UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex A UK government department's three-month trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot has revealed no discernible gain in productivity – speeding up some tasks yet making others slower due to lower quality outputs.… #theregister #IT

M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial

: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

Sainsbury's eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom Sainsbury's, Britain's second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech in two of its stores to curb shoplifting.… #theregister #IT

Sainsbury

: Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom

Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself GOTO 1976 Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft open-sources 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates

: GOTO 1976

France fines Google, SHEIN, for undercooked Cookie policies that led to crummy privacy Web giant and Chinese e-tailer whacked for dropping trackers without permission France’s data protection authority levied massive fines against Google and SHEIN for dropping cookies on customers without securing their permission, and also whacked Google for showing ads in email service.… #theregister #IT

France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies

: Web giant and Chinese e-tailer whacked for dropping trackers without permission

IBM Cloud to end free human support, suggests customers use enhanced AI instead Shift to self-service will apparently improve support IBM Cloud will update the services it provides under its Basic Support tier, which will move to a self-service model in January 2026.… #theregister #IT

IBM Cloud ends free human support, suggests AI instead

: Shift to self-service will apparently improve support, presumably Big Blue's bottom line too

US puts $10M bounty on three Russians accused of attacking critical infrastructure Seven-year-old Cisco vuln that remains inexplicably unpatched is their way in The US State Department has put a $10 million bounty on the heads of three Russians accused of being intelligence agents hacking America's critical infrastructure - primarily via old Cisco kit, it seems.… #theregister #IT

US puts $10M bounty on Russians accused of infra attacks

: Seven-year-old Cisco vuln that remains inexplicably unpatched is their way in

Congressional panel throws cyber threat intel-sharing, funding a lifeline Clock is ticking US security leaders have urged lawmakers to reauthorize two key pieces of cyber legislation, including one that facilitates threat-intel sharing between the private sector and federal government, before they expire at the end of the month.… #theregister #IT

Congress tosses lifeline to cyber intel sharing, grants

: Clock is ticking

Oracle’s layoff train rolls on: 101 in WA, 250+ in CA - with more cuts looming Big Red bloodbath not yet acknowledged by the company Oracle on Tuesday laid off more than 100 workers in Washington State and more than 250 in California, though we're told that the database giant may be firing thousands around the world.… #theregister #IT

Oracle cuts more jobs in California, Washington, and beyond

: Big Red bloodbath not yet acknowledged by the company

Android drops mega patch bomb - 120 fixes, two already exploited September bundle the largest this year, and possibly the most serious Patch Tuesday is next week, but Android is ahead of the game, dropping its biggest patch bundle this year while attackers actively exploit two of the now-fixed flaws.… #theregister #IT

Android drops 120 flaw fixes, two exploited in the wild

: September bundle the largest this year, and possibly the most serious

Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs LLMs and 0-days - what could possibly go wrong? Attackers on underground forums claimed they were using HexStrike AI, an open-source red-teaming tool, against Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities within hours of disclosure, according to Check Point cybersecurity evangelist Amit Weigman.… #theregister #IT

Crims boast of using HexStrike AI against Citrix bugs

: LLMs and 0-days - what could possibly go wrong?