Boffins probe commercial AI models, find an entire Harry Potter book (2026/01/09) Dark copyright evasion magic makes light work of developers' guardrails
Snowflake buys Observe to make 'Days Since Last Outage' counters obsolete (2026/01/09) Nice idea, because its own cloudy services keep wobbling
While you pay through the nose for memory, Samsung expects to triple its profits in Q4 (2026/01/09) Memory pricing expected to surge another 60% in Q1 with relief years away
As agents run amok, CrowdStrike's $740M SGNL deal aims to help get a grip on identity security (2026/01/08) Authentication is basically solved. Authorization is another thing entirely...
ChatGPT Health wants your sensitive medical records so it can play doctor (2026/01/08) It's for less consequential health-related matters, where being wrong won't kill customers
Pay and pray: Nvidia reportedly wants money up front for Chinese H200 orders (2026/01/08) Beijing could green-light sales to select customers as soon as this quarter
Google pushing Gemini into Gmail, but you can turn it off (2026/01/08) Love Google AI Overviews? Now they're in your inbox
Patch Cisco ISE bug now before attackers abuse proof-of-concept exploit (2026/01/08) No reports of active exploitation … yet
Linus Torvalds: Stop making an issue out of AI slop in kernel docs – you're not changing anybody's mind (2026/01/08) 'Because the AI slop people aren't going to document their patches as such'
Why colos are city slickers and hyperscalers are country bumpkins (2026/01/08) One wants customers next door, the other wants cheap power
ISS spacewalk postponed over mystery astronaut malady (2026/01/08) NASA mulling options, including an early trip home
Ransomware attacks kept climbing in 2025 as gangs refused to stay dead (2026/01/08) Cop wins hit crime infrastructure, not the people behind it
Trump spectrum sale leaves airlines with $4.5B bill for altimeter do-over (2026/01/08) Just refreshed to avoid 5G interference? Do it again, FAA tells industry, as Upper C-band auction looms
CISA flags actively exploited Office relic alongside fresh HPE flaw (2026/01/08) Max-severity OneView hole joins a PowerPoint bug that should've been retired years ago
AOSP on a diet plan as Google halves Android code drops (2026/01/08) Two a year is for your own good, Mountain View insists
UK regulators swarm X after Grok generated nudes from photos (2026/01/08) Lawyers say Musk's platform may face punishment under Online Safety Act priority offenses
Maximum-severity n8n flaw lets randos run your automation server (2026/01/08) Unauthenticated RCE means anyone on the network can seize full control
OpenAI putting bandaids on bandaids as prompt injection problems keep festering (2026/01/08) Happy Groundhog Day!
Yes, criminals are using AI to vibe-code malware (2026/01/08) Interview They also hallucinate when writing ransomware code
Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first (2026/01/08) Synthetic cephalopod skin could be used in architecture and computer displays as well as background-matching subterfuge