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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/after-severe-76-percent-electricity-price-hikes-due-to-ai-data-centers-virginia-requires-firms-to-pay-for-all-dedicated-upstream-electrical-infrastructure-state-regulators-crack-down-governor-says-move-will-save-civilians-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/thousands-of-servers-can-be-backdoored-by-exploiting-buggy-motherboard-controllers/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/china-launches-mysterious-probe-into-security-of-palo-alto-networks-products/5284453

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Turning two Mars testbeds into one lunar explorer may prove anything but cheap:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2228894/eu-announces-new-rules-on-ai-transparency/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.cnet.com/science/space/august-lunar-eclipse-north-america/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2229768/open-ai-says-apple-is-wrong-in-trade-secret-lawsuit/

janrinok writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-first-self-driving-vehicle-on-mars-has-proven-to-be-a-smashing-success/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/03/police-national-legal-database-confirms-data-theft-after-dark-web-leak/5282332

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/08/04/nasa-puts-astronauts-lives-in-the-hands-of-teslas-flaky-cybertruck/5282628

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/ai-chatbots-have-failed-people-in-crisis-can-that-be-fixed/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Keyloggers, audio-visual surveillance, and token theft on CaptivePortal's agenda as hospitality sector put on alert:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/03/ai-slop-pollutes-the-cve-pipeline-with-fake-vulns/5282462

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Governor who touted Texas as AI "epicenter" pauses data center grid connections:

BMW has boldly gone where no car maker should ever have went. Advertisements in cars. The ultimate in distraction for the modern driver. It takes the concept of a vehicle that is fully connected to a whole new level. For now the ad is optional; users must click it for it to display.

OpenAI Reveals Its Rogue Agent Swarm Went A Little Bit Borg Ahead Of Hugging Face HackArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/06/openai-reveals-its-rogue-agent-swarm-went-a-little-bit-borg-ahead-of-hugging-face-hack/5283741

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Medevac Flight Lost Signal Before Flying Into A Mountain, Killing Everyone Onboard:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-linux-desktop-finally-cracks-the-10-market-share-barrier/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.cnet.com/science/space/an-abandoned-spacex-rocket-crashed-into-the-moon-heres-what-happened/

looorg writes:Every token counts. Price per AI model.Deepseek V4-Flash about 105 times cheaper than Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Victims told the FBI they were experiencing flooding and loss of water pressure due to the hacks:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Proposals span AI productivity scores, keystroke logging, biometrics, and other ways to watch workers:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:A Louisiana launch site would offer several significant advantages:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/08/04/cloud-giants-pour-nearly-600b-into-capex-as-ai-demand-surges/5282679

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/07/31/uk-wants-datacenters-to-pay-a-fee-for-grid-connection-requests/5281248

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/31/tech-buyers-are-baking-in-sovereignty-from-day-one-says-forrester/5281208

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Behind the rogue agent's attack on Hugging Face was a particular sequence of human decisions. We all need to pay better attention - because threat actors are learning, too:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Government agency will use Google Cloud H4D VMs to replace HPE Cray machines:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2228460/judge-refuses-xai-request-to-stop-minnesota-law-banning-nudify-apps/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/07/31/nasas-swift-rescue-slips-to-late-august-as-link-battles-its-spin/5281687

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/07/30/excuses-like-ai-did-it-dont-exist-in-the-eyes-of-the-law/5280767

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/reaction-wheel-failures-leave-swift-rescue-mission-spinning-in-orbit/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/29/iran-linked-cyberav3ngers-suspected-in-attacks-on-minnesota-water-systems/5280357

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/29/america-bans-imported-robots-due-to-supply-chain-and-security-risks/5280145

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/three-us-states-to-deploy-60mph-drones-armed-with-pepper-spray-to-neutralize-school-shooters-campus-guardian-angel-drones-can-also-smash-windows-and-ram-attackers'Campus Guardian Angel' Drones Can Also Smash Windows And Ram Attackers

Your_Mom writes:Did you hear it was just a ban on Chinese humanoid robots? It's not:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Optimus remains 'very complex' and Robotaxis will try not to flatten your cat:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2227720/eu-right-to-repair-directive-kicks-in-today/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Posisbly cracked mud, therefore more evidence Red Planet was once less horrible:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/07/30/americans-give-all-day-school-phone-bans-a-ringing-endorsement/5281186

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2225771/solar-farm-uk-devon-derril-water-shut-down-reason-grid-overload-worry/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/space-force-backed-mission-does-its-best-impression-of-top-gun-in-orbit/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-vows-to-make-windows-11-fly-on-8gb-ram-amid-memory-shortage-optimizations-to-reduce-os-memory-footprint-have-begun

fliptop writes:State power, open-weight models, and a 'low human rights advantage' are letting China catch up - and scale - faster than America:

"Fnord666" writes:Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned font:

owl writes:https://markatwood.substack.com/p/the-metric-system-encodes-18th-century

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Privacy guardian warns public trust quickly erodes when supplier access comes as a surprise:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/30/linkedin-realizes-its-users-have-been-bathing-in-ai-slop-offers-a-shower/5281436

An Anonymous Coward writes:Do you feel like you are being watched? Constantly? Even while you drive? It might not be paranoia. Australian car makers are being investigated for customer privacy concerns. The Australian Electric Vehicle Association is pushing for increased hacking protection and local processing of data, which should also default to "off" unless customers opt in. While Australia does have privacy law in the form of the Australian Privacy Principles in practice these are merely guidance for which companies can largely ignore.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/who-wins-and-who-loses-after-us-bans-foreign-robots/