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• Post #4500372

  Concentrations of dangerous pollutants from rocket launches and satellite reentries in Earth's upper atmosphere might reach treacherous tipping points if constellations of hundreds of thousands of orbiting data centers get deployed in the next decade. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-wants-to-put-1-million-ai-satellites-in-orbit-what-would-that-do-to-earths-climate

• Post #4500326

  Starlink and 5G home internet are helping close the digital divide, but they're far from perfect. Glue them together, and you can get awfully close. https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/08/09/ive-gone-from-writing-about-sd-wan-to-depending-on-it/5285130

• Post #4436131

  "Three laws safe!" https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/asimov-was-right-about-rules-for-robots-says-ex-us-cyber-director/5284397

• Post #4435852

  The regulator’s announcement of its review says it’s needed “to ensure the safe and stable operation of critical information infrastructure, prevent cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities, and safeguard national security.” https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/china-launches-mysterious-probe-into-security-of-palo-alto-networks-products/5284453

• Post #4435722

  For all of the "kids" at Security Summer Camp this week. https://www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-water-utilities-in-12-us-states-hit-a-32451

• Post #4434137

  The chief executive of T-Mobile said the threat posed to mobile operators from satellite companies such as Elon Musk’s Starlink has been exaggerated and that he struggled to see which consumer problems they would solve by entering the market. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/e8bd945e-2830-43c6-ba32-822c3cb7ec25

• Post #4417449

  Security flaws in agent infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and Vercel let untrusted or forged instructions reach an agent's tools with no check that a model turn had authorized them. https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/aws-google-and-vercel-patch-agent-flaws.html

• Post #4417393

  Check Point researchers tried to break the frameworks enterprises use to build AI apps. Now they're telling Black Hat attendees what they found. https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/05/prompt-injection-isnt-the-bug-ai-agent-frameworks-are/5283585

• Post #4417075

  Revenue is soaring, yet hyperscalers say they still cannot build capacity fast enough. https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/08/04/cloud-giants-pour-nearly-600b-into-capex-as-ai-demand-surges/5282679

• Post #4416976

  Attackers broke into an organization's Oracle database through a SQL injection flaw in a public-facing web application, then installed a post-exploitation toolkit without writing an executable to disk. https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/attackers-compile-khunt-inside-oracle.html

• Post #4416862

  Most enterprise teams run both Microsoft 365 and Salesforce simultaneously — and then waste effort bridging the gap manually. The fix isn't switching tools. It's connecting them. https://www.informationweek.com/software-services/the-real-cost-of-running-microsoft-365-and-salesforce-in-silos

• Post #4416824

  The INC Ransomware operation has emerged as the "dominant threat actor" exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN appliances. https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/inc-ransomware-emerges-as-dominant.html

• Post #4377430

  Please ... do NOT do this ... https://pciguru.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/what-not-to-do-service-provider-responsibility-matrix/

• Post #4361522

  AI companies are expected to review a draft Tuesday at a meeting with the Office of the National Cyber Director, according to five people familiar with the planning who were granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/03/white-house-finalizes-voluntary-ai-oversight-framework-01022437

• Post #4279542

  There are many algorithms for which it has been mathematically proven that a quantum computer can generate results that would take a classical computer an unreasonable amount of time to generate. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/if-a-quantum-computer-outperforms-normal-ones-can-you-tell-if-its-right/

• Post #4279425

  The technology, called high-bandwidth flash (HBF), is being developed by Sandisk and SK Hynix and aims to provide SSD-like capacities at HBM-like speeds. https://www.theregister.com/storage/2026/07/30/gpus-could-explode-to-multiple-tb-with-new-storage-inspired-memory-tech/5281363

• Post #4279283

  Apple tumbled in late trading after component shortages weighed on the company’s sales forecast, signalling that industry-wide supply constraints are taking a bigger toll than anticipated. https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/apple-slides-after-supply-shortages-hurt-sales-forecast

• Post #4279211

  With a recent change that removed dialog in favor of bsddialog, FreeBSD has now retired the last piece of GPL-licensed code in its base system. https://hackaday.com/2026/07/28/freebsd-just-removed-the-last-of-its-gpl-licensed-code/

• Post #4279188

  Google is preparing to build AI chips at Nvidia's scale by 2028. https://www.techspot.com/news/113307-google-plans-produce-up-15-million-ai-chips.html#google_vignette

• Post #4279036

  The four big hyperscalers have ploughed more than $1tn into capital investments since their race to dominate AI began three and a half years ago. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/de6cc9bb-e711-4723-944f-e47a46c85956

• Post #4278964

  The research firm says organizations worldwide are specifying data residency and sovereign AI architecture requirements at the planning stage. https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/31/tech-buyers-are-baking-in-sovereignty-from-day-one-says-forrester/5281208

• Post #4278823

  The billionaire’s company took on ominous loads of debt to build data centers around the world. The implications go far beyond Oracle. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magazine/takeaways-larry-ellison-oracle-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.Cnai.fkm9Afqojcrk&smid=url-share

• Post #4278744

  Every business we talk to is trying to figure out how that disruption impacts them. And while the conversations we have often center on software security and engineering, today I want to look at the situation more broadly. https://shostack.org/blog/ai-and-business-strategy/

• Post #4278386

  The move came after a Minnesota Star Tribune investigation revealed police departments in and out of Minnesota searched suburban license plate reader data during Operation Metro Surge. https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-suburbs-license-plate-cameras-immigration/601873543?utm_source=gift

• Post #4277852

  With the midterms less than 100 days away, the results show corporate leaders need to build trust through consistency and neutrality — rather than trying to chase political headwinds. https://www.axios.com/2026/07/31/ceos-affordability-pol

• Post #4277723

  The Trump administration has a new tactic for trying to isolate cases of alleged voter fraud — digging into the IP addresses of those who went online to register to vote. https://www.axios.com/2026/07/31/fbi-voter-ip-address-investigation

• Post #4252361

  SpaceX looking at acquiring a telecom company. https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/07/30/2026/semafor-business-credibility-gaps?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=business&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered1#c

• Post #4241638

  Interesting theory on what is actually behind the Data Center protests. https://substack.com/@chucktodd/p-209056809

• Post #4241510

  Heads up Healthcare Providers! https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/health-isac-warns-of-rising-shinyhunters-data-theft-attacks-on-healthcare/

• Post #4241468

  Yes, Claude may be down. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-confirms-claude-is-down-worldwide/