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Phillip de Wet

Phillip de Wet

Phillip de Wet started in journalism as an honest B2B IT-sector reporter before straying into business, politics, and international affairs. He is currently in recovery, studying AI while writing about everything from hardware to infosec policy.

The Iran war causes chip supply chain concerns – but AI not so much

Helium and shipping could further constrain semiconductor manufacturing, but AI energy worries abated overnight.

Only organisers will be able to allow bots into Teams meetings soon

If you aren't the meeting organiser, you'll have to ask nicely to get that Otter listener admitted, as admins get increasing focus in Teams development.

Claude is much better at calling bull on nonsense prompts

Claude is wildly outperforming GPT and Gemini in BullshitBench. Its creator thinks some vendors may be losing touch with fundamentals.

UK National Timing Centre gets £180m more for GPS backup

Nationally distributed timing infrastructure is a go, says department, to "ensure industries are future-ready with accurate and reliable time".

Specialised AI silicon for everyone!

Hardware manufacturers are shipping specialised AI chips for everyone, from data centres to consumers.

Two different CVSS 10s offer root on Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

No reports yet that CVE-2026-20079 and CVE-2026-20131 are being exploited, but we happen to know Cisco 0days get quietly exploited for years.

Self-healing AI networks are coming, Google tells telcos

Google further teases AI agents that can no-code engineer networks.

AWS confirms two data centre locations hit by direct drone strikes in hyperscaler first

Throttled launches and a DynamoDB control plane hidden from users shows how hyperscalers deal when the public cloud takes a literal hit.

Iran goes to war, but experts say it's unlikely Red Sea cables are at risk

AWS taking a hit notwithstanding, theoretically vulnerable online infrastructure in the Red Sea is not at increased risk.

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