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Hey IT Pros,

Sorry we missed your inbox Friday…

here’s your latest IT round up.

-Stetson

Tech News TL;DR

This week’s IT and tech news in 5-minutes-ish or less

Cyber-Security

 Spain arrests suspected hackers of US and Spanish military agencies.

Flesh Stealer Malware Targets Chrome, Firefox, and Edge to Steal Passwords.

Security Teams Pay the Price: The Unfair Reality of Cyber Incidents.

Why Cybersecurity Is Everyone’s Responsibility?

Crypto-stealing apps were found in the Apple App Store for the first time.

7-Zip MotW bypass exploited in zero-day attacks against Ukraine.

CISA tags Microsoft .NET and Apache OFBiz bugs as exploited in attacks.

CISA, NSA, and global partners issue guidance to secure edge devices and enhance network defenses.

Artificial Intelligence

Copilot+ PCs? Customers just aren't buying it – yet.

You can now use ChatGPT web search without logging in.

AI’s biggest stage awaits — TechCrunch Sessions: AI tickets available.

Workday erases 8.5% of the workforce because of ... AI.

US senator wants to slap prison term, $1M fine on anyone aiding Chinese AI with ... downloads?

Google torpedoes 'no AI for weapons' rules.

Not Gouda-nough: Google removes AI-generated cheese error from Super Bowl ad.

Hugging Face clones OpenAI’s Deep Research in 24 hours.

AI Dominates 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions.

Misc

 Oracle starts laying mines in the JavaScript trademark battle.

30 Lines of Code Could Cut Data Center Power Use by 30%.

Big data centers eyeing Genesee County tech park face widespread opposition.

A comprehensive list of 2024 and 2025 tech layoffs.

Google borrows a trick from Samsung to improve Quick Share.

 Ex-Robinhood founder moves to space tech.

Uber CEO warns robotaxis can't find a fast route to commercial viability.

Eggheads crack the code for the perfect soft boil.

Community Highlights 🚀

Discussions from This is an IT Support Group’s Facebook group

Probably worth the risk.

Does anyone else now exclusively quote laptops with a minimum of 32GB of memory?

I’m curious: when you refresh/decommission IT hardware, what do you do with it?

Having played around with Deepseek, I can tell you this.

 I’m curious: when you refresh/decommission IT hardware, what do you do with it?

So, mentioning Linux will get you blocked or shut down on Facebook?  

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