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Unfortunate Company Accidentally Blows Half a Billion Dollars on Claude in One Month

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:30:44 +0000

Unfortunate Company Accidentally Blows Half a Billion Dollars on Claude in One Month:

Regarding the unnamed and deeply unfortunate company, an AI consultant told the outlet that it blew a staggering $500 million in a month after the small oversight of “failing to put usage limits on Claude licenses for employees.”

Artificial intelligence: Why Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary wants to build a massive data center in Utah.

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:27:17 +0000

Artificial intelligence: Why Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary wants to build a massive data center in Utah.: some of the water taken to cool the hot-running, desert-sited servers would become part of a “closed-loop” system that flushes out used water back into the Great Salt Lake. That line has also been pushed by Cox, the governor,… Continue reading

Meta’s AI chatbot reportedly helped hackers steal Instagram accounts — all they had to do was ask

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:43:03 +0000

Meta’s AI chatbot reportedly helped hackers steal Instagram accounts — all they had to do was ask:

The hacking method reportedly relied on exploiting Meta’s AI chatbot. Hackers would use a VPN to set their location to be near their target. They would then allegedly ask the support bot to add a new email address to the targeted account. The bot would then send a verification code to the provided email address, then provide a “Reset password” button after the hacker entered the code. Once the password was reset, the hacker would take over the account. A purported video of the process was shared by an X user.

Meta laid of 8000 people. It’s AI chatbot then helped hackers get into Instagram accounts.

Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code – Ars Technica

admin — Sun, 31 May 2026 13:53:47 +0000

Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code – Ars Technica:

On Wednesday, Ramon Batllet, a Java developer who used jqwik, spotted the prompt injection and took to GitHub to discuss it with Link. Batllet said they had no objection to developers excluding their apps from being used by AI coding agents or testing whether coding agents are violating such terms. They went on, however, to question the ethics and judgment of the potentially destructive payload.

“The chosen string instructs the agent to delete jqwik tests and code—a maximally destructive instruction with no qualifications, no opt-out, and no ‘warn the user first’ preamble,” Batllet wrote. “If a less-robust agent had followed it on a real consumer machine, the outcomes range from inconvenient to severe.” Elsewhere, the Java developer said that Anthropic’s Claude AI code tool flagged the malicious instruction without following it. The point remains, though, that developers using vulnerable agents may not be so lucky./blockquote>

Donald Trump Lashes Out at Pope Leo for Meeting With Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

admin — Sun, 31 May 2026 11:34:58 +0000

Donald Trump Lashes Out at Pope Leo for Meeting With Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote without providing any evidence to support his allegation. “Governor Pritzker also!”

Trunmp is crashing out.

Students saved from Texas’ Pleasure Pier roller coaster

admin — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:10:06 +0000

Students saved from Texas’ Pleasure Pier roller coaster: “The ride experienced a malfunction at its initial ascent, however, as designed, it immediately stopped to keep everyone safe,” Turney said in a statement. “A thorough inspection of the ride will take place before it is placed back in service,” he added. No word if they are… Continue reading

Is the Trump phone finally here? Here are six things we’ve learned about Trump Mobile

admin — Wed, 27 May 2026 12:11:35 +0000

Is the Trump phone finally here? Here are six things we’ve learned about Trump Mobile:

The box says “proudly assembled in the USA”.

There’s also the original claim that the Trump phone would be made in America. At some point, Trump Mobile changed its website to remove that language, replacing it with “American-proud design.” (That has since further morphed into “Proudly American.”) According to NBC, the actual box for the phone says it is “proudly assembled in the USA.”

Filled up the glide. Surprise, AZ

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:37:33 +0000

Insane.

Ted Cruz says GOP senators were ‘screaming’ at Todd Blanche during ‘anti-weaponization’ fund briefing

admin — Sun, 24 May 2026 13:29:43 +0000

Ted Cruz says GOP senators were ‘screaming’ at Todd Blanche during ‘anti-weaponization’ fund briefing:

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., called the fund a “payout pot for punks,” referencing the fact that the Trump administration had not ruled out the possibility that people convicted of participating in the Jan. 6 riot could be compensated by the fund.

CEO Walks Back Comment About Replacing ‘Lower-Value Human Capital’ With AI

admin — Thu, 21 May 2026 13:41:53 +0000

CEO Walks Back Comment About Replacing ‘Lower-Value Human Capital’ With AI:

Speaking to journalists before the presentation on Tuesday, Winters said: “It’s not cost cutting. It’s replacing in some cases lower-value human capital with the financial capital and the investment capital we’re putting in.”

Meta cuts 8,000 jobs in sweeping global layoffs | Technology News | Al Jazeera

admin — Thu, 21 May 2026 02:53:50 +0000

Meta cuts 8,000 jobs in sweeping global layoffs | Technology News | Al Jazeera:

“The way to think about the investment is that we’re making a bet [on] the individual things that people care about, and that people are going to be more important in the future,” Zuckerberg said in an earnings call in April.

Musk’s failed court attack on OpenAI could leave lasting scars on Altman’s reputation

admin — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:33:16 +0000

Musk’s failed court attack on OpenAI could leave lasting scars on Altman’s reputation: “This verdict removes the single largest legal threat to a public offering,” said James Rubinowitz, a trial lawyer and AI specialist. “That said, even in victory, OpenAI walks away with the worst documentary evidence about its governance now permanently in the public… Continue reading

Waymo cars become trapped in Atlanta suburb after glitch

admin — Sat, 16 May 2026 15:53:49 +0000

Waymo cars become trapped in Atlanta suburb after glitch:

ake community feedback seriously and have already addressed this routing behavior

PowerMate Driver

admin — Fri, 15 May 2026 23:24:05 +0000

John Gruber’s post on DaringFireball about the Griffin PowerMate reminded me that I still own one. I had more or less given up on it after Griffin stopped supporting newer versions of macOS, but his write-up got me curious again.

Unfortunately, the repository Gruber linked to targets the original USB version of the PowerMate, while mine is the Bluetooth LE model. That distinction turned out to matter quite a bit.

That ended up being the motivation to build a driver specifically for the BLE version. I did find an older Objective-C implementation (credited in my repository README), which served as a useful reference, but I’ve since rebuilt it in modern Swift 5.9 with the required entitlements and macOS support.

Check it out on GitHub

ChatGPT Can Now Connect to Your Financial Accounts for Budgeting Advice – MacRumors

admin — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:52:38 +0000

ChatGPT Can Now Connect to Your Financial Accounts for Budgeting Advice – MacRumors:

Egads!

Apple Quietly Just Gave Your Mac an Unexpected New Feature

admin — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:32:45 +0000

Apple Quietly Just Gave Your Mac an Unexpected New Feature: With the new Power Control setting turned on, your iMac, Mac Mini or Mac Studio will automatically turn on when reconnected to power. So if it’s off, you can just unplug and replug it into a power outlet and it’ll automatically turn on. It’ll also… Continue reading

Dejected Trump Reacts to China Meeting With 9-Word Response

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:35:02 +0000

Dejected Trump Reacts to China Meeting With 9-Word Response:

Sometimes people don’t like me saying it, but I say it anyway because it’s true. I only say the truth.

HA HA HA

Utility Provider Cutting Electricity for 50k Lake Tahoe Residents to Power AI Data Centers

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:20:29 +0000

Utility Provider Cutting Electricity for 50k Lake Tahoe Residents to Power AI Data Centers:

Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse? – Ars Technica

admin — Sun, 10 May 2026 13:52:19 +0000

Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse? – Ars Technica:

A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure

admin — Sun, 10 May 2026 13:05:16 +0000

A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure:

“We get this notification from Fayette County water system saying you need to stop watering your lawns to help conserve water,” said James Clifton, an attorney and property rights advocate who obtained and shared the 2025 letter to QTS.

“So the first thing they do is lean on the individuals and the citizens to stop water consumption when we have QTS that’s just absolutely draining us — most months it’s the No. 1 consumer of water in the county,” said Clifton, who is also running for a seat on the Fayette County Board of Commissioners.