Apple aesthetics, AMD attitude
A storage-focused tech firm is moonlighting in the mini PC game, rolling out Mac Pro and Mac mini look-alikes that swap Cupertino lock-in for Ryzen CPUs and your choice of Windows or Linux. It is brushed aluminum cosplay for people who like the vibe, not the walled garden.
Researchers flag gaping security holes in AI browsers Atlas and Comet
Security teams say OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser and Perplexity’s Comet are dangerously easy to abuse, from malicious prompts smuggled via URLs and spoofed AI sidebars to a reported CSRF chain in Atlas that writes into the assistant’s persistent memory and can survive across sessions and devices. In tests, Edge blocked 53 percent of live threats, Chrome 47 percent, Comet 7 percent, and Atlas 5.8 percent. Experts warn these tools treat their AI agent as a trusted super user across sites, which torches the web’s basic sandboxing model. What could go wrong? Apparently, quite a lot.
RCI Hospitality execs indicted in alleged tax bribe scheme
New York’s attorney general announced a 79-count indictment alleging the parent company of several Manhattan strip clubs and multiple executives bribed a state tax auditor with cash, luxury trips, and private dances to dodge more than 8 million dollars in sales taxes from 2010 to 2024. The company and three clubs are among those charged, and the top counts carry potential 25-year sentences. Defense calls the case sensational and denies any quid pro quo. If proven, it is the rare audit with frequent-flier miles and a VIP wristband.
Early-release inmate charged with murder, policy under scrutiny
A man freed under the government’s overcrowding-driven scheme, which lets some determinate-sentence prisoners out at 40 percent of their term instead of 50 percent, has been charged with murder. He cannot be named for legal reasons. Officials say it is the most serious alleged offense linked to the policy, which excludes sexual, domestic abuse, and terrorism cases, as well as violent offenders jailed for more than four years. Those released remain on licence and can be recalled. The Ministry of Justice offered condolences, said it inherited a prisons system on the brink, and pledged 14,000 new places. Since September 2024, 38,042 prisoners have been released. The overall population dipped from a February 2024 peak of 88,439 to 87,465 in September 2025, still higher than September 2024. Recalls hit 11,041 between April and June 2025, up 13 percent year on year and at historically high levels, which the MoJ links to both the early release scheme and an April 2024 law change requiring short fixed-term recalls for sentences under 12 months. Policy arithmetic is colliding with public safety, and the sums are unforgiving.
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