Child's $118K Minecraft Ad Spend on Company Card Costs Father His Job
A nine-year-old's accidental YouTube advertising spree, tied to a parent's corporate card, led to the father's dismissal and a daunting repayment burden.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
AWS Adds Burstable T8i Instances with Custom Intel Xeon 6
New low-cost EC2 T8i instances pair exclusive Intel Xeon 6 chips with sixth-gen Nitro hardware.
AlphaGenome Atlas Maps 9 Billion Single-Letter DNA Variants
Google DeepMind has released a large new dataset that predicts the effects of billions of single-letter changes in the human genome, giving researchers a broad new resource for studying genetic impact.
Two Gaming PC Deals: RTX 5070 Ti Rig at $2,599, RTX 5060 PC at $1,429
Pre-built desktops from ABS and MSI get price cuts, pairing current-gen GPUs with 32GB DDR5 and 2TB storage.
Intel Nova Lake Leaks Hint at Late 2026 Desktop Launch
A surge of leaks suggests Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs may arrive in late 2026, but the timeline remains speculative.
Anthropic adopts OpenAI's markdown instructions spec
The move ends a compatibility headache for developers who had to maintain separate prompt formats across the two major AI vendors.
DOE Quantum Report Targets Error-Corrected Computing by 2028
A new DOE advisory report prioritizes scientific outcomes in a push for error-corrected quantum systems within two years.
Microsoft Agentically Ports Copilot Runtime to Rust for $120K
The Register reports that Microsoft's AI agent carried out the port at a cost of $120,000, with the Rust compiler apparently accepting the result without complaint.
AI Blamed for Recession-Like Job Prospects for CompSci Grads
Census Bureau economists say AI is pushing computer science graduates into a job market as tough as the last recession.
AMD EPYC 'Venice' benchmarks claim big lead over Nvidia Vera
AMD's first official EPYC Venice benchmarks position the 256-core chip as more than twice as fast as Nvidia's Vera.
AWS Concedes Permanent Data Loss in Middle East After Drone Strikes
Amazon Web Services says customer data in Bahrain and the UAE cannot be recovered, and advises clients to relocate workloads.
Researchers Used Claude to Breach OpenAI's GitHub and Employee Accounts
A three-person white-hat team used Anthropic's Claude to compromise OpenAI employee accounts and an internal code repository in under 72 hours.
AI Agent Used in Spanish Breach, Data Watchdog Urges Review
Two reports describe what may be one of the first AI-agent-driven breaches in Spain, with regulators calling for a reassessment of data protection models.
Nvidia's Huang: Doubling Chip Sales, China Lithography by 2030
In separate remarks, Jensen Huang projected strong near-term demand and predicted China's advanced chipmaking tools within four years.
CISA Ends Weekly Vulnerability Bulletins, Pivots to Risk-Based Focus
The agency's shift from static CVSS scores to risk-based prioritization retires the long-running weekly roundup format on September 28.
Hacked Flock Camera Exposes Stored Keys and Vast Image Capture
A hacked Flock camera revealed stored encryption keys and millions of captured images, contradicting company denials.
Zero-click RCE found in four AI coding agents, two unpatched
Researchers say a single zero-click flaw in Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI could let attackers act with the same privileges as the employee using the agent.
Huawei Accelerates Ascend NPU Roadmap, Boosts FP4 Performance
Huawei is pulling next-gen Ascend NPUs forward by several quarters, with early models showing far higher performance than expected.