HP bottom line fattens up on a diet of AI PCs and Windows 11
HP bottom line fattens up on a diet of AI PCs and Windows 11 Summary HP reported stronger Personal Systems revenue in Q3 (ended 31 July), driven by Windows 11…
Microsoft Says Recent Windows Update Didn’t Kill Your SSD
Microsoft Says Recent Windows Update Didn’t Kill Your SSD Summary Microsoft says it found no link between the August 2025 KB5063878 Windows 11 24H2 security update and customer reports of…
FTC Claims Gmail Filtering Republican Emails Threatens ‘American Freedoms’
FTC Claims Gmail Filtering Republican Emails Threatens ‘American Freedoms’ – Slashdot Summary Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has accused Google of using “partisan” spam filtering in Gmail that allegedly…
Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems
Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems Summary The Pentagon has halted a decade-old Microsoft support programme that allowed China-based coders to work on Department of Defense (DOD) cloud…
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware
Summary WhatsApp has patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177) in its iOS and macOS apps that was being chained with an Apple flaw (CVE-2025-43300) to conduct “zero-click” spyware attacks on specific,…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The Federal Communications Commission has rejected a petition from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several trade groups to…
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ Summary Linus Torvalds updated the kernel’s MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained.” The change means he will not be accepting…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters found that Meta allowed the creation of dozens of flirty, celebrity-branded chatbots on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp without the consent…
Battlefield 6 Dev Apologizes For Requiring Secure Boot To Power Anti-Cheat Tools
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
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 that integrating chat‑style…