Dispatches from the bleeding edge of future tech — AI, neurotech, robotics, biohacking, and the machines rewriting reality.
Energy & Cities◆ FeaturedFrom Ohio to Maine to Kansas, towns voted on whether they wanted data centers next door. The answer was no almost everywhere, despite millions in TV ads.
Power & Surveillance◆ FeaturedFrom early 2027, a district that switches off Gemini for its students also switches off the search box. Google calls it choice. Bernie Sanders calls it extortion.
Artificial IntelligenceAcronis found a hacking operation built from a dozen AI agents, uncensored open models and one operator in Hualien. It got into ambulance records in Taipei.
Power & SurveillanceA new watchdog, an £11 million van budget and, in a separate Home Office document, plans to scan crowds at stations for people who overstayed their visas.
Artificial IntelligenceBuried in Anthropic's updated IPO paperwork: the company may be close to its own threshold for AI that accelerates AI research, and it admits it has missed that kind of jump before.
Artificial IntelligenceCisco Talos found a Windows stealer that hands your stolen life to an AI model and asks for an appraisal. If Claude refuses, it tries a cheaper model.
Power & SurveillanceLanguage tutors, workout coaches and cute pet filters passed App Store review, then quietly turned into sexual deepfake generators for the right users. Meta's ad system brought in the customers.
Power & SurveillanceSince October 2, both companies have been listed as 'organizers of information dissemination.' In Russia that means storing users' messages for the security services. Nobody noticed for weeks.