Conservatives disowned Derek Bullock in 2023 after he allegedly used racial slur to call for people of Pakistani heritage to be shot A Reform UK candidate for next month’s council elections was twice disciplined by the Conservatives over allegedly offensive or racist comments, while another shared conspiracy theories about Covid, it has emerged, as the full slate of candidates was confirmed. More ...
Conservatives disowned Derek Bullock in 2023 after he allegedly used racial slur to call for people of Pakistani heritage to be shot A Reform UK candidate for next month’s council elections was twice disciplined by the Conservatives over allegedly offensive or racist comments, while another shared conspiracy theories about Covid, it has emerged, as the full slate of candidates was confirmed. More than 5,000 council places in England are being contested on 7 May, along with several mayoralties, and elections for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, in a significant test for all the major parties. Continue reading...
Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Anthropic Mythos Killing Cybersecurity? Are You Kidding Me? Software stocks are getting absolutely clobbered into submission right now as I pen this update for Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ( PANW ). At this point, it doesn't seem to matter whether you are a cybersecurity stock, enterprise data software company, or infrastructure software or applicat...
Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Anthropic Mythos Killing Cybersecurity? Are You Kidding Me? Software stocks are getting absolutely clobbered into submission right now as I pen this update for Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ( PANW ). At this point, it doesn't seem to matter whether you are a cybersecurity stock, enterprise data software company, or infrastructure software or application software; the market has taken the hatchet to cut their exposure to the embattled industry. And the selloff has already led to a further breakdown of oversold levels from February for SaaS ( IGV ), as sellers look to establish new lower support zones following the unveiling of Anthropic’s ( ANTHRO ) latest AI model. To make matters worse for these software companies, Anthropic hasn’t even released it for general availability, because the AI company fears that its new Mythos AI model could wreak untold destruction on previously unknown or undetected "high-severity" vulnerabilities across the whole enterprise software ecosystem. Launch of Project Glasswing (Anthropic) In times like this, I thought cybersecurity companies should have the upper hand in dealing with the fallout. However, this isn't the case. But, why? Furthermore, for PANW, the company is also included as part of the early reviewers in Project Glasswing to preview the new AI model for them and (hopefully) address the vulnerabilities timely. This is a measured and necessary step for PANW to work on the assessed gaps in their AI defense capabilities before Anthropic releases the model in the wild. You should know that Palo Alto Networks is joined by CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) in this collaborative effort to address these incipient challenges that are clearly becoming more convoluted and difficult for even the cybersecurity gold standard to resolve. Otherwise, why would they need to hold it back from general availability first, right? It must have spooked the model developers enough that they think it's only the righ...
Financial industry leaders met to discuss potential cyber risks posed by Anthropic's latest AI model, which has found weaknesses in every major computer operating system.
Financial industry leaders met to discuss potential cyber risks posed by Anthropic's latest AI model, which has found weaknesses in every major computer operating system.
Apple is closing its retail store in Towson, Maryland, the company’s first unionized retail location. Apple says it’s due to declining sales in the mall, while the labor organization representing workers calls it a case of union-busting. Bloomberg’s Josh Eidelson joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
Apple is closing its retail store in Towson, Maryland, the company’s first unionized retail location. Apple says it’s due to declining sales in the mall, while the labor organization representing workers calls it a case of union-busting. Bloomberg’s Josh Eidelson joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk urged customers wanting to get their hands on the outgoing Model S and Model X vehicles to place their orders, citing limited inventory. Inventory Nearly Over Musk, in a post on the social media platform X on Wednesday, shared that there were only a “few hundred Tesla Model S & X cars left in inventory.” Musk also urged people to order them now before the inventory runs ou...
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk urged customers wanting to get their hands on the outgoing Model S and Model X vehicles to place their orders, citing limited inventory. Inventory Nearly Over Musk, in a post on the social media platform X on Wednesday, shared that there were only a “few hundred Tesla Model S & X cars left in inventory.” Musk also urged people to order them now before the inventory runs out. On the official Tesla website, you can see that there are fewer than 5 Model S units available ne
Microsoft says it hears the complaints people have about the current state of Windows, and it wants to fix them. One of those fixes is another overhaul for its Windows Insider Program, the public beta system that Microsoft has used since Windows 10 to test and preview upcoming versions of the operating system and new app updates. The company hinted at this in its " commitment to Windows quality " ...
Microsoft says it hears the complaints people have about the current state of Windows, and it wants to fix them. One of those fixes is another overhaul for its Windows Insider Program, the public beta system that Microsoft has used since Windows 10 to test and preview upcoming versions of the operating system and new app updates. The company hinted at this in its " commitment to Windows quality " post last month, and it's announcing details today in another post attributed to Microsoft Principal Group Product Manager Alec Oot. Since its last reorganization in 2023 , the Windows Insider Program has had four testing channels. From least to most stable, these are the Canary channel, the Dev channel, the Beta channel, and the Release Preview channel. Both Canary and Dev are for earlier builds of Windows and new apps, while Beta tends to get things that are closer to finished and much more likely to ship to the general public. The Release Preview channel is a new Windows version's last stop before public release and is usually near-final. Read full article Comments
Hi everyone. Today we’ve got a fun story about one successful indie developer that’s helping out another, but first... This week’s top gaming news: A ton of new indie games were announced this week (huh, guess this newsletter has a theme) The new Mario movie is a big hit , buoying theaters An unexpected partnership Early last year, when game designer Remy Siu began looking for funding on his next ...
Hi everyone. Today we’ve got a fun story about one successful indie developer that’s helping out another, but first... This week’s top gaming news: A ton of new indie games were announced this week (huh, guess this newsletter has a theme) The new Mario movie is a big hit , buoying theaters An unexpected partnership Early last year, when game designer Remy Siu began looking for funding on his next project, potential backers all asked him the same question: “Where’s the demo?” Siu, director of the critically acclaimed narrative game 1000xResist , thought it was a reasonable request. It makes sense for prospective investors to want to see a proof of concept before writing a big check. Even though 1000xResist had sold nearly 100,000 copies at that point (the figure has since grown to around 150,000), Siu and his team weren’t yet established enough to score deals with nothing but ambitious ideas and a slideshow presentation. But developing a demo before signing a deal is a risky endeavor. It means spending a lot of time on something with no guaranteed return. Often, the work used in a demo can’t be used again for the final product. For narrative games like the kind Siu makes, it’s particularly difficult to make a demo that reflects the complete experience. And every month spent on a demo means burning a month worth of salaries. For Siu’s studio, Sunset Visitor, which has around 10 employees, that’d be an expensive proposition during a time when it’s become extraordinarily difficult for developers to find funding . “It’s essentially working on spec,” Siu told me in a recent interview. “And so you have a lot of developers working on spec. Sometimes that doesn’t pan out, and that can lead to lots of studios closing.” Fortunately, Siu had another option. A few months earlier, he had met Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias, the married co-founders of a fellow indie studio called Black Tabby Games. Their 2023 horror game Slay the Princess was a smash hit (it has now sold more th...