Texas sues PowerSchool for breach exposing the data of students and teachers Summary Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against education‑technology provider PowerSchool over a December 2024 data…
Chess.com says 4,500 people had data stolen during June breach Summary Chess.com notified regulators in Maine and Vermont that 4,541 people had personal information exposed after attackers breached a third-party…
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy Summary France’s data regulator CNIL has fined Google and SHEIN for dropping tracking cookies without valid consent…
Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself Summary Microsoft has released the assembly-language source for its 6502 BASIC (version 1.1) — the interpreter Bill Gates and colleagues…
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Summary Sainsbury’s has begun an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) in two stores — Sydenham, London, and the Oldfield Sainsbury’s…
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost Summary A UK government department ran a three-month trial of Microsoft M365 Copilot from October to December 2024 with…
UK DARPA clone spared savings squeeze while Treasury raided government Summary Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee heard that ARIA, the UK’s DARPA-style advanced research agency, was not asked to…
SAP splashes €20B on Euro sovereign cloud push Summary SAP has announced a €20 billion investment over the next ten years to expand sovereign cloud infrastructure across Europe, positioning itself…
Enterprises sticking with Windows 10 could shell out billions for continued support Summary Free mainstream support for many editions of Windows 10 ends on 14 October 2025. IT visibility vendor…
Ex-NASA chief: China likely to land humans on Moon before Uncle Sam does again Summary Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told a US Senate hearing that it is “highly unlikely”…
