The cost of being half-hearted in AI and how to avoid the Solow Paradox

Not too long ago, one of the world’s most data-driven companies admitted that its AI spending was becoming “harder to justify”. Uber’s President and COO, Andrew Macdonald, told the Rapid Response podcast that the company had blown through its entire 2026 AI budget in roughly four months, with around 5,000 engineers leaning on Anthropic’s Claude … Read more

Rethinking defense in the wake of OpenClaw attacks

Thanks to rapid developments around AI, cybersecurity pros seem due for a reminder that the threat landscape has fundamentally changed. This time it’s OpenClaw ringing the alarm bells, but in truth we see the same cycle repeating itself time and time again, just with new technology. Within days of OpenClaw’s open-source, researchers discovered exposed management … Read more

Should Star Trek fans be worried about ‘dwindling’ Blu-ray, 4K and DVD releases in the streaming era? One star says not — despite Starfleet Academy having no confirmed release date on physical media

As I overheard a fan saying at this year’s Italian Global Series television festival in Rimini, Star Trek was one of the first TV franchises that you had to own physically in order to see the entire thing. With so many different iterations of the overarching IP — from the classic 1960s series to Star … Read more

A potentially dangerous macOS security flaw went unreported due to Apple being deluged by AI slop bug reports

Bynario disclosed CVE‑2026‑43760, a macOS RCE flaw allowing root file creation via legacy VNC password option Apple patched it July 27, 2026 in macOS Tahoe 26.6 and Sonoma 14.8.8; unpatched users should disable Screen Sharing/Remote Management or the legacy VNC setting Reporting was delayed as Apple limited submissions due to AI‑generated bug report overload, but … Read more

Telemetry in AI and why it may be a ticking bomb for CTOs and CFOs

As telemetry becomes central to how modern platforms are built, trained, and automated, its perceived future utility has driven a dramatic increase in collection and retention. A recent study shows telemetry volumes tripling in many enterprises over the past year, with agentic AI expected to drive nearly 10x more growth expected within the next two … Read more