Not in my browser! Vivaldi capo doubles down on generative AI ban
Summary Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi, has reiterated the company’s refusal to embed generative AI into its browser. In a blog post and interview with The Register he argues…
DHS says it needs $100M worth of counter-drone tech to protect America
DHS says it needs $100M worth of counter-drone tech to protect America Summary The US Department of Homeland Security has posted a procurement notice indicating plans to acquire more than…
vSphere upgrades are not near the top of VMware’s to-do list
vSphere upgrades are not near the top of VMware’s to-do list Summary When VMware delivered Cloud Foundation 9 it effectively completed a two-year integration of its compute, storage and networking…
DOGE delayed deals, says Nutanix
DOGE delayed deals, says Nutanix Summary Nutanix told investors that DOGE, the Trump administration’s cost-cutting task force, has lengthened deal cycles and added variability to US federal sales due to…
Five years – that’s how long Anthropic will store Claude chats unless you opt out
Summary Anthropic will change the default data-collection setting for Claude on its Free, Pro and Max consumer plans so that, unless users opt out, new or resumed chats and coding…
Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations
Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations Summary Microsoft AI (MAI) has announced two in-house models: MAI-Voice-1, a very fast text-to-speech generator, and MAI-1-preview, a mixture-of-experts model earmarked for…
Older developers are down with the vibe coding vibe
Older developers are down with the vibe coding vibe Summary A Fastly survey of 791 US developers finds experienced engineers (more than 10 years’ experience) are far more likely to…
FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned ‘nearly every American’
FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned ‘nearly every American’ Summary A senior FBI cyber official warns that China-backed Salt Typhoon harvested data from millions of people — potentially “nearly every…
China’s KylinOS Linux takes a great leap forward to v11 and kernel 6.6
China’s KylinOS Linux takes a great leap forward to v11 and kernel 6.6 Summary KylinSoft has released KylinOS 11, a major update built on the Linux 6.6 kernel. The new…
China turns on giant neutrino detector that took a decade to build
China turns on giant neutrino detector that took a decade to build Summary China has begun operations of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Experiment (JUNO), a decade-in-the-making facility aimed at studying…