European Court rejects challenge to EU-US data transfer agreement
European Court rejects challenge to EU-US data transfer agreement Summary The General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected a legal challenge to the EU–US…
GNOME Foundation boss exits after just four months
GNOME Foundation boss exits after just four months Summary The GNOME Foundation’s executive director, Steven Deobald, has departed less than four months into the role. The board described the exit…
UK Home Office hikes tech consultant spend to £350M despite pledge to cut costs
UK Home Office hikes tech consultant spend to £350M despite pledge to cut costs Summary The UK Home Office has increased the maximum expected value for external data and technology…
Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware, warns lack of support could disrupt food supply
Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware, warns lack of support could disrupt food supply Summary Tesco has launched a legal claim against Broadcom (the owner of VMware) and named reseller Computacenter…
Space Command gets Trumped out of Colorado, voting conspiracy cited
Space Command gets Trumped out of Colorado, voting conspiracy cited Summary US President Donald Trump has announced plans to relocate US Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama, praising…
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown Summary A RAID failure took the Matrix.org public homeserver offline on 2 September 2025. The secondary database lost its filesystem at…
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 an annulment action brought in 2023 by French lawmaker…
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 validated end-user (VEU) authorisation for its Nanjing site, effective 31 December 2025. The decision…
Oracle’s layoff train rolls on: 101 in WA, 250+ in CA – with more cuts looming
Oracle’s layoff train rolls on: 101 in WA, 250+ in CA – with more cuts looming Summary Oracle has announced WARN notices and social-media reports indicate fresh rounds of job…
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy Summary France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, has fined Google and Chinese fashion retailer SHEIN for breaching…