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05-17-26 Social Media Is Engineered To Be Addictive To You and Your Child
Record profits used to mean stability. Now it can mean something else: a company realizes AI can do more with fewer people, and the layoffs start anyway. We talk through the real-world signals, starting with Cisco cutting thousands of jobs whil...
05-16-26 You Are More Vulnerable Online Than Ever So Update Everything
AI is no longer just a productivity tool, it’s a force multiplier for cybercrime. We dig into Google’s Threat Intelligence Group warning about the first confirmed case of criminal hackers using AI to discover and weaponize a zero-day vulnerabil...
05-10-26 Who Should Decide What AI Can Do?
The government wants a seat at the table before the most powerful AI ships, and Big Tech is starting to say yes. We walk through the news that Google, Microsoft, and xAI plan to let the US Department of Commerce review new frontier AI models ah...
05-09-26 Google Installed A Hidden 4GB AI Model In Your Browser Without Asking
A hidden 4GB file on your computer sounds like malware, but this time it can arrive through a normal Chrome update. We break down what Google’s Gemini Nano is, why the weights.bin file is showing up for Chrome users and many Chromebook owners, ...
05-02-26 An AI Model Finds Thousands Of Hidden Zero-Day Flaws Before Criminals Do
A brand-new AI model goes hunting for hackers and what it finds is honestly unsettling: thousands of high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities, including flaws that sat unnoticed for decades. We talk through Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, why the ...
