Fission impossible: Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031
The nukes-in-space ambitions of the current US administration have taken a step forward – and the US Office of Science and Technology Policy has just published its hopes for who does what.…
Ancient Excel bug comes out of retirement for active attacks
While Microsoft was rolling out its bumper Patch Tuesday updates this week, US cybersecurity agency CISA was readying an alert about a 17-year-old critical Excel flaw now under exploit.…
Raspberry Pi OS ends open-door policy for sudo
The latest version of Raspberry Pi OS now requires a password for sudo by default.…
UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk
Britain has spent years wiring its public sector into US Big Tech, and a new report says that dependence could quickly become a national security headache.…
Britain's atomic brain trust gives itself till 2030 to unpick fusion challenges
Brit boffins have a £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) budget for fusion power research and development, and the government agency leading the effort has published a roadmap of targets to hit before the decade is out.…
Nvidia slaps forehead: I know what quantum is missing – it's AI!
Quantum computers promise major speedups for problems in materials science, logistics, and financial modeling, but first they need to be made reliable, something Nvidia believes its AI models can help with. When you've got a GPU hammer, every problem starts to look like an AI nail. …
Waymo's self-driving cars face their toughest test yet: London
Waymo has started letting its software take the wheel on London streets, with trained specialists on standby as it gradually accelerates toward a fully driverless ride-hailing launch.…
AI-powered mainframe exits are a bubble set to pop
Most mainframe users who turn to AI for help migrating legacy code to alternative platforms are going to be very disappointed, according to analyst firm Gartner.…
Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don't fly, presses ahead regardless
A startup called Orbital has revealed a plan to build a 10,000-satellite neocloud in space – if Elon Musk delivers on his ambitious plans to increase launch capacity and reduce costs.…
The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out
Opinion Could the recent death of Meta's unloved and unused Horizon Worlds signal the demise of the wider metaverse?…
Boeing deliveries soar past Airbus for the first time in years, but this is no time to unbuckle your seat belt
Boeing has delivered more commercial planes in a quarter than Airbus for the first time in seven years.…
Claude Code routines promise mildly clever cron jobs
Anthropic has made it easier to automate Claude-oriented tasks without relying on autonomous agent software.…
Microsoft's massive Patch Tuesday: It's raining bugs
Attackers exploited a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server before Redmond issued a fix as part of April's mega Patch Tuesday.…
Commvault has a Ctrl+Z for rogue AI agents
Keep your agents close and your agent-monitoring software closer. Commvault’s new AI Protect can discover and monitor AI agents running inside AWS, Azure, and GCP environments and even roll back their actions when something goes wrong.…
You can finally control serial devices from Firefox
Firefox will soon be able to communicate directly with your 3D printer. Thirteen years after the idea was initially proposed, the Web Serial API has landed in Firefox Nightly, Mozilla's work-in-progress channel for its browser.…
NASA insiders oddly relaxed about latest budget threats
exclusive As NASA's Artemis II mission headed for the Moon, the Trump administration unveiled another attempt to cut the agency's science budget. Yet some insiders, perhaps buoyed by déjà vu and a little post-traumatic resilience, are less alarmed than you might expect.…
Oracle taps Bloom for 2.8 GW of fuel cells to keep datacenter binge going
Bloom Energy says it has an expanded remit from Oracle to provide the energy for its US datacenter buildout plans with up to 2.8 GW of fuel cell systems.…
California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, EFF says
California's proposed legislation to put the burden of blocking 3D-printed firearms onto printer manufacturers could effectively sideline open source tools and create new surveillance concerns, digital rights activists argue.…
GitHub invokes spirit of Phabricator with preview of Stacked PRs
GitHub has unveiled Stacked PRs, a new feature aimed at making large pull requests easier to review, manage, and move through the pipeline faster.…
Physicist reckons two-button calculator can do all elementary math
Every now and then, a researcher comes up with something that sounds either wrong or unoriginal to outsiders – yet carries just enough of a chance of being correct, novel, and consequential to demand a closer look.…
