Collaborate Disseminate
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired his AI startup xAI in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at $1.25 trillion, ahead of what would be the largest initial public offering in history. SpaceX pegged its own valuation at $1 trillion — a markup… Continue reading SpaceX Acquires xAI in $1.25 Trillion All-Stock Deal
The KDE desktop’s new login manager (PLM) in the upcoming Plasma 6.6 will mark the first time that KDE requires that the underlying OS uses systemd, if one wishes for …read more Continue reading KDE Binds Itself Tightly to Systemd, Drops Support for Non-Systemd Systems
Scientists at the University of Utah have analyzed nearly a century’s worth of human hair samples and found that lead concentrations dropped 100-fold after the EPA began cracking down on leaded gasoline and other lead-based products in the 1970s.
The… Continue reading A Century of Hair Samples Proves Leaded Gas Ban Worked
This Hulkman Alpha went above and beyond, jumpstarting a car with a dead battery multiple times on a 500-mile journey. Continue reading I used this $60 jump starter in a real emergency, and it brought my car back to life
Consumers are favoring brands that leverage AI agents to deliver transparency, confidence, and highly personalized assistance. Continue reading Why more consumers prefer AI-enhanced shopping – and still expect the human touch
(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Continue reading ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9792, (Tue, Feb 3rd)
Microsoft’s February 2026 update delivers an expanded Cross Device Resume, improved voice tools, and QOL fixes. Continue reading The Windows 11 February patch is a big one – here’s what PC users are getting
The owners of Leica Camera AG — Austrian billionaire Andreas Kaufmann and private equity giant Blackstone — are considering a sale of a controlling stake in the German camera maker in a deal that could value the company at about $1.2 billion, Bloombe… Continue reading Leica Camera’s Owners Weigh $1.2 Billion Sale of Controlling Stake
[XYZAiden]’s concept for a flexible robotic gripper might be a few years old, but if anything it’s even more accessible now than when he first prototyped it. It uses only …read more Continue reading Print-in-Place Gripper Does It With a Single Motor
The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure – all the usual high-value orgs Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which… Continue reading Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor