Libel and attempted extortion

WP Engine, a major web hosting provider, has filed a federal lawsuit against WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging libel and attempted extortion.

Let's flood it all with advertising.

Search engine Google has decided that the best way to discourage the development of AI is to target AI-based searches with adverts.

3.8 terabits per second of zombie data 

Security outfit Cloudflare said it stopped a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

Kiddie fiddlers using customised accounts

Organisations that inadvertently expose credentials to their cloud environments are becoming targets for cybercriminals using cloud access to operate and resell AI-driven sex-bot services.

Wants to create digital employees

CEO Jensen Huang and Accenture CEO Julie Sweet announced a transformative partnership that they claim will reshape the landscape of artificial intelligence in business.

For those who don’t want to subscribe to Microsoft 365

Software King of the World Microsoft is releasing a new version of Office for people who don’t want to subscribe to Microsoft 365.

Who needs Apple?

Despite claims in the Tame Apple Press that OpenAI was set to go bankrupt now that Apple had walked away from the company, the company seems to have secured a pile of cash from others.

Contact sharing will be more restrictive

Apple, the fruity cargo-cult, has changed how apps can access a user’s contacts in iOS 18, making its contact-sharing prompt more restrictive -- after all it is not as if Apple fanboys have friends.

What the world needs is more adverts

Online book seller Amazon has decided that too many people are using its Amazon Prime streaming service and wants to force them to watch more adverts.

FBI still can’t get into it

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing it over.