Airbus Moving Critical Systems Away From AWS, Google, and Microsoft Citing Data Sovereignty Concerns Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to move mission-critical systems like ERP, manufacturing, and aircraft design data onto a digitally sovereign European cloud, citing national security concerns and fears around U.S. extraterritorial laws like the CLOUD Act. "I need a sovereign cloud because part of the information is extremely sensitive from a national and European perspective," Catherine Jestin, Airbus's executive vice president of digital, told The Register. "We want to ensure th… Microsoft Made Another Copilot Ad Where Nothing Actually Works Microsoft's latest holiday ad for its Copilot AI assistant features a 30-second montage of users seamlessly syncing smart home lights to music, scaling recipes for large gatherings, and parsing HOA guidelines -- none of which the software can actually perform reliably when put to the test. The Verge methodically tested each prompt shown in the ad and found that Copilot repeatedly hallucinated interface elements that didn't exist, claimed to highlight on-screen buttons when it hadn't, and abando… Sneaky Sasquatch comes to Apple Store locations this holiday season This holiday season, Apple Arcade players can dive deeper into the world of the hit game Sneaky Sasquatch. Hackers can take over your WhatsApp account with this sneaky trick You can often summarize cybersecurity as “same stuff, different day.” Attacks change, but rarely so dramatically you can’t see familiar methodology underneath. The latest example: Bad actors exploiting WhatsApp’s device linking process to infiltrate unsuspecting users’ accounts. As detailed by antivirus software maker Gen Digital, parent company for Norton, Avast, and AVG, this “GhostPairing” cam… You're Probably Not Draining Your Home's Water Heater As Often As You Should Your water heater needs to be drained periodically to increase its life expectancy, but how often is often enough? Here is what you need to know. Move over Bluetooth: wired headphones are back – and suddenly cool again From celebrity endorsements to digital fatigue, the once-obsolete white wire has become a fashion statement and a quiet act of opting out With white-wired headphones endorsed by celebrities including Lily-Rose Depp, Paul Mescal, Bella Hadid and Apple Martin, a growing number of people are breaking away from wireless listening. For inspiration, there is the Instagram account @wireditgirls , or a B… Holiday deliveries and fake tracking texts: How scammers track you Scammers are flooding inboxes with fake tracking alerts that mimic real carriers, exploiting the holiday rush to steal logins and personal data. Offering more AI tools can't guarantee better adoption -- so what can? Meta's move to give employees broad AI access exposes a growing truth for CIOs: Adoption hinges on education, judgment and shared accountability. How To Measure The Impact Of Features Meet TARS — a simple, repeatable, and meaningful UX metric designed specifically to track the performance of product features. Upcoming part of the Measure UX & Design Impact (use the code IMPACT to save 20% off today). Foxconn's EV arm just bought a vehicle brand for US$25m. Why it matters On the evening of December 19, Yulon Motor Co. and Foxtron Vehicle Technologies jointly announced a strategic transaction aimed at consolidating Taiwan's electric vehicle ecosystem. Repent ye inefficient – the ‘Palantir-ization’ of IT services is upon us Palantir's former IT boss just took over as CEO of Thrive-backed AI MSP platform Former Palantir CIO Jim Siders has departed the company to join Shield Technology Partners as CEO, in a bid he says is meant to bring AI to bear in the sprawling managed services landscape.… Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it's complying with Judge James Donato's order to crack open Android for third-party app stores, stop illegally tying its Google Play Billing system to its app store, and let developers link to ways to download their apps outside the Play Store in the US. But Google […] |
Apple Becomes a Debt Collector With Its New Developer Agreement Apple released an updated developer license agreement this week that gives the company permission to recoup unpaid funds, such as commissions or any other fees, by deducting them from in-app purchases it processes on developers' behalf, among other methods. From a report: The change will impact developers in regions where local law allows them to link to external payment systems. In these cases, developers must report those payments back to Apple to pay the required commissions or fees. The cha… Snowflake software update caused 13-hour outage across 10 regions A software update knocked out Snowflake’s cloud data platform in 10 of its 23 global regions for 13 hours on December 16, leaving customers unable to execute queries or ingest data. Customers saw “SQL execution internal error” messages when trying to query their data warehouses, according to Snowflake’s incident report . The outage also disrupted Snowpipe and Snowpipe Streaming file ingestion, an… Here’s What’s in the DOJ’s Epstein File Release—and What’s Missing From photos of former president Bill Clinton to images of strange scrapbooks, the Justice Department’s release is curious but far from revelatory. Sequoia partner spreads debunked Brown shooting theory, testing new leadership The newest episode raises questions about whether Sequoia's new leadership -- managing partners Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, who took over last month -- can or will rein in Maguire's social media activity. Following Australia's lead, Denmark plans to ban social media for children under 15 Denmark is planning to follow Australia in introducing stricter restrictions for younger teens to access social media Nodding off is dangerous. Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments WatchGuard fixes ‘critical’ zero-day allowing firewall takeover WatchGuard has issued an urgent patch alert for its Firebox firewall appliances after discovering a critical-rated vulnerability that is under exploit by threat actors. Tracked as CVE-2025-14733 , with a CVSS score of 9.3, the flaw is an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability affecting the iked process, a WatchGuard Fireware OS component responsible for the IKEv2 key exchange in IPSec VPNs. According … Why is Trump's media company getting involved with nuclear power? Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, and the nuclear fusion company TAE Technologies announced a merger worth $6 billion on Thursday. Trump Media Merger With Nuclear Fusion Firm Raises Ethics Questions Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway. |
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