Daily Tech News 11 June 2026

• Microsoft just released its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, fixing over 200 flows including three 0-day exploits. (Computer Weekly)
  
  Well, good. I guess that means things are fixed.
  
  
  
• A new exploit called RoguePlanet targets Windows Defender - the Windows subsystem that protect the rest of the system from exploits - the grant attackers admin access. (The Register)
  
  Never wrestle with an autistic asshole. Just don't.
  
  

• AMD claims its upcoming 256 core Zen 6 Venice server processor is 3.3x better than Nvidia's upcoming 88 core Vera Rubin processor when normalised to a full 100kW rack. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  It's impossible to confirm any of this. AMD doesn't have unreleased Nvidia hardware, Nvidia doesn't have unreleased AMD hardware, and anyone who has both has signed away all their major organs in NDAs.
  
  
  
• Seattle has enacted one year moratorium on new AI datacenters. (The Guardian)
  
  I'm not sure anyone was planning to build a datacenter in Seattle, but if they were, they can't.
  
  
  
• Elon Musk has showed off plans for a first generation orbital datacenter. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  150kW of computing power moving at 8km per second. Don't stand underneath when they fly by.
  
  
  
• China is planning to spend $295 billion on a national AI datacenter. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  It is planned to be constructed of at least 80% export-quality tofu dregs.
  
  
  
• Samsung has signed a deal to build 50MW floating datacenters. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Your move, Seattle.
  
  
  
• If you want to use Claudes new security-oriented Fable and Mythos models, it will track your interactions for a month. (Claude)
  
  And then get hacked.
  
  
  
• Leading first in the AI waste race are spending $7500 per month per employee. (Tech Crunch)
  
  And I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
  
  
  
• A former xAI engineer has filed suit against the company, claiming he was fired for raising "safety" concerns. (Tech Crunch)
  
  "Safety" in AI rarely has anything to do with safety, so its hard to tell what this is about. The interesting part is that the lawsuit explicitly says that Elon Musk was not at fault and insisted that all applicable laws be followed; the suit places blame on one single, now departed executive.
  
  As in, he left the company. As far as I know he's still alive.
  
  
  

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