Australia’s spy boss says authoritarian nations ready to commit ‘high-impact sabotage’
The head of Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has warned that authoritarian regimes “are growing more willing to disrupt or destroy critical infrastructure”, using cyber-sabotage.…
EU's reforms of GDPR, AI slated by privacy activists for 'playing into Big Tech’s hands'
Privacy advocates are condemning the European Commission's leaked plans to overhaul digital privacy legislation, accusing officials of bypassing proper legislative processes to favor Big Tech interests.…
North Korean spies turn Google's Find Hub into remote-wipe weapon
North Korean state-backed spies have found a new way to torch evidence of their own cyber-spying – by hijacking Google's "Find Hub" service to remotely wipe Android phones belonging to their South Korean targets.…
LLM side-channel attack could allow snoops to guess what you're talking about
Updated Mischief-makers can guess the subjects being discussed with LLMs using a side-channel attack, according to Microsoft researchers. They told The Register that models from some providers, including Anthropic, AWS, DeepSeek, and Google, haven't been fixed, putting both personal users and enterprise communications at risk.…
Rocket Lab's Neutron slips to 2026: 'Our aim is to make it to orbit on the first try'
Aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider Rocket Lab has confirmed what many have long suspected: its "Hungry Hippo" Neutron rocket won't be hitting the launchpad until 2026 at the earliest.…
US taxpayers being kept in the dark over datacenter subsidies
The US datacenter industry is reaping huge benefits from state-level subsidies, but transparency around these incentives is limited and states that do calculate their returns find they are losing money on the deals.…
OWASP Top 10: Broken access control still tops app security list
The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) just published its top 10 categories of application risks for 2025, its first list since 2021. It found that while broken access control remains the top issue, security misconfiguration is a strong second, and software supply chain issues are still prominent.…
UK unveils roadmap for replacing animal testing
The UK Government has unveiled a roadmap to replace animal testing with AI-driven options and other alternatives, targeting the elimination of certain regulatory tests by the end of 2026.…
Hitachi-owned GlobalLogic admits data stolen on 10k current and former staff
Digital engineering outfit GlobalLogic says personal data from more than 10,000 current and former employees was exposed in the wave of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) attacks attributed to the Clop ransomware gang. The Hitachi-owned biz joins a growing roster of high-profile victims that also now includes The Washington Post and Allianz UK.…
UK asks cyberspies to probe whether Chinese buses can be switched off remotely
UK governmental is working with the National Cyber Security Centre to understand and "mitigate" any risk that China-made imported electric buses could be remotely accessed and potentially disabled.…
Battery trade war hits booming datacenter industry
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) could become standard at datacenters as AI infrastructure expand, with analysts forecasting 20 GW of capacity deployed over the next decade.…
Cyber insurers paid out over twice as much for UK ransomware attacks last year
The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to the latest figures from the industry's trade association.…
UK's Ajax fighting vehicle arrives – years late and still sending crew to hospital
The British Army just received its first new armored fighting vehicle (AFV) for nearly three decades, but it is years late, hit by rising costs, is still reportedly injuring its crew, and there are questions about whether it remains relevant in the age of drone warfare. …
AI isn't throttling HPC. It <em>is</em> HPC
Opinion In recent discussions with industry vendor sales/marketing types, I've been hearing that HPC demand is falling off while AI system demand is continuing to increase. I've also seen articles implying that AI is somehow displacing HPC. Huh?…
Intel CTO and AI boss quits to join OpenAI after just six months in the job
Sachin Katti, the exec Intel promoted to chief technology and AI officer in April, will leave the x86 giant to join OpenAI after just six months in the job.…
Superintelligence probably not happening, but AI will still reshape society, expert panel says
Experts may be skeptical about corporate AI hype to varying degrees, but they share the view that machine learning models will have a significant effect on society.…
Secret setting hints haptic feedback coming to Windows 11 UI
Most phones and tablets include little motors that buzz when you perform common actions such as typing, or when apps notify users of important events. Microsoft may be about to bring similar good vibrations to the PC with features that see Windows 11 make your mouse or touchpad tremble when you perform UI actions such as snapping windows into place.…
AI companies keep publishing private API keys to GitHub
Leading AI companies turn out to be no better at keeping secrets than anyone else writing code.…
AI slop hits new high as fake country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
AI slop has reached a new level of ascendancy, as a country song by an AI artist has hit number one on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.…
Altman sticks a different hand out, wants tax credits instead of gov loans
Free money is always better than a loan! OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said he doesn't want government-backed loans to fuel his AI ambitions, but he's more than okay with the idea of Uncle Sam handing out tax credits under the US CHIPS Act to subsidize AI server production, bit barns, and grid components.…
