Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Summary The UK government is publicly embracing AI, but much of Whitehall’s IT estate remains stuck on legacy systems —…
Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline
Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline Summary Colt Technology Services, the London-headquartered multinational telco, confirmed a “cyber incident” that forced it to take several internal systems offline as…
Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI?
Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI? Summary The Register warns that the apparent cost advantages of AI may be an illusion. Executives are keen…
Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline
Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline Summary The Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands (Openbaar Ministerie) remains affected by a cyberattack first observed on 17 July…
Little LLM on the RAM: Google’s Gemma 270M hits the scene
Little LLM on the RAM: Google’s Gemma 270M hits the scene Summary Google has unveiled Gemma 3 270M, a compact 270-million-parameter member of the Gemma family optimised for on-device use.…
Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’
Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’ Content Summary Microsoft is changing how Online Services are priced under Enterprise Agreements (EAs). From 1 November 2025 the company will align…
Reckon you can put a nuclear reactor on the Moon?
Reckon you can put a nuclear reactor on the Moon? Summary NASA has issued a Request For Information (RFI) to industry for its Fission Surface Power System — an effort…
Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole
Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole Summary Cisco has issued a patch for a maximum-severity remote code execution flaw in Secure Firewall…
Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash
Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash Summary The Linux kernel’s next-gen copy-on-write filesystem, bcachefs, looks likely to be left out of upcoming stable releases…
Ethernet switch vendors like Cisco are riding high on AI network economics
Ethernet switch vendors like Cisco are riding high on AI network economics Summary The article explains how the surge in AI GPUs is creating a booming market for Ethernet switches,…