A 16-Year-Old SQLite Bug Disrupted Tailscale for Months
A race condition bug dormant in SQLite since 2010 caused months of data corruption at Tailscale, until a custom-built logging extension finally exposed it.
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Elon Musk Plans Sevenfold Expansion of xAI Data Centers by 2027
Elon Musk wants to grow xAI's data center power capacity from 1.4 to 10 gigawatts by the end of 2027, expecting up to 500 billion dollars in annual revenue.
AI Agents at Work: When a Downloaded Skill Becomes a Backdoor
Freely downloadable skills, manipulated MCP servers and stolen session tokens: AI agents bring new entry points when security arrives after the fact.
European Data Protection in Flux: US Transfers, Fresh ECJ Rulings and the Digital Omnibus
A fine against Character.AI, doubts about US data transfers, two ECJ rulings and a reform package: European data protection is moving on several fronts.
The ChatGPT App for Linux Is Here, But With One Major Gap
OpenAI releases the ChatGPT app for Linux as a preview, but it lacks the Computer Use feature found in the Windows and Mac versions.
Anthropic Watermarks All AI Content Generated by Claude
Anthropic will watermark all of Claude's AI output with embedded marks and signed metadata to meet the transparency requirements of the EU AI Act.
Amazon's New AI Data Center in Texas: Gas Plant Could Be the Largest CO2 Emitter in the US
Amazon is building a 7.65-gigawatt gas plant in Texas for an AI data center that could become the largest US emitter at up to 33 million tons of CO2 a year.
AI Strains the Upload: AT&T Expands Its Network at 600 MHz
AT&T is expanding its network at 600 MHz to strengthen the historically weak US upload and support growing AI traffic and agent-based applications.
Curl Needs Windows Experts: The Security Team Has an OS Problem
Curl creator Daniel Stenberg is seeking Windows-experienced help because nobody on his seven-person security team wants to work with Microsoft's OS.