Microsoft tightens Authenticator checks on Android and iOS
…The process is automatic and there is no opt-out. If Microsoft Authenticator detects that a device has been jailbroken or rooted, it will first display a warning, then block access, and…
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Indonesia’s game rating system leaks developer creds
…India is trying to court electronics manufacturers to boost local industry, and has also spent years making Aadhaar an integral part of daily life to secure access government services. The digital ID…
Norway's Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification
…Another bit of evidence that the report is both fun and accessible is that to go with it, the agency commissioned a short – and hilarious – film about the problem from NewsLab . It…
Anthropic reveals $30bn run rate, plan to use new Google TPU
…The consumption of such expanded AI compute capacity by Anthropic is dependent on Anthropic’s continued commercial success. In connection with this deployment, the parties are in discussions with certain operational and…
Cops hand Motorola £25M to keep 2000-era radios alive
…The Police Digital Service issued a notice stating that it needed to extend contracts for Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) handsets, software, accessories, services, and maintenance for the legacy Airwave system – bypassing competitive…
Linux Foundation wants to shield FOSS devs from AI bug slop
…We’re told the two organizations “work directly with maintainers and their communities to make emerging security capabilities accessible, practical, and aligned with existing project workflows.” Further: “The effort will support sustainable…
OpenAI puts Stargate UK on ice over energy cost, regulations
…As part of one of the government's "AI Growth Zones," the project should already benefit from streamlined planning and priority grid access . We asked OpenAI for clarification. Stargate UK, if it…
Spark creator Matei Zaharia bags ACM Prize in Computing
…he made these tools accessible to all. His contributions continue to influence both research and industry, and I look forward to seeing where his current work on AI systems takes us next…
Nutanix brings its K8s to bare metal
…Nutanix has now agreed to do similar things for NetApp and Lenovo. Again, this means Nutanix gains access to more prospects, many of them potential VMware evacuees. Indeed, the NetApp tie-up…
Android keyboard ditches keys, predicts what you mean
…Apple tends to take accessibility a lot more seriously than most folks, particularly in the Linux world, and that's also something we wrote about for Global Accessibility Day 2025, comparing Apple…