Google sues 25 alleged BadBox 2.0 botnet operators, all of whom are in China - Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances ... and crime, too Google ha... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/google_sues_25_unnamed_chinese/

Microsoft offers vintage Exchange and Skype server users six more months of security updates - It looks like enough of you are struggling to migrate that Redmond is willing to help out... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/microsoft_extended_security_exchange_skype_server/

LibreOffice Lands Built-In Support For Bitcoin As Currency - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phoronix: Merged yesterday to the latest ... - https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/07/15/1932202/libreoffice-lands-built-in-support-for-bitcoin-as-currency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #bitcoin

Pulling at Threads With the Flipper Zero - Gone are the days when all smart devices were required an internet uplink. The WiF... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/15/pulling-at-threads-with-the-flipper-zero/ #microcontrollers #homeautomation #networkhacks #flipperzero #homehacks #matter #thread

Nvidia to resume sales to China – with Trump administration approval - Maybe CEO Jensen Huang's million-dollar meal at Mar-a-Lago has paid off in the form of pe... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/us_allows_nvidia_china_sales/

Teachers urge parents not to buy children smartphones - Teachers fear some children use smartphones for eight hours a day and overnight. - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyxggv9j9zo

You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem - here's how to stop it - Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person intervie... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/13/fake_it_worker_problem/

Wire Like a Pro: Peeking into Wire Harness Mastery - There are many ways to learn, but few to none of them compare to that of spending ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/12/wire-like-a-pro-peeking-into-wire-harness-mastery/ #cableharness #wireharness #connectors #how-to #wiring

Ex-ASML employee sentenced to three years' imprisonment for sharing company secrets with Russia - An ex-ASML employee has been sentenced to three years impri... - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/ex-asml-employee-sentenced-to-three-years-imprisonment-for-sharing-company-secrets-with-russia #semiconductors #manufacturing #techindustry

Grok’s Nazi tirade sparks debate: Who’s to blame when AI spews hate? - Antisemitic outbursts from the chatbot promoted by Elon Musk shows how AI companies often... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/11/grok-ai-elon-musk-antisemitism/

Ohio City Using AI-Equipped Garbage Trucks To Scan Your Trash, Scold You For Not Recycling - The city of Centerville, Ohio has deployed AI-enabled garbage trucks that scan res... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/10/2338216/ohio-city-using-ai-equipped-garbage-trucks-to-scan-your-trash-scold-you-for-not-recycling?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Former reality TV star appointed NASA Interim Administrator - Can Sean Duffy embrace the challenge? NASA has a new interim Administrator. US President ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/nasa_interim_administrator/

Won’t somebody care for the European children? Meta and Google put up their hands to help on the same day - Zuck backs a ‘digital majority age’ and Google open sources tech that might enforce it Go... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/04/meta_google_europe_age_assurance/

Ford CEO Predicts AI Could Eliminate Half of US White-Collar Jobs - Ford CEO Jim Farley believes half of all white-collar workers in the U.S. could lo... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/03/1255209/ford-ceo-predicts-ai-could-eliminate-half-of-us-white-collar-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

German charity refuses to comply with Bitcoin ransomware demand — hackers attempt to extort hunger-fighting group for over $2 million - A German hunger-fighting charity is on the hook for some $2... - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/german-charity-refuses-to-comply-with-bitcoin-ransomware-demand-hackers-attempt-to-extort-hunger-fighting-group-for-over-usd2-million #cybersecurity #techindustry

Arm muscles into server market – but can't wrestle control from x86 just yet - Server shipments surge 70% in 2025, still shy of datacenter dominance goal Arm-based serv... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/06/30/arm_server_shipments/

Ancient SoundBlaster Cards Just Got A Driver Update - Old hardware tends to get less support as the years go by, from both manufacturers... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/28/ancient-soundblaster-cards-just-got-a-driver-update/ #soundblaster #linuxhacks #creative #awe32 #linux

PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation - The W3C updated PNG to make it work with HDR content, and i... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/png-has-been-updated-for-the-first-time-in-22-years-new-spec-supports-hdr-and-animation #software

Games Run Faster On SteamOS Than Windows 11, Ars Testing Finds - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nearly a decade ago, Ars te... - https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/06/25/2034243/games-run-faster-on-steamos-than-windows-11-ars-testing-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #windows

Casino Lights Could Be Warping Your Brain To Take Risks, Scientists Warn - ScienceAlert reports:

Casino lighting could be nudging gamblers to be more reckl... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/21/2147214/casino-lights-could-be-warping-your-brain-to-take-risks-scientists-warn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #science

SoftBank's Son Pitches $1 Trillion Arizona AI Hub - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/2212217/softbanks-son-pitches-1-trillion-arizona-ai-hub?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #business

The 16-Billion-Record Data Breach That No One's Ever Heard of - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cybernews: Several collections of login c... - https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/19/2028246/the-16-billion-record-data-breach-that-no-ones-ever-heard-of?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #security

Amazon's Return-to-Office Mandate Sparks Complaints from Disabled Employees - An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg:

Amazon's hard-line stance... - https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/0047207/amazons-return-to-office-mandate-sparks-complaints-from-disabled-employees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #it

Windows 95 testing almost stalled due to cash register overflow - Microsoft veteran on breaking down numbers at the computer store Windows 95 will soon tur... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/06/15/windows_95_testing_almost_stalled/

This A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job - Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automat... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/technology/ai-mechanize-jobs.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #laborandjobs #mechanizeai #start-ups #googleinc

China orders trial of aged care robots that can cook, clean, and provide emotional support - Elon Musk suggested this to Beijing years ago China’s Ministry of Industry and Informatio... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/china_aged_care_robot_trials/

ICANN waves hands in protest at AFRINIC election arrangement - Worries lawyers overseeing poll may have disqualifying entanglements The Internet Corpora... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/06/09/icann_afrinic_election_concerns/

China’s asteroid-and-comet hunter probe unfurls a ‘solar wing’ - PLUS: Hitachi turns greybeards into AI agents; Tiananmen anniversary censorship; AWS in T... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/06/09/chinas_asteroidandcomet_hunter_probe_unfurls/