US Hyperscalers To Consume 22% More Grid Power By End of 2025 – Slashdot
US Hyperscalers To Consume 22% More Grid Power By End of 2025 – Slashdot Summary A report summarised by The Register and citing 451 Research (S&P Global) warns that U.S.…
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference Article Meta Article Date: 17 October 2025 Article URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/18/023257/wikipedia-volunteers-avert-tragedy-by-taking-down-gunman-at-conference Article Image: Summary At WikiConference North America in Manhattan, two…
Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack
Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack Summary Broadcom-owned Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team has identified a Chinese APT group known as “Jewelbug” (also tracked as REF7707…
Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – ‘our highest ever’ score
Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – ‘our highest ever’ score Summary Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET Core’s built-in Kestrel web server that received a CVSS score…
Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround
Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround Summary Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative update (notably KB5066835, build 26100.6899) caused localhost connections to fail on many Windows 11 machines by…
Senator presses Cisco over firewall flaws that burned US agency
Senator presses Cisco over firewall flaws that burned US agency Summary US Senator Bill Cassidy has sent a pointed letter to Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins demanding clarity over two critical…
Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for its Hyperion AI super cluster
Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for its Hyperion AI super cluster Summary Meta has persuaded private equity firm Blue Owl Capital to finance the company’s massive Hyperion…
Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington…with X-Energy mini-reactors
Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington…with X-Energy mini-reactors Summary Amazon and X-Energy have outlined plans to deploy up to 960 megawatts of Xe-100 small modular reactors (SMRs) at a proposed…
American Airlines subsidiary Envoy caught in Clop’s Oracle EBS raid
American Airlines subsidiary Envoy caught in Clop’s Oracle EBS raid Summary Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American Airlines, has confirmed it was among organisations compromised through vulnerabilities in Oracle E-Business…
Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump’s $100K H-1B paywall
Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump’s $100K H-1B paywall Summary The US Chamber of Commerce has filed suit challenging President Trump’s proclamation that would require employers to pay a $100,000…