IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in DOGE shakeup
IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in DOGE shakeup Summary Massive staff losses at the IRS tech arm: CIO Kaschit Pandya told a panel that roughly…
More Than 40% of South Africans Were Scammed in 2025
More Than 40% of South Africans Were Scammed in 2025 Summary The Global Anti-Scam Alliance’s (GASA) research shows South Africa was hit extremely hard by scams in the 12 months…
As memory shortage persists, vendor price quotes are not long remembered
As memory shortage persists, vendor price quotes are not long remembered Summary Soaring demand for memory driven by large AI projects has tightened global supply and pushed prices sharply higher.…
Nvidia’s Deal With Meta Signals a New Era in Computing Power
Nvidia’s Deal With Meta Signals a New Era in Computing Power Summary Nvidia and Meta have announced a multiyear agreement under which Meta will buy billions of dollars’ worth of…
Google digs deep to power AI expansion with 150 MW geothermal deal
Google digs deep to power AI expansion with 150 MW geothermal deal Summary Ormat Technologies has agreed with NV Energy to supply up to 150 megawatts of geothermal power to…
DARPA’s autonomous missile-firing missile advances toward flight tests
DARPA’s autonomous missile-firing missile advances toward flight tests Summary DARPA’s X-68A “LongShot” programme — an air-launched, unmanned vehicle designed to carry and deploy existing air-to-air weapons — has moved closer…
Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data storage system that lasts for millennia
Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data storage system that lasts for millennia Article Date: 18 February 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00502-2 Summary Microsoft Research has demonstrated a glass-based archival storage system that…
Turning on the ‘for you’ feed on X shifted political opinions, but turning it off did not
Turning on the ‘for you’ feed on X shifted political opinions, but turning it off did not Summary A field experiment analysed the political effects of X’s algorithmic “For you”…
Laser-written glass tablets can preserve data for millennia
Laser-written glass tablets can preserve data for millennia Summary An end-to-end laser-based archival system reported by the Microsoft Research Project Silica team encodes information in changes to glass’s optical properties…
A CISO’s Playbook for Defending Data Assets Against AI Scraping
A CISO’s Playbook for Defending Data Assets Against AI Scraping Summary Automated AI-driven scraping is no longer just a technical nuisance — it’s an economic threat that can erode the…