Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Summary Sainsbury’s has started an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) in two stores (Sydenham, London and Oldfield Sainsbury’s Local in…
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost Summary A Department for Business and Trade three-month pilot of Microsoft’s M365 Copilot (Oct–Dec 2024) showed mixed results: users…
UK DARPA clone spared savings squeeze while Treasury raided government Summary ARIA, the UK’s DARPA‑style Advanced Research and Invention Agency, was not asked to identify the same in‑year savings as…
SAP splashes €20B on Euro sovereign cloud push Summary SAP has pledged €20 billion over the next ten years to expand sovereign cloud infrastructure across Europe, positioning itself as a…
Enterprises sticking with Windows 10 could shell out billions for continued support Summary Free support for many editions of Windows 10 ends on 14 October 2025. IT management firm Nexthink…
Ex-NASA chief: China likely to land humans on Moon before Uncle Sam does again Summary Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told the US Senate Commerce Committee he believes it is…
Atlassian acquisition drives dream of AI-powered ChromeOS challenger Summary Atlassian has agreed an all-cash $610m purchase of New York startup The Browser Company, a deal expected to close in the…
PostgreSQL 18 eyes analytics boost and distributed future Summary PostgreSQL 18, due for general availability in September 2025, introduces major backend improvements aimed at analytics and distributed use cases. Key…
Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn’t after security fix Summary Microsoft’s August 2025 Windows Security Update fixed CVE-2025-50173 — an authentication issue in Windows Installer that could…
SpaceX Dragon gives International Space Station a kick up the orbit Summary SpaceX’s CRS-33 Dragon carried a reboost kit in its trunk — two Draco thrusters isolated from the rest…
