Musk’s minions seize control of US Treasury payment system
No one can explain why
Swasticar maker Elon [Roman salute] Musk and his minions have been granted access to a sensitive US Treasury Department payment system that contains the personal information of every American who receives tax refunds, Medicare, Social Security, and other government payments. It also contains information about Musk's business rivals.
Italy bans DeepSeek
You give our data to the Chinese you sleep with the fishes
Italy’s data protection authority has blocked access to the Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek, citing insufficient information about its handling of personal data.
“Everything I say is leaked”
Zuckerberg moans at leaked meeting
At an all-hands meeting inside Meta on Thursday, the company's co-founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said he was increasingly careful about what he said internally because there were more leaks than in in a Welsh soup.
Nintendo legal eagles defeated by Costa Rican supermarket
Super Mario defeats Nintendo
Nintendo, the former maker of playing cards, has suffered a rare legal loss protecting its intellectual property.
Turn off Apple Intelligence
Security issues and just weird
The fruity cargo cult Apple’s Apple Intelligence product is now included by default in iOS 18.3 for iPhones, and security experts are warning that it should be disabled.
Apple’s results worse than expected
iPhone cash cow dying
The Tame Apple Press set itself to spin to save the company after the outfit announced falling iPhone sales.
Air industry is looking at getting more high tech
Aerviva report
According to the Dubai-based international consultancy Aerviva, the air industry will invest heavily in new technology in the coming years.
Google announces voluntary exit programme
Platforms & Devices division gutted
Google has announced a voluntary exit programme for employees in its Platforms & Devices division, offering severance packages to those who leave.
Meta surrenders and gives Trump $25 million
Wrong to suspend his account over that little insurrection business
Social notworking outfit Meta has written a $25 million cheque to Donald Trump to apologise for freezing his account over the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol.
Tesla burns
While Musk courts the Far Right
It appears that Elon [Roman salute] Musk’s flirtation with the Far Right his hurting his bread-and-butter business, whose customers are generally liberals who like to knit their own yoghurt.