The Brutalist Report

The Register

• IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in DOGE shakeup [16d]
• US tech giants open their wallets for AI-friendly politicians [16d]
• DEF CON bans three Epstein-linked men from future events [16d]
• AI agents can't teach themselves new tricks – only people can [16d]
• UK to demand social platforms take down abusive intimate images within 48 hours [16d]
• Healthcare security: Write login details on whiteboard, hope for the best [16d]
• AI chatbots waffle on GOV.UK queries, then get facts wrong when told to zip it [16d]
• Agile Manifesto turns 25 – just in time for vibe coding to test it [16d]
• OpenClaw is the most fun I’ve had with a computer in 50 years [16d]
• Poland bans camera-packing cars made in China cars from military bases [16d]
• Indian think tank finds strong hiring for the kind of jobs AI puts at risk [16d]
• Microsoft boffins cook up archival storage using Pyrex glass they say can last over 10,000 years [16d]
• Adidas investigates third-party data breach after criminals claim they pwned the sportswear giant [16d]
• As memory shortage persists, vendor price quotes are not long remembered [16d]
• Google presses play on 30-second Gemini musical slop generator [16d]
• ShinyHunters allegedly drove off with 1.7M CarGurus records [16d]
• Google digs deep to power AI expansion with 150 MW geothermal deal [16d]
• Copilot spills the beans, summarizing emails it's not supposed to read [16d]
• DARPA's autonomous missile-firing missile advances toward flight tests [16d]
• Fraudster hacked hotel system, paid 1 cent for luxury rooms, Spanish cops say [16d]
• Windows 11 finally hits right note: MIDI 2.0 support arrives [17d]
• Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities [17d]
• German train line back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes [17d]