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Claude is his copilot: Rust veteran designs new Rue programming language with help from AI bot
Naming a new programming language "Rue" sounds like an acknowledgment of doubt about the project's prospects, if you take "Rue" to mean "regret."…
Users prompt Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot to remove clothes in photos then 'apologize' for it
Grok, the AI chatbot owned and operated by Elon Musk's xAI, is facing a firestorm of outrage after users prompted it to create images of naked and scantily clad people from real photographs, some of whom are underage.…
Headset hype meets harsh reality as Apple and Meta VR shipments fizzle in 2025
Apple’s pricey Vision Pro VR headset had a tough 2025.…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadell becomes AI influencer, asks us all to move beyond slop
Microsoft CEO and head AI peddler Satya Nadella wants you to know that it's time for the next phase of AI acceptance, where we focus on how humans are empowered by tools and agents and how we deploy resources to support this growth.…
Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges tied to the 2016 theft of about 120,000 bitcoins from the Bitfinex exchange and was sentenced to five years in prison, has been released after roughly 14 months in the slammer.…
Cybercrook claims to be selling infrastructure info about three major US utilities
A cybercrook claims to have breached Pickett and Associates, a Florida-based engineering firm whose clients include major US utilities, and is selling what they claim to be about 139 GB of engineering data about Tampa Electric Company, Duke Energy Florida, and American Electric Power. The price is 6.5 bitcoin, which amounts to about $585,000.…
Finnish cops grill crew of ship suspected of undersea cable sabotage
Finnish police have arrested and are interviewing two crew members from a class A cargo ship sailing from Russia after suspected cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea.…
Finally - a terminal solution to the browser wars
Old-time web users will fondly remember Lynx, a text-only browser that ran from the terminal. Now, there's a Sixel-compatible web browser that runs completely from the terminal, and has all the graphics and modern features you'd expect. …
Google snaps up datacenter power biz Intersect while xAI plans more capacity
The AI-fueled datacenter boom continues apace, with Google parent Alphabet moving to acquire energy and infrastructure biz Intersect, while Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly planning to expand beyond its already huge complex in Tennessee.…
Brit lands invite-only Aussie visa after uncovering vuln in government systems
A British security researcher has secured Australia's strictest, invite-only visa after discovering a critical vulnerability in a government system.…
Starlink to lower orbits of thousands of satellites over safety concerns
Starlink is to lower the orbits of about half its satellite constellation over the course of this year, citing safety concerns.…
LockBit takedown architect gets New Year award from King Charles
A senior British crimefighter has been awarded one of the country's highest tributes for public service for his role in the 2024 LockBit ransomware takedown.…