manager profited millions from cyber tools reserved for the USThe former general manager of L3Harris's cyber arm will spend the next seven years behind bars for selling trade secrets to Russia.… |
Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:22:47 GMT)Orbit decay accelerates as solar activity rises, with no approved mission yet to raise the telescope's altitudeA newly released plot of the Hubble Space Telescope's altitude shows just how quickly the observatory has descended in recent years.… |
Worried Europeans can now cut Azure's phone cord completely - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:14:45 GMT)As transatlantic tensions rattle nerves, Microsoft offers a digital bunker to the sufficiently paranoidAzure Local can now run fully disconnected with no cloud connectivity, Microsoft confirmed at the London leg of its AI tour.… |
Wynn Resorts takes attacker's word for it that stolen staff data was deleted - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:39:06 GMT)Security pros question assurances as company offers staff credit monitoringWynn Resorts has confirmed that employee data was stolen from its servers, and is taking the hackers' word that they've since deleted it.… |
Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious' - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:30:15 GMT)It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'The latest project to start talking about using LLMs to assist in development is experimental Linux copy-on-write file system bcachefs.… |
Brit dual nationals grounded by border digitization drive - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:23:31 GMT)Overhauling immigration system a 'significant change for millions of travelers,' government admitsMany British citizens who hold another nationality are being barred from entering the UK unless they have a British passport or a £589 certificate as a result of the Home Office's efforts to digitize travel documents.… |
Recycling biz reckons AI features are destroying smartphone resale values - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:22:10 GMT)Galaxy S25 sheds 63% in 12 months as reseller questions LLM emphasisSmartphone makers love touting AI, but the technology may be quietly destroying resale values.… |
DVSA drives up online theory test contract value to £700M with no explanation - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:47:18 GMT)Agency that can't keep bots out of its booking system more than doubles size of services agreementThe Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency has more than doubled the maximum offer on the table for a new online theory test service to £700 million.… |
OpenAI says Chinese cops used ChatGPT to plan and track smear ops against opponents - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:01:09 GMT)Note to secret agents: ChatGPT is NOT a private diaryA ChatGPT user with links to Chinese law enforcement tried to use the AI chatbot to run smear campaigns targeting the Japanese prime minister and other critics of the Chinese Communist Party, according to OpenAI's latest report on malicious uses of its models.… |
Gatwick shuttle screen suffers pre-flight nerves - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:30:13 GMT)Dude, where's my operating system?Bork!Bork!Bork! Airports and computers remain uneasy travel companions. At London Gatwick, the inter-terminal shuttle briefly demonstrated why, with one information screen declaring: "Operating System not found."… |
Threat intelligence supply chain is full of weak links, researchers find - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:49:36 GMT)And they're being stressed by geopolitical concerns that threaten to slow important data-sharing effortsResearchers from Georgia Tech have found that the supply chain for threat intelligence data is susceptible to adversarial action, and proposed a method to improve data sharing that they think will make it stronger.… |
HP says memory’s contribution to PC costs just doubled to 35 percent - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:29:47 GMT)Speeds up qualification of new suppliers to get more cheap parts into PCs, fasterHP Inc. has revealed that memory now accounts for 35 percent of the cost of materials it needs to build a PC, up from between 15 and 18 percent last quarter. And the company expects RAM’s contribution will rise through the year.… |
Orbital datacenters are a pie-in-the-sky idea: Gartner - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:47:54 GMT)Analyst firm bemoans ‘peak insanity’ among those who think circling servers can replace down-to-earth server farmsAnalyst firm Gartner thinks talk of placing datacenters in space has reached “peak insanity,” because orbiting facilities can’t be run economically or satisfy demand for compute power on Earth.… |
Workday CEO's AI talk can't shake off weaker sales forecast - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:02:12 GMT)Claims HR company can escape the SaaSpocalypse with its core expertiseWorkday CEO Aneel Bhusri has used the first quarterly earnings announcement since he returned to the big chair to reassure investors the company is building more capable agentic AI while keeping the fundamentals of the HR platform strong.… |
Meta frees React to live in its own foundation - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:30:10 GMT)Organizations using the front-end JavaScript framework can expect vendor-neutral governanceMeta has turned over control of React, React Native, and associated projects like JSX to the newly formed React Foundation, fulfilling a commitment made last October.… |
It's only Tuesday and AI chip startups have already soaked up $1.1B in funding - (pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:08:56 GMT)Fears of an AI bubble haven't tempered vulture capitalists' enthusiasm for siliconAI chip startups collectively walked away with more than a billion dollars of new capital on Tuesday, showing that venture capitalists are still excited about the opportunity to challenge Nvidia's dominance despite all the talk of an AI bubble.… |
Amazon would rather blame its own engineers than its AI - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:54:13 GMT)Protect the robot, sacrifice the humanopinion I've been watching AWS explain away outages for the better part of a decade. And this is hard!… |
AI has gotten good at finding bugs, not so good at swatting them - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:36:53 GMT)Discovery is getting cheaper. Validation and patching aren’tWhat good is finding a hole if you can't fix it? Anthropic last week talked up Claude Code's improved ability to find software vulnerabilities and propose patches. But security researchers say that's not enough.… |
Discord drama delays age verification debut until the second half of 2026 - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:09:31 GMT)Cofounder promises transparency and full technical explanation of plans, which aren't actually changingDiscord is delaying age verification checks for a little while after its plan inspired a lot of hand-wringing among the community. But it's not backing down. … |
Patch these 4 critical, make-me-root SolarWinds bugs ASAP - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:55:07 GMT)SolarWinds + file transfer software = what attackers' dreams are made ofIf you run SolarWinds’ Serv-U, you should patch promptly. Four critical vulnerabilities in the file transfer software can allow attackers to execute code as root.… |
'Merica-made Mac Minis marked for manufacturing - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:26:56 GMT)iGiant also ramping US chip and AI server productionYour next Mac might be made in the US of A. Apple this week revealed plans to manufacture its most affordable Macintosh computer at a new Foxconn facility in Texas.… |
Rogue devs of sideloaded Android apps beg for freedom from Google’s verification regime - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:09:12 GMT)37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside PlaySoon, developers who just want to make Android apps for sideloading will have to register with Google. Thirty-seven technology companies, nonprofits, and civil society groups think that the Chocolate Factory should keep its nose out of third-party app stores and have asked its leadership to reconsider.… |
North Korea's Lazarus Group targets healthcare orgs with Medusa ransomware - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:25:04 GMT)New ransomware of choice, same critical targetsNorth Korea’s Lazarus Group appears to have added another tool to its kit. It has begun using Medusa ransomware in extortion attacks targeting at least one US healthcare organization and an unnamed victim in the Middle East, according to Symantec and Carbon Black threat hunters.… |
The fix inches closer: Iowa moves farm right-to-repair bill forward - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:42:38 GMT)Manufacturers like John Deere have resisted broader access to proprietary repair softwareSoon, farmers could have easier access to the tools and software needed to repair their tractors. A recent Iowa House committee vote advancing a right-to-repair bill could bring changes benefiting thousands of farmers in the US' second-largest agricultural state, supporters say.… |
GhostBSD to ditch Xorg for XLibre as Red Hat's Wayland crusade leaves X11 fans out in the cold - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:50:09 GMT)FreeBSD's friendliest desktop distro bets on the controversial forkGhostBSD plans to move to the XLibre X11 server to better support its flagship MATE desktop – as well as Xfce and the new Gershwin.… |
Go library maintainer brands GitHub's Dependabot a 'noise machine' - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:31:13 GMT)When a one-line fix triggers thousands of PRs, something's offA Go library maintainer has urged developers to turn off GitHub's Dependabot, arguing that false positives from the dependency-scanning tool "reduce security by causing alert fatigue."… |
AMD copy-pastes 6 GW chips-for-stock deal in new Meta agreement - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:19:00 GMT)The House of Zen signed a nearly identical deal with OpenAI last fallAMD just signed a mega chip deal with Meta that appears almost identical to the one it signed with OpenAI last fall. And just like all cross-industry agreements between AI and chip makers of late, this one comes with some circular financing, too. … |
Microsoft gives Windows laggards the 'gift of time' wrapped in licensing fees - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:01:12 GMT)With Server 2016 and other OSes for the chop, security fixes can continue to flow for a priceMicrosoft is giving Windows customers the "gift of time" but expects compensation for its generosity.… |
Euro hosting giant hiking prices by up to 50% from April Fool's Day - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:02:40 GMT)No, customers aren't laughing either as pressure from memory shortages bitesHosting biz Hetzner, one of Europe's largest datacenter operators, is warning customers that prices are scheduled to jump by as much as 50 percent from April 1.… |
UK data watchdog fines Reddit £14.47M for letting kids slip past the gate - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:29:47 GMT)Social media giant retorts it doesn't want to collect 'private' data, and plans to appealThe UK's data protection regulator has fined social media giant Reddit £14.47 million ($19.5 million) over its use of children's data.… |
KDE Plasma 6.6 isn't forcing systemd but the arguments rage on - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:30:06 GMT)BSD support improves, FreeBSD eyes a desktop option, and the init wars refuse to dieThe latest KDE desktop environment is out. Among other things, it comes with a pledge that it won't require systemd, and this version has improved OpenBSD support. FreeBSD 15.1's installer offers KDE too.… |
Korean cops charge teens over bike hire breach that exposed data on 4.62M riders - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:53:49 GMT)Public prosecutor mulls sentencing following investigations into two separate attacksTwo South Korean teenagers were this week charged with breaching Seoul's public bike service, Ttareungyi.… |
West Midlands Police earn red card over Copilot's imaginary football match - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:32:56 GMT)Parliament committee finds AI BS helped shape a real-world decisionUK Parliament has delivered the official postmortem on West Midlands Police's Copilot saga, and it reads like a case study in how not to mix generative AI with public order decision-making.… |
Intel backs SambaNova's $350M bid to challenge GPUs in AI inference - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:00:14 GMT)Upstart's 5th-gen RDU aims to undercut Nvidia's B200 on speed and costAI infrastructure company SambaNova has raised $350 million to advance its dataflow architecture, which it pitches as an alternative to GPU-based AI systems.… |
UK tech hit by double trouble: Fewer foreign techies amid skills squeeze - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:15:15 GMT)Visa applications down, executives emigrating, and AI blamed for the restThe number of international workers applying for a visa to work in the UK's tech sector dropped 11 percent between Q2 and Q3 2025, and was down 6 percent year-on-year, according to consultancy RSM UK.… |
Euro allies aiming to rapidly build low-cost air defense weapons - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:30:11 GMT)We like our surface-to-air weapons affordableBritain has joined a handful of European allies in a program to develop low-cost air defense systems, including autonomous drones or missiles, with project delivery of the first elements scheduled for as early as 2027.… |
Microsoft teases ‘reimagined SharePoint experience’ with added AI - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:03:14 GMT)Redmond also offers to take the OneDrive name out of your OneDriveMicrosoft has teased a significant upgrade to its SharePoint collaborationware package.… |
Cisco turns to titanium spoons and sand dunes to build a better … box? - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:39:40 GMT)As Pure Storage adopts a watered-down name for a rebrandLogowatch Cisco and the vendor formerly known as Pure Storage have let their designers and marketers loose on the internet to explain some recent decisions.… |
Anthropic accuses China's AI labs of ripping off content - just like it did - (pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:45:12 GMT)Says DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax are using 'distillation' to gin up their own modelsHaving built a business by remixing content created by others, Anthropic worries that Chinese AI labs are stealing its data.… |
IBM stock dives after Anthropic points out AI can rewrite COBOL fast - (pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:53:03 GMT)Big Blue has been saying this itself since 2023IBM’s share price slumped by 13 percent on Monday, seemingly caused by investors reacting to an Anthropic blog post that points out its Claude Code tools can accelerate refactoring of apps written in the ancient COBOL language.… |
