Inside a mosquito factory
Inside a mosquito factory Summary A large facility in Curitiba, Brazil, is producing mosquitoes by the million with the aim of reducing transmission of dengue, Zika and chikungunya. The site…
FTC fines toy manufacturer for allowing Chinese third-party to collect kids’ data
FTC fines toy manufacturer for allowing Chinese third-party to collect kids’ data Summary The US Justice Department, following an FTC referral, has filed a complaint against Chinese robot-toy maker Apitor…
Corruption case against ousted cyber chief is ‘revenge,’ Ukraine’s security service says
Corruption case against ousted cyber chief is ‘revenge,’ Ukraine’s security service says Summary Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says recent criminal charges against former head of its cyber unit, Illia Vitiuk,…
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 Home Office has increased the maximum planned spend on external data and technology consultants…
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 UK supermarket group Tesco has launched legal action against Broadcom (owner of VMware) for alleged breach…
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 left the role after under four months in post. The board described the…
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 announced plans to relocate the US Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama, declaring…
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown Summary A RAID failure knocked the Matrix.org public homeserver offline, forcing engineers to perform a full 55 TB PostgreSQL database snapshot…
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 French MP Philippe Latombe’s 2023 annulment action against the…
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 VEU…