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Apr 29, 2026

Microsoft patched 167 security holes in a single day last week. Craig uses that number to make the point he considers most under-appreciated by everyone listening: Windows Update patches Microsoft software. It does not touch anything else on your machine. Whatever else you have installed is on you.

And it does not stop...


Apr 28, 2026

Microsoft's April patch release fixed 167 security holes in a single day, one of them a zero-day already being actively exploited before the fix shipped. The federal government added eight more items to its emergency security watch list the same week. Craig's point: people obsess over updating their laptop and phone,...


Apr 22, 2026

Florida officials say ChatGPT may have advised the gunman in the Florida State University shooting โ€” the questions alleged include which weapon to use, how much ammunition to bring, and when to go onto campus. OpenAI's position is that it is not responsible for what happened.

Craig's analysis is the most useful legal...


Apr 21, 2026

Anthropic has released an AI model built specifically for cybersecurity work, and it's already turning up major, remotely-exploitable vulnerabilities in every operating system researchers have pointed it at โ€” Linux, BSD-based systems, and Windows alike. Craig's read: this kicks off roughly a year, maybe longer, of an...


Apr 15, 2026

Maine has passed a first-in-the-nation ban on data centers, now awaiting the governor's signature. The concerns behind it are real and Craig says so plainly: electricity prices do go up. What he disputes is the shape of the response.

His industry view is that it barely dents the AI business. These companies save money...