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Vivaldi Bakes Proton VPN Into Browser To Boost Privacy

Desktop users get free access – assuming they're cool with logging in and limited speeds Vivaldi has become the lates... Read more

Even Google Struggles To Balance Fast-but-pricey Flash And Cheap-but-slow Hard Disks

Reveals it ‘dramatically improved IOPS and throughput’ of its own storage with homebrew 'L4' automation and cache G... Read more

Dell Sheds Ten Percent Of Staff For The Second Year In A Row

Confirmed: 12,000 people let go over 12 months Rumours of swingeing layoffs at Dell were not exaggerated, a statement T... Read more

Microsoft Walking Away From Datacenter Leases (probably) Isn't A Sign The AI Bubble Is Bursting

Why lease space that can't power or cool 120kW racks - or the next-gen 600kW monsters? Comment  Microsoft has walked a... Read more

Signalgate Storm Intensifies As Journalist Releases Full Secret Houthi Airstrike Chat

So F-18 launch times, weapons, drone support aren't classified now ... who knew? Updated  The Atlantic's editor-in-chi... Read more

US Defense Contractor Cops To Sloppy Security, Settles After Infosec Lead Blows Whistle

MORSE to pay -- .. .-.. .-.. .. --- -. ... for failing to meet cyber-grade A US defense contractor will cough up $4.6 m... Read more

It's International Datacenter Day For Those Who Colocate, Er, Celebrate

It's not a party until someone builds a bit barn on greenbelt land It's International Datacenter Day, when people aroun... Read more

US Closes Subsidiary Loophole On Dozens Of Chinese Entity List Members

Bad news for American tech businesses making money off deals with sanction-dodging companies The US government has init... Read more

NCSC Taps Influencers To Make 2FA Go Viral

Who knew social media stars had a role to play in building national cyber resilience? The world's biggest brands have b... Read more

UK Satellite Smartphone Services Could Get Green Light This Year

At last, cell service from SPAAAAAACE Britain's telecoms regulator could authorize satellite-to-smartphone services in ... Read more

British Govt Wants To Mainline AI, But Its Arteries Are Clogged With Legacy Tech

Spending watchdog says digital professionals need seat at top table to ensure 'transformation' The parlous state of UK ... Read more

India Ditches Its 'Google Tax', Perhaps To Tickle Trump And Dodge Tariffs

Binned an e-commerce tax last year so this may not be complete capitulation The lower house of India's parliament on Tu... Read more

Revenge Of The Nerds: Teachers, Professors Sue To Undo Trump Science Funding Cuts

Who needs studies into diseases, virus infections, US mortality rates ... right? Two academic organizations sued the Tr... Read more

Judge Halts DOGE's Union Personal Data Grab At OPM, Treasury, Education

Officials likely broke Privacy Act by dishing out info without consent A Maryland judge has dealt another blow to Elon ... Read more

Samsung Co-CEO Han Jong-hee Dies Of Heart Attack At 63

The man who helped make Sammy the biggest name in modern tellies Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-hee died this week in the Sams... Read more