Meta admits its first ‘superintelligence’ was too stupid to survive for three days
Meta has withdrawn the first image generation product created by its Superintelligence Labs fewer than 72 hours after launch. The […]
Month: July 2026
User crippled a network while trying to learn Nmap
WHO, ME? Welcome to the working week, dear reader, which as always we open with a fresh instalment of “Who, […]
Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing its core tech secrets
Apple has filed a lawsuit against former employees who now work at OpenAI, and the AI upstart itself, alleging theft […]
AI needs a home, not a hotel
AI discussions have moved past which model to run or which use case to tackle first. Enterprises developing their own […]
Lenovo denies using banned Chinese SSDs where they’re not allowed
ASIA IN BRIEF Lenovo has denied it sells laptops that include banned Chinese storage devices where they’re not allowed. An […]
Memory makers are slaves to the boom-bust rollercoaster, and the AI boom is the wildest ride of all
It’s a good time to be in the memory business. As the AI datacenter business booms, SK Hynix and Micron’s […]
It’s an AI web, and we’re just rats in the walls
OPINION Things you might not know about me. I was the first person to write a popular article about the […]
AI customers are coming around to the idea that small is beautiful
To cater to the broadest possible market, OpenAI and Anthropic build ever-larger models capable of making a brute-force attempt to […]
Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country’s electricity
Electricity used by datacenters in Ireland increased by 10 percent during 2025, despite an effective moratorium on most new datacenter […]
Slothful summer app lets you scroll simply by tilting your head
HANDS HEAD ON Have you ever felt so lazy that reaching up to scroll on your MacBook’s trackpad was too […]