Ransomware gang takedowns causing explosion of new, smaller groups Summary The ransomware ecosystem is splintering: law enforcement takedowns of large operations are scattering affiliates and prompting rebrands, which in turn…
Scammer steals $1.5 million from Baltimore by spoofing city vendor Summary The City of Baltimore authorised more than $1.5 million in fraudulent payments after a scammer successfully impersonated a vendor…
Summary More than a decade after construction began, China has started operating the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Experiment (JUNO), a world-class neutrino detector sited 700 metres under a mountain. The central…
Techie fooled a panicked daemon and manipulated time itself to get servers in sync Summary A reader-contributed On Call tale: an air-gapped lab had servers whose clocks were more than…
Cloud computing has become so normal, it’s invisible Summary Timothy Prickett Morgan reflects on how cloud computing has transitioned from a buzzword to an almost invisible part of IT —…
How Windows 11 is breaking from its bedrock and moving away Summary Rupert Goodwins argues that the once-solid Wintel alliance is fragmenting. Intel has lost leadership across desktop, server and…
UK datacentre developers turn to gas rather than wait for grid power for builds Summary Developers building large datacentre campuses in the south of England are making enquiries to connect…
Windows Mobile Plans app to be disconnected in 2026 Summary Microsoft will retire the Mobile Plans app on 27 February 2026 and remove it from Windows. The company says cellular…
UK government dragged for incomplete security reforms after Afghan leak fallout Summary Senior officials have been summoned to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee after a previously secret 2023 Information…
HP bottom line fattens up on a diet of AI PCs and Windows 11 Summary HP’s Personal Systems revenue rose 6% year‑on‑year to $9.9 billion in Q3 (ended 31 July),…
