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Consider patching soon because cybercrooks love to hit vulnerable tools from Broadcom's virtualization giant

Broadcom has fixed five flaws, collectively deemed "high severity," in VMware's IT operations and log management tools within Cloud Foundation, including two information disclosure bugs that could lead to credential leakage under certain conditions.…

Workforce rebalancing? Yes, but on the plus side, the next 12 months are all about AI, AI, and more AI

IBM is again forecasting cost savings in the coming calendar year, which likely means one thing for its legions of workers – pedal fast and keep your heads down because headcount reductions may be on the way once more.…

Boy who's cried wolf on autonomous driving for years swears 'there's a damn wolf this time'

Tesla had a pretty dismal fourth-quarter of 2024 and a rough year overall, financially. But you wouldn't know it from the after-hours boost to its share price as CEO Elon Musk predicted a record 2025 buoyed by yet more promises of fully autonomous robotaxis.…

Merger would kill competition, jack up wireless LAN prices, officials argue

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks.…

Unions fear federal staff purge and RTO will spark chaos for Americans

More than two million US federal civilian employees have been invited to resign as of September 30, 2025, with incentives promised for those who agree to quit by February 6, 2025.…

Windows vendor posts more bumper financials, but markets shrug

Microsoft's latest earnings results exceeded expectations, yet comments from CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood signaled turbulence in AI and execution, alongside signs of waning cloud demand.…

Official is official

Updated  Among the flurry of executive orders expelled from Donald J Trump following his inauguration as US President last week, one of the more impotent was "Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness."…

Microsoft fixes DAC woes and makes good on its New Outlook threat for Windows 10

There is mixed news for Windows users. Microsoft has released a patch it claims fixes the DAC problem. The bad news – for some users – is that the new Outlook for Windows app has reached Windows 10.…

Not bad for 30 lines of code

Hardware keeps getting faster, but it's still worth taking a step back periodically and revisiting your code. You might just uncover a little tweak that wrings out more efficiency or extra throughput than you'd expect.…

400 hospitals and med centers across 15 states rely on its products

New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) is currently in its fifth day of handling a ransomware attack that has led to system disruption.…

Space 5G should reach regular smartphones in rural area notspots

Vodafone claims it has made the first mobile video call using a satellite connection and standard 4G/5G smartphones, and said it aims to offer a commercial direct-to-cell satellite service in Europe starting later this year.…

Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org's report

The Open Rights Group (ORG) has raised concerns about a number of security issues it found in all three of the canvassing apps developed on behalf of the UK's three major political parties.…

Employers remain blissfully unaware/wilfully ignorant of the impact of surveillance on staff

More than three-quarters of UK employers admit to using some form of surveillance tech to spy on their remote workers' productivity.…

Breakthrough could – eventually – impact smartphone and mobile computing

A new approach to materials engineering promises to overcome the limitation of capacitors commonly used in smartphones, displays and electric vehicles, according to a study published in Nature.…

Sidestepping the grid led to 44% cheaper electricity and 70% fewer emissions, CEO says

A UK datacenter startup realized it could have to wait until the late 2030s for power grid connection dates, and has instead turned to modular facilities located at the site of renewable energy sources.…

Harvesting of location data and other personal info without user consent, lawsuit claims

Amazon and its advertising subsidiary have been sued for allegedly collecting personal and location data from third-party mobile apps without obtaining users' informed consent.…

It's a 65-million-year-old space rock stuffed with amino acids, DNA bases, and more, boffins report

Scientists analyzing samples from asteroid Bennu have found something remarkable: Despite being a cold, lifeless rubble pile that formed around 65 million years ago, it holds a rich inventory of organic molecules - key ingredients for life.…

Qwen 2.5 Max tops both DS V3 and GPT-4o, cloud giant claims

Analysis  The speed and efficiency at which DeepSeek claims to be training large language models (LLMs) competitive with America's best has been a reality check for Silicon Valley. However, the startup isn't the only Chinese model builder the US has to worry about.…

No wonder OpenAI needs $500B for Stargate

Americans could soon see the price of electronics skyrocket in response to a 25-100 percent import tariff on computer chips promised by US President Donald Trump on Monday.…

Oh someone's in DeepShi...

China-based AI biz DeepSeek may have developed competitive, cost-efficient generative models, but its cybersecurity chops are another story.…