The Brutalist Report

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• Uncle Sam's VMware 'bargain' doesn't include the actual hypervisor [8d]
• EU's Digital Networks Act sets telcos squabbling before the ink is dry [8d]
• Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it [8d]
• Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up [8d]
• Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls [8d]
• Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers [8d]
• House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16 [8d]
• Turing Institute Chief Scientist takes acting CEO role amid pressure to focus on defense [8d]
• Rocket Lab's Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture [8d]
• Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day [8d]
• Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud [8d]
• SAP scores £275M award from UK tax collector – sans competition [8d]
• British Army's drone degree program set to take flight [8d]
• Splash-screen memories from a Bangkok ticket machine [8d]
• Anthropic writes Constitution for Claude it thinks will soon be proven ‘misguided’ [8d]
• eBay updates legalese to ban AI-powered shop-bots [8d]
• Future jobs in AI will come with a hardhat and boots, tech bigshots argue [9d]
• AI networking startup Upscale scores $200M to challenge Nvidia's NVSwitch [9d]
• Davos discussion mulls how to keep AI agents from running wild [9d]
• AI hasn't delivered the profits it was hyped for, says Deloitte [9d]
• MIT boffins create device that 'paints' iridescent structural color in real time [9d]
• House GOP wants final say on AI chip exports after Trump gives Nvidia a China hall pass [9d]
• Don't click on the LastPass 'create backup' link - it's a scam [9d]
• Trump promises nuclear datacenter permits in 3 weeks, calls Greenland 'big beautiful ice' [9d]
• Social Security Administration admits it underreported DOGE dirty dealings [9d]
• ESA puts ExoMars lander through its paces with eye on 2028 launch [9d]
• We come in peace, OpenAI tells locals near gargantuan Stargate facilities [9d]