Summary Jake, the sole sysadmin at a hospital, was called to investigate a sluggish CT scanner workstation. The powerful workstation was barely able to display images. Inspecting the setup, he…
LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft, say boffins Summary A team from King’s College London demonstrated that popular LLM-based chatbots can be easily tuned via system prompts into…
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Summary The article examines why large parts of UK central government remain dependent on legacy systems — many written in…
Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline Summary London-headquartered Colt has taken several internal systems offline after a cyber incident first reported on 12 August. The company says the…
Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI? Summary Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols argues that the promised cost savings from AI are misleading. While firms and executives…
Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline Summary The Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands (Openbaar Ministerie) is still recovering from a cyberattack first observed on 17…
Little LLM on the RAM: Google’s Gemma 270M hits the scene Summary Google has released Gemma 3 270M, a compact member of its Gemma family designed for on-device deployment and…
Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’ Summary Microsoft is changing how it prices Online Services in Enterprise Agreements, removing many volume-based rebates so prices will align with those…
Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition debuts: Xfce desktop never looked so good Summary Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition is a polished Debian 13 (“Trixie”) spin that pairs the latest Xfce…
Reckon you can put a nuclear reactor on the Moon? Summary NASA has issued a Request For Information (RFI) to industry for a Fission Surface Power System — a compact…
