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How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
Windows is getting more efficient. The updates, not so much
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September 20, 2026 at 8:18 AM
How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve
Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve
High time to stop kicking the security can down the road, investor tells The Reg
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September 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve
AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth
AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth
Report says estimates focused on GPUs miss the mountains of power, cooling, and networking gear destined for scrap
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September 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth
Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake
Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake
From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter
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September 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake
Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec
Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec
Devs cheer relief from compatibility headache
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September 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec
Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K
Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K
The Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM
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September 18, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K
Virginia governor wakes up to fact datacenters have become political cancer
Virginia governor wakes up to fact datacenters have become political cancer
Executive order puts the kibosh on NDAs, limits permitting, and calls for stiffer environmental protections
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September 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Virginia governor wakes up to fact datacenters have become political cancer
Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI
Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI
Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any more, say Census Bureau economists
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September 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI
Claude Code revamps projects so you can work and pay in parallel
Claude Code revamps projects so you can work and pay in parallel
Running multiple Claude sessions at once means less waiting around to hit your usage limit
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September 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Claude Code revamps projects so you can work and pay in parallel
Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts
Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts
Agentic exploits for the win (again)
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September 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts
North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices
North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices
WaterPlum recruiters used bogus coding tests to backdoor jobseekers and raid more than 7,000 crypto wallets
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September 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices
FBI: Fake cop and government impersonation scams cost victims $1.6B
FBI: Fake cop and government impersonation scams cost victims $1.6B
AI, fake uniforms, and mock government offices help crooks sell the con
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September 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
FBI: Fake cop and government impersonation scams cost victims $1.6B
Admins, you've been warned: The clock is ticking on Edge's IE Mode
Admins, you've been warned: The clock is ticking on Edge's IE Mode
Legacy web apps have guaranteed shelter only through 2029, and Redmond warns modernization can take years
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September 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Admins, you've been warned: The clock is ticking on Edge's IE Mode
KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal
KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal
Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user
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September 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal
5 Kubernetes Backup Best Practices
5 Kubernetes Backup Best Practices
Kubernetes has emerged as the de‑facto container orchestration platform. In this white paper, learn how to address its unique data management needs to
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September 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
5 Kubernetes Backup Best Practices
Microsoft makes limited attempt to fix broken Excel paste
Microsoft makes limited attempt to fix broken Excel paste
But only for Excel 2016. And it might not work
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September 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Microsoft makes limited attempt to fix broken Excel paste
The ideal database for AI agents doesn't exist yet, says Percona CEO
The ideal database for AI agents doesn't exist yet, says Percona CEO
Iterative workloads caught vendors off guard, but requirements for a clean-slate solution remain unclear
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September 18, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The ideal database for AI agents doesn't exist yet, says Percona CEO
Former Labour deputy Tom Watson joins Palantir as £330M NHS deal nears break point
Former Labour deputy Tom Watson joins Palantir as £330M NHS deal nears break point
US spy-tech firm insists its new UK senior vice president is there to 'build things, not to open doors'
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September 18, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Former Labour deputy Tom Watson joins Palantir as £330M NHS deal nears break point
KPMG tech cuts come with a severance sum some staff call insulting
KPMG tech cuts come with a severance sum some staff call insulting
AI, Cyber, SAP and Testing teams caught in latest reshaping of Big Four consultancy's Advisory arm
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September 18, 2026 at 10:35 AM
KPMG tech cuts come with a severance sum some staff call insulting
British Army spends £16M on 1,000 pocket-sized eyes in the sky
British Army spends £16M on 1,000 pocket-sized eyes in the sky
Surveillance and training drone systems will come through three UK suppliers, though some are built overseas
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September 18, 2026 at 9:32 AM
British Army spends £16M on 1,000 pocket-sized eyes in the sky
Royal Society slams UK.gov science shake-up
Royal Society slams UK.gov science shake-up
Whitehall changes a 'big mistake' as anything going in with Business department gets squeezed
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September 18, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Royal Society slams UK.gov science shake-up
On Call: Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill
On Call: Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill
When wires and wireless mix, the combination can be electric
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September 18, 2026 at 6:31 AM
On Call: Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill
AI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability
AI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability
RAND wants better data to price machine-made mishaps, apocalypse not included
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September 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
AI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability
AWS confesses its console causes cloudy confusion for new users
AWS confesses its console causes cloudy confusion for new users
Improved signup experience for ‘AI builders’ hides complexity and includes spending cap
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September 18, 2026 at 4:55 AM
AWS confesses its console causes cloudy confusion for new users
USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech
USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech
Think tank points out that companies banned by Washington will help run the regime that Uncle Sam now controls
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September 18, 2026 at 2:33 AM
USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech