Home Office’s glitchy eVisa rollout lands UK privacy regulator in campaigners’ crosshairs
The UK’s privacy watchdog is facing calls for parliamentary scrutiny after campaigners accused it of failing to get a grip […]
Month: July 2026
Media Over QUIC can scale real-time streaming and carry the world’s vids
SYSTEMS APPROACH A few weeks ago, Larry and I independently received the same advice from two different sources: take a […]
AI is becoming a bargain hunter’s market, with a few luxury models on top
The price of AI tokens is fluctuating widely, with some becoming cheaper and others more expensive, leaving users of AI […]
Microsoft intros tech that rebuilds dead PCs without requiring local copies of Windows
Microsoft has introduced a new offering called “Cloud rebuild” that makes it possible to re-image a Windows PC without a […]
Windows is watching: Anti-piracy tool fingers Scattered Spider suspect
Your Windows is watching you. The US Justice Department’s complaint against Peter Stokes for alleged involvement in the Scattered Spider […]
GitHub AI agent leaks private repos when asked nicely
Malicious prompters could easily trick GitHub agents into pulling data from private repositories and then leaking the information as a […]
Avoid AI atrophy – new tool promises to reverse vibe coding skills decay
If you’re a coder who uses AI agents to write programs for you, you may start losing those talents. Fortunately, […]
Court tosses Microsoft’s appeal in pre-owned software licenses battle
The UK’s Court of Appeal has dismissed Microsoft’s appeal against a ruling that ValueLicensing (VL) can resell pre-owned software licences. […]
Predatorgate snoopfest victims launch €8M sueball at spyware maker
Eight victims of Greece’s spyware scandal, later dubbed “Predatorgate,” have sued the Athens-based company behind the program used to surveil […]
New tool gives CLIs a warm and GUI feeling instead
Using command-line tools is often the best way to get something done, but remembering all those flags is a chore. […]