The US unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in June largely because 720,000 people left the labor force, pushing participation to 61.5%. Excluding the Covid-era jobs market, that’s the lowest participation rate since June 1976. The decline in the labor force marks a “massive exodus” driven by multiple factors, said Mike Read more…
Sysdig says it has documented the first ransomware attack carried out end to end by an AI agent, which autonomously exploited exposed systems, stole credentials, established persistence, compromised a production database, and destroyed data. The research team named the attacker “JadePuffer” and said it gained initial access to an internet-facing Read more…
IEEE Spectrum argues that orbital data centers remain far from economically or technically practical despite Elon Musk’s prediction that space will become the cheapest place to run AI within a few years. Deploying SpaceX’s proposed million-satellite constellation would require enormous increases in launch and manufacturing capacity, while cooling, radiation, maintenance, Read more…
The first fully synthetic cell (“SpudCell”) has been created in the Department of Genetics at the University of Minnesota. Strictly speaking, it’s described as a “cell-like system constructed entirely from known chemical components that can perform a complete cell cycle.” It is able to replicate, but only for approximately five Read more…
On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. “Beginning July 1st, the rate we pay for electricity used in all Henrico County government and school facilities will increase dramatically Read more…
South Korea’s government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. […] “We must secure the core elements of AI faster than any other country,” Read more…