Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems Summary The US Department of Defense has stopped a long-running Microsoft support programme that allowed China-based coders, remotely supervised by US contractors,…
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware Summary WhatsApp has patched a critical vulnerability in its iOS and macOS apps that was being used in a…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The Federal Communications Commission has declined a request from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several trade groups to…
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 indicates he will not be taking…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters found that Meta both allowed users to create — and in at least three cases created itself — dozens of…
Battlefield 6 dev apologises for requiring Secure Boot to power anti‑cheat tools Summary EA required Secure Boot to be enabled for PC players in the Battlefield 6 open beta so…
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has restated the company’s refusal to bake generative AI into its browser, arguing that embedding AI…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta is rolling out temporary changes to its AI chatbots for teen users after reports showed…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon says it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age verification law because its decentralised software and…
Collapse of Critical Atlantic Current Is No Longer Low-Likelihood, Study Finds Summary The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) — the ocean current that carries warm tropical water to Europe and…
