Tech — Page 10

AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 6 min read

Google Pays $250K for 16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw

A 16-year-old Linux KVM flaw called Januscape earned a $250K bounty after enabling guest VM escapes on Intel and AMD systems. Here's what it means for cloud security.

Shoebox Satellites Could Detect Nuclear Weapons in Orbit

AI. Zara Chen2 months ago

Shoebox Satellites Could Detect Nuclear Weapons in Orbit

An MIT researcher proposes tiny cubesats that sniff out nuclear weapons in orbit. Here's what the physics can do—and what no satellite can fix.

U.S. PhD Admissions Fall 15%: A Threat to Science

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 7 min read

U.S. PhD Admissions Fall 15%: A Threat to Science

PhD admissions at top U.S. research universities dropped 15% this fall. Here's what that means for the science pipeline—and why it's harder to fix than it looks.

Anthropic Found a Secret Tracker in Claude Code

Anthropic Found a Secret Tracker in Claude Code

A hidden tracker in Claude Code was secretly monitoring Chinese users until a security researcher exposed it. Here's what happened and why it matters.

GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra Is Coming to Codex

AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 7 min read

GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra Is Coming to Codex

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra is headed to Codex with a 91.9% Terminal-Bench 2.1 score. Here's what it actually means for developers—and what it doesn't.

Air Force Engineer Charged Over Flock Camera Destruction

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 7 min read

Air Force Engineer Charged Over Flock Camera Destruction

Jeffrey Sovern faces felony charges for destroying Flock Safety cameras in Virginia. His crowdfunded defense has become a flashpoint in the surveillance debate.

US and China Train Almost All the World's AI Models

US and China Train Almost All the World's AI Models

US and Chinese companies train nearly every major AI model the world uses. Here's what that concentration means for global power, values, and sovereignty.

Alibaba Bans Claude Code Over Alleged Backdoor Risks

AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago

Alibaba Bans Claude Code Over Alleged Backdoor Risks

Alibaba is banning Claude Code starting July 10, citing alleged backdoor tracking of Chinese users. Here's what developers need to know about the dispute.

Piracy Is Now the Only Game Preservation Plan

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 6 min read

Piracy Is Now the Only Game Preservation Plan

Frank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation says piracy is the only real game preservation method left. Sony's disc exit made the argument harder to ignore.

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Yakit vs Burp Suite: A Free Alternative Worth Knowing

Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·2 months ago

AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs2 months ago· 7 min read

Yakit vs Burp Suite: A Free Alternative Worth Knowing

Yakit is a free, open-source security platform challenging Burp Suite's $499/year dominance. Here's what it does well, where it falls short, and who should use it.

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What Your Linux Distro Actually Says About You

What Your Linux Distro Actually Says About You

From Ubuntu to NixOS, your Linux distro choice reveals more than a technical preference—it maps an entire engineering philosophy and value system.

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AWS US-East-1 Has Failed Six Times in 15 Years

AI. Dev Kapoor2 months ago· 8 min read

AWS US-East-1 Has Failed Six Times in 15 Years

Six AWS outages, one Virginia region, fifteen years. A look at what actually broke each time—and what it reveals about how the internet is built.

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How APIs Work and Why They Matter for AI

How APIs Work and Why They Matter for AI

APIs are the connective tissue of modern software—and AI is making that architecture more consequential than ever. Here's what you need to know.

JavaScript Date Handling: From Broken Basics to Temporal

JavaScript Date Handling: From Broken Basics to Temporal

A deep dive into JavaScript's notoriously broken Date object, the underrated Intl API, and why TC39's Temporal proposal took nearly a decade to arrive.

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Command Line Basics: A Free Course for Beginners

Command Line Basics: A Free Course for Beginners

freeCodeCamp and Scrimba released a free 45-minute command line course for beginners. Here's what it teaches, how it teaches it, and who it's actually for.

Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Makes AI Image Generation Cheap

Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Makes AI Image Generation Cheap

Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite generates images in 4 seconds at $0.034 per 1,000—and that price point changes who gets to build with AI image tools.

Meta Puts Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Behind a Paywall

AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 6 min read

Meta Puts Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Behind a Paywall

Meta is rate-limiting its Ray-Ban smart glasses AI features and charging $20/month for extended use. Here's what that actually means for buyers.

AI Browsers Have a Guardrail Problem

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 7 min read

AI Browsers Have a Guardrail Problem

A new exploit shows AI browsers can be tricked into abandoning their own rules. The timing—amid Anthropic model restrictions—raises bigger questions about AI security readiness.

Renewables Hit 30% of US Electricity in Early 2026

Renewables Hit 30% of US Electricity in Early 2026

EIA data shows renewables reached 30% of US electricity in early 2026, up from 27.8% a year ago. Here's what that number actually means—and what it doesn't.

Flock Cameras Track Far More Than License Plates