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Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust It's easier to replace bits of userland than the kernel

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Time to ditch US tech for homegrown options, says Dutch parliament

Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue'

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Brit supermarket finds breaking up is hard to do as Walmart-Asda divorce stretches into fourth year

'Three-year' tech support deal still running

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The IT leader's guide to optimising your cloud budget eBook

Master enterprise search in the gen AI era Guide

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It looks like IBM is cutting jobs again, with Classic Cloud hit hard

We're told thousands may soon get a pink slip from Big Blue

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EU says Google scroogles app makers, also gives Apple an antitrust must-do-list

Chrome colossus accused of tilting search results, blocking cheaper purchases, while iTitan told to open iOS

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VA IT contract cancellation DOGE boasted about ... was due to end in 10 days anyway

How much money was going to be saved by ending tech deal with service-disabled veterans, then?

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Political poker? Tariff hunger games? Trump creates havoc for PC industry

Tech channel increases stockpiling amid 'volatile trade policies.' CIOs to get fewer devices for same money

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Chimera Linux ghosts RISC-V because there's no time for sluggish hardware

Dev behind the GNU-free distro says boards too slow for serious work

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Datacenter vacancies hit record low as power shortages stall projects

Supply chain and tariffs issues could spell trouble across multiple markets, warns JLL

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'Once in a lifetime' IT outage at city council hit datacenter, but no files lost

Services still down and out, but techies working for local government saved the day

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Non-x86 servers boom even faster than the rest of the AI-infused and GPU-hungry market

Analyst finds 91 percent revenue growth with white box makers leading the way

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China's EV champ BYD reveals super-fast charging that leaves Tesla eating dust

Apparently boosts battery to 20 km range in 10 seconds, although as ever ... YMMV

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Trump fires Democrat FTC commissioners, presaging big tech policy shifts

Remaining Republicans don't like the right to repair, non-compete clause ban, or some social media moderation

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Confidential Computing from Google Cloud and AMD eBook

5 reasons why AMD Epyc processors matter for Google Cloud Whitepaper

Security

Attackers swipe data of 500k+ people from Pennsylvania teachers union

SSNs, payment details, and health info too

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IBM scores perfect 10 ... vulnerability in mission-critical OS AIX

Big Blue's workstation workhorse patches hole in network installation manager that could let the bad guys in

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Ex-US Cyber Command chief: Europe and 5 Eyes can't fully replicate US intel

Cue deepening existential European dread as Rest of World contemplates Trump turning off the info tap

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Migrate workloads to the public cloud: an essential guide & checklist

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Software

Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust

It's easier to replace bits of userland than the kernel

51 Comments

Show top LLMs some code and they'll merrily add in the bugs they saw in training

One more time, with feeling ... Garbage in, garbage out

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Special Features

Nvidia invests in quantum computing weeks after CEO said it's decades from being useful

Qubit awkward, you might say

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Schneider Electric plugs into AI's power hunger with Nvidia digital twin tech

Because guesswork won't keep the lights on

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HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional

Dynamic Security update blocks 3rd-party cartridges, but keeps printing money

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Crew-9 splashes down while NASA floats along with Trump and Musk nonsense

Elements within the US space agency have elected to toe the party line

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Boffins 3D-print artificial iris muscle that flexes both ways

If this light-activated stuff works, it could make building robots easier - or make lazing about under the Sun quite a workout

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Daily Headlines

Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust

Off-Prem

Time to ditch US tech for homegrown options, says Dutch parliament

Brit supermarket finds breaking up is hard to do as Walmart-Asda divorce stretches into fourth year

The IT leader's guide to optimising your cloud budget

Master enterprise search in the gen AI era

On-Prem

It looks like IBM is cutting jobs again, with Classic Cloud hit hard

EU says Google scroogles app makers, also gives Apple an antitrust must-do-list

VA IT contract cancellation DOGE boasted about ... was due to end in 10 days anyway

Political poker? Tariff hunger games? Trump creates havoc for PC industry

Chimera Linux ghosts RISC-V because there's no time for sluggish hardware

Datacenter vacancies hit record low as power shortages stall projects

'Once in a lifetime' IT outage at city council hit datacenter, but no files lost

Non-x86 servers boom even faster than the rest of the AI-infused and GPU-hungry market

China's EV champ BYD reveals super-fast charging that leaves Tesla eating dust

Trump fires Democrat FTC commissioners, presaging big tech policy shifts

Confidential Computing from Google Cloud and AMD

5 reasons why AMD Epyc processors matter for Google Cloud

Security

Attackers swipe data of 500k+ people from Pennsylvania teachers union

IBM scores perfect 10 ... vulnerability in mission-critical OS AIX

Ex-US Cyber Command chief: Europe and 5 Eyes can't fully replicate US intel

Migrate workloads to the public cloud: an essential guide & checklist

Software

Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust

Show top LLMs some code and they'll merrily add in the bugs they saw in training

Special Features

Nvidia invests in quantum computing weeks after CEO said it's decades from being useful

Schneider Electric plugs into AI's power hunger with Nvidia digital twin tech

Offbeat

HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional

Crew-9 splashes down while NASA floats along with Trump and Musk nonsense

Boffins 3D-print artificial iris muscle that flexes both ways

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