FreeBSD Project isn’t ready to let AI commit code just yet
FreeBSD Project isn’t ready to let AI commit code just yet Summary The FreeBSD Project’s Q2 2025 status report notes the core team is drafting a formal policy on generative…
Investors throw another $13B on the Anthropic cash bonfire
Investors throw another $13B on the Anthropic cash bonfire Summary Opinion: Anthropic has closed a $13 billion Series F led by ICONIQ and Fidelity, taking the Claude maker to a…
Gitpod reinvents itself as Ona in pivot to AI agent platform
Gitpod reinvents itself as Ona in pivot to AI agent platform Summary Gitpod, the cloud-hosted development environment provider, has rebranded as Ona and repositioned itself as an AI agent platform.…
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown
Summary A RAID failure took the public Matrix.org homeserver offline on 2 September 2025, forcing engineers to perform a full 55 TB PostgreSQL database snapshot restore and replay roughly 17…
Tech talent biz Andela trains up devs in GitHub Copilot
Tech talent biz Andela trains up devs in GitHub Copilot Summary Andela says it has trained 200 software developers in GitHub Copilot via its Andela AI Academy, in partnership with…
It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help?
It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help? Summary The Register reports on how AI is being woven into ransomware and data-extortion operations. Researchers have flagged a…
EU court’s dismissal of US data transfer challenge raises privacy advocates’ ire
EU court’s dismissal of US data transfer challenge raises privacy advocates’ ire Summary The European Union General Court (EGC) has dismissed a 2023 annulment action brought by French lawmaker Philippe…
What is information security (infosec)?
What is information security (infosec)? Summary Information security (infosec) is the set of policies, procedures and controls that protect information — digital and otherwise — from unauthorised access, modification, disruption…
ServiceNow signs Uncle Sam’s latest short-term AI discount deal
ServiceNow signs Uncle Sam’s latest short-term AI discount deal Summary ServiceNow has joined the US General Services Administration’s OneGov programme to offer federal agencies steep, short-term discounts on its AI-enhanced…
Absolutely fabless: Trump derails TSMC’s China chip-building effort
Absolutely fabless: Trump derails TSMC’s China chip-building effort Summary The US Commerce Department has revoked TSMC’s Verified End-User (VEU) authorisation for its Nanjing facility, effective 31 December 2025. The move…