π This week's tech stories:
π° Microsoft's Pricing Revolution - Say goodbye to volume discounts. From November 1st, everyone pays the same rate for Microsoft 365, Teams, and Exchange Online. Enterprise IT leaders, your renewal deadline is approaching fast.
π‘οΈ Netstar's Brave Stand - When ransomware hit South Africa's vehicle tracking giant, they refused to pay. Two months later, 2 million customers' data was leaked on the dark web. A stark reminder of why incident response matters.
π AI in Space - China's Wukong AI just supported a 6Β½ hour spacewalk aboard the Tiangong space station. While NASA focuses on conversation, China's building tactical AI for navigation and operations.
π΅ The Band That Never Was - Meet Velvet Sundown, the "retro band" with millions of streams that turned out to be an elaborate AI hoax designed to test our digital skepticism.
π Plus: The 1986 hack that started cybersecurity, and why the CIA's Kryptos sculpture remains uncracked after 30 years.
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