OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse
A 61-year-old worker died on Thursday after reportedly getting stuck between a truck trailer and a loading dock.
The Trump administration says it can’t process tariff refunds because of computer problems
The US Customs and Border Protection says it currently can’t comply with an order to process billions of dollars in refunds stemming from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In a filing on Friday, CBP executive director Brandon Lord says the agency’s digital import processing system is “not well suited to a task of this […]
Microsoft, Google, Amazon say Anthropic Claude remains available to non-defense customers
Trump’s Department of War feud with Anthropic won’t impact other companies that are using Claude via Microsoft and Google products.
Bill Gates’ TerraPower gets approval to build new nuclear reactor
It’s the first permit to be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in nearly a decade.
Nintendo is suing the US government for a refund of Trump’s illegal tariffs
Nintendo of America is suing the US government over President Trump’s tariffs and is demanding a “prompt refund, with interest” of any duties that it has paid, according to a complaint filed in the US Court of International Trade, as reported previously by Aftermath. The Supreme Court ruled last month that Trump’s use of the […]
The AI Doc is an overwrought hype piece for doomers and accelerationists alike
We are in the thick of a massive push to incorporate generative AI into almost every aspect of our lives, but it is still easy to be confused about what it is and how it works. It doesn’t help that many of gen AI’s proponents and detractors both speak about it with a feverish hyperbole […]
Anthropic’s Claude found 22 vulnerabilities in Firefox over two weeks
In a recent security partnership with Mozilla, Anthropic found 22 separate vulnerabilities in Firefox — 14 of them classified as “high-severity.”
Anthropic’s Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contracts
The Pentagon has officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models, including its use in autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As Anthropic’s $200 million contract fell apart, the DoD turned to OpenAI instead, which accepted and then watched ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%. As the stakes keep rising, the question remains: how much unrestricted […]
India PC shipments surpass pandemic peak as first-time users upgrade
Pandemic-driven lockdowns exposed many people in India to PCs for the first time, expanding the country’s PC userbase and creating demand for upgrades as those devices age.