$250M crypto-robbing gang’s dirty work guy sentenced to 6.5 years behind bars
A 20-year-old described as a cybercriminal organization’s “last resort” for cryptocurrency thefts will now serve a 78-month sentence for his […]
Month: May 2026
The network password was a key plot point in one of the most famous movies of all time
PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we turn a white hot spotlight onto the cracks and crevices […]
NHS code clampdown draws open source backlash
Negative reactions are mounting against the UK National Health Service’s plan to back away from open source – and you […]
EU hits snooze on AI Act rules after industry backlash
Europe’s much-hyped AI rulebook just hit the regulatory equivalent of “snooze for 16 months” after Brussels quietly caved to industry […]
Chrome silently installs a 4 GB local LLM on your computer
Google Chrome will steal 4 GB of disk space from your computer for its local large language model unless you […]
Minister gives Palantir’s NHS platform a clean bill of health
The UK government has defended its decision to put Palantir at the heart of analytics in the National Health Service. […]
Home Office seeks three CTOs to keep borders, passports, and core IT ticking
The Home Office’s digital division is recruiting three chief technology officers (CTOs) for migration and borders and enterprise services, each […]
Neocloud IREN buys OpenStack champion Mirantis
Neocloud IREN has decided to buy Mirantis, and the two plan to build an open AI stack. Mirantis made its […]
Datacenter to become Arm’s biggest business ‘soon’
Chip design company Arm says the datacenter will soon be its biggest source of revenue. Arm rose to prominence as […]
Using AI to click around on a website burns 45x as many tokens as just using APIs
Businesses deploying AI agents to automate computer usage may be spending far more money than necessary if those agents try […]