Summary French president Emmanuel Macron warned of a strong response if any country takes steps that undermine Europe\u2019s digital sovereignty. His comments came after US president Donald Trump threatened new…
Microsoft Says Recent Windows Update Didn’t Kill Your SSD Summary Microsoft has investigated user reports that the August 2025 security update (KB5063878) for Windows 11 24H2 caused SSD and HDD…
FTC Claims Gmail Filtering Republican Emails Threatens ‘American Freedoms’ Summary Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has accused Google of applying “partisan” spam filtering in Gmail that disproportionately sends Republican…
Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems Summary The Pentagon has halted a decade-old Microsoft “digital escorts” programme that allowed China‑based coders, remotely supervised by US contractors, to work…
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware Summary WhatsApp has patched a “zero-click” vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177) in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used alongside…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The Federal Communications Commission has rejected a push by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several industry groups to…
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ – Slashdot Summary Linus Torvalds updated the kernel’s MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained.” The change signals that Torvalds will…
Summary Reuters reports that Meta allowed the creation and public sharing of dozens of flirty, celebrity-themed chatbots across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — in some cases without the consent of…
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 can run…
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 doing so…
