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AI - Power approval set to delay Oracle's Wisconsin AI datacenter Grid connection awaits regulatory approval, putting planned 2027 customer delivery at risk - Nvidia debuts $4,999 DGX Spark with half the RAM and storage, amid memory crunch Meanwhile 128 GB version jumps to $6,950, nearly 75% above its launch price - Pi coding agent pulls a 180 and adds MCP support To maintain minimalism, a new harness layer has been folded into a separate component - Stanford prof is beating the drum for a new protocol to replace TCP Homa is a rethink of networks for the AI age - Hot Dog! America's new chatbot is packed with wieners Just ask America.gov and you'll receive a favorite July 4th food. Infosec - Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! - Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more - Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included - Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified - Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career FOSS - Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?* Yet another new version of Firefox, with a significant reskin - KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user - Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom line Acquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home' - Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365 Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push - Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander Linux Debian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin - Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channels The Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next
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