Mykhailo Fedorov reveals struggle to secure Patriot missiles and Western support
https://www.uawire.org/former-ukrainian-defense-minister-mykhailo-fedorov-reveals-struggles-to-secure-patriot-missiles-and-western-support
https://www.uawire.org/former-ukrainian-defense-minister-mykhailo-fedorov-reveals-struggles-to-secure-patriot-missiles-and-western-support
uawire.org
Former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov reveals struggles to secure Patriot missiles and Western support
Water system controllers don't belong on the internet, says ex-NSA chief
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/water-system-controllers-dont-belong-on-the-internet-says-ex-nsa-chief-after-suspected-iran-attacks/5285070
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/water-system-controllers-dont-belong-on-the-internet-says-ex-nsa-chief-after-suspected-iran-attacks/5285070
theregister
Water system controllers don't belong on the internet, says ex-NSA chief after suspected Iran attacks
Calling all defenders
Should AI labs be treated like the owners of dangerous animals?
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/06/should-ai-labs-be-treated-like-the-owners-of-dangerous-animals
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/06/should-ai-labs-be-treated-like-the-owners-of-dangerous-animals
The Economist
Should AI labs be treated like the owners of dangerous animals?
Autonomous hacking is here. Governments are not ready
The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-nixpkgs-core-team-has-disbanded/79413
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-nixpkgs-core-team-has-disbanded/79413
NixOS Discourse
The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded
The Nixpkgs core team has unfortunately decided to disband. We’re proud to have had the opportunity to lead by example in bottom‐up, consensus‐focused governance for Nixpkgs, and of our achievements over the past 10 months, including reforming the committer…
NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/voyager/nasa-figured-out-how-to-keep-its-48-year-old-voyager-2-probe-running-for-yet-another-year
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/voyager/nasa-figured-out-how-to-keep-its-48-year-old-voyager-2-probe-running-for-yet-another-year
Space
NASA figured out how to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year
Voyager 2 would have had to shut down one of its last remaining instruments later this year, until NASA made some power changes.
Mythos social engineering AISI INC-2026-07-28-01
https://web.archive.org/web/20260731053721/http://github.com/ancaferro/myNetwork/pull/3
https://web.archive.org/web/20260731053721/http://github.com/ancaferro/myNetwork/pull/3
GitHub
Fix full-scan hang on multi-homed hosts: defaultRoute() with several default routes (fixes #2) by miraholt31 · Pull Request #3…
Fixes #2 - discovery hangs when multiple default via routes exist.
What changed
defaultRoute() now parses all default routes and picks the lowest metric (ties: first seen) instead of concatenating...
What changed
defaultRoute() now parses all default routes and picks the lowest metric (ties: first seen) instead of concatenating...
Stack Overflow new questions are down 98.5% since ChatGPT (+ 5 other platforms)
https://www.harperflow.io/dead-internet
https://www.harperflow.io/dead-internet
www.harperflow.io
The Dead Internet Report
Six measured collapses — Stack Overflow, Chegg, Shutterstock, Fiverr, Quora, Getty — as AI answers the questions, makes the images, and does the work. Every number from a public source.
US Military's Cyber Command Unit Grapples with Cluster of Deaths by Suicide
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/us-military-s-cyber-command-unit-grapples-with-cluster-of-deaths-by-suicide
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/us-military-s-cyber-command-unit-grapples-with-cluster-of-deaths-by-suicide
Bloomberg.com
America’s Cyber Forces Grapple With Cluster of Deaths by Suicide
The US military’s cyberwarfare unit is scrutinizing an unusually high number of deaths by suicide among personnel over a month-long period this summer, according to government officials and other people familiar with the matter.
Apple Introduces Leasing Program for iPhones and Other Devices
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/technology/apple-leasing-program.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/technology/apple-leasing-program.html
Nytimes
Apple Introduces Leasing Program for iPhones and Other Devices
The program is an effort to make products more affordable as artificial intelligence sends some component prices soaring.
Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/7/openai-timeline/
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/7/openai-timeline/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face
OpenAI gave a last-minute presentation at the Black Hat security on Wednesday about “the Hugging Face Incident” (previously on this blog). The video was published yesterday. It’s short and information …
The CPU is back: Rethinking the CPU-GPU split for LLM inference
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/cpu-back-rethinking-cpu-gpu-split-llm-inference
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/cpu-back-rethinking-cpu-gpu-split-llm-inference
Redhat
The CPU is back: Rethinking the CPU-GPU split for LLM inference
Why agentic AI is driving the shift back to CPU inference.
Gentoo bugzilla closed due AI bot scraper overload
https://social.treehouse.systems/@mgorny/117058483039362779
https://social.treehouse.systems/@mgorny/117058483039362779
Treehouse Mastodon
Jesus Michał von Gentoo 🏔 (he) (@mgorny@treehouse.systems)
I've taken #Gentoo Bugzilla down, because it was unusable anyway. No point in feeding the #LLM scrapers that are using thousands of different IPv4 addresses, with no obvious patterns I can see.
EDIT: I'm not looking for hints. I'm not a sysadmin, and I don't…
EDIT: I'm not looking for hints. I'm not a sysadmin, and I don't…
Sensitive Info Goes into 'No Reply' Emails Constantly. This Guy Sees It All
https://www.wired.com/story/sensitive-info-goes-into-no-reply-emails-constantly-this-guy-sees-it-all/
https://www.wired.com/story/sensitive-info-goes-into-no-reply-emails-constantly-this-guy-sees-it-all/
WIRED
Sensitive Info Goes Into ‘No Reply’ Emails Constantly. This Guy Sees It All
Two security researchers bought cheap domains—including noreply.net and deleteduser.com—and set up email listening services. Hundreds of companies are sending them corporate secrets.
OpenAI Trained Models While They Were Coordinating Exploits via Message Boards
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/openai-trained-its-models-for-months
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/openai-trained-its-models-for-months
Substack
OpenAI Trained Its Models For Months While Those Models Were Coordinating Exploits Via Message Boards
How does the situation keep turning out to be worse than we know?
Cruise ship helps stranded skiff, crew in Alaska as Zuckerberg yacht stands by
https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/cruise-ship-helps-stranded-skiff-and-crew-in-southeast-alaska-as-zuckerberg-yacht-stands-by/
https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/cruise-ship-helps-stranded-skiff-and-crew-in-southeast-alaska-as-zuckerberg-yacht-stands-by/
Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Country
https://newrepublic.com/post/214111/amazon-data-center-biggest-pollution-source-entire-country
https://newrepublic.com/post/214111/amazon-data-center-biggest-pollution-source-entire-country
The New Republic
Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
TinySol, a tiny solitaire game for DOS
https://classicbits.net/coding-and-software/my-software/monosol/
https://classicbits.net/coding-and-software/my-software/monosol/