Why AI writing is so generic, boring, and dangerous: Semantic ablation
The subtractive bias we’re ignoring opinion Just as the community adopted the term “hallucination” to describe additive errors, we must […]
Month: February 2026
Secondhand laptop market goes ‘mainstream’ amid memory crunch
Budget-conscious buyers in Europe voting with their wallet Sales of refurbished PCs are on the up amid shortages of key […]
Open source registries don’t have enough money to implement basic security
Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money fosdem 2026 Open source registries are in financial peril, a co-founder […]
X users howl into the void as timelines fail to load
‘All systems operational,’ says status page – real life suggests otherwise Elon Musk-owned social media platform X is experiencing an […]
KPMG partner in Oz turned to AI to pass an exam on… AI
Unnamed consultant – one of a dozen cases at the company’s Australian arm – now nursing a fine AIpocolypse A […]
You probably can’t trust your password manager if it’s compromised
Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options Academics say they found a series of flaws affecting three […]
Oracle vows ‘new era’ for MySQL as users sharpen their forks
Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to reset Oracle has promised a “decisive new approach” to MySQL, the […]
Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake
Bungled link handed over sensitive docs, and when recipient didn’t cooperate, police opted for cuffs Dutch police have arrested a […]
Canada Goose ruffles feathers over 600K record dump, says leak is old news
Fashion brand latest to succumb to ShinyHunters’ tricks Canada Goose says an advertised breach of 600,000 records is an old […]
Final step to put new website into production deleted it instead
02:00 AM is not the time to ignore procedures and rely on a shortcut to do a tricky job Who, […]