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Slothful summer app lets you scroll simply by tilting your head
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Slothful summer app lets you scroll simply by tilting your head

ScrollPods is Mac-only, and you'll need compatible AirPods

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Destructive Windows backdoor stuffs multiple wipers and ransomware code into a single package
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12h ago

Destructive Windows backdoor stuffs multiple wipers and ransomware code into a single package

Microsoft says GigaWiper combines at least 3 malware families into one modular tool

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LisaFPGA brings Apple's magnificent misfire back in programmable logic
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12h ago

LisaFPGA brings Apple's magnificent misfire back in programmable logic

Open source recreation costs a fraction of the original and may even work with Twiggy drives

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Orbital datacenter gold rush needs an environmental review, FCC told
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13h ago

Orbital datacenter gold rush needs an environmental review, FCC told

Green groups want licenses frozen before a million satellites litter the exosphere

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OpenAI's Atlas browser doesn't make it to its first birthday
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14h ago

OpenAI's Atlas browser doesn't make it to its first birthday

Standalone experiment killed after less than 12 months as model maker redirects agentic ambitions towards workplace productivity

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AI-driven datacenter builds drive Microsoft's emissions up a quarter in one year
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15h ago

AI-driven datacenter builds drive Microsoft's emissions up a quarter in one year

Firm faces quandary of wanting to help the environment, but also wanting to force AI on everyone

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EU puts 'addictive' design of Facebook, Instagram under the DSA microscope
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16h ago

EU puts 'addictive' design of Facebook, Instagram under the DSA microscope

Brussels says Meta failed to properly assess or mitigate risks posed by infinite scroll, autoplay, and more

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Capita hears demand for pension scheme cleanup 'loud and clear' – but won't say yes
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17h ago

Capita hears demand for pension scheme cleanup 'loud and clear' – but won't say yes

Outsourcer wants a commercial chinwag before agreeing to cover UK government's recovery costs

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Fashion mart Miinto unzips breach details, warns shoppers to watch for phisherfolk
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17h ago

Fashion mart Miinto unzips breach details, warns shoppers to watch for phisherfolk

Copenhagen company ‘sorry’ after 'perpetrator' pops order management system

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Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it
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19h ago

Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it

Next version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server

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Scot NHS Trust probes email stuffup involving maternity patients' data
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20h ago

Scot NHS Trust probes email stuffup involving maternity patients' data

NHS Forth Valley is the latest health board to bungle basic email data protection principles

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BOFH: Cross-department AI pitches are easier to swallow with a pint in hand
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21h ago

BOFH: Cross-department AI pitches are easier to swallow with a pint in hand

Some ideas need workshopping, others need a warning light

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Datacenter MacGyver saved the biggest football match of the year
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23h ago

Datacenter MacGyver saved the biggest football match of the year

Police wanted to call off a grudge game until tech support electrified fevered fans

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Red Hat offers RHEL support ‘forever’ for those who need to lock in to legacy tech
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1d ago

Red Hat offers RHEL support ‘forever’ for those who need to lock in to legacy tech

Beware the golden screwdriver

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Microsoft warns customers AI will mean busier Patch Tuesdays
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1d ago

Microsoft warns customers AI will mean busier Patch Tuesdays

More patches mean more reasons to buy Redmond’s auto-patching tools

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An unnamed US county – perhaps in Ohio – paid $1M extortion demand to cybercriminals
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1d ago

An unnamed US county – perhaps in Ohio – paid $1M extortion demand to cybercriminals

Leaked negotiations spill the tea

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AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X
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1d ago

AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X

One in four long-form social media posts appear entirely AI-generated, with nearly half of those on Microsoft's and Elon's platforms involving AI in some form

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AI tool scours the web for job openings, preps your resume and cover letter
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1d ago

AI tool scours the web for job openings, preps your resume and cover letter

Searching for work sucks; AI combs the internet and sucks it all up. Combine the two and let 'er rip with this Python project

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OpenMandriva claims disgruntled admin trashed repos after community bust-up
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1d ago

OpenMandriva claims disgruntled admin trashed repos after community bust-up

Linux distro accuses former contributor of deleting years of work and pushing a package that could have broken installs

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SAP makes it easier for customers to shop for legacy product support, ending EU antitrust probe
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1d ago

SAP makes it easier for customers to shop for legacy product support, ending EU antitrust probe

Vendor drops reinstatement fees and caps back-maintenance charges ahead of the ECC support cliff

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Outlook for Mac bug makes font choice a purely decorative feature
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1d ago

Outlook for Mac bug makes font choice a purely decorative feature

Monospaced code snippets among the reported casualties

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EU 'Chat Control' snoopfest returns after vote to kill it falls short
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1d ago

EU 'Chat Control' snoopfest returns after vote to kill it falls short

Opponents won the count but missed the 360-seat threshold needed to stop the interim CSAM-scanning rule

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KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives
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1d ago

KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives

6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not

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Canonical Managed Kubeflow lands on Azure
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1d ago

Canonical Managed Kubeflow lands on Azure

PARTNER CONTENT: Why platform teams are swapping DIY Kubeflow for Canonical's managed service

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Brown says AI make student brain no work good, teacher should help use it better
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1d ago

Brown says AI make student brain no work good, teacher should help use it better

Take-home midterm row sharpens fears that the tools are dulling minds and easing cheating

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UK.gov withholds £10M payment from Capita over pensions project fiasco, as dispute continues
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1d ago

UK.gov withholds £10M payment from Capita over pensions project fiasco, as dispute continues

After CEO promised 'flagship use-case' for AI, retired scheme members still struggling to make ends meet, MPs hear

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Microsoft closes book on Nightmare Eclipse's RoguePlanet zero-day
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1d ago

Microsoft closes book on Nightmare Eclipse's RoguePlanet zero-day

Weeks after the exploit code dropped, Redmond has finally ships a fix for the Defender zero-day

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Speedier type checks in TypeScript 7.0 as first stable Go release ships
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1d ago

Speedier type checks in TypeScript 7.0 as first stable Go release ships

10X faster build times could force Slack developers back to their keyboards

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Britain's cloud habit has become a billion-pound risk
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1d ago

Britain's cloud habit has become a billion-pound risk

24-hour outage in key AWS region could leave UK firms nursing massive losses, researchers claim

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Microsoft to switch off OWA Light after nearly two decades
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1d ago

Microsoft to switch off OWA Light after nearly two decades

Nobody needs a simple web client for Exchange, do they?

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MPs tell NHS to start packing Palantir's bags ahead of 2027 contract break
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1d ago

MPs tell NHS to start packing Palantir's bags ahead of 2027 contract break

Health committee calls out public mistrust, shaky evidence, and highlights alternatives

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Accenture admits to 'isolated matter' after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul
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1d ago

Accenture admits to 'isolated matter' after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul

Consulting giant says it has 'remediated ... source' after crook claims to offer source code, keys, and cloud creds for sale

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Ubuntu emphasizes Arm64 support – and gets Rustier
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1d ago

Ubuntu emphasizes Arm64 support – and gets Rustier

Even so, it has some issues with the Rust coreutils

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Windows 95 detected installers by looking for magic words and hoping for the best
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1d ago

Windows 95 detected installers by looking for magic words and hoping for the best

If your name's not on the list, you're... probably not a setup program

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Scientist models way to make sure no one's violating the ban on nuclear weapons in space
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1d ago

Scientist models way to make sure no one's violating the ban on nuclear weapons in space

There is a long-standing international treaty in place but we can't be the only ones side-eyeing world's current crop of politicos

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Thief posed as Wi-Fi fixing hero, then stole priceless trophy
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1d ago

Thief posed as Wi-Fi fixing hero, then stole priceless trophy

If people think you are doing a legitimate job, you can get away with anything

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New Horizons Pluto probe just woke itself up after 321 days of hibernation
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1d ago

New Horizons Pluto probe just woke itself up after 321 days of hibernation

Good luck getting your PC to do that after lunch

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Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek thinks AI is going to pay off
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2d ago

Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek thinks AI is going to pay off

Downer for doomers as conservative investor plans to lift portfolio exposure by 150 percent, and even more once it adds electrification ventures

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nubia Neo 5 GT Special Edition debuts with the first and only Liquid and Air Dual Active Cooling System in its class
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2d ago

nubia Neo 5 GT Special Edition debuts with the first and only Liquid and Air Dual Active Cooling System in its class

PARTNER CONTENT: nubia aims to democratize premium gaming with a revolutionary AquaCore thermal architecture, launching first in Southeast Asia

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Microsoft shifts to annual exchange rate price revision for cloudy products
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2d ago

Microsoft shifts to annual exchange rate price revision for cloudy products

Previously did it twice a year, so customers now have fewer chances to surf FX waves

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OpenAI makes ChatGPT better at banter
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2d ago

OpenAI makes ChatGPT better at banter

With GPT-Live, talking, listening, and formulating answers all happen at once

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The AI that spawned MechaHitler and deepfake porn puts on a suit to become legal advisor and Excel jockey
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2d ago

The AI that spawned MechaHitler and deepfake porn puts on a suit to become legal advisor and Excel jockey

The newly renamed SpaceXAI wants you to believe little ol' Grok is all grown up

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Suspected Chinese snoops caught breaking into universities' Roundcube mailservers
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2d ago

Suspected Chinese snoops caught breaking into universities' Roundcube mailservers

Proofpoint researcher tells The Reg: 'We estimate the total volume of targets would be a few dozen'

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Intel-backed AI chip startup SambaNova breathes new life into aging Nvidia GPUs in latest benchmarks
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2d ago

Intel-backed AI chip startup SambaNova breathes new life into aging Nvidia GPUs in latest benchmarks

Third-party testing shows heterogeneous compute platform combining H200s and SN50 RDUs churning out 763 tok/s in MiniMax M2.7

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Former GitHub CEO launches competitor designed for the age of vibe coding
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2d ago

Former GitHub CEO launches competitor designed for the age of vibe coding

As GitHub struggles to manage AI load, challengers take aim

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OpenAI job listing suggests ChatGPT could someday replace junior analysts at Goldman Sachs
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2d ago

OpenAI job listing suggests ChatGPT could someday replace junior analysts at Goldman Sachs

What, did someone get some bad news during their IPO process or something?

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GitHub Copilot: Sorry Dave, I can't do that harmful thing - unless you ask me in code
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2d ago

GitHub Copilot: Sorry Dave, I can't do that harmful thing - unless you ask me in code

More fun with AI jailbreaks, this time at the workflow level

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Allstate Insurance quits Broadcom, alleges vengeful license audit on the way out
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2d ago

Allstate Insurance quits Broadcom, alleges vengeful license audit on the way out

CA and VMware both suing insurance giant

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AI memory crunch takes a bite out of PC shipments
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2d ago

AI memory crunch takes a bite out of PC shipments

IDC warns smaller players may struggle as DRAM drought drags on

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Tool promises to make lazy academics' AI-written papers sound more human
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2d ago

Tool promises to make lazy academics' AI-written papers sound more human

Startup insists it's not trying to help anyone cheat the system - honest!

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