Author: Carter

**Introducing the HIH Index: A New Tool for Tracking Material Cyber Breaches** In an age where data breaches dominate headlines but often lack reliable, centralized tracking, a former cybersecurity executive has taken matters into his own hands. Richard Bird, currently Chief Strategy and Chief Security Officer at Singulr AI—and previously a leader at JPMorgan Chase and multiple cybersecurity firms—has launched a unique public resource known as the “Hacker in a Hoodie (HIH) Index.” This project is designed to provide transparency and clarity in an area clouded by inconsistent reports and speculative figures. The HIH Index is not another generic dashboard.…

**The Fed May Hike Again — What It Means for Bitcoin** Bond traders are signaling a shift in the financial landscape that could impact Bitcoin significantly. Recent indications from the bond market suggest that the Federal Reserve might begin raising interest rates again, possibly as early as December. This development echoes the conditions seen in 2023, a period that had profound effects on Bitcoin’s price. ### Bond Traders Now Expect Fed Rate Hikes The bond market has shown a notable change, with traders and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh indicating that the battle against inflation is far from over. Market predictions…

**Meta in Early Discussions to Lease Computing Capacity to Anthropic in $10 Billion Deal** Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is reportedly in early negotiations to lease computing capacity to Anthropic, the AI research company, under a two-year agreement potentially worth up to $10 billion. According to *The New York Times*, the proposed arrangement would allow Anthropic to access Meta’s computing infrastructure while creating a new external revenue stream for Meta. The details of the deal remain preliminary, with no specifics provided regarding the facilities, chip models, or the amount of capacity involved. Anthropic would reportedly pay in monthly instalments,…

**The Future of Connected Cars: Embedded OEM Telematics Set to Reach 580 Million by 2030** By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News. The automotive landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the relentless march of connectivity. While much discussion centers on the services enabled by this connectivity—such as remote diagnostics, over-the-air updates, usage-based insurance, and integrated fleet management—a more fundamental shift is occurring. The focus is moving towards *how* and *where* this connectivity is built into the vehicle. According to a new forecast from Berg Insight, the industry is at a pivotal juncture, with factory-installed connectivity poised…

**Automating Seat Assignments in Office Buildings: A Power BI Approach** In many office environments, managing seat assignments efficiently is essential for space optimization and resource planning. This article explores a real-world scenario where an organization needed to assign unassigned seats based on departmental ownership, using Power BI as the primary tool. The author outlines the business rules, technical challenges, and eventual solution using DAX after encountering limitations with Power Query. — ### **The Scenario** Each seat in the office building must be assigned to an organizational unit (OU). A master list contains all seats, with some lacking an assigned OU.…

**The Real Test for Agent Survival: Cost Per Successful Outcome** In the world of AI agents, the twelve-metric evaluation harness has long been the gold standard for determining whether an agent is “working.” For months, teams celebrated green dashboards showing strong task completion, high faithfulness, and low hallucination rates. But a stark reality check came when a mid-market SaaS company built an agent to handle billing and account tickets. Their agent performed well on paper. Every metric the harness tracked was within target. Yet when the CFO reviewed the numbers, the picture changed: the cost per resolved ticket was higher…

**Federal Contracting Program Faces Legal Challenges and Proposed Overhaul** The 8(a) Business Development Program, a cornerstone of federal contracting designed to level the playing field for socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, is at a critical juncture. Recent actions by the Small Business Administration (SBA) have sparked significant controversy, leading to legal challenges and a proposed overhaul of the program’s foundational rules. ### The Heart of the Controversy At the center of the debate is a proposed rule change that would eliminate the long-standing “rebuttable presumption” of eligibility for members of socially and economically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups. This…

## What Is SQRL? Most text-to-SQL systems treat the task as a straightforward translation: take a natural-language question and directly produce a SQL query. Feyn AI, a YC-backed startup, reframes the problem around **inspection** rather than pure translation. The company has open-sourced **SQRL**, a family of models that follow a two-step approach. Given a question, schema, and optional evidence, SQRL first decides whether the information provided is sufficient. If ambiguity remains, it issues read-only “probe” queries to inspect the database, then commits to a final SQL statement only after resolving uncertainty. This design reduces errors caused by ambiguous columns, wrong…

**Supply Chain Attack Targets Ruby Ecosystem with SleeperGem Malware** In a startling development highlighting the evolving tactics of threat actors, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated software supply chain attack codenamed **SleeperGem**. This campaign specifically targeted the Ruby ecosystem, resulting in the publication of three malicious gems to RubyGems, the primary package repository for the Ruby programming language. The overarching goal of this operation was not immediate destruction but the strategic deployment of secondary payloads onto developer systems, effectively turning a trusted repository into a covert distribution channel. The attack was meticulously designed to remain dormant until activated on a…

**A Practical Guide to Running Local LLMs on a 24GB GPU** A single 24GB GPU is the practical floor for serious local inference. It is enough for genuinely capable models, and small enough to sit on one GPU. An RTX 3090 or RTX 4090 both land in this tier. The card you own matters less than the models you pick for it. The old hobbyist move was to squeeze the biggest 70B quant onto the card. That advice is now outdated. The stronger 2026 strategy uses modern 20B–35B-class models that fit cleanly. These leave room for context, and still respond…