An Open Strait of Hormuz Won’t Fix Gas Prices Overnight
Even if peace holds up between the US and Iran, oil prices aren’t going back down to where they were any time soon.
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Scammers in China sell $222 RTX 4090 with fake GPU die made out of plastic instead of real silicon — marked with 2030 production dates, the card didn't even have working VRAM
Nvidia dupes keep getting more sophisticated as time goes on, with the latest example using a plastic die instead of real silicon on an RTX 4090.
Read moreSalesforce Disables Klue App Integration After OAuth Token Abuse Exposes Customer Data
Salesforce has revealed that it disabled the Klue Battlecards app integration within its platform in response to a security incident impacting the competitive intelligence company on...
Read moreArticle: Designing Continuous Authorization for Sensitive Cloud Systems
Most cloud systems make one authorization decision at login. Everything after runs on trust established at authentication time. For systems handling regulated data, that gap is...
Read moreCanada Missed Chances to Inspect Titan Before Fatal Implosion
A new report shows that government agencies failed to communicate and includes recommendations for stronger oversight in a bid to avert future disasters.
Read moreBrain-computer interface trials are taking off
This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant, according to the researchers...
Read moreThe inevitable weakness of metrics
There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade...
Read moreAzure Functions Ships Serverless Agents Runtime at Build 2026
Azure Functions shipped a serverless agents runtime in public preview at Build 2026. Agents are defined in .agent.md markdown files with YAML triggers, MCP server access,...
Read moreValve roll out a more detailed timeline for Steam Controller orders, giving you a clearer picture of when you'll hear about your reservation
If you've put in an order for a Steam Controller and are still awaiting its arrival, a new system Valve have rolled out can offer you...
Read moreSteamOS 3.8 Released: Wayland, KDE Plasma 6 and New Hardware Support
SteamOS 3.8.10 is released with Wayland by default, KDE Plasma 6.4.3, Linux Kernel 6.16, and improved support for ROG Ally and Legion Go. The post SteamOS...
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.NET 11 Preview 5: Brings File-Based App Improvements, New C# Features, and a Blazor Validation Wave
Microsoft has released the fifth preview of .NET 11, with updates across the SDK, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and EF Core. Highlights include file-based app...
Read moreGitLab 19.0 Embeds Agentic AI in Secrets, Merge Requests, and Supply Chain Security
GitLab 19.0 extends agentic AI beyond code generation into securing credentials, reviewing and merging changes, and scanning dependencies, adding a public beta Secrets Manager, a full...
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