Rob's News Aggregator

Monday 13 July 2026
22:18 Excel competition goes extreme, makes spreadsheet geeks compete from the street
21:26 The price is wrong: AI cost calculation has to consider task completion rates, not just token costs
19:20 Microsoft chief turns hostile on frontier AI labs, warns companies to guard their IP
18:53 German firm files for insolvency, blames cybercrims who shut down production for 6 weeks
18:20 Astronomers find sugar near the creamy center of the Milky Way (no caramel, though)
17:50 Philips to replace bricked Hue Bridge Pro devices
17:39 EU and UK officially blame Russian spies for cyberattack on Poland's power grid
17:00 SREs to AI agents: Prove yourself before you touch production
16:16 Sticker shock has execs rethinking this whole AI thing
15:32 Lucky 13: SpaceX aims for July 16 Starship flight test
15:02 Microsoft emails Windows 10 holdouts: Fine, keep your old PC another year
14:02 World Cup grudge attackers may have scored Argentine FA access via year-old infostealer infection
13:15 HTTP gets a QUERY method so complex searches can stop pretending to be POST
12:31 Progress orders emergency ShareFile server shutdown over mystery security threat
11:59 Backup and running? Not this digital sign
11:15 Photovoltaics are still running after a year under Swiss trains
10:30 Microsoft is losing the battle to protect license lucre. It better get used to the feeling
10:00 AI needs a home, not a hotel
09:31 Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing its core tech secrets
08:30 User crippled a network while trying to learn Nmap
05:44 Meta admits its first ‘superintelligence’ was too stupid to survive for three days
03:14 Lenovo denies using banned Chinese SSDs where they're not allowed
Sunday 12 July 2026
13:04 Memory makers are slaves to the boom-bust rollercoaster, and the AI boom is the wildest ride of all
09:34 It's an AI web, and we're just rats in the walls
Saturday 11 July 2026
16:11 AI customers are coming around to the idea that small is beautiful
12:00 Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity
Friday 10 July 2026
22:32 Slothful summer app lets you scroll simply by tilting your head
19:35 Destructive Windows backdoor stuffs multiple wipers and ransomware code into a single package
19:12 LisaFPGA brings Apple's magnificent misfire back in programmable logic
18:02 Orbital datacenter gold rush needs an environmental review, FCC told
16:59 OpenAI's Atlas browser doesn't make it to its first birthday
16:01 AI-driven datacenter builds drive Microsoft's emissions up a quarter in one year
14:59 EU puts 'addictive' design of Facebook, Instagram under the DSA microscope
14:41 Capita hears demand for pension scheme cleanup 'loud and clear' – but won't say yes
14:41 Capita hears £12.5M demand for pension scheme cleanup 'loud and clear' – but won't say yes
14:10 Fashion mart Miinto unzips breach details, warns shoppers to watch for phisherfolk
12:00 Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it
11:17 Scot NHS Trust probes email stuffup involving maternity patients' data
10:30 BOFH: Cross-department AI pitches are easier to swallow with a pint in hand
08:30 Datacenter MacGyver saved the biggest football match of the year
06:46 Red Hat offers RHEL support ‘forever’ for those who need to lock in to legacy tech
03:56 Microsoft warns customers AI will mean busier Patch Tuesdays
00:30 An unnamed US county – perhaps in Ohio – paid $1M extortion demand to cybercriminals
Thursday 9 July 2026
23:01 AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X
19:40 AI tool scours the web for job openings, preps your resume and cover letter
19:15 OpenMandriva claims disgruntled admin trashed repos after community bust-up
18:46 SAP makes it easier for customers to shop for legacy product support, ending EU antitrust probe
18:30 Outlook for Mac bug makes font choice a purely decorative feature
17:51 EU 'Chat Control' snoopfest returns after vote to kill it falls short
17:02 KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives

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