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Virginia Country with 37 Data Centers (and Plans to Build 17 More) Asks Employees People to Conserve Electricity
June 30th, 2026Via: 404: On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. “Beginning July 1st, the rate we pay for electricity used in all Henrico County government and school facilities will increase dramatically — by 25%, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
General Joshua Rudd, Director of National Security Agency and the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, Told Senator Mark Warner that Mythos, “Broke Into Almost All of Our Classified Systems, Not in Weeks, But in Hours”
June 21st, 2026It would be very fascinating to get a bit more precision on what, “Almost ll of our classified systems” means! Does this include any systems that are not physically connected to the Internet? Via: Economist / Backup: On June 11th Mark Warner, the vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that General Joshua Rudd, who […]
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
June 20th, 2026Via: Wired: A trove of internal records from a secret society for powerful figures in US politics, finance, and tech was left exposed online, WIRED has confirmed, naming participants in its events and revealing sensitive personal details they were assured would stay private. The group, called Dialog, is a private, invitation-only organization cofounded in 2006 […]
Iran’s New “Insurance” Rule: Controlling the Strait of Hormuz
June 19th, 2026Via: What’s Going on With Shipping?: Flashback: Take it through, Pepe!
Trump Admits U.S. Was Weeks Away From “Running Out Of Reserves” When Iran Deal Struck
June 17th, 2026“It’s all fun and games as long as the U.S. and China keep releasing oil from their reserves…” —Why Aren’t Oil Prices Higher? And what is this alleged deal? I haven’t posted about any deal between the U.S. and Iran, because no details have been released. Update/Just released: Full Text “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between […]
Leak: OpenAI $38.5 Billion Net Loss [???]
June 16th, 2026Via: Runtime Wire: Sam Altman (@sama)’s OpenAI lost $38.53 billion attributable to the company in 2025, according to audited financial documents viewed by Ed Zitron and independently verified by the Financial Times, a set of figures that an Ars Technica story pushed into broader circulation Tuesday. The documents themselves are not public. But the reported […]
