Infosec community panics as Anthropic rolls out Claude code security checker
ai-pocalypse
Not the first of its kind
IBM stock dives after Anthropic points out AI can rewrite COBOL fast
Big Blue has been saying this itself since 2023
Microsoft execs worry AI will eat entry level coding jobs
Russinovich and Hanselman say firms must train juniors to fix agent mistakes – not replace them with prompts
Google Antigravity falls to Earth under OpenClaw-fueled compute load
Company tries to curb strain by banning customer accounts for 'malicious' usage
GhostBSD to ditch Xorg for XLibre as Red Hat's Wayland crusade leaves X11 fans out in the cold
FreeBSD's friendliest desktop distro bets on the controversial fork
OSes24 Feb 2026 | 1
Go library maintainer brands GitHub's Dependabot a 'noise machine'
When a one-line fix triggers thousands of PRs, something's off
Devops24 Feb 2026 | 2
AMD copy-pastes 6 GW chips-for-stock deal in new Meta agreement
The House of Zen signed a nearly identical deal with OpenAI last fall
Systems24 Feb 2026 | 2
Microsoft gives Windows laggards the 'gift of time' wrapped in licensing fees
With Server 2016 and other OSes for the chop, security fixes can continue to flow for a price
OSes24 Feb 2026 | 6
Euro hosting giant hiking prices by up to 50% from April Fool's Day
No, customers aren't laughing either as pressure from memory shortages bites
On-Prem24 Feb 2026 | 3
UK data watchdog fines Reddit £14.47M for letting kids slip past the gate
Social media giant retorts it doesn't want to collect 'private' data, and plans to appeal
Security24 Feb 2026 | 13
KDE Plasma 6.6 isn't forcing systemd but the arguments rage on
BSD support improves, FreeBSD eyes a desktop option, and the init wars refuse to die
OSes24 Feb 2026 | 18
Korean cops charge teens over bike hire breach that exposed data on 4.62M riders
Public prosecutor mulls sentencing following investigations into two separate attacks
Cyber-crime24 Feb 2026 | 2
West Midlands Police earn red card over Copilot's imaginary football match
Parliament committee finds AI BS helped shape a real-world decision
Public Sector24 Feb 2026 | 10
Intel backs SambaNova's $350M bid to challenge GPUs in AI inference
Upstart's 5th-gen RDU aims to undercut Nvidia's B200 on speed and cost
Systems24 Feb 2026 | 3
UK tech hit by double trouble: Fewer foreign techies amid skills squeeze
Visa applications down, executives emigrating, and AI blamed for the rest
AI + ML24 Feb 2026 | 47
Euro allies aiming to rapidly build low-cost air defense weapons
We like our surface-to-air weapons affordable
Security24 Feb 2026 | 14
Attacker gets into France's database listing all bank accounts, makes off with 1.2 million records
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Microsoft teases ‘reimagined SharePoint experience’ landing in April
Redmond also offers to take the OneDrive name out of your OneDrive
SaaS24 Feb 2026 | 42
Cisco turns to titanium spoons and sand dunes to build a better … box?
Logowatch As Pure Storage adopts a watered-down name for a rebrand
Systems24 Feb 2026 | 12
Anthropic accuses China's AI labs of ripping off content - just like it did
Says DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax are using 'distillation' to gin up their own models
AI + ML24 Feb 2026 | 20
IBM stock dives after Anthropic points out AI can rewrite COBOL fast
Big Blue has been saying this itself since 2023
AI + ML23 Feb 2026 | 69
ICE watchers say agents used software to threaten and follow them home
'This is a warning. We know you live right here'
Legal23 Feb 2026 | 33
Pop music fans literally dying to stream hot new albums - in car crashes, that is
What do Taylor Swift and Drake’s release days have to do with road deaths? More than you’d think
Science23 Feb 2026 | 44
Google Antigravity falls to Earth under OpenClaw-fueled compute load
Company tries to curb strain by banning customer accounts for 'malicious' usage
AI + ML23 Feb 2026 | 31
Nvidia superchip infusion finally coming to Windows PCs, report says
Nv-based integrated graphics for Wintel box also in the works
Personal Tech23 Feb 2026 | 7
Infosec community panics as Anthropic rolls out Claude code security checker
ai-pocalypse Not the first of its kind
Security23 Feb 2026 | 13
Microsoft execs worry AI will eat entry level coding jobs
Russinovich and Hanselman say firms must train juniors to fix agent mistakes – not replace them with prompts
Devops23 Feb 2026 | 33
Indie web browser Ladybird flutters toward Rust with a little help from AI
Project ditches Swift and translates C++ with LLM assistance
Applications23 Feb 2026 | 18
Desktop tech sent to prison for an education on strange places to put tattoos
On Call And a very awkward introduction to workplace culture
Artemis II headed back to the bay; helium issues force another delay
Sending humans around the Moon in February, er, March - now April 2026, maybe
Science23 Feb 2026 | 18
Global regulators say AI image tools don't get a free pass on privacy rules
Watchdogs warn models that can generate realistic images of people must comply with data protection laws
AI + ML23 Feb 2026 | 5
Break free of Ring's servers, earn a five-figure bounty
Goal is to run software locally and stream only to owners' computers
Security23 Feb 2026 | 40
Gemini users say their chat histories have quietly vanished
Complaints pile up from users after months of conversations disappear. Google insists it’s just a temporary bug
AI + ML23 Feb 2026 | 13
O say, can you see: FCC pushes patriotic programming for US 250th
Stations urged to mark milestone with pro-America content
Offbeat23 Feb 2026 | 62
Ex-Amazon UK boss lined up to chair Britain's competition watchdog
Business Secretary praises Doug Gurr's pro-growth agenda
Public Sector23 Feb 2026 | 19
Altman: You think AI is wasted energy? Try raising 100 billion humans
OpenAI CEO takes really, really long view on energy efficiency
AI + ML23 Feb 2026 | 58
How AI Is forcing storage back into the enterprise conversation
HPE designs storage with AI realities in mind
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Suspected Anonymous members detained in Spain over post-flood DDoS blitz
Quartet accused of attacking public institutions, claiming the government was responsible for 2024 tragedy
Cyber-crime23 Feb 2026 | 3
AWS says more than 600 FortiGate firewalls hit in AI-augmented campaign
Off-the-shelf tools helped Russian-speaking cybercrime group run riot
Cyber-crime23 Feb 2026 | 6
Workaholic open source developers need to take breaks
Opinion A week off for vacation? The nerve of some people
Software23 Feb 2026 | 11
Hotel's rotary switchboard so retro it predates the concept of crashing
Bork!Bork!Bork! Analog curio nestled between fax and typewriter - this is a very different definition of 'legacy support'
Offbeat23 Feb 2026 | 55
Every day in every way, passwords are getting worse and worse
opinion The only good password is no password at all
Security23 Feb 2026 | 84
Work experience kids messed with manager's PC to send him to Ctrl-Alt-Del hell
Who, Me? Rogue user showed them an excellent prank, which they put into production
Personal Tech23 Feb 2026 | 99
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NASA repurposes Mars Helicopter’s ancient Snapdragon SoC to help Perseverance rover navigate
Upgrade allows robot to travel ‘potentially unlimited distances’ without phoning home for help
Science23 Feb 2026 | 16
Infosys chair says AI will clean up legacy systems – then make more of them
Asia In Brief PLUS: China’s sword-wielding humanoid robots; Australian court swamped by AI filings; Vietnam’s 25km overwater drone delivery; And more!
Software23 Feb 2026 | 14
Linus Torvalds: Someone ‘more competent who isn't afraid of numbers past the teens’ will take over Linux one day
Emperor Penguin releases kernel 7.0 rc1 with some numerological musings
OSes23 Feb 2026 | 61
UK council faces data breach claim after mishandling trans complaints
Confidential complainant details passed to local politician following debate
Security22 Feb 2026 | 50
Government upgrades drones, deploys joystick tweakers to catch illegal dumpers
Electronic eyes are watching from above, ready to catch dumpers of smashed up couches in the act
Offbeat21 Feb 2026 | 82
Ofcom's grumble-o-meter lights up for EE, TalkTalk, Vodafone
Q3 figures show the trio drawing the most broadband complaints per 100,000 customers
Personal Tech21 Feb 2026 | 30
SerpApi says Google is the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to scraping
'The DMCA was not designed to create walled gardens for tech giants'
Legal21 Feb 2026 | 19
The idea of using a Raspberry Pi to run OpenClaw makes no sense
opinion The micro-computer maker’s shares surged this week after an X post tied the AI agent to Pi demand
AI + ML20 Feb 2026 | 56
PayPal app code error leaked personal info and a 'few' unauthorized transactions
About 100 customers affected
Cyber-crime20 Feb 2026 | 12
Anthropic: No, absolutely not, you may not use third-party harnesses with Claude subs
Legal language change aims to make longstanding policy clear
AI + ML20 Feb 2026 | 16
AI coding assistant Cline compromised to create more OpenClaw chaos
4K unintended installs in very odd supply chain attack
Security20 Feb 2026 | 7
SpaceX's faulty Falcon spewed massive lithium plume over Europe, say scientists
Good news: Team shows re-entry pollution can be measured. Bad news: There may be more of it coming
Science20 Feb 2026 | 55
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Google Antigravity falls to Earth under OpenClaw-fueled compute load
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Big Blue has been saying this itself since 2023
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Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work
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EFF policy says bots can code but humans must write the docs
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Software20 Feb 2026 | 30
CISA gives federal agencies three days to patch actively exploited Dell bug
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Patches20 Feb 2026 | 5
From Agile to AI: Anniversary workshop says test-driven development ideal for AI coding
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Devops20 Feb 2026 | 15
Ex-Google engineers accused of helping themselves to chip security secrets
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Systems20 Feb 2026 | 8
Attackers have 16-digit card numbers, expiry dates, but not names. Now org gets £500k fine
Appeals judge overrules lower tribunal in latest battle of ICO against a breached retail giant
Security20 Feb 2026 | 70
HMRC spares 661 from Making Tax Digital as rollout nears
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Public Sector20 Feb 2026 | 30
Snyk CEO bails, wants someone with more AI experience to replace him
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Security20 Feb 2026 | 15
India’s top telco tackles AI with $110 billion build plan and proven fast market dominance playbook
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AI + ML20 Feb 2026 | 6
AI agents abound, unbound by rules or safety disclosures
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AI + ML20 Feb 2026 | 10
Crims create fake remote management vendor that actually sells a RAT
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Cyber-crime19 Feb 2026 | 13
NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle
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Science19 Feb 2026 | 45
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