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£14.2B Sizewell C among the investments along side Small Modular Reactors

The UK has bet big on nuclear power — both big and small — following a series of warnings about energy capacity and supply for datacenter investments.…

How much wishful thinking has entered the pipeline will come to light in 2027

Opinion  Today, the UK chief finance minister is set to detail government spending for the next three years and capital budgets for the next four. As the first multi-year spending review since 2021, it is a big deal.…

Model Context Protocol has many fine uses, but then it hinted at becoming a Von Neumann machine

Column  Generative AI is changing so rapidly, it’s hard to stay up to date, so I generally avoid the newest shiny thing until it becomes unavoidable.…

AI could bring a new round of browser wars

Mozilla is concerned that Google's efforts to build Gemini into its Chrome browser will make it even more difficult for rivals to compete with the search and ads giant.…

Wants to let AI do the boring bits so his team can invent more cool stuff

Cisco Live  Cisco president Jeetu Patel wants the company’s engineers to halve the amount of code they write.…

After twenty years, it's Intel outside

Apple's macOS operating system will drop support for Intel chips next year, marking the end of a twenty-year relationship.…

Not just a salve for netadmins – this is also a play to ensure Switchzilla is AI-relevant

Cisco Live  There’s light at the end of the tunnel for netadmins tired of juggling multiple management consoles: Cisco announced it’s testing a tool called Cloud Control that will drive all its networking, security, and observability tools – and hopefully make the biz more relevant in the AI era.…

Plus: AWS launches second Secret-level cloud region

AI has been a "game changer" for the intelligence community, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who noted two key applications of the technology for classified government work at the Amazon Web Services DC Summit on Tuesday.…

Lone Star State drivers with accident records need to be careful about fraud

The Texas Department of Transportation says a compromised user account was used to improperly download nearly 300,000 crash reports, exposing personal data that could be exploited for financial fraud against Lone Star drivers.…

Federal court blocks further data sharing, blasts lack of safeguards

The US federal government's HR department violated the law and bypassed its own cybersecurity safeguards by giving DOGE affiliates access to personnel records, a federal judge ruled Monday, issuing a preliminary injunction to halt further disclosures.…

Oh, great – now who'll do my thinking for me?

Updated  If you're having trouble getting ChatGPT to do your work for you this morning, you wouldn't be alone. It appears OpenAI services are experiencing a variety of issues.…

Scientists improve knowledge by 20% thanks to James Webb Space Telescope data

The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon has increased, according to boffins making observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.…

Project to modernize the X.org X11 server seems to actively court controversy

The recently released Xlibre server aims to modernize the X.org X11 server and improve both its security and performance.…

Also axes secure software mandates - optional is the new secure, apparently

President Donald Trump late Friday signed a cybersecurity-focused executive order that, in the White House's words, "amends problematic elements of Obama and Biden-era Executive Orders."…

The open-source XDR/SIEM provider’s servers are in other botnets’ crosshairs too

Cybercriminals are trying to spread multiple Mirai variants by exploiting a critical Wazuh vulnerability, researchers say – the first reported active attacks since the code execution bug was disclosed.…

Vulpes vulpes has run of five-story park before staffers move in

Over a billion dollars, a renowned architect, and more than a decade under construction haven't prevented Google being beaten to its new London digs by unexpected tenants – urban foxes.…

Windows Insiders will be first to see if the Windows 10 itch has been scratched

The latest changes to Microsoft's Start Menu are being rolled out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. However, users in the European Economic Area have a little longer to wait for the promised Android and IOS device integration.…

Chocolate Factory fixes issue, pays only $5K

A researcher has exposed a flaw in Google's authentication systems, opening it to a brute-force attack that left users' mobile numbers up for grabs.…

Data analytics vendors have tried this before with limited success

In the past few weeks, both Snowflake and Databricks dipped into their respective acquisition funds and found the resources to buy specialist providers of PostgreSQL database systems.…

A milestone in cyberattack recovery – but deliveries will take a while and normal service not yet back

UK retailer Marks & Spencer has reinstated online orders for some customers, marking a major milestone in its recovery from a cyberattack in April.…