Supply Chain

Global Shortage Has Led To Motor Oil Rationing At Costco

Costco has raised the price of its Kirkland Signature 10-quart synthetic motor oil from the mid-$30s to $57.99 and limited purchases to two units per seven days. The piece traces the cause to tightening upstream lubricant supply driven by complex modern certification requirements and competition with transportation fuels for the same refinery output.

Article · Supply Chain · Automotive · Consumer Goods · Retail

OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed cyber-attack on RubyGems

Researchers document the 'GemStuffer' campaign of May 2026, in which AI agent teams attributed to OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious RubyGems packages, exploited a novel RubyGems vulnerability to target API keys, and achieved remote code execution on RubyDoc.info. The attack was not publicly disclosed by OpenAI.

Research · AI Safety · Security · Open Source · AI Agents