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Manager of the .us namespace managed to block zoom.us

A bad mistake by GoDaddy took Zoom offline for almost two hours on Wednesday afternoon, US time.…

Future chargers could re-arrange battery chemistry to make them live longer

Researchers at China’s Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering have found a way to restore the energy density of old Lithium-Ion batteries by heating them to over 150°C.…

It's not DNS. It can't be DNS? Right?

TalkTalk Business customers were forced to survive without email nearly a week after a technical fault disrupted domain hosting.…

Microsoft rewards those who patch early with bricks hurled through its operating system

Keeping with its rich history of updates that break Windows in unexpected ways, Microsoft has warned that two recent patches for Windows 11 24H2 are triggering blue screen crashes.…

Two decades have passed since NASA made two spacecraft collide

It is twenty years since NASA's DART mission collided with a satellite after depleting its fuel during a rendezvous attempt.…

Ah yes, the courts, that'll totally work

World War Fee  President Trump's reign of tariffs has been challenged on the left and right by the State of California and the Liberty Justice Center.…

Blackwell production already underway in Arizona with server manufacturing coming to Texas within 15 months

Nvidia wants to build and sell up to half a trillion US dollars of American-made AI supercomputer equipment over the next four years, with the help of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, aka TSMC, and its partners.…

Just make it 420.69 and be done with it, Mr President

World War Fee  No, it wasn't a typo. Some Chinese imports are indeed subject to a 245 percent tariff in the United States.…

Bug or migration strategy for New Outlook, we wonder

Far be it from us to suggest Microsoft is trying to force people onto its New Outlook application, but it has admitted Classic Outlook occasionally and mysteriously turns into a system resource hog.…

Extraordinary rendition of data, or just dropped it out of a helicopter?

CIA Director John Ratcliffe's smartphone has almost no trace left of the infamous Signalgate chat – the one in which he and other top US national security officials discussed a secret upcoming military operation in a group Signal conversation a journalist was inadvertently added to.…

Is that MI in MI308 going to be Mission Impossible?

World War Fee  Turns out Nvidia's not the only chip shop caught in the crossfire of Trump's tit-for-tat trade battle with China.…

Intune policies turn out to be mere suggestions

Microsoft has admitted some users are being offered Windows 11 upgrades despite Intune policies configured otherwise.…

Timing not ideal with Wall Street fearing recession

It's been a little over a year since Adobe abandoned its plans to purchase web-based design tool Figma. Now, the smaller of the two app makers is bucking market uncertainty by filing for an IPO.…

Outdated and misinformed legal presumptions at the heart of concerns

Digital forensics in the UK is in need of reform, says one expert, as the deadline to advise the government on computer evidence rules arrives.…

Fancy a doctorate in semiconductor design? The land of K-Pop wants you to help future-proof its industry

South Korea has decided to dish out over $25 billion in help to industries impacted by the USA’s new tariff regime.…

DPP Law is appealing against data watchdog's conclusions

A law firm is appealing against a £60,000 fine from the UK's data watchdog after 32 GB of personal information was stolen from its systems.…

Dutch lithography king sticks to €35B forecast despite investor jitters

Euro tech giant ASML hit its revenue guidance last quarter and still expects the coffers to swell this year, but order bookings are down as Trump's tariff turmoil casts uncertainty over the entire industry.…

Vintage phishing varietal has improved with age

Russia never stops using proven tactics, and its Cozy Bear, aka APT 29, cyber-spies are once again trying to lure European diplomats into downloading malware with a phony invitation to a lux event.…

Brit retailer says troubled breakup with tech platform of former US owner nearing conclusion

Exclusive  Two of the top team behind Asda's £1 billion ($1.31 billion) tech divorce from US retail giant Walmart — which has seen a number of setbacks — are departing the company.…

It involves a number close to three or six depending on the pickle you're in

Ransomware operators jack up their ransom demands by a factor of 2.8x if they detect a victim has cyber-insurance, a study highlighted by the Netherlands government has confirmed.…