AI Security & Safety ·
The Hardware and Software Ownership Renaissance
Tech workers are leaving Gmail, sealed phones, and cloud AI bills behind. Here is the real cost data behind the software ownership shift.
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AI for Security
How security teams use AI, how to do it well, and what it means for your job. Written for people who defend the company, not people who build models.
77 articles · Updated Nov 13, 2026
AI Security & Safety ·
The Cloud Dev Stack Is Fragile: Why the GitHub Outage Broke Cursor Origin Too
GitHub's August 2026 outage broke Cursor Origin, its own AI-native alternative. Here's what that reveals about renting your dev infrastructure.
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AI Security & Safety ·
Bricked Hardware and Missing Git Tags: Why Software Ownership Matters
Cricut's remote-locked cutters and Google's vanished Git tags show the real risks of cloud-dependent hardware and why owning your stack matters.
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We Need to Talk About Who Owns the AI Training Data
2025 court rulings show AI scraping is fair use only for well-funded labs. Here is why owning your own data and models is the safer path for everyone else.
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The API Trap: How Cloud Bugs and Usage Fees Are Forcing a Return to Self-Hosting
Cloud billing bugs and API overage fees are pushing companies back to self-hosted, open-source tools. Here's the real math on cloud API cost overruns.
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