Less than a year on, Microsoft tells Mico to pipe down
Microsoft has yanked Mico from the Copilot spotlight less than a year after unveiling the anthropomorphic assistant intended to make […]
Month: August 2026
Autonomous AI attacks pose ‘clear and present danger’ to critical infrastructure
In early July, attackers used open source AI agents to autonomously hack government systems and energy companies, signaling to defenders […]
BOFH: How our Covid ransomware protocol’s Y2K blockchain lowered uptime
EPISODE 15: The Boss has popped into Mission Control to remind us to send him the numbers he needs for […]
Crypto wallet maker Trezor confirms 13,000 customers’ details exposed in logistics breach
Cryptocurrency hardware wallet maker Trezor has confirmed that a breach at one of its shipping partners exposed the personal data […]
Claude Code returns blank thinking blocks, but reasoning still costs you
Anthropic’s Claude Code appears to be having trouble displaying summaries of its “thinking,” according to several bug reports, while the […]
Scottish prosecutors cast eye over leaky supplier after staff data exposed
Scotland’s public prosecution service has warned 300 staff that their personal information may have been caught up in a cyberattack […]
Microsoft’s dueling Copilot apps have combined into a single entity
Microsoft’s consumer Copilot app and Microsoft 365 Copilot are separate no more, with a unified Copilot app beginning its rollout […]
Give Google the boot by building your own search engine
If you’re fed up with search results drowning out the bits of the web you actually care about, you could […]
OpenAI ditches Recall-style screenshot surveillance for friendly keylogging
If you want to record whatever you do on a computer, send those records to OpenAI, use more ChatGPT tokens, […]
New Zealand says China tried using space investments to spy on local affairs
New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has claimed Chinese companies are building space facilities in the nation to gather military […]