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I scanned my home network and found three devices I didn't recognize — one was a security nightmare

Most people trust their router's connected device list as a source of truth, and that's where the trouble starts. The...

Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands

Anthropic has spent much of this week fighting to get its newest AI models back online after the Trump...

Pluralistic: The (real) dead economy theory (17 Jun 2026)

Today's links The (real) dead economy theory: Vibes and memestocks, all the way down. Hey look at this: Delights to...

Bitcoin Slides as Fed Says It Will 'Deliver Price Stability' Under Kevin Warsh

The first FOMC meeting under new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh produced the expected result, yet Bitcoin and other...

Modernizing Meeting Spaces: How Agentic Control and Intelligent Framing Redefine Hybrid Work

Neat is using agentic AI, intelligent framing, and flexible room modes to turn passive video endpoints into “thinking...

Nvidia-backed optics vendor to boost wafer output by 4x to meet AI interconnect demand

As AI systems grow larger, optics are playing a larger part in their design – so much so that at Computex earlier...

Breaking: Trump asks the impossible of Anthropic

In January 2024, I warned that the politics and inadequacy of guardrails would become a central issue for our times. ...

Every time I crawl back to Windows, EndeavourOS pulls me home to Linux

I dual-boot Windows and Linux (via EndeavourOS) on my gaming laptop. The setup made sense in theory: Windows for the...

AI Will Lead To Labor Shortages, Bezos Says In Optimistic Talk

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Artificial Intelligence will lead to labour shortages, not the...

Military Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Murdered Human Trafficking Victims

The US military has engaged in extrajudicial killings via drone strikes since it was first shown this tech could be...

Fed holds rates steady in first decision under new Chairman Kevin Warsh

"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what

Late last week, Anthropic took its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline following a United States...