Microsoft finally bins RC4 after decades of pain
Ancient cypher meets its end after years of hacks and warnings
Software King of the World, Microsoft, is pulling the plug on RC4, an obsolete and leaky encryption cypher it has propped up by default for 26 years despite a trail of break-ins and public embarrassment.
LG stuffs Copilot onto smart TVs
Forced webOS update leaves users stuck with Microsoft AI
LG has shoved Microsoft Copilot onto its smart TVs, leaving baffled owners staring at an app they never asked for and cannot remove.
Luminar’s self-driving gamble crashes into Chapter 11
Lost Volvo deal sends LiDAR hopeful into bankruptcy court
Luminar Technologies has run out of road, filing for bankruptcy after a key supply contract with Volvo Cars was pulled from under it.
Coreweave’s AI dream springs a leak
Rain, debt and mixed messages rattle the boom.
CoreWeave has managed to torch about $33 billion in market value in six weeks, which is quite a trick even by AI hype standards.
Intel flirts with China-linked kit
Oh, Mr Darcy, we need not talk about your awkward security past
Troubled Chipzilla has been fondling ACM Research's chip-making equipment, which is worrying the spooks and hawks in Washington that the Chinese-backed firm might be below its station.
Apple slapped down again as appeal fizzles
Epic smells blood while developers eye Job’s Mob warily
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has lost its appeal against a brutal contempt ruling, leaving a long-running iOS payments fight tilted firmly against it.
Boffins teach rats how to play Doom
Neuroengineers keep pushing rodents through immortal engine
A team of boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs, having taught rats how to play Doom.
Memory shortages push laptops back to eight gigabytes
DRAM drought sends prices north and specs south
Laptop makers are running out of memory and patience as DRAM shortages start to bite hard across the supply chain.
Ukrainians sue US chip giants over sanctioned supply leaks
Civilians accuse silicon sellers of choosing profit while missiles fly
Ukrainian civilians have dragged US chipmakers into a Texas courtroom, accusing them of letting sanctioned silicon slip through the cracks and into Russian and Iranian weapons.
Tech billionaires using surrogacy to build tribes in their own image
Conveyor-belt babies and dynasties dreamed up like software projects
A growing number of tech billionaires are spending their fortunes on industrial-scale surrogacy, churning out dozens of children as if they were rolling out a product line. The aim is not family so much as legacy, built to specification and outsourced across borders.