Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Microsoft’s Windows 11 Mess Sending Users Back to Windows 10 and Windows 7
January 29th, 2026This is absolutely wild. I’ve started getting used to ZorinOS, just in case… Via: TweakTown: The data comes from Statcounter, which outlines that in October, 2025, Windows 11 held 58.18% market share, compared to Windows 10’s 41.17%, but then in November 2025, Windows 11 dropped down to 53.7%, compared to Windows 10’s 42.7%. While this […]
Tesla Ending Models S and X Production, Converting Factory Lines to Make Optimus Robots
January 28th, 2026Via: CNBC: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the automaker is ending production of its Model S and X vehicles, and will use the factory in Fremont, California, to build Optimus humanoid robots. “It’s time to basically bring the Model S and X programs to an end with an honorable discharge,” Musk said […]
AI Found 12 Vulnerabilities in SSL
January 27th, 2026If this was the case with OpenSSL… Via: AISLE: AISLE’s autonomous analyzer found all 12 CVEs in the January 2026 coordinated release of OpenSSL, the open-source cryptographic library that underpins a substantial proportion of the world’s secure communications. Some of these vulnerabilities had persisted in OpenSSL code for decades, evading the notice of thousands of […]
“Scientists Use AI to Create a Virus Never Seen Before”
January 26th, 2026Via: Daily Mail: Lab–grown life has taken a major leap forward as scientists use AI to create a new virus that has never been seen before. The virus, dubbed Evo–?2147, was created by scientists from scratch using new technologies that could revolutionise the course of evolution. With just 11 genes, compared to the 200,000 in […]
In Conversation with Andrew Bridgen: Digital ID, Excess Deaths & Political Silence
January 26th, 2026Via: Digby Furneaux:
Piecing Together A Theory On How Donut Lab’s Solid State Battery Could Be Real
January 15th, 2026Via: Miss GoElectric: Related: “Either this battery changes the world within the next 3 months, or it will make the CEO look like a fool” — ESOX Group Using Donut Lab Solid State Batteries for Military EVs
Firefox AI Kill Switch
January 14th, 2026Via: Extreme Tech: Mozilla is adding a global “AI kill switch” to Firefox, giving users a single option to permanently disable all AI tools in the browser. Developer Jake Archibald confirmed on Mastodon that the new toggle will remove every AI component. He also explained that all AI features will be optional by default. The […]
AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse
January 8th, 2026Great, the hallucinations compile and run without errors. Via: IEEE Spectrum: In recent months, I’ve noticed a troubling trend with AI coding assistants. After two years of steady improvements, over the course of 2025, most of the core models reached a quality plateau, and more recently, seem to be in decline. A task that might […]
Dell Admits Customers Aren’t Buying PCs for AI Features
January 8th, 2026I’m pretty sure that Dell’s customers are NOT confused about their desire to avoid built in, invasive and poorly functioning AI features. Via: PC Gamer: “We’re very focused on delivering upon the AI capabilities of a device—in fact everything that we’re announcing has an NPU in it—but what we’ve learned over the course of this […]
Boston Dynamics Atlas Humanoid Robot Testing in Hyundai Factory
January 5th, 2026Via: 60 Minutes:
