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OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website

The United Nations logo on a gate outside the UN headquarters in New York. | AFP via Getty Images Security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says that OpenAI agents scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) statistics site over 16,000...

Why OLPC’s $100 laptop never stood a chance

The idea was big, exciting, and inspiring: What if we could get every kid in the world access to a computer? For a bunch of thinkers and executives in Silicon Valley, it felt like the way to fix everything....

GeoComply Launches ‘DeviceGuard’ Tech as Traditional ‘Fingerprinting’ Loses Ground

Since mid-2025, GeoComply has been quietly beta testing its latest innovation. The Vancouver-based digital identity platform describes this month’s launch, DeviceGuard, as a “device intelligence model.” “A device can tell you anything about itself,” explains chief technology officer Steven Vo. “Our...

Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages. According to CNBC, "The lawsuit centered around U.S. Patent...

Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song

Drums on film. | Image: Decap I don't think I'm going to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that Decap doesn't have the name recognition of Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, or Charli XCX. But his fingerprints are all over tracks...

Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat

Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Card into an impromptu group chat. In a new episode of This American Life, host Ira Glass...

OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’

As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models. The decision was made after a model being...

Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?

Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business. Matthew last joined us on the show about two and a half years ago, at what...

Can ‘eSUV’ e-bikes really go from trail to town?

Have you ever wanted an electric bike that easily transitions from the drudgery of urban asphalt to adventures in gravel and dirt? That's what a subclass of so-called "electric SUV" (eSUV) e-bikes claims to do, with their wide, all-terrain...

Trump embraces Xi as he turns up attacks on American media

It’s been a busy week in Washington. A state visit from China’s president, a new campaign launched by the American president against the media. There are also more signs that Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump, which might explain...

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