Archive for the 'Technology' Category
“AI Boom Risks Global Financial Crash, Warn Central Bankers”
June 28th, 2026Via: Telegraph: Substantial debt-fuelled spending on AI is driving up the risk of a global financial crisis, central bankers have warned. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said on Sunday that “excessive” spending on new AI data centres and opaque, debt-fuelled transactions risked a financial meltdown similar to the global credit crunch nearly two decades […]
“Plan to Steer Hurricanes”
June 28th, 2026Via: USA Today: Technology is on the cusp of allowing humans to disrupt or steer natural disasters, like hurricanes, according to a new study, which appeared in the journal PLOS Water on June 24. If that sounds like far-fetched science fiction, some scientists would agree with you. But study authors say humans must embrace technology […]
The One About Space Based Data Centers
June 27th, 2026Via: Real Engineering: Related: SpaceX AI Satellites
Apple Increases Prices Due to Memory Shortage
June 25th, 2026Via: Mac Rumors: Apple today raised prices on many of its products, including all Macs and iPads, as well as the Apple TV, HomePod, HomePod mini, and Vision Pro. We shared a list of the price increases, which range from $30 for the HomePod mini to up to $1,300 for the Mac Studio. iPhone, Apple […]
Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Massive Knowledge Distillation “Attack”
June 24th, 2026From, U.S. GOVERNMENT FORCES ANTHROPIC DISABLE FABLE 5 AND MYTHOS 5 CITING NATIONAL SECURITY: I wonder if people had enough time to run knowledge distillation operations against Fable 5 and Mythos 5 before access was cut off? In the olden days, I got an alert from my company’s firewall indicating that it was under attack. […]
Digital Euro Moves Ahead
June 23rd, 2026Via: Reuters: The European Central Bank secured key parliamentary backing on Tuesday for the launch of a digital euro, an electronic means of payments aimed at making the euro zone less reliant on U.S. credit cards at a ?time of fraying transatlantic relationships. The digital euro, essentially an electronic wallet guaranteed by the central bank […]
Trump Signs Orders Calling for Powerful Quantum Computer, Targeting 2028
June 23rd, 2026Via: Reuters: U.S. ?President ?Donald Trump on Monday ordered ?a push to build a powerful quantum computer for scientific research and ?speed efforts to protect government systems from related cyber threats, bolstering U.S. efforts in its race with ?China for a technology that could ?upend science and cybersecurity. “We believe this can happen by 2028,” […]
SpaceX Launches Starfall Cargo Delivery Capsule
June 23rd, 2026Via: Ars Technica: Most of what we know about Starfall comes from the FAA’s environmental assessment. In that document, the FAA writes that Starfall will “enable point-to-point delivery of critical cargo through space on rapid timelines” and provide access to space for commercial in-space manufacturing, a nascent market that, so far, is largely geared toward […]
Never Give Them Your Face
June 22nd, 2026Via: Never Give Them Your Face: They want your face. It will be called safety. Verification. Age assurance. A small step to protect children. But strip the language away and the demand is plain: before you may speak, post, or read, you must first prove who you are. And the only way they’ve figured out […]
Identity Verification on Claude
June 21st, 2026About a week ago, I complained about being asked for my mobile phone number to use Claude. And now… Via: Claude: Being responsible with powerful technology starts with knowing who is using it. Identity verification helps us prevent abuse, enforce our usage policies, and comply with legal obligations. We are rolling out identity verification for […]
