Technology
Five Hours and Counting: One Auth Config Takes Down Microsoft 365
One authentication failure has degraded Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Purview, and Defender since 11:08 AM EDT — no fix and no ETA as of publication.
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AI
Nvidia's $12.9B Run at Hugging Face Puts the AI Commons in Play
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. Nothing is signed, and the neutrality of open AI's default hub is now the question.
Healthcare IT
McKesson Breach: 284 Million Rows, Unknown Number of Patients
McKesson confirmed data exfiltration after ShinyHunters claimed 284 million patient records — a figure the group itself says counts rows, not people.
Technology
Three ServiceNow AI Platform Bugs Score 10.0
ServiceNow patched three unauthenticated AI Platform flaws rated CVSS 10.0. Hosted instances received fixes; self-hosted customers must verify their versions.
AI
OpenAI Plans to End Its Model Deal With SpaceX-Owned Cursor
OpenAI plans to end bundled model access in Cursor after SpaceX’s $60 billion takeover. Cursor says OpenAI is 5% of traffic, but the platform bargain is over.
Technology
California's Age Law Forgot Linux Exists. The Fix Passed 109–0.
California voted unanimously to exempt open-source operating systems from its age-verification law, after a year of warnings that Linux couldn't comply.
AI
$150,000 a Song: Sony and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic
All three majors' publishing arms are now suing the Claude maker. The new complaint names two co-founders personally and seeks up to $150,000 per song.
AI
'Not a Blank Check': Judge Voids the Pentagon's Anthropic Blacklist
A federal judge ruled the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic unconstitutional — First Amendment retaliation dressed as national security.
AI
Bill Gates Says AI's 'Bad Stuff Is Imminent.' He Wants a Plan.
Gates says the industry is downplaying AI risks it privately fears, and proposes token taxes, 'Human Reserved' jobs, and new national and global institutions.
Geopolitics
65 Billion Barrels on Paper: The U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal
Trump announced majority U.S. control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. The structure is undisclosed, and the pump won't notice for years.