The hidden cost of Google’s AI defaults and the illusion of choice
Many people are hoping—nay, praying—that the potential AI bubble will burst soon. But to hear Google tell it, generative AI…
May 2026
ABC can beat Trump FCC’s license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight
Disney will have the law on its side in its fight against the unusual broadcast license review ordered yesterday by…
OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to “never talk about goblins”
The system prompt for OpenAI’s Codex CLI contains a perplexing and repeated warning for the most recent GPT model to…
Howdy’s dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers
Six months after its launch, research firm Antenna estimates that the Howdy streaming service has more than 1 million subscribers.…
New Sam Bankman-Fried trial would be huge waste of court’s time, judge says
In an order denying Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial, a judge accused the disgraced FTX founder of wasting…
Imperva Customers Protected Against CVE-2026-41940 in cPanel & WHM
What is CVE-2026-41940? CVE-2026-41940 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting cPanel & WHM, including DNSOnly, in versions after 11.40.…
Bad Bot Report 2026: The Internet Is No Longer Human and It’s Changing How Business Works
For decades, companies have operated on a simple assumption that most internet traffic came from people. That assumption no longer…
Why PoP Count Isn’t the Real Measure of Application Security Performance
When evaluating cloud security platforms, one question comes up again and again: “How many Points of Presence do you have?”…
The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room
Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I am fairly…
Roblox’s daily users continue to drop as age checks slow growth
Roblox’s daily active users continued to slip last quarter due in part to its rollout of age checks on its…