Microsoft's Sinofsky saw Surface fail coming – then hit up Epstein for advice on exit - DOJ files show former Windows chief predicting a public flop before mulling next mission - Personal Tech - 02 Feb 2026 - | 5

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Infrastructure cyberattacks are suddenly in fashion. We can buck the trend -- Opinion -- Don't be scared of the digital dark – learn how to keep the lights on -- Cyber-crime

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Microsoft's 'atypical' emergency Windows patches are becoming awfully typical -- Opinion -- Administrators sigh: OOBs, they did it again -- OSes

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Techie's one ring brought darkness by shorting a server -- Who, Me? -- Love hurts, but being exposed is more painful -- On-Prem

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Capgemini to sell the biz that works for US government amid criticism of ICE contract -- 'The nature and scope of this work has raised questions' says CEO, who swears he couldn't spot it sooner

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India dangles 20-year tax holiday for clouds that serve offshore users - Asia In Brief - PLUS: NTT offshores to Vietnam; Japan adds AI interface to space data; Samsung cashes in on memory boom - Public Sector - 02 Feb 2026 - | 1

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Sword of Damocles hangs over UK military's Ajax as minister says back it or scrap it -- Armored vehicle trials halted after troops report noise and vibration symptoms

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Feeling taxed by layoffs, IRS turns to AI helpers -- Fewer humans, more bots - just in time for filing season

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Backblaze says AI traffic and neoclouds could shape future networks - The western US saw the most activity overall - Networks - 30 Jan 2026 - |

2 days ago

Want digital sovereignty? That'll be 1% of your GDP into AI infrastructure please -- Analyst predicts massive spend on domestic AI stacks -- On-Prem

2 days ago

NS&I's IT car crash considers cutting legacy links to stop the bleeding -- £1.3B over budget and four years late, bank searches for a way to not to bust new timetable and funding pot -- Public Sector

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In-house techies fixed faults before outsourced help even noticed they'd happened - On Call - 60-minute SLA was effectively useless and the contractor admitted it - Databases - 30 Jan 2026 - | 96

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Uncle Sam dangles nuclear campuses for states while watering down safety rules -- Governors offered atomic megasites and federal cash as hundreds of pages of regulations go missing -- Science

3 days ago

Banker claims Oracle may slash up to 30,000 jobs, sell health unit to pay for AI build-out -- Cerner, though acquired in 2022, is nothing to multibillion black hole -- On-Prem

3 days ago

Sat Nad declares Windows 11 has a billion users – just don't bother asking for details -- Terrible start to 2026 offset by optimistic operating system numbers -- OSes

3 days ago

Meta to pour the GDP of Kenya into AI infrastructure push in 2026 -- Zuck bets big on 'personal superintelligence' with $135B splurge -- On-Prem

3 days ago

Capita pension portal 'fiasco' forces Cabinet Office into damage control -- 150-strong 'surge team' deployed as 8,500 retirees left high and dry, some waiting 9 months for legally owed cash -- Public Sector

4 days ago

Birmingham City Council's Oracle ERP fiasco now £144M and still not working -- Five years after its planned go-live, the system remains incomplete as costs balloon more than sevenfold -- Databases

4 days ago

Irony alert: Anthropic helps UK.gov to build chatbot for job seekers -- The jobs that will be eradicated by our AI overlords -- AI + ML

4 days ago

Bork ventures to the Middle of Lidl - Bork!Bork!Bork! Happier days at Intel nailed to the wall of discount retailer - Personal Tech - 29 Jan 2026 - | 32

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Microsoft investors sweat cloud giant's OpenAI exposure -- All the promises in the world won't pay the GPU bills when the music stops -- AI + ML

4 days ago

Cops put Microsoft Copilot in holding cell after controversial hallucination -- Chatbot banned – for now – after it dreamed up West Ham match that never happened -- AI + ML

4 days ago

Cops get more facial recognition vans as UK bets big on AI policing -- Home Office white paper promises millions for LFR, a new Police.AI unit, and a bespoke legal framework -- Public Sector

4 days ago

How agentic AI can strain modern memory hierarchies - Feature - You can't cheaply recompute without re-running the whole model – so KV cache starts piling up - Agentic AI - 28 Jan 2026 - | 5

5 hours ago

UK tax collector plans £2B tech binge as legacy systems refuse to die - Updated - AWS and Capgemini loom large in HMRC's procurement pipeline - Public Sector - 28 Jan 2026 - | 20

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Britain's Ministry of Defence signs on the dotted line with Palantir -- 'Follow-on' agreement lasts 3 years as US techies protest vendor's ICE contract Stateside -- Public Sector

5 days ago

ICE knocks on ad tech's data door to see what it knows about you -- Agency looks to understand the extent of identifying information available to its masked agents -- Public Sector

5 days ago

Nudify app proliferation shows naked ambition of Apple and Google -- Researchers with the Tech Transparency Project found all sorts of apps that let users create fake non-consensual nudes of real people -- Legal

5 days ago

Penguin in your pocket: Nexphone dual boots into Linux, Windows 11 -- An expandable tablet, and a phone that reboots into desktop Windows -- Personal Tech

5 days ago

Micron continues fab spending spree with $24B NAND storage plant in Singapore -- No salvation from the memory winter, though - plant won't start churning out chips until 2028 -- Systems

5 days ago

Watchdog says US weather alerts are getting lost in translation -- GAO urges NWS to firm up its AI language plans as policy shifts slow multilingual warnings -- AI + ML

5 days ago

France to replace US videoconferencing wares with unfortunately named sovereign alternative -- French govt says state-run service 'Visio' will be more secure. Now where have we heard that name before? -- Software

5 days ago

Succession: Linux kernel community gets continuity plan for post-Linus era -- Conclave doc outlines path to eternal releases -- OSes

5 days ago

Japan doubles down on Trump's Genesis AI supercomputing effort - RIKEN links up with Argonne, Fujitsu, and Nvidia to build next-gen infrastructure - HPC - 27 Jan 2026 - |

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High Court to grill London cops over live facial recognition creep -- Victim and Big Brother Watch will argue the Met's policies are incompatible with human rights law -- Security

6 days ago

Microsoft's Maia 200 promises Blackwell levels of performance for two-thirds the power -- Inference-optimized chip 30% cheaper than any other AI silicon on the market today, Azure's Scott Guthrie claims -- Systems

6 days ago

Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE -- But CEOs remain frozen in place -- Public Sector

6 days ago

Internet spent Q4 '25 losing fights with cables, power, and itself -- Latest data from Cloudflare shows cable cuts, power failures, and network faults drive steady run of internet outages -- Networks

6 days ago

Three is the magic number for Alaska Airlines: triple redundancy -- Thankfully they only sufffered two outages in 2025. And now it has flown in experts to play with configurations -- PaaS + IaaS

6 days ago

EU looking into Elon Musk's X after Grok produces deepfake sex images -- Probe follows outcry over use of creepy image generation tool -- Personal Tech

6 days ago

Microsoft probes Windows 11 boot failures tied to January security updates -- Some machines are failing to start after security updates, prompting yet another Microsoft investigation -- OSes

6 days ago

Microsoft rushes out another fix for cloud storage after January update -- 2026 is shaping up to be a bumper year for patch management -- Storage

6 days ago

Oracle AI sailed the world on Royal Navy flagship via cloud-at-the-edge kit -- Big Red says 'sovereign' platform supports decision-making and operational learning at sea -- AI + ML

7 days ago

UK digital ID goes in-house, government swears it isn't an ID card -- Minister dodges cost questions while promising smartphone-free access and 'robust' verification -- Public Sector

7 days ago

Marketing 'genius' destroyed a printer by trying to fix a paper jam - Who, Me? This story starts with the worst mistake of them all – loaning a tool - On-Prem - 26 Jan 2026 - | 188

2 days ago

Emmabuntüs DE 6: A newbie-friendly Linux to help those in need -- A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste – and helping a charity, too -- OSes

7 days ago

Bill Gates-backed startup aims to revive Moore's Law with optical transistors -- Neurophos is developing a massive optical systolic array clocked at 56GHz good for 470 petaFLOPS of FP4 compute -- Systems

9 days ago

UK border tech budget swells by £100M as Home Office targets small boat crossings -- Drone, satellite, and other data combined to monitor unwanted vessels -- Public Sector

9 days ago

Tesla Full Self Driving subscription to rise alongside its capabilities -- One-time FSD purchase no longer available as Elon Musk talks up future where drivers can be asleep at the wheel -- AI + ML

9 days ago

Fortinet admits FortiGate SSO bug still exploitable despite December patch -- Fix didn't quite do the job – attackers spotted logging in -- CSO

9 days ago

Qualcomm CEO pockets 15% pay rise as profits fall 45% -- Cristiano Amon took home almost $30M in 2025 as the chipmaker booked higher revenues despite earnings slide -- Systems

9 days ago

British government caves on datacenter approval after legal challenge -- Ministry admits greenlighting London-based megabit barn without proper environmental safeguards -- On-Prem

10 days ago

London boroughs limping back online months after cyberattack -- Direct debits? Maybe February. Birth certificates? Dream on. Council tax bills? Oh, those are coming -- Cyber-crime

10 days ago

Marching orders delayed: Veterans' Digital ID off to a slow start -- Much owed to the few, but takeup is under 1% -- Public Sector

10 days ago

Tech support detective solved PC crime by looking in the carpark - On Call - Overnight action made for a sticky situation in the candy factory - Personal Tech - 23 Jan 2026 - | 80

3 days ago

Oracle, Michael Dell, named as investors in JV that will run TikTok's US operations -- Big Red gets to store data, advise on security, and store the 'I'll watch just one more video' algo -- SaaS

10 days ago

Intel puts consumer chip production on back burner as datacenters make a run on Xeons -- CFO David Zinsner says foundry capacity should improve starting in Q2 -- Systems

10 days ago

Former crypto-mining company building 430 MW datacenter in secret location for secret client -- Keeps location under wraps after communities opposed past projects -- Systems

10 days ago

Trump says he got a deal for rare earths in Greenland, but they won't come easy -- You can't just grab 'em by the mine shafts - there aren't any -- Public Sector

10 days ago

Raspberry Pi flashes new branded USB drives that promise speedy performance -- The aluminum sticks come in 128GB and 256GB variants -- Personal Tech

10 days ago

Uncle Sam's VMware 'bargain' doesn't include the actual hypervisor -- GSA trumpets 64% discounts on Broadcom's VMware portfolio, core vSphere platform mysteriously absent from agreement -- PaaS + IaaS

10 days ago

EU's Digital Networks Act sets telcos squabbling before the ink is dry -- Comms harmonization plan already drawing fire from operators and Big Tech alike -- Networks

10 days ago

Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls -- Mind the cyber gap – similar flaws highlighted multiple years in a row -- Security

10 days ago

Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers -- Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decade -- Patches

11 days ago

House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16 -- As public consultation kicks off, members of UK Parliament's second chamber highlight damage to children -- Public Sector

11 days ago

Turing Institute Chief Scientist takes acting CEO role amid defense push -- Professor Mark Girolami keeps seat warm after Jean Innes bailed following ministerial arm-twisting -- AI + ML

11 days ago

Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day -- The critical-rated flaw leaves unpatched systems open to full takeover -- Networks

11 days ago

SAP scores £275M award from UK tax collector – sans competition - Updated - System handling £800B must be SaaS and sovereign. Only German vendor fits the bill, says HMRC - Databases - 22 Jan 2026 - | 11

10 days ago

British Army's drone degree program set to take flight -- Program will train just 20 people per year -- Public Sector

11 days ago

eBay updates legalese to ban AI-powered shop-bots -- This establishment does not serve agents, says digital tat bazaar -- AI + ML

11 days ago

AI networking startup Upscale AI scores $200M to challenge Nvidia's NVSwitch - Plans to swing SkyHammer silicon into UALink switches later this year - Networks - 22 Jan 2026 - |

5 days ago

House GOP wants final say on AI chip exports after Trump gives Nvidia a China hall pass -- Bill still needs to pass the House and Senate before the president can sign or veto it -- Public Sector

11 days ago

Social Security Administration admits it underreported DOGE dirty dealings -- Encrypted files, Cloudflare sharing, and political outreach surface in DOJ filings -- Public Sector

11 days ago

EU considers whether there's Huawei of axing Chinese kit from networks within 3 years -- Still dominant in Germany's networks, among others -- Networks

11 days ago

FTC tries to un-Zuck Meta's grip on the market by dragging it back to court -- Artist formerly known as Facebook can't escape the legal-verse -- Personal Tech

11 days ago

Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages -- Its very own Snooper's Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion -- Security

11 days ago

Microsoft admits Outlook might freeze when saving files to OneDrive -- January update is the gift that keeps on giving -- Storage

11 days ago

Best of British: UK's infosec envoys include Cisco, Palo Alto, and Accenture -- Minister unwraps ambassadors of the Software Security Code of Practice -- Security

11 days ago

Microsoft CEO: AI sovereignty isn't where it runs, it's who controls it -- Ownership of models, embedded corporate knowledge matters more than server location, Nadella says -- AI + ML

12 days ago

MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems -- Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help -- OSes

12 days ago

Child safety or age-gating for all? UK social media ban plan draws fire -- Open Rights Group says plans would create serious privacy risks -- Public Sector

12 days ago

Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue -- Behold the cardboard ENIAC -- On-Prem

12 days ago

Sony no longer home of the Bravia as it plans TV biz spin-out to China's TCL -- Hasn't said why, but low share in a slow-growing market suggests it can't be bothered -- Personal Tech

12 days ago

Anthropic CEO: Selling H200s to China is like giving nukes to North Korea -- This is totally not because China is giving away its best models away for free, right? -- AI + ML

12 days ago

Power scarcity drives datacenters to Texas, where the juice is -- Plus, one in three bit barns expected to exceed 1 GW by 2035 -- On-Prem

12 days ago

Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge -- PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings -- AI + ML

12 days ago

Windows 11, not AI, kick-started the PC upgrade cycle -- Corporate IT refreshed hardware to stay supported, not chase new features -- Personal Tech

12 days ago

MPs ask who's responsible when AI crashes the UK finance system -- Committee says watchdogs lack urgency as accountability for automated decisions remains unresolved -- AI + ML

13 days ago

England's Department of Health and Social Care offering £285k for new tech director -- Fancy it? As national health tech boss, you'd be one of the highest paid in the team -- Public Sector

13 days ago

£45B savings remain theoretical as UK digital roadmap delayed again -- Promised plan keeps slipping as ministers talk up future efficiency -- Public Sector

13 days ago

UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads -- Labels Zuck's ad library 'a window into criminality' and the Social Network as 'happy to turn a blind eye' -- Legal

13 days ago

Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone - Interview - OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speech - Legal - 20 Jan 2026 - | 12

12 days ago

AIS and ZTE achieve AIR RAN commercialization for differentiated experience at Thailand BMMF#15 - AIR RAN delivers premium 5G experience monetization and zero-lag performance at Thailand's largest music festival - Partner Content

13 days ago

Micron finds a way to make more DRAM with $1.8bn chip plant purchase -- Taiwan's Powerchip sells legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago after spending $9.5 billion -- Systems

13 days ago

Just the Browser claims to tame the bloat without forking -- Strips the slop and snoopery from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox -- Software

13 days ago

UK prime minister stares down barrel of ban on social media for kids -- Labour's latest U-turn? 61 backbenchers pile pressure for Starmer to back Tory peer's amendment -- Public Sector

14 days ago

Warwickshire school to reopen after cyberattack crippled IT -- Kids return to classrooms after safety infrastructure knocked out -- Cyber-crime

14 days ago

Price, battery life, performance – that's how you sell PCs -- Traditional considerations back in vogue. On-device AI? Not so much -- AI + ML

14 days ago

Royal Navy's helicopter drone makes its first autonomous flight -- Capable of carrying 1-ton payload and key to strategy protecting North Atlantic from Russian submarines -- Public Sector

14 days ago

Open source's new mission: Rebuild a continent's tech stack - Opinion - Freedom can be very contagious if it grows on its own terms. Europe of all places should know that - Software - 19 Jan 2026 - | 127

7 days ago