2026-10-21: Buster Savannah

About this Episode

In this week's Log Level Debug news roundup we cover yet another supply chain attack, the Apple HomePod announcement, and as always, the many A.I. stories that happened over the last week.

• A new Xbox team will use A.I. to create games. Like everyone else on the internet.
  • https://www.theverge.com/news/1010406/xbox-labs-game-decompiling-emulation-exploration
• The GhostAction campaign is back and spookier than ever.
  • https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ghostaction-compromises-about-1900.html
• An OpenAI employee was arrested by the FBI for spying on executives.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/openai-employee-arrested-recording-device.html
• An A.I. agent deleted a tv show season before it could air.
  • https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-deleting-tv-show-season
• Apple announced the HomeView device. More than a watch, less than iPad.
  • https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-homeview
• Accenture limits employee Claude spend. Causing some employees to work.
  • https://www.404media.co/accenture-tells-employees-they-can-now-spend-only-29-on-claude-per-month
• Character.AI filed for bankruptcy to pay off lawsuit settlements.
  • https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/characterai-files-bankruptcy-agrees-sell-some-assets-disney-20-million-2026-10-13
  • https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/18/disney-agrees-to-hire-the-majority-of-character-ais-workforce
• Microsoft has a new A.I. chip for Azure.
  • https://www.theverge.com/news/1009465/microsoft-maia-300-chip-improvements-rollout
• Tesla showed off a car flying through the air. Still can't swim.
  • https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1012783/tesla-roadster-flying-stunt-production-reality-musk
• Anthropic developers are bored, so they made their own source control software.
  • https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/redesigning-source-control
• Epic Games delays their Star Wars/Marvel game to use more A.I.
  • https://www.ign.com/articles/epic-reportedly-pushing-devs-to-use-ai-delays-secret-star-wars-and-marvel-crossover-shooter
• Microsoft Defender now runs on linux because we all know how insecure that is.
  • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftdefenderatpblog/secure-linux-desktops-with-microsoft-defender/4560822