My robot vacuum can map a house. My car broke its brain
So let me set the scene here. It’s Friday afternoon, and I’m picking up a few friends for a Taylor Swift-themed hangout later on. But the backseat of my car is covered in dog hair,…
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OpenAI’s AI broke out. It’s time for digital disaster planning
You’ve probably heard about the OpenAI hacking incident—where an AI agent escaped its testing confines and hacked a website on the open web. When PCWorld staffers discussed this development, I was actually surprised by the…
OpenAI’s newest AI model broke its own sandbox rules to finish a task
Not only are they smarter and more capable, but the newest and most powerful AI models are also less likely to give up when they hit roadblocks. An unreleased OpenAI model took that perseverance to…
Apple won’t go broke for us, so why should we go broke for Apple?
Boy, it seems like it was just a month ago that we were making fun of the competition’s prices, doesn’t it? The MacBook Neo came out at the low, low price of just five dollars…
iOS 26 broke my iPhone. A fix is coming (I hope)
Macworld With iOS 26, Apple introduced one of the most significant changes to its operating system interface, arguably the most radical since iOS 7. However, this change has also led to many users experiencing annoying…
Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords
A group of Russian government hackers have hijacked thousands of home and small business routers around the world as part of an ongoing campaign aimed at redirecting victim’s internet traffic to steal their passwords and…
Hacker broke into FBI and compromised Epstein files, report says
An unidentified foreign hacker broke into the FBI’s field office in New York in 2023 and compromised files related to the bureau’s investigation into the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to Reuters. The newswire cited…
China’s Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies
The Norwegian government has accused the Chinese-backed hacking group known as Salt Typhoon of breaking into several organizations in the country. In a report published on Friday, the Norwegian Police Security Service said the hacking…
If Apple is richer than ever, why does it feel so broke?
First off, the Macalope would like to assure you that he is not in the Epstein files. Let’s just get that out of the way. The Macalope is letting you know because it seems like…
Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet, says AWS is back to normal
An outage on Monday affected web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), which took out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks, and some government services. On Monday afternoon, the company offered an update…