Reality Bleed Edition <div><br /> </div> <h2>Top Story</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644117/Microsoft-smashes-record-for-biggest-ever-Patch-Tuesday-update]Microsoft just released its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, fixing over 200 flows* including three 0-day exploits.[/url]&nbsp; (Computer Weekly)<br /> <br /> Well, good.&nbsp; I guess that means things are fixed.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">* Close enough.&nbsp; See comments.</span><br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/10/nightmare-eclipse-publishes-new-windows-defender-zero-day/5253725]A new exploit called RoguePlanet targets Windows Defender - the Windows subsystem that protect the rest of the system from exploits - the grant attackers admin access.[/url]&nbsp; (The Register)<br /> <br /> Never wrestle with an autistic asshole.&nbsp; Just don't.<br /> </li> </ul> <div><br /> </div></div> <h2>Tech News</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-fires-back-at-nvidia-claiming-256-core-zen-6-venice-cpu-beats-vera-by-3-3x-in-rack-level-performance-company-shares-first-estimated-epyc-venice-benchmarks]AMD claims its upcoming 256 core Zen 6 Venice server processor is 3.3x better than Nvidia's upcoming 88 core Vera Rubin processor when normalised to a full 100kW rack.[/url]&nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)<br /> <br /> It's impossible to confirm any of this.&nbsp; AMD doesn't have unreleased Nvidia hardware, Nvidia doesn't have unreleased AMD hardware, and anyone who has both has signed away all their major organs in NDAs.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/seattle-ai-datacenters-ban]Seattle has enacted one year moratorium on new AI datacenters.[/url]&nbsp; (The Guardian)<br /> <br /> I'm not sure anyone was planning to build a datacenter <span style="font-style: italic;">in </span>Seattle, but if they were, they can't.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/spacex-details-its-ai1-compute-satellite]Elon Musk has showed off plans for a first generation orbital datacenter.[/url]&nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)<br /> <br /> 150kW of computing power moving at 8km per second.&nbsp; Don't stand underneath when they fly by.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-drafts-295-billion-plan-to-build-a-national-ai-data-center-grid-running-on-80-percent-domestic-chips]China is planning to spend $295 billion on a national AI datacenter.[/url]&nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)<br /> <br /> It is planned to be constructed of at least 80% export-quality tofu dregs.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/samsung-heavy-industries-recruits-greek-shipowner-and-supermicro-to-bring-50mw-floating-ai-data-centers-to-market]Samsung has signed a deal to build 50MW floating datacenters.[/url]&nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)<br /> <br /> Your move, Seattle.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15425996-data-retention-practices-for-mythos-class-models]If you want to use Claudes new security-oriented Fable and Mythos models, it will track your interactions for a month.[/url]&nbsp; (Claude)<br /> <br /> And then get hacked.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/10/ai-pilled-firms-spend-7500-per-employee-each-month-on-ai/]Leading firms in the AI waste race are spending $7500 per month per employee.[/url]&nbsp; (Tech Crunch)<br /> <br /> And I can call spirits from the vasty deep.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/10/xai-fired-an-engineer-who-raised-alarms-about-grok-safety-new-lawsuit-claims/]A former xAI engineer has filed suit against the company, claiming he was fired for raising "safety" concerns.[/url]&nbsp; (Tech Crunch)<br /> <br /> "Safety" in AI rarely has anything to do with safety, so its hard to tell what this is about.&nbsp; The interesting part is that the lawsuit explicitly says that Elon Musk was not at fault and insisted that all applicable laws be followed; the suit places blame on one single, now departed executive.<br /> <br /> As in, he left the company.&nbsp; As far as I know he's still alive.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> </ul> <h2>Musical Interlude</h2></div> <div>[ytlite=rMIWoCAUNaE]</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span style="font-style: italic;">Disclaimer: No, I said "allo".</span></div>