Microsoft warns of 66 flaws to fix for this Patch Tuesday, and two are under active attack Stealthy Falcon swoops on WebDAV and Redmond's even patching IE! Patch Tuesday  It's Patch Tuesday time again, and Microsoft is warning that there are a bunch of critical fixes to sort out - and two actively exploited bugs.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft warns of 66 flaws to fix for this Patch Tuesday
Patch Tuesday: Stealthy Falcon swoops on WebDAV and Redmond's even patching IE!
Cisco president says dredging syntax from wetware memory wastes engineers' expensive synapses Wants engineers to let AI do the boring bits so they can invent more cool stuff Cisco Live  Cisco president Jeetu Patel wants the company’s engineers to halve the amount of code they write.… #theregister #IT
Cisco president says coding syntax wastes expensive synapses
Cisco Live: Wants to let AI do the boring bits so his team can invent more cool stuff
Apple-Intel divorce to be final next year After twenty years, it's Intel outside Apple's macOS operating system will drop support for Intel chips next year, marking the end of a twenty-year relationship.… #theregister #IT
Apple says macOS 26 will be the last to support Intel chips
: After twenty years, it's Intel outside
Trump administration's whole-government AI plans leaked on GitHub The AI.gov repository and staging site vanished when we asked questions, but don't worry - we captured backups We're less than a month away from the Trump administration's launch of an initiative to push AI across the entire federal government, based on a code repository eagle-eyed onlookers spotted on GitHub bef… #theregister #IT
Trump team leaks AI plans in public GitHub repository
Updated: The AI.gov repository and staging site vanished when we asked questions, but don't worry – we captured backups
Cisco Borgs all its management tools into a single Cloud Control console Not just a salve for netadmins – this is also a play to ensure Switchzilla is AI-relevant Cisco Live  There’s light at the end of the tunnel for netadmins tired of juggling multiple management consoles: Cisco announced it’s testing a tool called Cloud Control that will drive all its networking, security, and obse… #theregister #IT
Cisco Live: Cisco unifies consoles, pushes AI relevance
Cisco Live: Not just a salve for netadmins – this is also a play to ensure Switchzilla is AI-relevant
Tinfoil hat wearers can thank AI for declassification of JFK docs Plus: AWS launches second Secret-level cloud region AI has been a "game changer" for the intelligence community, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who noted two key applications of the technology for classified government work at the Amazon Web Services DC Summit on Tuesday.… #theregister #IT
US intelligence taps AI for chatbots, JFK file review
: Plus: AWS launches second Secret-level cloud region
Texas warns 300,000 crash reports siphoned via compromised user account Lone Star State drivers with accident records need to be careful about fraud The Texas Department of Transportation says a compromised user account was used to improperly download nearly 300,000 crash reports, exposing personal data that could be exploited for financial fraud against Lone Star drivers.… #theregister #IT
Texas warns 300,000 accident reports stolen from its servers
: Lone Star State drivers with accident records need to be careful about fraud
Judge cites big OPM records leaks from 2015 in DOGE slapdown Federal court blocks further data sharing, blasts lack of safeguards The US federal government's HR department violated the law and bypassed its own cybersecurity safeguards by giving DOGE affiliates access to personnel records, a federal judge ruled Monday, issuing a preliminary injunction to halt further disclosures.… #theregister #IT
Judge: OPM likely broke privacy law with DOGE access
: Federal court blocks further data sharing, blasts lack of safeguards
Probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon increases Scientists improve knowledge by 20% thanks to James Webb Space Telescope data The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon has increased, according to boffins making observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.… #theregister #IT
Probability of a lunar impact for Asteroid 2024 YR4 increase
: Scientists improve knowledge by 20% thanks to James Webb Space Telescope data
Forked-off Xlibre tells Wayland display protocol to DEI in a fire Project to modernize the X.org X11 server seems to actively court controversy The recently released Xlibre server aims to modernize the X.org X11 server and improve both its security and performance.… #theregister #IT
Xlibre, a new fork of the X.org X11 server, announced
Updated: Project to modernize the X.org X11 server seems to actively court controversy