Month: August 2026
Judge rules that the Pentagon’s Anthropic ban was ‘illegal and baseless’
'The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics.' Source
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Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules
On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration. The lawsuit, filed in March in a California district court, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully retaliating…
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Father’s Day gifts for a dad who wants nothing: 16 tech ideas he’ll actually use
Finding gifts for a dad who wants nothing can be surprisingly difficult. If he already buys the things he needs, says he doesn’t want any more stuff or is simply hard to shop for, another novelty mug or gadget destined for a drawer probably isn’t the answer. For Father’s Day,…
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US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate, and more
Multiple US agencies and departments were breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers The hackers use a massive botnet of compromised IoT devices to obscure the origin of their traffic The hackers breached computers belonging to NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate, the Department of Justice, and more As part of a…
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The GTA VI ‘extended look’ is now streaming on YouTube
Rockstar has officially published its “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI on YouTube and on its website, as promised. The in-depth preview, which “entirely” features footage captured from the PS5 version of the game, initially premiered on Netflix at 3PM ET. But because Rockstar allowed creators to post reaction…
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This company wants to help universities get around Microsoft 365’s extra costs as it moves away from unlimited cloud storage
Arcitecta’s new Mediaflux Connect 365 allows universities using OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams to migrate to cheaper storage before Microsoft’s pooled education limits hit their finances Microsoft’s current list price for storage capacity is $360,000 per petabyte yearly after its recent update eliminated its no-limit offering, and universities that tend to…
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