Ólafur

Tech, security, sports and memes.

[Ólafur @olafurg]

Get the basics right:

1. Set two-factor authentication on everything (@Authy)
2. Use a password manager (and unique passwords) (@Bitwarden)
3. Update your system and software

[Alex Stamos @alexstamos]

A lot to unpack here. Anthropic is burying some hard truths in careful political language. Some initial reads:

1) Anthropic verifies that none of the jailbreaks provided a capability beyond what many other models, including Chinese models, could do.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Ivory Coast v Norway is the World Cup Round of 32 match that best shows the absurdity of the Mercator Projection.

Despite Norway being shown on most maps as far larger than Ivory Coast, the two countries are actually almost identically sized. Ivory Coast is 322,463 km², and Norway: 323,802 km².

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Things most Americans agree on:

Groceries cost too much.

Tariffs suck and make no sense.

Congress and Presidents shouldn’t trade stocks.

The debt is a mess.

The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good.

Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that nobody wants and have never been explained.

Americans are exhausted.

AI is like my new best friend that also might be trying to take my job, my ability to think for myself, and my humanity in the process. Yo like I love you, but WTF, but I still love you.

Diversity is actually awesome! The opposite is boring AF.

Canadians are super fucking cool.

Mexicans are chill.

Putin isn’t a good guy looking out for America’s best interest. Rocky IV and Miracle are great movies.

Good neighbors are a blessing.

Freedom of religion and coexistence without having to blow each other up is probably a good idea.

We all question, are we alone in the universe?

We all fuck up along the way.

Epstein didn’t hang himself.

The Trumps and Epstein were best friends for decades. It’s like Bert trying to tell us Ernie was just an acquaintance in the same social scene on Sesame Street back in the day.

The Cowboys suck. Go Birds!

Things we’re told to fight about:

Me.
Laptop.
Vaccines.
Transgenders in sports.
Pronouns.

That’s the joke.

[Ólafur @olafurg]

@bjornihz Þetta eru (allavega) íslenskir unglingar. Sé þetta oft.

[Ólafur @olafurg]

@einarjoh Hvað sem þú vilt kalla það.

[Ólafur @olafurg]

@354Mani @einarjoh Ætti ekki að vera en því miður virðist það svo.

[Ólafur @olafurg]

Nice🔥

[FC Hellmar @HilmarVeigar]

https://t.co/7UovUQD24Z

[Ólafur @olafurg]

@OptaJoe Rigged

[Ólafur @olafurg]

@doridna Negla

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

We’re partnering with the developers of @EveOnline to explore the next frontier of AI research in games.

EVE's complex, player-driven universe is the perfect safe sandbox to test agents on memory, continual learning, and long-term planning.

Find out more → https://t.co/8D3d6a079C

[Fenris Creations @FenrisCreations]

For nearly 29 years, we have been guided by a bold idea: that virtual worlds can be more meaningful than real life.

Today, on EVE Online's 23rd birthday, we are marking one of the most significant transitions in our company's history.

We are becoming Fenris Creations: an independent company with the ownership, governance, and clarity to invest in the EVE universe for decades to come.

The name Fenris Creations is inspired by Norse myth, but it is also rooted in our own history.
Back in 1997, we were captivated by a belief that has shaped us ever since: for a virtual world to have meaning, it must be shaped by risk, loss, renewal, and the people who inhabit it.
In short: death is a serious matter.

That belief was there from the beginning. Our very first published game carried the name Fenris on the box, a reminder of the kinds of worlds we wanted to build.

Nearly three decades later, Fenris Creations carries that first idea forward into a new era. Our name and structure are changing, but our roots and ideals remain the same: building living universes shaped by people, trust, consequence, and time.

We enter this new chapter with gratitude to Pearl Abyss for their partnership and support since 2018, and with respect for what this chapter helped make possible.

Looking ahead, we are excited to begin a research partnership with Google DeepMind, exploring intelligence in complex, dynamic systems through EVE Online.

A new name. An independent future. Another important step on the path to EVE Forever.

https://t.co/rWTlMDK0Fy

[Malwarebytes @Malwarebytes]

You have four days left to enjoy encrypted chats on Instagram.

Once May 8th rolls around, your chats will be visible to Meta.

[Ólafur @olafurg]

Hrossagaukur með tónleika í Vatnsendanum. Huggulegt.

[Ólafur @olafurg]

👏🤌

[Katherine Argent @effthealgorithm]

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???

[Ólafur @olafurg]

@ornulfar Takk

[Ólafur @olafurg]

@doridna Finndu local staði, himneskur local matur og drykkur á Balkan svæðinu.

[Socket @SocketSecurity]

🚨 Bitwarden CLI 2026.4.0 was compromised as part of the ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign after attackers abused a GitHub Action in Bitwarden’s CI/CD pipeline.

We’ll continue updating our coverage as more details are confirmed.

https://t.co/G0aakn8swq

[Scott Hanselman 🌮 @shanselman]

Recall tho?

[Ólafur @olafurg]

@brave Ah shoot, forgot my fav @raycast.

[Ólafur @olafurg]

When flipping to @brave on Raycast Windows it spawns a new window instead of switching to the existing one. Anyone know why?