This week on The Kettle, we mull over whether the Steam Deck is a canary in the coal mine for the future of hardware prices, and the effect of Blue Origin's blowout on NASA's Moon missions

Project Headroom could save you big money, too

Foundation sparks revolt after disbanding team responsible for many community- requested fixes and moderation tools

5, 4, 3, 2, 1... pfft

The energy drink of frontier models

And then Microsoft busted them all

CEO Todd McKinnon says customers including ServiceNow want an off switch

And you thought a face recognition app was intrusive?

Researcher reported the vuln in March. Maintainers haven't responded to his messages since

Red Hat engineer reckons the balance of risk has shifted, but core code stays off limits

California AG claims genetics biz downplayed 2023 mega-leak while paying ransom to attacker

Discussion understood to concern delayed SaaS transformation project

A billion AI agents walk into a power grid

Look, says Redmond, usage up 27-43% based on one week of data - admits it 'may not be indicative of long-term usage trends'

Hosting provider pulled the plug after police traced 200 servers to the Netherlands

TV and radio stations told to review current practices to align with public interest obligations

You and me go ChatGPhish-ing in the dark

Researchers say 'GREYVIBE' crew used AI tools throughout a campaign targeting Ukrainian military and government

Explosion wrecks rocket and pad, leaving NASA's lunar ambitions looking less than launch-ready

Telco giant says no sensitive data was taken, though names, addresses, phones, and emails are now out there

In a world of mass-produced bot-slopware, small is more beautiful than ever

Estonian academic fingers mobile tower-mounted devices as Kremlin tries to swat Ukrainian forces

What a wind-up!

Lawmakers push DoD to tighten smartphone controls after adversaries exploited commercial tracking data

Six 0-days, three under active exploitation, more to come on July 14?

It is the database titans sixth acquisition announcement since June 2025

Chocolate Factory shifts Tensor Processing Unit Ubuntu support back upstream

May security update trips over hostnames of a very specific length

Get the balance right, Grundfos says, and the region will be a shining example of how to do it without sacrificing the environment

Andrew Kelley interview describes paying monthly for cloud-powered AI coding as an 'insane proposition'

Refresh cycle sluggishness is a tailwind, insists PC giant's money people

Systems based on Snapdragon C to target students, families, and small businesses

DNS-AID, under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, promises easier agent discovery

Same handheld, same specs, just a much steeper bill

Travel and leisure giant was just one of many victims of the cybercrooks' crime spree this year

Experimental build boots on Raspberry Pi 5, but for now the joy is mostly in getting there

Feds say insider used confidential search trend data to score $1.2M in prediction market profits

Mayor's office says force only engaged with one supplier before deputy refused to approve deal worth up to 50M

Redundancy notices and sentiment survey land in inboxes on same day in what tech services biz calls 'commitment to listen'

Also somehow censoring too much while refusing to hand over account ban evidence for review