Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout
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When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works
AWS admits more bits of its cloud broke as it recovered from DynamoDB debacle
12 more hours of pain followed initial outage
Trust the AI, says new coding manifesto by Kim and Yegge
DevOps guru and ex-Googler say vibes beat reading diffs but there are risks
Mobian makes Debian's latest 'Trixie' release pocket-sized
Another phone Linux? The Reg attempts to disentangle the options
Google porting all internal workloads to Arm, with help from GenAI
YouTube and Gmail already running on both x86 and homebrew Axion silicon, 70,000 more apps in the conversion queue
PaaS + IaaS22 Oct 2025 | 4
OpenAI releases bot-tom feeding browser with ChatGPT built in
Why experience the web for yourself when there's so much privacy to surrender?
AI + ML22 Oct 2025 | 11
Fake home invasion vid lands woman in real trouble
And got arrested instead of earning a viral TikTok
AI + ML21 Oct 2025 | 6
AI eats leisure time, makes employees work more, study finds
Rise and grind, robot overlords demand
AI + ML21 Oct 2025 | 15
MCP attack abuses predictable session IDs to hijack AI agents
The vuln affects the Oat++ MCP implementation
Cybersecurity Month21 Oct 2025 | 1
AWS outage turned smart homes into dumb boxes – and sysadmins into therapists
Amazon's hours-long cloud blackout transformed the future of sleep into a sauna and cat care into chaos
PaaS + IaaS21 Oct 2025 | 54
Is PHP declining? JetBrains says yes. And no
24,500 devs polled, two blog posts, one confusion
Devops21 Oct 2025 | 13
Introducing NTFSplus – because just one NTFS driver for Linux is never enough
Dev unveils a faster, modernized take on Microsoft's file system for penguin-powered PCs
OSes21 Oct 2025 | 21
CYBERSECURITY MONTH
China blames US for cyber break-in, claims America is world's biggest bit burglar
'US is … the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace'
Xubuntu downloads section injection threatens users with crypto infection
Attempted exploit was a feeble effort to target Windows users
A simple AI prompt saved a developer from this job interview scam
INFOSEC IN BRIEF Plus: Ransomware posing as Teams installer, Cisco 0-day exploit to drop rootkit, and European cops bust SIM-box service
Nork scammers work the blockchain to steal crypto from job hunters
If someone sends you a coding test, be wary of downloading it
Microsoft's ancient icon library still lurks deep within Windows 11
Pixels of the past 'created just for fun'
Software21 Oct 2025 | 19
SpaceX is behind schedule, so NASA will open Artemis III contract to competition
Lunar landing reality distortion field slips for Musk's rocketeers
Science21 Oct 2025 | 79
Brit boffins teach fusion plasma some manners with 3D magnetic field
MAST Upgrade team claims first suppression of pesky edge instabilities in a spherical tokamak
Science21 Oct 2025 | 22
Muji's minimalist calm shattered as ransomware takes down logistics partner
Japanese retailer halts online orders after attack cripples third-party vendor
Cyber-crime21 Oct 2025 |
Feds flag active exploitation of patched Windows SMB vuln
CISA adds high-severity flaw to KEV list, urges swift updating
Cyber-crime21 Oct 2025 | 6
How malware vaccines could stop ransomware's rampage
Feature Security pros explore whether infection-spoofing code can immunize Windows systems against attack
Security21 Oct 2025 | 16
Anti-fraud body leaks dozens of email addresses in invite mishap
Calendar cock-up exposed recipients' details
Security21 Oct 2025 | 8
Alibaba reveals 82 percent GPU resource savings – but this is no DeepSeek moment
Better scheduling and resource-sharing for inferencing workloads using multiple models, not a training breakthrough
Off-Prem21 Oct 2025 |
We're all going to be paying AI's Godzilla-sized power bills
Opinion Even if you never use it, you'll be paying for it thanks to datacenters' never-ending hunger for electricity
AI does a better job of ripping off the style of famous authors than MFA students do
Shall I refer thee to all those lawsuits about fair use? Researchers think this result makes them worth revisiting
AI + ML21 Oct 2025 | 22
Suspected Salt Typhoon snoops lurking in European telco's network
It's Typhoon season…year round
Cybersecurity Month20 Oct 2025 | 2
Nexperia drama intensifies as Dutch chipmaker denies ousted CEO's claims of Chinese split
The government in the Netherlands has taken control of the company
Systems20 Oct 2025 | 11
Aid groups use AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ to juice fundraising efforts
Researchers accuse tech firms of profiting from exploitative AI imagery
AI + ML20 Oct 2025 | 13
Windows 11 tiptoes further into dark mode with new dialogs
Some portions of the OS are still stuck on light
OSes20 Oct 2025 | 32
Nvidia still needs Taiwan even as TSMC ramps Blackwell production in Arizona
AI arms dealer relies on Taiwanese advanced packaging plants for top-specced GPUs
AI + ML20 Oct 2025 |
AWS outage exposes Achilles heel: central control plane
Analysis Too many services depend not just on one cloud provider, but on one location
Off-Prem20 Oct 2025 | 62
In '90s Microsoft, you either shipped code or shipped out
Hiring and firing at the Windows giant more The Bachelor than Survivor
Offbeat20 Oct 2025 | 13
UK rethinks offshoring ban for £8M online procurement system
Cabinet Office signals it might let supplier ship work abroad after 'unforeseeable' event
Public Sector20 Oct 2025 | 30
Windows 11 update knocks out USB mice, keyboards in recovery mode
Updated October security patch leaves users unable to fix their PCs
OSes20 Oct 2025 | 75
Like Apollo before them, ESA astronauts hone lunar landing skills in helicopters
Now try a jet engine in a bedstead before strapping into a Starship
Science20 Oct 2025 | 12
Inside the belly of the beast: A technical walk through Intel's 18A production facility at Fab52
deep dive Now if Lip Bu Tan can just find a willing customer
Benioff backs off: Salesforce chief says sorry for Trump troop talk
Tech billionaire apologizes after endorsing plan to deploy National Guard in San Francisco
Offbeat20 Oct 2025 | 31
Lloyds Banking Group claims Microsoft Copilot saves staff 46 minutes a day
That's 46 minutes in which more work can be done, not an extended lunch
AI + ML20 Oct 2025 | 124
The real insight behind measuring Copilot usage is Microsoft's desperation
Opinion Citizen! You are falling short in your AI usage targets! Strive harder for the revolution!
AI + ML20 Oct 2025 | 50
Restructuring risk operations: building a business-aligned cyber strategy
Why organizations need a new strategy to break down silos and usher in a new era of risk intelligence
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Major AWS outage across US-East region breaks half the internet
Amazon reports DNS issues hitting DynamoDB, leaving services from Roblox to McDonald's struggling
PaaS + IaaS20 Oct 2025 | 216
Tribunal wonders if Microsoft has found a legal hero after pivot to copyright gambit
ValueLicensing dispute probes whether Office counts as a creative work
Software20 Oct 2025 | 18
UK calls up Armed Forces veterans for digital ID soft launch
Once more into the, er, breach?
Public Sector20 Oct 2025 | 125
Company that made power systems for servers didn’t know why its own machines ran out of juice
Who, Me? Oh … you mean we shouldn’t press that button?
Columnists20 Oct 2025 | 80
Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover'
Taps Ruby core to oversee RubyGems, Bundler
Devops18 Oct 2025 | 22
Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for its Hyperion AI super cluster
Deal keeps debt off Social Media empire's books
On-Prem17 Oct 2025 | 23
Zero Trust Everywhere: a new era in cybersecurity for European organizations
Zero trust is the best kind of trust when it comes to securing your organization, says ZScaler
Partner Content
Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington...with X-Energy mini-reactors
Now they just need to get regulatory approval
Networks17 Oct 2025 | 39
American Airlines subsidiary Envoy caught in Clop's Oracle EBS raid
Not a good week for Big Red
Cybersecurity Month17 Oct 2025 | 3
Thou shalt not let AI run amok: Vatican wants global rules
'AI is a tool', Pope tells attendees
AI + ML17 Oct 2025 | 25
Hyperscalers try to beat the heat with larger racks, more air flow
Most datacenters to ditch 19-inch standard for 21-inch OCP kit by 2030
On-Prem17 Oct 2025 | 29
Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump's $100K H-1B paywall
US biz lobby claims president overstepped his authority with proclamation demanding hefty visa fee
Legal17 Oct 2025 | 58
Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach
P2P lending platform says it could not verify the claims at present
Cyber-crime17 Oct 2025 | 4
Turns out the end of Windows 10 is good for something: The PC refresh cycle
Operating system's D-day resuscitates flatlining computer sector
Personal Tech17 Oct 2025 | 69
Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance
Updated Sharing views POTUS doesn't like? Say goodbye to that visa, First Amendment be damned
Legal17 Oct 2025 | 78
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia
Beijing blocks exports after Netherlands imposes special measures on Chinese-owned chipmaker
Systems17 Oct 2025 | 20
Microsoft parks Landsat and Sentinel satellite data in Azure's orbit
NASA's Earth-watching archives find new home in Redmond's cloud, complete with Copilot hype
PaaS + IaaS17 Oct 2025 | 3
SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA
A decade later, ERP giant struggles to convince legacy customers to upgrade
Databases17 Oct 2025 | 22
Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT
As OpenAI allows chatbot to spout erotic content, former British prime minister makes true feelings known
Offbeat17 Oct 2025 | 61
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Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case
Eight-year telco blunder had a profound impact on three wrongly accused in Wales
Networks17 Oct 2025 | 112
MIT boffins double precision of atomic clocks by taming quantum noise
'Global phase spectroscopy' makes ultraprecise optical timekeepers even more precise
Science17 Oct 2025 | 10
Britain's AI gold rush hits a wall – not enough electricity
Energy secretary Miliband promises renewable utopia for green and pleasant land... filled with datacenters
On-Prem17 Oct 2025 | 122
AI boffins teach office supplies to predict your next move
What the world's been waiting for: a stapler with wheels to help humans afflicted by RSI
Offbeat17 Oct 2025 | 36
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Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout
column When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works
China blames US for cyber break-in, claims America is world's biggest bit burglar
'US is … the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace'
Major AWS outage across US-East region breaks half the internet
Amazon reports DNS issues hitting DynamoDB, leaving services from Roblox to McDonald's struggling
AWS outage exposes Achilles heel: central control plane
Analysis Too many services depend not just on one cloud provider, but on one location
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Networks17 Oct 2025 | 141
Anthropic brings mad Skills to Claude
Teaching an old bot new tricks
AI + ML16 Oct 2025 | 20
TSMC hurrying to bring advanced chip tech to Arizona fab
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Systems16 Oct 2025 | 3
Huawei's ACT pathway powers scalable AI adoption across industries
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Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2025 | 9
Decomposed dinosaurs make Texas a top destination for AI bit barns
Datacenter hopefuls looking to cash in on AI craze are setting up shop in Lone Star State in search of cheap power
AI + ML16 Oct 2025 | 27
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CVE and CVSS systems suffer from misaligned incentives and inconsistency
Security16 Oct 2025 | 5
Feeling lonely? Microsoft Copilot can now listen to your every word, watch your screen
We've seen this before and it was called Cortana or Clippy
AI + ML16 Oct 2025 | 55
Salesforce's Benioff warns of AI 'false prophets' while promising true profits by 2030
CRM messiah preaches data discipline while rivals chase LLM miracles
SaaS16 Oct 2025 | 5
Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack
Who needs enemies when you have friends like Xi?
Cyber-crime16 Oct 2025 | 9
Oracle goes all-in on AI, customers still figuring out how they'll use it
It's all agents and LLMs in Vegas, and even legacy users can partake
AI + ML16 Oct 2025 | 5
NordVPN open sources its Linux GUI client under GPLv3
Joins its command-line client from a couple of years ago
Networks16 Oct 2025 | 10
Locked out of your Gmail account? Google says phone a friend
Recovery feature lets trusted contacts help you get back in when other methods fail
Personal Tech16 Oct 2025 | 12
US hyperscalers to guzzle 22% more grid juice by end of 2025
AI hype fuels bit barn boom – and utilities are sweating the surge
On-Prem16 Oct 2025 | 23
Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – 'our highest ever' score
Flaw in Kestrel web server allowed request smuggling, impact depends on hosting setup and application code
Security16 Oct 2025 | 3
Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround
Updated Microsoft's quality control department caught napping again
OSes16 Oct 2025 | 183
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