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US spy-tech biz and platform provider retorts that this would be against the current law and a breach of its contract

Medical and legal rights campaigners are warning that the Palantir data platform, designed to be at the heart of England's health system, risks enabling UK immigration and policing departments to access confidential patient information.…

Some account holders see names, salaries, and child benefit payments… just not their own

Updated  Customers of three major UK banks woke on Thursday to find incorrect transactions appearing in their apps, a problem later attributed to a technical glitch.…

All aboard the elevator where only Microsoft knows where you're going

Bork!Bork!Bork!  Smart mirrors are all the rage. However, rather than a list of headlines and tasks to do today, an unhappy Windows installation can make a smart mirror seem very dumb indeed.…

DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materials

Britain has taken the first steps towards producing its own ultrahigh temperature materials, regarded as vital for applications including hypersonic vehicles, space, and advanced propulsion systems.…

Plan to fast-track bit barn connections leaves housing developers fuming and billpayers on the hook

The British government is consulting on reforms to prioritize "strategically important" grid connections – including datacenters – amid reports of delays stretching more than a decade on some projects.…

Deploying them by the gigawatt but still can’t flag obvious AI slop

Social networking giant Meta has revealed details of four previously unknown custom chips powering its AI services.…

Like deleting data, exposing keys, and loading malicious content - which may be why Beijing has reportedly banned it

China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team has warned locals that the OpenClaw agentic AI tool poses significant security risks.…

Company is ‘reshaping our skill mix’ amid long share price slide and SaaSpocalypse whispers

Australian collaborationware company Atlassian has announced it will shed ten percent of staff – around 1,600 people.…

Court issues preliminary injunction but delays it to allow an appeal

Perplexity's AI browser Comet has been banned from accessing Amazon's website after the e-commerce giant obtained a court-ordered preliminary injunction.…

State news published a list of nearly 30 sites that could be targeted

Iran has reportedly designated Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Palantir facilities as legitimate targets of retaliatory strikes, according to an Al Jazeera report citing Iran’s state-affiliated Tasnim news agency.…

I see you're trying to kill children. Would you like some help with that?

You might expect a bot to have guardrails that prevent it from helping you plan a crime, but your expectations might be too high. According to a study, eight of ten major commercial chatbots will help you prepare to conduct a school shooting.…

150k accounts nuked, 21 suspects arrested

Not every scam starts with malware or a compromised account. Sometimes all it takes is a friend request or a link shared via chat.…

Warning, lockout, then wipe if your device trips detection

Microsoft is removing Entra credentials for school and work from jailbroken and rooted devices running iOS and Android.…

Let them eat cores

Intel has a new strategy for shoring up its eroding market share: Offering PC buyers more cores per dollar than arch-rival AMD in a refresh of its Arrow Lake range.…

Inspector general flags Starship risks and gaps in testing

The NASA Office of Inspector General has published a report on the agency's management of the lunar Human Landing System (HLS) contracts, highlighting the risks and arguments behind the scenes.…

Latest optical engine may not be CPO, but it's still better than pluggables

Photonics startup Lightmatter says that its latest optical engine can cut the amount of fiber used by modern datacenters in half, and perhaps more importantly, it doesn't rely on co-packaging to do it.…

Project claims legal clarity and zero legacy code, but offers binaries only

DR-DOS is back, and there is already a test version you can download. But as of yet, it's not finished, not FOSS – and not based on the original code.…

Blue-on-blue internal investigation lands force £66k fine

The UK's data protection watchdog has fined Police Scotland £66,000 ($88,000) for what it calls a "serious failure" in handling an alleged victim's sensitive data.…

Russian-speaking attackers lure HR staff into downloading ISO files that disable defenses

A Russian-speaking cyber criminal is targeting corporate HR teams with fake CVs that quietly install malware which can disable security tools before stealing data from infected machines.…

This is not satire, but we wish it was

The Ig Nobel Prize, which satirizes its more noble namesake, is moving its award ceremony to Europe following concerns about the safety of those attending the US event.…