CIRCLE WITH A DOT

If you didn't know, Steam Curator has an AI Check group that flags undisclosed AI use in games https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45255963-AI-Check/ #Steam

This is bizarre. Tip: don't publish an angry reply immediately. Walk away and come back later. GamesRadar: Devs behind one of Steam’s most-wishlisted games respond after asking players to change negative reviews and kicking up a stink https://www.gamesradar.com/games/open-world/devs-behind-one-of-steams-most-wishlisted-games-respond-after-asking-players-to-change-negative-reviews-and-kicking-up-a-stink-online/ @GamesRadar #Steam

Digital sovereignty? It's time you stopped pretending, Europe. EdgeConnex's headquarteris in Herndon, Virginia. This is its data center footprint across the U.S and globally: https://www.datacenters.com/providers/edgeconnex/data-center-locationsReuters: EdgeConneX to invest 3 billion euros on data centers in Italy https://www.reuters.com/business/edgeconnex-invest-3-billion-euros-data-centres-italy-2026-05-14/ @Reuters #datacenters

Counterpoint Research, posted yesterday: One in Three Smartphone SoCs Shipped in 2027 Will Have Agentic AI Capability https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/one-in-three-smartphone-socs-shipped-in-2027-will-have-agentic-ai-capabilityThe Register: AI to infest eight in ten premium phones within two years https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/05/14/ai-to-infest-eight-in-ten-premium-phones-within-two-years/5240393 @theregister

New.Microsoft: Kazuar: Anatomy of a nation-state botnet https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/14/kazuar-anatomy-of-a-nation-state-botnet/ #Microsoft #infosec #botnet #threatintel #threatintelligence #malware

New."Our monitoring indicates various strategic updates to the group’s arsenal, including the use of VSCode Tunneling, Cloudflare Quick Tunnels, DWAgent, large language models (LLMs), and the Rust programming language."Kaspersky: Kimsuky targets organizations with PebbleDash-based tools https://securelist.com/kimsuky-appleseed-pebbledash-campaigns/119785/ @Kaspersky #infosec #threatresearch #malware

I'm almost inclined to gloat after the 4000 (mere change) layoffs because "look, we're drowning in money. Who needs people?"- CRITICAL: CVE-2026-20182: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa2-v69WY2SW - CRITICAL: CVE-2026-20209, CVE-2026-20210 CVE-2026-20224: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Vulnerabilities https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-mltvnps2-JxpWm7R @TalosSecurity #infosec #Cisco #vulnerability@cR0w

New.Socket: TeamPCP and BreachForums Launch $1,000 Contest for Supply Chain Attacks https://socket.dev/blog/teampcp-supply-chain-attack-contest @SocketSecurity #infosec

9to5Linux: KDE Plasma 6.7 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-desktop-environment-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing @9to5linux @mariusnestor #Linux

So does OpenAI just run its own apps or the entire Mac?Apple Insider: OpenAI is forcing Mac users to update ChatGPT and other apps after supply chain attack exposed signing certificates https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/14/another-openai-hack-puts-chatgpt-mac-users-on-an-update-deadline @appleinsider @andrewornot #Apple #OpenAI #ChatGPT #mac #infosec

"A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it’s redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data centers — and they have less than a year to find a new power source. "Data centers consumed 22% of Nevada’s electricity in 2024, and that share could rise to 35% by 2030. Twelve data center projects in Northern Nevada alone could drive 5,900 megawatts of new demand by 2033, according to Desert Research Institute analysis of NV Energy’s resource plan."Electrik: Data centers are cutting power to homes, driving homeowners to solar and batteries https://electrek.co/2026/05/13/data-centers-grid-strain-driving-residential-solar-battery-demand/ #datacenters

@AAKL @arstechnica Shame on them! That's AI's job!

It might be worth mentioning that Jensen Huang is actually from Taiwan and carries its citizenship. I'm sure Beijing will be thrilled to take that into account. PC Gamer: Trump confirms he brought Jensen Huang on his expedition to convince China to 'open up' https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/trump-confirms-he-brought-jensen-huang-on-his-expedition-to-convince-china-to-open-up/ #Nvidia

Oh, so now your mouse curser is being used to train the dumb AI so that it can understand the curser you've used correctly for decades without an AI middleman. "Essentially, rather than relying on an AI model to consistently tell the difference between a shopping list, a recipe, a food fight, and a hamburger costume, a combination of cursor gestures and naturalistic commands like 'move this here' are leveraged to point the AI in the right direction."PC Gamer: Google DeepMind wants to reinvent the humble mouse cursor https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/what-if-behind-the-pointer-there-was-an-ai-model-google-deepmind-wants-to-reinvent-the-humble-mouse-cursor/ #Google #DeepMind

If you didn't see it, it didn't happen. From yesterday.Human Rights Watch: Looking the Other Way: EU Failure to Prevent Surveillance Exports to Rights Violators https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/05/12/looking-the-other-way/eu-failure-to-prevent-surveillance-exports-to-rightsThe Record: Report: European countries are exporting surveillance tech to countries with poor human rights records https://therecord.media/eu-countries-export-surveillance-tech-to-countries-with-human-rights-issues @therecord_media #surveillance #humanrights

Ransomware.live listed Foxconn on the 11th https://www.ransomware.live/id/Rk9YQ09OTkBuaXRyb2dlbg Computerworld: Cyberattack: First they come for Foxconn, then they come for you https://www.computerworld.com/article/4170667/cyberattack-first-they-come-for-foxconn-then-they-come-for-you.html @jonnyevans #Foxconn #infosec #ransomware #databreach #Apple

The New Stack: Red Hat’s skill packs give AI agents something a bigger model never could: 20 years of institutional memory https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-agentic-skills-repository/ @TheNewStack @sjvn #RedHat #AIagent

Of course, we trust Apple and Google to look out altruistically for digital sovereignty.Reuters: Apple criticizes EU measures to help AI rivals access Google services https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-criticises-eu-measures-help-ai-rivals-access-google-services-2026-05-13/ @Reuters #Apple #Google #digitalsovereignty

@bms48 @Futurism Thanks for the recommendation.

@AAKL I feel like they're completely on board with rich creeps.