Daily Tech News 25 September 2026

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I know, I have a 16-core server with 128GB of RAM that isn't doing much, I'll borrow half of it as a development box.

Cue grindingly poor disk performance thanks to absurdly high write loads of large Rust build directories.
The communists at OpenAI "accidentally" hacked the communist Australian government's healthcare portal and took 84 years days to tell them about it. (Tom's Hardware)

The Australian government of course didn't know anything about it.

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Micron is going to stop making 2GB GDDR7 chips for video cards because they make far more money on the 3GB chips. (Tom's Hardware)

Fortunately Nvidia mostly uses chips from Samsung and Hynix anyway.
Commodity DRAM now costs more per square millimeter than leading-edge 2nm logic chips. (WCCFTech)

Yay us.
People training OpenAI's AI have been fired for using AI. (404 Media)

Well, yes. Exactly.

Training AI on AI output rapidly leads to something called model collapse. It's the computer equivalent of drinking your own urine.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: BRB. Upping my P(doom) to the Moon.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 25, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

2 >>>Training AI on AI output rapidly leads to something called model collapse. It's the computer equivalent of drinking your own urine.

ewww

Posted by: m at September 25, 2026 04:32 AM (odBC9)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 25, 2026 04:33 AM (sAmhv)

4 G'Day everyone
Lets try again, TGIF

Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Urine good form this morning, Pixy !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Bouzouki Critic. . . at September 25, 2026 04:38 AM (3ZUWJ)

6 Molasses cookies and fresh coffee are on the sideboard. Help yourself.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2026 04:38 AM (DPPrP)

7 or, something like that ...

Posted by: Adriane the Bouzouki Critic. . . at September 25, 2026 04:39 AM (3ZUWJ)

8 Used to watch anime at my last job. Worked with a guy who liked it. The music selection above. That anime was one of them. It was oddly watchable. What was it called? Can't remember. Space Dandy or something. Drawing a blank.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 25, 2026 04:40 AM (sAmhv)

9 5 Urine good form this morning, Pixy !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Bouzouki Critic. . . at September 25, 2026 04:38 AM (3ZUWJ)

haha!

Posted by: m at September 25, 2026 04:53 AM (odBC9)

10 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Well, after an hour and a half of good sleep, i'm wide awake....

Posted by: Dark Lix at September 25, 2026 05:01 AM (Fv808)

12 6 Molasses cookies and fresh coffee are on the sideboard. Help yourself.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2026 04:38 AM (DPPrP)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at September 25, 2026 05:06 AM (odBC9)

13
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 25, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

14 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 25, 2026 05:11 AM (V0/Sp)

15 >>> The Australian government of course didn't know anything about it.

Is it a regular practice to check the logs to check if someone (or something) that doesn't belong has been in the environment?

Posted by: fluffy at September 25, 2026 05:15 AM (V0/Sp)

16 Good morning, everyone. I hope you have a wonderful day. Here is a hymn by the prolific hymn writer , Charles Wesley: " And can it be that I should gain."

https://tinyurl.com/mu2u666p

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2026 05:21 AM (JrHfD)

17 I think I might have posted this yesterday. If so, I apologize . A trumpet at a ball game fails and the musician sings the National Anthem himself:

https://tinyurl.com/yme7xefk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2026 05:25 AM (JrHfD)

18 Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)

You too, Skip.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2026 05:28 AM (JrHfD)

19 Mornin', Horde. 51 degrees, going up to 74 in Kentuckiana today. Lousy sleeping night so already done with the ONT comments & caught up here. Been to the gym, rest of this day is going to be movin' kinda slow.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 25, 2026 05:35 AM (NcvvS)

20 "It's the computer equivalent of drinking your own urine."

Or cloning your clone (c.f., Multiplicity).

Posted by: Clone of a clone of a clone I own at September 25, 2026 05:38 AM (EXdVF)

21 Shelter dogs pick their favorite toys:

https://tinyurl.com/kk2k3tsa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2026 05:38 AM (JrHfD)

22 Just wait until the Founders hire the Breen to run the Vorta clone farms.

History will point to us and say "all of the movies and books about robots taking over and you did this anyway?"

Posted by: Kittens! at September 25, 2026 05:43 AM (LOZbR)

23 Evening and morning, all! 'Tis Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

78 F. here at 4:30 am and no heat index? In September in Da Swamp? I've stumbled through a dimensional portal. Come on now, really. Where am I?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

24 Another day and on this day the vibe coding script kiddies have used their l33t haxxor skillz on *spins wheel* Australia.

Posted by: Nato at September 25, 2026 05:53 AM (yJO5H)

25 Dreamed something about walking through the library building at my old employer. I was at work on Christmas Eve, which never happened, and wondering if I could sneak out by noon. Then, planning to pick up some books for the Xmas break, I went through the doors to the stacks -- or what I *thought* was the stacks. There was nothing but a big grassy sunny field with people wandering around in it.

I gaped, and asked a girl next to me, "Where's the library?" She squinted and said, "I heard they moved it to the Field House." Which out here in the real world hasn't existed for some years, I think, but in any case was half a mile's walk away. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

26 The IRGC cyber police are deactivating sim cards of anyone even suspected of posting anti regime messages on social media.

Burnham won't be far behind in the UK.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2026 05:56 AM (DPPrP)

27 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at September 25, 2026 06:04 AM (PzBTm)

28 I was mistaken: The "Field House" I dreamed about has existed on my former employer's campus since 1933. That shows you how often I went to that end of campus and how little I cared about sports.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

29 Morning, Rosasharn!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

30 @22/Kittens!: { History will point to us and say "all of the movies and books about robots taking over and you did this anyway?" }

Tech company: "At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 25, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

31 >>> I gaped, and asked a girl next to me, "Where's the library?" She squinted and said, "I heard they moved it to the Field House." Which out here in the real world hasn't existed for some years, I think, but in any case was half a mile's walk away. Then I woke up.

For you, Wolfus:

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=c7rTirqJnmM

Posted by: fluffy at September 25, 2026 06:07 AM (V0/Sp)

32 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Houston, we've had a problem.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 25, 2026 06:09 AM (amcLV)

33 Oay. Time to change, stretch, and hit the workout trail.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)

34 Windows Central: Microsoft has quietly sent the term "Copilot+ PC" to marketing Siberia where it is hoped it will join other marketing fiascos, such as tranny Bud Light, New Coke, and the Cracker Barrel makeover, buried under sheets of ice. The only people that seem to have noticed this is the tech press hacks, while the rest of us are left going what was a Copilot+ PC?"

This calls for a moment of silence.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 25, 2026 06:11 AM (VyD10)

35 Dang, now I've got the WKRP tune as an earworm.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 25, 2026 06:11 AM (aKh6S)

36 @31/fluffy: Maybe a character got trimmed from that video code? I'm getting a 404 on that link.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 25, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

37 Broken URL fixed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7rTirqJnmM

Posted by: fluffy at September 25, 2026 06:13 AM (V0/Sp)

38 @31/fluffy:

Fixed link:
https://youtu.be/c7rTirqJnmM

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 25, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

39 Okay, you figured it out (the missing "?"). I was off trying things until I also fixed it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 25, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

40 @31/fluffy: Maybe a character got trimmed from that video code? I'm getting a 404 on that link.

Yes, the original link was for a playlist, which exceeds the character limit here. While cleaning it up I mistakenly deleted '?' which should precede the 'v'

Posted by: fluffy at September 25, 2026 06:16 AM (V0/Sp)

41
Good morning, Hordians.

Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good. Switched from dark roast to French roast the other day. Quite a bit better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2026 06:19 AM (eRlcH)

42 NERDS!!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 25, 2026 06:19 AM (g8Ew8)

43 @42/Dr. Pork Chops & Bacon:

That's practically a tautology around here.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 25, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

44
Slept from 10:00 to 5:00, which is better. I'd been waking up between 4:00 and 4:30 and for me to wake up is to get up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2026 06:23 AM (eRlcH)

45 Some iPhone 18 Pro units are freezing and rebooting when using Face ID to open certain protected apps. The ever inclusive Apple determined this only happens to non rainbow people and and their allies. Apple's response was a terse "you look wrong to it, you should get a Samsung."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 25, 2026 06:25 AM (VyD10)

46 22 Just wait until the Founders hire the Breen to run the Vorta clone farms.

History will point to us and say "all of the movies and books about robots taking over and you did this anyway?"
Posted by: Kittens! at September 25, 2026 05:43 AM (LOZbR)

Momentary disconcertedness, here, reading your post ("... History will point to us....) and then reading the poster-nic "Kittens!"

Posted by: m at September 25, 2026 06:32 AM (odBC9)

47 Good morning Horde thx Pixy.
Actually 50° out, 47°when I when I went to the store earlier. But we're all going to die in the noreaster this weekend. Expecting only 2-4inches of rain here.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 25, 2026 06:34 AM (NGWpV)

48 I saw the twirl
did you see it?
I saw it

Posted by: Don Black at September 25, 2026 06:34 AM (ZxPkt)

49 27 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at September 25, 2026 06:04 AM (PzBTm)

YAY!!!

Posted by: m at September 25, 2026 06:34 AM (odBC9)

50 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 25, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

51 24 Another day and on this day the vibe coding script kiddies have used their l33t haxxor skillz on *spins wheel* Australia.
Posted by: Nato at September 25, 2026 05:53 AM (yJO5H)

I have become at ease with many of these techy words here at AoSHq.

Posted by: m at September 25, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

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