GitHub Copilot Goes Token-Based: Devs Report 25x Bills

BadHost: The Auth Bypass Lurking in 325M AI Systems

CVE-2026-48710 in Starlette lets a single malformed HTTP header bypass authentication on vLLM, LiteLLM, FastAPI, and every MCP server in production.

CNN Sues Perplexity in First TV Network Copyright Case

CNN filed a copyright and trademark lawsuit against Perplexity AI in federal court, becoming the first television network to take legal action against an AI search company over scraping 17,000+ stories.

ByteDance Plans $70B AI Capex, Tripling Last Year

ByteDance is weighing up to $70 billion in AI capital expenditure for 2026, nearly tripling its 2025 spend, while locking in offshore compute and a Qualcomm chip deal to sidestep US export controls as Doubao hits 345 million users.

SoftBank Commits €75B to French AI Data Centers

SoftBank will build 5 GW of AI data center capacity in France for up to €75 billion, a phased commitment that would create the largest AI compute cluster in Europe.

GitHub Copilot Goes Token-Based: Devs Report 25x Bills

GitHub Copilot replaces flat-rate subscriptions with token-based billing on June 1, with some developers reporting costs jumping from $29 to $750 per month as agentic workflows drain credits in a single session.