Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems Summary Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon has halted a decade‑old Microsoft programme — called “digital escorts” — that allowed China‑based…
WhatsApp fixes ‘zero-click’ bug used to hack Apple users with spyware Summary WhatsApp has patched a security vulnerability in its iOS and macOS apps that was exploited as part of…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The Federal Communications Commission has turned down a bid from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several industry trade…
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ Summary Linus Torvalds updated the kernel MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained”, signalling he will not accept new bcachefs pull…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters found that Meta allowed the creation and publication of dozens of flirtatious chatbots built around celebrity names and likenesses without…
Battlefield 6 Dev Apologises For Requiring Secure Boot To Power Anti-Cheat Tools Summary EA required Secure Boot for the Battlefield 6 PC open beta so its Javelin anti-cheat tools can…
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the company’s refusal to embed generative AI into its browser, arguing it dehumanises the…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta has applied temporary restrictions to its AI chatbots for teenagers after reports showed they could…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon has told TechCrunch it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age verification law because its decentralised…
China Turns On Giant Neutrino Detector That Took a Decade To Build Summary China has activated the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a giant and highly sensitive neutrino detector built…
