France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy Summary France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, has imposed hefty fines on Google and Chinese fashion retailer…
Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself Summary Microsoft has published the assembly-language source for its 1976 6502 BASIC (version 1.1) on GitHub under the MIT License.…
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Summary Sainsbury’s has started an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) supplied by Facewatch at two UK stores (Sydenham and Bath)…
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost Summary A UK government department ran a three‑month trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot (October–December 2024) using 1,000 licences to…
UK DARPA clone spared savings squeeze while Treasury raided government Summary ARIA, the UK’s DARPA‑style research agency, was not asked to identify the minimum 5% savings other departments were expected…
SAP splashes €20B on Euro sovereign cloud push Overview SAP has pledged €20 billion over the next ten years to expand sovereign cloud capabilities 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 workplace management vendor…
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 it is “highly unlikely”…
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. The Browser Company will remain an independent…
PostgreSQL 18 eyes analytics boost and distributed future Summary PostgreSQL 18, due in September 2025, targets better analytics and a more distributed future. Major additions include a new asynchronous I/O…
