Talking smack about a doctor got him access to private medical files
PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we focus on security own-goals so you can avoid them. This […]
Month: July 2026
Google is hoarding TPUs to develop Artificial General Intelligence
Google’s parent company Alphabet is managing its fleet of AI accelerators to prioritize research on artificial general intelligence, rather than […]
OpenAI scored an own goal with HuggingFace attack, showing how open Chinese models are winning
OPINION OpenAI has acknowledged its models powered the autonomous agents that compromised HuggingFace infrastructure. It might be taken as a […]
Sovereign AI is ‘nonsense,’ says Doctorow
OPINION Cory Doctorow, tech gadfly and coiner of the eminently relevant term “enshittification,” posted a useful argument on Wednesday related […]
Web app turns your old phone into a new smart display
HANDS ON If you’ve got a drawer full of old phones, unloved tablets, or even an ancient monitor, you can […]
Google Cloud is killing it
Since the beginning of the year, several people have remarked to me off the cuff, apropos of nothing in particular: […]
Fresh off AI layoffs, Block now wants to whack Slack with agent-human collab tool
After cutting over 4,000 jobs due to AI, fintech biz Block is back with Buzz, a shared workspace where humans […]
Astronomers spot exomoon candidate that’s almost as massive as Jupiter
Scientists may have found the first moon outside our Solar System – depending on what astronomers ultimately decide counts as […]
Linux kernel team publishes 432 CVEs in two days
If you’re responsible for Linux security, someone just dumped a pile of work onto your desk: 432 Linux kernel CVEs […]
Latest Musk merch drop runs entirely on child labor
Tesla’s latest vehicle has two wheels, no motor, and a target market still mastering walking: the $225 Balance Bike for […]