It pays to expand your word power: “Newsjacking”
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New survey data suggests many Gen Z workers are actively undermining company AI strategies rather than quietly adopting them.
What I Said
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It’s relatively easy: How to spot AI writing.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Mirrors
This is the footprint ratio of data center to solar panels in the sunniest country in the world.
Oops!
Bluesky is in full panic.
A full on exposed API has revealed thousands of people who signed up for the GTFO Ice site.
Full names, phone, and zip codes. https://t.co/HxjrLydHdE pic.twitter.com/zti8CTrC0N
— Grummz (@Grummz) May 2, 2026
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I need to get me a tennis racket. (h/t Adam)
Open The Pod Bay Doors, Hal!
I gather there’s still more than a few bugs to be resolved with AI. I’m reminded of a Dilbert cartoon from twenty years ago where the company rolled out a poorly tested backup product called Quik Protect which did nothing but erase your hard drive. Since that was back in the days of modems, it would call up all your friends and erase their hard drives too. And if you had a sound card, it would swear at you.
“Yesterday afternoon, an AI coding agent — Cursor running Anthropic’s flagship Claude Opus 4.6 — deleted our production database and all volume-level backups in a single API call to Railway, our infrastructure provider,” sums up the PocketOS boss. “It took 9 seconds.”
Blue On Bluesky
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Gone In 60 Seconds
Federal prosecutors say they have uncovered a large-scale vehicle theft operation in the Washington, D.C. region, one that allegedly relied on OBD-II tools and an export pipeline that stretched as far as Africa.[…]
According to officials, the group used handheld OBD-II scanners—readily available online—to bypass factory security systems. These tools can reprogram a vehicle to accept a blank key fob, allowing thieves to take a car without forced entry. Authorities say the process can be completed in under a minute.
“They don’t need keys and they don’t need hot wiring,” Pirro said. “No smashed windows, no drama. Just a sleek electronic device called an Autel, A-U-T-E-L. And in under a minute, the car’s brain is rewritten. The car is gone in 60 seconds. Welcome to the new world of car theft.”
Pirro also said there should be more regulation surrounding ownership of OBD-II devices.
Better yet would be regulation to end the ridiculous key fob. That a vehicle can be driven away without the fob being physically present may be the greatest automotive breakthrough since the decision to move the fuel pump into the gas tank.
Social Disease
I think one of the wildest parts of being on social media today is that the propaganda campaigns have propaganda campaigns in favor of them. A propaganda line goes out, and then a whole campaign of fake likes, retweets, shows, etc., follows to make it seem like people believe it.
— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) April 25, 2026
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“you could fund the entire Apollo program in inflation adjusted dollars for less than Meta spent on a virtual world with 900 users – and no legs.”
He Admires Their Basic Dictatorship
WHAT 🤯 at the Liberal Convention, Patrick Pichette, tech exec, says that CANADIAN tech talent should be FORCED TO STAY in Canada or PAY hundreds of thousands to leave Canada 🤯🤯
In summary, if you can, LEAVE Canada asap pic.twitter.com/Pg0op8UHwe
— Melissa 🇨🇦 (@MelissaLMRogers) April 11, 2026
Patrick Pichette served on Twitter’s board of directors during a time period when many political dissidents – myself included – were banned. At the same time, he sat on the board of directors at the Trudeau Foundation.
Elon Musk fired him.
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“We have been advised that the shooter was in constant communication with ChatGPT leading up to the shooting. We also have reason to believe that ChatGPT may have advised the shooter how to commit these heinous crimes. We will therefore file suit against ChatGPT, and its ownership structure, very soon, and will seek to hold them accountable for the untimely and senseless death of our client, Mr. Morales.”
Via Katie Millier: This is now the 20th death tied to ChatGPT via court records.
“We have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one is working”
It’s probably nothing.
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I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
In a surprise move, OpenAI will shut down its Sora AI video app, just months after it was first launched.
“We’re saying goodbye to Sora. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you,” the company said in a statement. “What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. We’ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work.”
A source familiar with the matter tells The Hollywood Reporter that Disney is also exiting the deal it signed with OpenAI last year, in which it pledged to invest $1 billion in the company and agreed to license some of its characters for use in Sora.