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Another npm supply chain worm is tearing through dev environments - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:34:59 GMT)Plus, the payload references 'TeamPCP/LiteLLM method'Yet another npm supply-chain attack is worming its way through compromised packages, stealing secrets and sensitive data as it moves through developers' environments, and it shares significant overlap with the open source infections attributed to TeamPCP last month.… |
Anthropic's super-scary bug hunting model Mythos is shaping up to be a nothingburger - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:39:44 GMT)Hackpocalypse deferredAnthropic's Mythos model is purportedly so good at finding vulnerabilities that the Claude-maker is afraid to make it available to the general public for fear that criminals will take advantage. But early analysis shows that Mythos may not be as dangerous as some would have you believe.… |
SK Hynix’s aspirations for ’Merica-made HBM inch closer to reality - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:28:25 GMT)New site set to begin manufacturing and testing HBM memory just in time for Nvidia's Rubin-Ultra GPUs in 2028SK Hynix has reportedly broken ground on a new advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, that should boost the supply of US-made high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a key component in high-end AI accelerators from the likes of Nvidia and AMD.… |
OpenAI now lets you screenshot your privacy in the foot - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:56:58 GMT)Make your model smarter through self-surveillanceThose who cannot remember Microsoft Recall are condemned to repeat it. … |
GitHub opts all CLI users into telemetry collection whether they want it or not - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:33:09 GMT)Opt-out instructions included if you're not keen on GitHub watching you in the name of product improvementUsers of GitHub's command-line interface (CLI) who value privacy, beware. The Microsoft-owned code-hosting platform has quietly begun collecting pseudonymous client-side telemetry from CLI users and enabled it by default.… |
Linux may get a hall pass from one state age-check bill, but Congress plays hall monitor - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:55:25 GMT)Colorado amendments could exempt open source OSes, code repos, and containersThe prospect of OS-level age checks applying to open source systems is a serious concern for FOSS advocates. Campaigners appear to have secured proposed exemptions for open source operating systems, code repositories, and containers in one US state, but stricter federal legislation has already been introduced in Congress.… |
Datacenter boom keeps dirty coal plants alive in the US - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:10:14 GMT)Happy Earth Day!Datacenter growth in the US is helping keep aging fossil-fuel plants online longer, slowing the shift to a cleaner grid and worsening air pollution, according to new research from a group of environmental nonprofits.… |
Workday, Rippling, and Slack flunk data access test, claims Fivetran - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:40:21 GMT)Report also slams multiple vendors for poor data integration and egress feesWorkday, Rippling, and Salesforce-owned Slack rank among the worst performers for enterprise data movement, according to a new industry benchmark tracking the speeds needed to power analytics, machine learning, and AI agents.… |
Thunderbird in hand worth 2 Outlooks as fresh FOSS fave and Firefox arrive - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:06:22 GMT)Still here, still changing, still relevant, still your best choiceIf you're stuck without access to tech support – say, half way to the Moon – then you're better off with a single install of Thunderbird than any number of Outlooks.… |
You can now run WSL on Windows 95, in case you're crazy, too - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:29:21 GMT)'I think this might be one of my greatest hacks of all time,' says dev behind unholy abominationThe Windows Subsystem for Linux is an invaluable tool, but anyone wanting to run it on a Windows 9x system would find themselves out of luck until now.… |
NASA reckons the Artemis II heat shield performed like a champ - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:13:19 GMT)Good news for future missions as initial findings agree with agency's design decisionInitial reports have confirmed NASA's assessment that the Orion heat shield kept the Artemis II crew safe during re-entry.… |
Grafana offers AI assistant for free, warns users not to go mad - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:57:02 GMT)Observability biz bets on business analytics wedge as Loki put on long-overdue dietGrafana is offering its AI assistant for free to open source and on-prem users — though on stage at its Barcelona user conference this week, CEO Raj Dutt joked they shouldn't use it too much.… |
Right to repair champ Framework punts modular 13in laptop with Core Ultra Series 3 - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:31:07 GMT)Latest hardware sports dock for graphic card, power sipping batteryFramework, maker of modular and repairable laptops, has spruced its line-up with a completely redesigned 13-inch model sporting the latest Intel CPUs, new components for its 16-inch system, and a dock that lets users add devices like a desktop graphics card.… |
Google claims to have all the answers for enterprise AI agent sprawl - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:03:32 GMT)As biz agentic bot-wrangling intensifies, company says AI orchestration, security and infrastructure tools on the wayGoogle Cloud Next Google has overhauled its enterprise AI strategy in the wake of the agentic push across the biz landscape, rebranding and expanding its Vertex AI developer platform into what it now calls the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.… |
Google unleashes even more AI security agents to fight the baddies - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:01:43 GMT)Along with a bunch of new services to make sure those same agents don't cause chaosGoogle Cloud chief operating officer Francis deSouza has summed up his company's security strategy du jour as follows: "You need to use AI to fight AI."… |
Forget one chip to rule them all: With TPU 8, Google has an AI arms race to win - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:07 GMT)x86 gets the boot as Google pairs up its TPUs with some Arm-based Axion coresGoogle unveiled two new in-house AI accelerators at its annual Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday: one designed to speed up training and another aimed at driving down model serving costs.… |
France's 'Secure' ID agency probes breach as crooks claim 19M records - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:30:09 GMT)Gov admits 'incident' as forum sellers boast of fresh haul covering up to a third of the populationFrance's National Agency for "Secure" Documents is explaining a potential data spill just as crooks online claim they've nicked a third of the country's ID information.… |
Scotland Yard can keep using live facial recognition on people in London, say judges - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:14:33 GMT)Judges say cops face-slurping not a problem under current human rights lawsLondon's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has survived a legal challenge that attempted to curb its rollout of live facial recognition (LFR) technology across the capital.… |
UK tribunal sends £2B claim accusing Microsoft of overcharging for licensing to trial - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:08:04 GMT)Legal action claims tech giant charges more for Windows Server when it's not on AzureA UK Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed Microsoft's objections to a collective action lawsuit brought by UK-based cloud licensees, clearing the way for trial.… |
Database world trying to build natural language query systems again – this time with LLMs - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:08 GMT)Text-to-SQL might be useful for analysts and DBAs, but be cautious with general user adoptionOver the past few years, database and analytics vendors have hopped on a bandwagon that may take us all to a destination where common data queries are free from the constraints of the specialist query language SQL.… |
Forget call centers, local energy prices mean Britain's latest offshoring wave is AI projects - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:15:10 GMT)Brit firms look to run tech overseas as govt tries to support 'sovereign' creatorsOne in five UK firms have already moved AI workloads abroad due to high energy costs, in findings likely to alarm a government counting on AI to drive economic growth.… |
Oil crisis? What oil crisis? IT spending de-coupled from wider war shock - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:30:11 GMT)Gartner sees accelerating growth in IT spending, powered by cloud and AI infrastructure investmentA day after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the US/Israel/Iran war was creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the world, Gartner increased its growth forecasts for global IT spending by nearly three percentage points.… |
Mythos found 271 Firefox flaws – but none a human couldn’t spot - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:32:11 GMT)Mozilla CTO says AI means developers finally have a chance to get on top of securityThe Mozilla has revealed it tested Anthropic’s bug-finding “Mythos” AI model and feels the results it experienced represent a watershed moment for software defenders.… |
Magnificent irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:54:02 GMT)Zuck reportedly needs to capture workers’ keystrokes to build AIMeta, the company built on watching everything its billions of users do online so it can keep them clicking on ragebait and targeted ads, is reportedly now installing surveillance software on employees’ work computers.… |
Anthropic tests how devs react to yanking Claude Code from Pro plan - (pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:16:57 GMT)Unannounced change apparently aimed at two percent of users but hit documentation for everyoneAnthropic has removed Claude Code from its Pro subscription plan, according to some of its public-facing web pages, but the company says it’s only a test for a small number of users.… |
Apple has an opportunity to rediscover humanity in its push toward AI - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:06:58 GMT)John Ternus can remake Apple the way it should have beenOPINION Apple's pending leadership transition affords the company a rare opportunity to return to its roots and once again serve as a source of inspiration instead of frustration.… |
Nation-states want to cause harm, not just steal cash - stop handing your cyber defenses to the cheapest contractor - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:30:09 GMT)NCSC boss says China's whole-of-state cyber machine has become Britain's peer competitor in cyberspaceState-sponsored cyberattacks from Chinese intelligence and military agencies display "an eye-watering level of sophistication," UK National Cyber Security Centre CEO Richard Horne is expected to say in a less-than-cheery opening speech to kick off its annual conference.… |
Zorin OS 18.1 released - and the Lite edition reappears - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:52:38 GMT)Plus news from its Dublin neighbors, Linux MintThe latest point release of Zorin OS is here, as an interesting alternative to Linux Mint for those still searching for a replacement for Windows 10 as the dust settles over the ruins.… |
Murder, she wrote: Ex-FBI chief wants some ransomware crims charged with homicide - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:26:33 GMT)Lawmakers decry CISA cuts: 'We are shooting ourselves in the foot'If a cyberattack leads to a death, that's murder. A former FBI cyber division chief urged the US Justice Department to consider felony homicide charges against ransomware actors when attacks on hospitals lead to patient deaths.… |
More Cisco SD-WAN bugs battered in attacks - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:30:50 GMT)CISA gives federal agencies 4 days to patchAmerica's lead cyber-defense agency has warned that three Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager bugs are under attack, and given federal agencies just four days to patch the security holes.… |
Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:35:39 GMT)Still only a tiny slice of mobile activity overallThe US and Starlink lead the way in the still-young direct-to-device (D2D) satellite market, where the number of connections recorded by Ookla rose nearly 25 percent between July 2025 and March 2026.… |
macOS ClickFix attacks deliver AppleScript stealers to snarf credentials, wallets - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:50:06 GMT)Data from browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, 200+ extensions hoovered upA ClickFix campaign targeting macOS users delivers an AppleScript-based infostealer that collects credentials and live session cookies from 14 browsers, 16 cryptocurrency wallets, and more than 200 extensions.… |
Anthropic bakes memory fixes into Bun 1.1.13 as developers complain of leaks - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:27:15 GMT)Bun is fast as a toolkit but can leak memory in production, causing slowdowns and crashesA new version of the Bun JavaScript runtime and toolkit is out with enhanced testing support and improved memory management. The latter is a critical issue to devs and follows complaints of memory leaks causing problems in production.… |
The spaghettified DBMS chart that shows Oracle's crown is slowly slipping - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:45:43 GMT)Change is glacial, but the direction is clearIt might look like a map of the London Underground designed by a madman, but Gartner's newly-completed DBMS Market Share Ranks: 2011-2025 has an important message. The change may be glacial, but (most of the) dominant database vendors are slowly losing their grip on the market.… |
Yet another ex-ransomware negotiator admits turning rogue after payoff from crimelords - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:15:27 GMT)Plus: Court papers reveal nonprofit paid a ransom worth nearly $26.8 millionThe third of three former ransomware negotiators accused of assisting the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang in extorting US businesses has pleaded guilty, months after his two co-workers did the same.… |
FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery 'mishap' - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:29:13 GMT)One of two second stage engines misbehaved, administration must sign off report before flights resumeBlue Origin's New Glenn loss of a satellite has been classed as a "mishap" by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), triggering a mandatory investigation.… |
AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition tested: Gratuitous overkill with a price to match - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:13 GMT)An $899 CPU? In this economy?Review Ever since AMD's cache-stacked Ryzen 7 5800X3D closed the gap with Intel in gaming, folks have wondered: if one V-Cache chiplet is good, surely two must be better. With the launch of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition (DE), we finally have our answer.… |
AI-assisted intruders pwned Vercel via OAuth abuse and a pilfered employee account - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:17:43 GMT)CEO suspects silicon sidekick behind 'surprising velocity' breach - cyber crims shop stolen data for $2MVercel's CEO reckons the crooks behind its recent breach likely had a helping hand from AI, saying the attackers moved with "surprising velocity" and a deep understanding of the company's infrastructure.… |
Crook claims to leak 'video surveillance footage' of companies - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:30:15 GMT)Mexican IT services firm admits it was hacked, but says client operations weren't affectedA Mexican IT infrastructure and digital transformation biz is on clean-up duty after a criminal posted screenshots of what they claimed was company video surveillance footage to a cybercrime forum.… |
Met police trials snoop tech platform in push to cuff more London shoplifters - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:52:04 GMT)No facial recognition privacy intrusions either! Well, maybe a littleLondon's Metropolitan Police is trialing new retail technology to help curtail the city's pervasive shoplifting problem… and it doesn't rely on live facial recognition (LFR).… |
England's school phone ban gets teeth, just in time to bite no one - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:13:11 GMT)90% of schools already compliant, but at least now there's paperworkMinisters are moving to turn England's patchwork of school phone bans into law, after peers backed fresh changes to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill in a Monday vote.… |
Task Manager's CPU meter is an obituary for the recent past, says the engineer who built it - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:15:12 GMT)Spoiler: There's no magic value. Just a timer, some kernel calls, and too much coffeeWindows has always had a built-in portal to the very recent past: Task Manager's CPU usage meter.… |
Adaptavist Group breach spawns imposter emails as ransomware crew claims mega-haul - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:30:10 GMT)Fake emails already doing the rounds as ransomware crew boasts about what it allegedly stoleUK enterprise software consultancy The Adaptavist Group is investigating a security breach after an intruder logged in with stolen credentials, while a ransomware crew claims it grabbed far more than the company is currently admitting.… |
Panasonic creates device-locked QR codes to speed facial biometric capture - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:37:42 GMT)Admins are tired of taking photos, so this enables secure on-site unattended enrolmentJapanese industrial giant Panasonic has created a new form of QR code it says will only work on designated devices and environments.… |
Iran claims US used backdoors to knock out networking equipment during war - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:21:36 GMT)And China is loving itIranian media is claiming that the US used backdoors and/or botnets to disable networking equipment during the current war, and Chinese state media is dining out on the allegations.… |
NASA Inspector fears new spacesuits won’t be ready for Moon landing - (pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:04:07 GMT)Dud contracts, proprietary designs, and zero-experience supplier make for quite the messThe NASA Office of Inspector General, the aerospace agency’s auditor, fears that work on next-generation spacesuits won’t finish in time to use them for the planned Artemis III Moon landing mission in 2028.… |
Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch - (pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:42:49 GMT)Remember what we promised when you subscribed for a year? Well, we've got a new deal that's better for us.Microsoft's GitHub has stopped accepting new Copilot individual subscriptions while the code hosting biz figures out how it can meet its service commitments without breaking the bank.… |
Vibe coding upstart Lovable denies data leak, cites 'intentional behavior,' then throws HackerOne under the bus - (pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:26:12 GMT)A lesson in how not to respond to vulnerability reportsUPDATED Vibe-coding platform Lovable is pooh-poohing a researcher’s finding that anyone could open a free account on the service and read other users' sensitive info, including credentials, chat history, and source code. However, the company’s story keeps changing: First it attributed the publicly exposed info to "intentional behavior" and "unclear documentation," then threw bug-bounty service HackerOne under the bus.… |
Trump-branded datacenter project fails to make itself great, again - (pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:07:31 GMT)The struggles continue for Fermi America's 17 GW bit barn ambitionsIt’s been a weekend filled with dizzying changes in the boardroom at datacenter wannabe Fermi America as it hopes eventually to expand its West Texas campus to about 17 gigawatts of behind-the-meter generation capacity.… |
World's blandest man steps down from CEO job to spend more time in tastefully appointed home - (pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:23:36 GMT)Tim Cook is handing the reins to John Ternus at AppleHave you heard? Apple's Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years leading the iMaker's business. He'll become executive chairman and hand the reins over to John Ternus, a senior VP of hardware engineering, effective September 1.… |
