<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[ICT - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest ICT news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Fedora Linux 43 Exposes 20-Year-Old Microsoft Outlook Security Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Fedora Linux 43 users upgrading to the latest Dovecot mail server discovered something rather unsettling: some older Microsoft Outlook configurations may have been silently ignoring SSL/TLS settings for POP3 email connections for years. According to a Fedora community blog post, affected Outlook clients reportedly continued using insecure port 110 connections even when encryption was enabled in the application settings. The issue surfaced after Dovecot 2.4 disabled plaintext]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fedora-linux-43-exposes-20-year-old-microsoft-outlook-security-failure/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fedora-linux-43-exposes-20-year-old-microsoft-outlook-security-failure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Plots To Abandon US Tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Slashdot reader whitroth shares a report from Politico, with the caption: "shutting down Microsoft Office for the International Criminal Court (ICC) was clearly a wake-up call." From the report: The EU is moving to counter American dominance in technology by reaching for one of the oldest tools in its arsenal: industrial strategy. As the European Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce Europe's reliance on the foreign technology providers that underpin the modern economy, it was c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-plots-to-abandon-us-tech/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-plots-to-abandon-us-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MacBook Neo is So Popular That Apple Reportedly Doubled Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has reportedly doubled 2026 MacBook Neo production from 5 million to 10 million units after stronger-than-expected demand for its $599 budget laptop. MacRumors reports: On an earnings call in late April, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that customer response to the MacBook Neo was "off the charts," and the popularity of the laptop has reportedly led the company to significantly boost production. [...] Apple was very optimistic about the MacBook Neo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macbook-neo-is-so-popular-that-apple-reportedly-doubled-production/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macbook-neo-is-so-popular-that-apple-reportedly-doubled-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Launches 'Gemma 4 12B' AI Model That Can Run On Your Laptop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open AI model designed to run locally on your laptop without depending entirely on cloud infrastructure. WION reports: According to Google, the new model delivers performance close to much larger AI systems while requiring significantly less memory. The company says Gemma 4 12B can run locally on devices equipped with just 16GB of VRAM, making advanced AI more accessible to developers, researchers and businesses. The launch highlights a gro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-launches-gemma-4-12b-ai-model-that-can-run-on-your-laptop/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-launches-gemma-4-12b-ai-model-that-can-run-on-your-laptop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Shares Fitbit Air Blueprints So Anyone Can 3D-Print Accessories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has released (PDF) technical specs and 2D CAD drawings for the Fitbit Air to encourage users to make their own accessories. "These CAD drawings include crucial mating dimensions, tolerances, and mating force specifications -- including attach and detach force -- to help you build a high-quality accessory band," Google says on a store page listing. 9to5Google reports: Noting how the "community has already come up with innovative and creative new ideas to make the Fitbit Air [their] own" si]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-shares-fitbit-air-blueprints-so-anyone-can-3d-print-accessories/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-shares-fitbit-air-blueprints-so-anyone-can-3d-print-accessories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Plans Linux Tools, RTX Spark Desktop For Windows Devs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft's Build developer conference kicked off today, and as with almost everything the company has done in the last few years, Microsoft's opening keynote focused overwhelmingly on AI and other closely related technologies. [...] On the hardware front, we didn't get any updates for existing Surface devices (not counting yesterday's Surface Laptop Ultra announcement), but we did get something new: the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is "a compa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-plans-linux-tools-rtx-spark-desktop-for-windows-devs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-plans-linux-tools-rtx-spark-desktop-for-windows-devs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Workers Can Opt Out of Workplace Tracking for Up to 30 Minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is scaling back parts of its employee tracking initiative after staff objected to software that collected mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and other actions for AI training data. According to Reuters, the company will now let workers pause collection for up to 30 minutes and request exemptions. Reuters reports: [Stephane Kasriel, a vice president in Meta's AI model-building Superintelligence Labs unit] said the team behind the software had also introduced "several optimizations" to redu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-workers-can-opt-out-of-workplace-tracking-for-up-to-30-minutes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-workers-can-opt-out-of-workplace-tracking-for-up-to-30-minutes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Claims New Quantum Chip 1,000 Times Better Than Before]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft says its new Majorana 2 quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor, with qubits lasting about 20 seconds instead of milliseconds, and claims it could have a commercially useful quantum machine by 2029. The BBC reports: "We will have a quantum machine in 2029 that can solve commercially viable, reasonable problems," said Zulfi Alam, corporate vice president of Microsoft Quantum. That would still require huge further advances as such a device would require millions of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-claims-new-quantum-chip-1000-times-better-than-before/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-claims-new-quantum-chip-1000-times-better-than-before/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Android Gets Fake Call Detection That Uses RCS]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: Phone by Google wants to combat the "growing threat of impersonation scams" and protect Android users against "sophisticated, AI-powered deepfake attacks" with fake call detection. [...] Fake call detection requires that both parties are on Android and use the Phone by Google app, while Google Messages and Google Contacts also have to be installed. When a contact calls, their phone "sends a silent confirmation signal in real time to your devic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/android-gets-fake-call-detection-that-uses-rcs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/android-gets-fake-call-detection-that-uses-rcs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks To Robots, Ukraine Is Now Talking About Winning, Not Just Surviving]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from Defense One: A small but growing number of European officials and analysts are saying what four years ago was unthinkable: Ukraine isn't just surviving its grueling war with Russia, it is in some ways thriving and may even be on a path to victory. This isn't yet captured in headlines -- for example, about last weekend's barrage of Russian drones and missiles around Ukraine -- but in the details, like how some 90 percent were intercepted. Several long-term trends have sh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thanks-to-robots-ukraine-is-now-talking-about-winning-not-just-surviving/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thanks-to-robots-ukraine-is-now-talking-about-winning-not-just-surviving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Science Foundation's $368 million Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of more than 900 deep-sea instruments used to monitor ocean currents, marine ecosystems, carbon absorption, heat waves, fisheries, coastal flooding, and climate change. The NSF said it would send ships in June to begin the removal of the instruments anchored off Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina, and an area between Greenland and Iceland known as the I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-to-dismantle-ocean-monitoring-system/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-to-dismantle-ocean-monitoring-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Project Solara Is an OS For Devices That Run AI Agents Instead of Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows, with two working hardware designs so far, and an initial set of big-name companies lined up to run pilots. The platform, dubbed "Project Solara," is Microsoft's bet that AI will open up entirely new scenarios for computing -- using agents to avoid the constraints of traditional software, and off-the-sh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-project-solara-is-an-os-for-devices-that-run-ai-agents-instead-of-apps/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-project-solara-is-an-os-for-devices-that-run-ai-agents-instead-of-apps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematicians Warn of AI Threats to Profession As Industry Encroaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Leiden Declaration, endorsed by the International Mathematical Union and published on June 2, 2026, warns that AI could undermine mathematics by flooding the field with plausible but flawed proofs, weakening attribution, shifting incentives, and giving tech companies too much influence over research priorities. "Mathematicians should find it quite striking that tech companies are suddenly interested in their work," said Kevin Buzzard, a mathematician at Imperial College London, in a statem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Parliament Ditches Google For French Search Firm]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Parliament is replacing Google with French search engine Qwant as the default on in-house computers, citing digital sovereignty and privacy concerns. Politico reports: As of Thursday June 4, "Qwant will replace Google as default search engine on European Parliament computers," officials told lawmakers in an email seen by POLITICO. The change is being made "in line with the Parliament's commitment to digital sovereignty and the protection of users' personal data." The search-engine s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/european-parliament-ditches-google-for-french-search-firm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/european-parliament-ditches-google-for-french-search-firm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Spy Agency Says Foreign Spies Turned Officials' Smartphones Into Surveillance Devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russia's FSB claims foreign intelligence services compromised smartphones belonging to senior Russian officials, allegedly turning them into surveillance devices capable of stealing data, recording conversations, and activating microphones or cameras. "This software is used to steal existing data, eavesdrop on ongoing conversations, and conduct covert acoustic and video monitoring of the environment near electronic devices, all aimed at obtaining sensitive information," the FSB said. The Registe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russian-spy-agency-says-foreign-spies-turned-officials-smartphones-into-surveillance-devices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russian-spy-agency-says-foreign-spies-turned-officials-smartphones-into-surveillance-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Deliberately Bricking All Office For Mac 2019/2021 Installations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac will reportedly drop into "reduced functionality mode" on July 13, 2026, when a license-validation certificate expires, leaving perpetually licensed apps able to open files but not edit or save them. Slashdot reader joshuark shares a report from OSnews: "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion (2026) is a scheduled remote degradation of perpetually-licensed Microsoft Office software for macOS and iOS, set for July 13, 2026 when a license]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-deliberately-bricking-all-office-for-mac-20192021-installations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-deliberately-bricking-all-office-for-mac-20192021-installations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Unveils Scout, an Autonomous AI Agent Built On OpenClaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has unveiled Scout, an experimental always-on AI "autopilot" agent for Microsoft 365 that can operate across Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, calendars, contacts, browsers, and external apps via MCP. "Autopilots stay active in the background, understand how work gets done across your apps and systems, and take action without needing to be prompted each time," said Omar Shahine, a Microsoft veteran who recently announced he is leading a new team to bring OpenClaw-based personal ass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-unveils-scout-an-autonomous-ai-agent-built-on-openclaw/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-unveils-scout-an-autonomous-ai-agent-built-on-openclaw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Signs AI Executive Order Asking Companies To Give Government Early Access To Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking artificial intelligence companies to provide models to the federal government to assess their capabilities ahead of a full release. The order asks companies, on a voluntary basis, to participate in a benchmarking process to assess a model's "advanced cyber capabilities" and determine whether it should be considered a "covered frontier model." It then asks for access to those models u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-signs-ai-executive-order-asking-companies-to-give-government-early-access-to-models/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-signs-ai-executive-order-asking-companies-to-give-government-early-access-to-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adafruit Pauses Blog After Demand Letter From Flux.ai's Lawyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader Matt_Bennett shares a blog post from Adafruit: Adafruit received at 10:38 p.m. ET on May 22, 2026 a letter from former FBI chief of staff, Jonathan F. Lenzner, and partner at Fenwick &amp; West LLP, counsel for Flux, demanding, among other things, that Adafruit refrain from publishing an article addressing what the letter characterizes as false and potentially defamatory claims about Flux, including statements about Flux's intellectual property, commercial traction and u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/adafruit-pauses-blog-after-demand-letter-from-fluxais-lawyers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/adafruit-pauses-blog-after-demand-letter-from-fluxais-lawyers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[User-Replaceable Batteries Are Coming Back In a Big Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[New EU battery rules taking effect early next year are pushing tech makers toward user-replaceable batteries in products like headphones, e-readers, handheld consoles, laptops, and possibly earbuds. But carve-outs for smartphones and tablets may mean replaceable batteries won't necessarily return to phones in the way many users remember. The Verge's Dominic Preston reports: Since the upcoming law doesn't actually come into force until February 18th, 2027, companies still have plenty of time to g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/user-replaceable-batteries-are-coming-back-in-a-big-way/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/user-replaceable-batteries-are-coming-back-in-a-big-way/</guid></item></channel></rss>