Pentagon ends Microsoft’s use of China-based support staff for DoD cloud Summary The US Department of Defence has ordered Microsoft to stop using China-based engineers to support Azure cloud systems…
GitHub engineer claims team was ‘coerced’ to put Grok into Copilot Summary Microsoft-owned GitHub has added xAI’s Grok Code Fast 1 model to GitHub Copilot as an opt-in public preview,…
AWS catches Russia’s Cozy Bear clawing at Microsoft credentials Summary Amazon said it disrupted a watering-hole campaign run by Russia-linked APT29 (aka Cozy Bear / Midnight Blizzard) that attempted to…
AI web crawlers are destroying websites in their never-ending hunger for any and all content Content summary AI-powered web crawlers are generating enormous, often destructive traffic as they harvest content…
AMD Ryzen CPUs fry twice in the face of heavy math load, GMP says Summary The GMP open-source precision-arithmetic project reports it has “fried two Ryzen 9950X CPUs” while running…
Stellantis Shelves Level 3 Driver-Assistance Program Summary Stellantis has put its in-house Level 3 driver-assistance effort—part of the AutoDrive programme—on hold. Reuters reporting, summarised by Slashdot, says the decision was…
Microsoft Expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to Cheaper Game Pass Tiers Summary Microsoft is running an Xbox Insider test that expands Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) to cheaper Game Pass tiers. Subscribers…
Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models Summary Microsoft has announced two in-house AI models: MAI-Voice-1, a high-speed, high-fidelity speech-generation model now live in Copilot (Daily and Podcasts) and available to…
Amtrak’s New 160mph Acela Trains Take Just As Long As the Old Ones Summary Amtrak’s new 160mph tilting Acela (Avelia Liberty) trains have begun service on the Northeast Corridor. They…
Florida Deploys Robot Rabbits To Control Invasive Burmese Python Population Summary The South Florida Water Management District, together with University of Florida researchers, deployed 120 solar-powered robot rabbits in the…
