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Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:28:07 GMT)Many vital open source resources rely on the devotion of a few individualsIt's hard to imagine something as fundamental to computing as the sudo command becoming abandonware, yet here we are: its solitary maintainer is asking for help to keep the project alive.… |
GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:32:23 GMT)Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people awayGitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that popularized AI-assisted software development, is having some regrets about its Copilot infatuation.… |
Amazon's European datacenter buildout blows a breaker as grid connection wait list hits 7 years - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:07:27 GMT)E-commerce giant has watts of bit barns to deploy but nowhere to plug them inAmazon Web Services' European expansion has hit the buffers as the American cloud provider grapples with aging grid infrastructure and lengthy interconnect delays.… |
'Lethal' and 'magical' Palantir tech is in demand by Pentagon, China, Middle East, CEO says - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:41:51 GMT)Less popular in Canada and Northern EuropePalantir is shaping the "under-the-hood" practices of the US Defense Department as demand for its software grows across warfighting, shipbuilding, and weapons procurement, CEO Alex Karp said during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call on Monday.… |
Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:01:03 GMT)Too slow react-ion timeBaddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native's Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild attacks still haven't received the "broad public acknowledgement" that they should, according to security researchers.… |
Next-gen nuclear reactors safe enough to skip full environmental reviews, says Trump admin - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:40:18 GMT)DoE trims NEPA paperwork for advanced reactorsThe Department of Energy says advanced nuclear reactor designs - many of which have so far existed mainly at the experimental, testing, or demonstration stage - generally pose limited environmental risk and can qualify for a streamlined environmental review for future projects.… |
Snowflake plugs PostgreSQL into its AI Data Cloud - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:06:12 GMT)Yes, it already had UnistoreSnowflake is launching a PostgreSQL database-as-a-service within its AI data environment to place transactional workloads alongside analytics and AI under a single set of governance rules.… |
CISA updated ransomware intel on 59 bugs last year without telling defenders - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:17:16 GMT)GreyNoise's Glenn Thorpe counts the cost of missed opportunitiesOn 59 occasions throughout 2025, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) silently tweaked vulnerability notices to reflect their use by ransomware crooks. Experts say that's a problem.… |
Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:08:15 GMT)CEO Alex Karp meets criticism with soaring revenues and a sermonOpinion Palantir had a whopper of a Q4, showing accelerating revenue growth, beating Wall Street's profit estimates, and enjoying a share price jump of as much as 11% during pre-market trading on Tuesday before coming back down to earth.… |
Azure outages ripple across multiple dependent Microsoft services - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:31:03 GMT)Managed Identity and virtual machine failures triggered knock-on problems throughout cloud platformMicrosoft has reported two Azure service wobbles in as many days, including a disruption affecting Virtual Machine management ops yesterday and a Managed Identity for Azure resources outage in East US and West US regions today.… |
Europe shrugs off tariffs, plots to end tech reliance on US - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:05:17 GMT)Governments and businesses respond to Trump pressures by upping spending in domestically controlled infrastructureUS tariffs may be squeezing Europe's trade balance, but they are also pushing governments and businesses to spend big on keeping tech closer to home.… |
HP CEO prints final page after six years, moves to PayPal - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:54:51 GMT)Multimillion-dollar tenure could have bought a couple of crates of tonerLongtime HP CEO Enrique Lores is decamping for a top job at PayPal, handing the reins to an interim chief while the business hunts for a permanent successor.… |
X marks the raid: French cops swoop on Musk's Paris ops - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:09:08 GMT)Algorithmic bias probe continues, CEO and former boss summoned to defend the platform's cornerFrench police raided Elon Musk's X offices in Paris this morning as part of a criminal investigation into alleged algorithmic manipulation by foreign powers.… |
Microsoft finally sends TLS 1.0 and 1.1 to the cloud retirement home - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:59:03 GMT)Azure Storage now requires version 1.2 or newer for encrypted connectionsToday is the day Azure Storage stops supporting versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS 1.2 is the new minimum.… |
Polish cops bail 20-year-old bedroom botnet operator - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:34:17 GMT)DDoSer of 'strategically important' websites admitted to most chargesPolish authorities have cuffed a 20-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out DDoS attacks.… |
UK names Barnsley as first Tech Town to see whether AI can fix... well, anything - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:25:05 GMT)South Yorkshire becomes ground zero for nationwide experiment with £500K seed fundingAI-pocalypse Barnsley, a town in South Yorkshire, England, best known for coal mining and glassmaking, is being thrust into the limelight as the country's first "Tech Town" – shoehorning AI into everything from local businesses to public services.… |
Firefox makes AI optional, like it probably should have been all along - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:08:12 GMT)Users can disable every generative feature in one click – not everyone wants a chatbot bolted to their tabsMozilla has decided that if AI is going to live in your browser, you should at least be able to kill it when it gets annoying.… |
NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:31:26 GMT)This is starting to sound oddly familiarNASA has concluded a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) for Artemis II, but recurring liquid hydrogen leaks forced the test to be halted short of completion, prompting the agency to delay the mission's launch to at least March 2026.… |
DIY AI bot farm OpenClaw is a security 'dumpster fire' - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:14:14 GMT)Your own personal Jarvis. A bot to hear your prayers. A bot that cares. Just not about keeping you safeOpenClaw, the AI-powered personal assistant users interact with via messaging apps and sometimes entrust with their credentials to various online services, has prompted a wave of malware and is delivering some shocking bills.… |
British military to get legal OK to swat drones near bases - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:30:12 GMT)Armed Forces Bill would let troops take action against unmanned threats around defense sitesBritain's defense personnel will be given the authority to neutralize drones threatening military bases under measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill, currently making its way through Parliament.… |
Microsoft kills standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans, because they’re not suite enough - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:13:13 GMT)Blames ‘unintended or nonstandard usage’ and the cost of keeping them aliveMicrosoft has slipped out news that it’s killing some standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans.… |
South Korea enlists AI to spot pump and dump schemes on social media, or in Spam - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 04:42:37 GMT)Main stock exchange targets shares, government agency looks for crypto crooksSouth Korea’s government and main stock exchange have developed and deployed AI-powered tools to detect schemes that aim to send the price of cryptocurrencies and shares soaring so that unscrupulous investors can cash in.… |
Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun - (pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:02:44 GMT)Burning Man woo woo values House of Grok at $250 billionElon Musk on Monday revealed his space company SpaceX has acquired his AI outfit xAI, and that the two will work together to escape the surly bonds of Earthly powers by tapping the sun's enduring glow.… |
Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:23:18 GMT)The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgsSecurity researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which abused weaknesses in the update infrastructure to gain a foothold in high-value targets by delivering a newly identified backdoor dubbed Chrysalis.… |
Let them eat Pi: RAM shortage bumps Raspberry prices as much as $60 - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:26:52 GMT)Second price increase in just two monthsThat slice of Pi is getting much more expensive. Everyone’s favorite single-board computer, the Raspberry Pi, is jumping up in price again, with increases ranging from $10 to $60, depending on how much memory your board has.… |
Intel welcomes memory apocalypse with Xeon workstation refresh - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:30:11 GMT)Chipzilla touts 4 TB of DDR5 and 128 lanes of PCIe 5 for less than the House of Zen just in time for memory winterIntel's workstation lineup is getting a much-needed refresh with the launch of its Xeon 600-series processors, boasting up to 86 cores and clocks topping 4.9 GHz. Chipzilla's timing couldn't be worse.… |
There's nothing micro about this super-sized Arduino Uno - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:31:10 GMT)It's 7x the size of the regular boardArduino boards power everything from robots to RGB lights, but they're a little on the small side. YouTuber UncleStem has his own solution: build a gigantic, yet fully functional one.… |
Want more ads on your web pages? Try the AdBoost extension - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:51:57 GMT)'If we don't feed the advertisers, then we'll be forced to pay artists for their creative work'Come on, admit it. You like seeing banner ads on your favorite web pages, because they provide a nice break from reading text. If you're honest about this feeling, there's a new extension for you.… |
DRAM prices expected to double in Q1 as AI ambitions push memory fabs to their limit - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:32:59 GMT)NAND flash now expected to surge 55–60% compared to Q4The memory shortage is worse than most of us first thought. Prices on DRAM and NAND flash memory are expected to surge in the first quarter of 2026 as AI-driven hyperscalers and cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to strain supply chains.… |
StopICE hacked to send alarming text messages, admins accuse border patrol agent of sabotage - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:16:41 GMT)The ICE-tracking service says it doesn't store usernames or addressesICE-reporting service StopICE has blamed a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent for attacking its app and website and sending users text messages warning them that their information had been "sent to the authorities."… |
Russia-linked APT28 attackers already abusing new Microsoft Office zero-day - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:18:22 GMT)Ukraine’s CERT says the bug went from disclosure to active exploitation in daysRussia-linked attackers are already exploiting Microsoft's latest Office zero-day, with Ukraine's national cyber defense team warning that the same bug is being used to target government agencies inside the country and organizations across the EU.… |
Oracle's first general on-prem release of its .ai database iteration draws skeptics - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:47:56 GMT)Users happy with 19c as experts question AI lock-inLast week, Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle AI Database 26ai Enterprise Edition for Linux x86‑64, but 13-year support for 19c and the prospect of AI lock-in might make users think twice about upgrading to it.… |
McDonald's is not lovin' your bigmac, happymeal, and mcnuggets passwords - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:05:53 GMT)Your favorite menu item might be easy to remember but it will not secure your accountChange Your Password Day took place over the weekend, and in case you doubt the need to improve this most basic element of cybersecurity hygiene, even McDonald's – yes, the fast food chain – is urging people to get more creative when it comes to passwords. … |
Snowflake bets $200M that OpenAI makes databases more chatty - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:09:45 GMT)Cuts out the Azure middleman with multi-year deal for 'tighter alignment'Snowflake plans to spend as much as $200 million with OpenAI to bring its models and chatbot into the database vendor's sandbox and toolset. Features such as Cortex AI and Snowflake Intelligence will get a boost from the house of Altman.… |
Patch Tuesday meets Groundhog Day as Windows hibernation bug returns - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:58:39 GMT)Microsoft concedes January's out-of-band fix didn't stop some PCs from rebooting instead of sleepingMicrosoft rounded off January by adding more devices to the list of those affected by the hibernation issue it claimed had been fixed by an out-of-band update.… |
SAP refuses to budge on renewal discounts despite cloud growth slowdown - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:45:37 GMT)Drop in customers' cloud conversion rate causes share price to plunge 22% – steepest decline since 2020SAP is refusing to change tack on renewal discounts despite lower-than-expected cloud forecasts prompting its biggest share price slide in five years.… |
OpenClaw patches one-click RCE as security Whac-A-Mole continues - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:10:10 GMT)Researchers disclose rapid exploit chain that let attackers run code via a single malicious web pageSecurity issues continue to pervade the OpenClaw ecosystem, formerly known as ClawdBot then Moltbot, as multiple projects patch bot takeover and remote code execution (RCE) exploits.… |
Microsoft spends billions on AI, converts just 3.3% of Copilot Chat users - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:01:14 GMT)CEO talks momentum while paid uptake remains minimalOnly 3.3 percent of Microsoft 365 and Office 365 users who touch Copilot Chat actually pay for it, an awkward figure that landed alongside Microsoft's $37.5 billion quarterly AI splurge and its insistence that the payoff is coming.… |
Notepad++ update service hijacked in targeted state-linked attack - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:19:27 GMT)Breach lingered for months before stronger signature checks shut the doorA state-sponsored cyber criminal compromised Notepad++'s update service in 2025, according to the project's author.… |
US TikTok service restored after cloud 'that doesn't go down' went down - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:03:09 GMT)Winter storm knocks out Oracle datacenter, despite Larry Ellison's reliability boastsTikTok has restored US services after winter storms hit an Oracle datacenter - the same infrastructure that Big Red's founder Larry Ellison previously claimed doesn't go down.… |
Microsoft's Sinofsky saw Surface fail coming – then hit up Epstein for advice on exit - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:30:41 GMT)DOJ files show former Windows chief predicting a public flop before mulling next missionSteven Sinofsky warned Microsoft that its flagship Surface was about to flop in public, then sought exit advice from Jeffrey Epstein as he negotiated his way out of Redmond.… |
Help! Does anyone on the bus know Linux? - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:11 GMT)Open source operating system fans, your time has comeBork!Bork!Bork! Most people would be perfectly happy to ride the bus without seeing ads. So this latest public error could be a blessing in disguise for passengers, if not for the bus company hoping to make money. Love it or hate it, this bit of borked digital signage looks to have run into a problem that only an open-source hero can solve.… |
Infrastructure cyberattacks are suddenly in fashion. We can buck the trend - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:15:14 GMT)Don't be scared of the digital dark – learn how to keep the lights onOpinion Barely a month into 2026, electrical power infrastructure on two continents has tested positive for cyberattacks. One fell flat as attempts to infiltrate and disrupt the Polish distribution grid were rebuffed and reported. The other, earlier attack was part of Operation Absolute Resolve, the US abduction of Venezuela's President Maduro from Caracas on January 3.… |
Microsoft's 'atypical' emergency Windows patches are becoming awfully typical - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:30:09 GMT)Administrators sigh: OOBs, they did it againOpinion Microsoft has had a bad start to the year. Two out-of-band updates in the weeks after the first Patch Tuesday of 2026 rattled administrators' already shaky faith in the company. But are things getting worse?… |
Techie's one ring brought darkness by shorting a server - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:30:13 GMT)Love hurts, but being exposed is more painfulWho, Me? Monday brings the shock of a return to work, a transition The Register always tries to ease by bringing you a new instalment of Who, Me?, the reader-contributed column in which your fellow readers admit to errors and disclose how they dodged the consequences.… |
Capgemini to sell the biz that works for US government amid criticism of ICE contract - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:44:54 GMT)'The nature and scope of this work has raised questions' says CEO, who swears he couldn't spot it soonerFrench consulting and tech services giant Capgemini has decided to offload Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS), the entity it uses for some work with the US government – including a controversial gig assisting immigration authorities.… |
Oracle expects investors to pump $50 billion into its cloud this year alone - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:01:47 GMT)Big Red will use debt and equity finance to keep itself in the pinkOracle has revealed it needs to raise $45 billion to $50 billion in cash to fund expansion of its cloud infrastructure, and its plan to raise that money… |
India dangles 20-year tax holiday for clouds that serve offshore users - (pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 01:12:24 GMT)PLUS: NTT offshores to Vietnam; Japan adds AI interface to space data; Samsung cashes in on memory boomAsia In Brief India wants to offer big tech companies tax breaks that last decades.… |
Open-source AI is a global security nightmare waiting to happen, say researchers - (pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:40:10 GMT)Also, South Korea gets a pentesting F, US Treasury says bye bye to BAH, North Korean hackers evolve, and moreInfosec in Brief As if AI weren't enough of a security concern, now researchers have discovered that open-source AI deployments may be an even bigger problem than those from commercial providers. … |
AI security startup CEO posts a job. Deepfake candidate applies, inner turmoil ensues. - (pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 14:14:07 GMT)'I did not think it was going to happen to me, but here we are'Nearly every company, from tech giants like Amazon to small startups, has first-hand experience with fake IT workers applying for jobs - and sometimes even being hired. … |
