April 2026

IBM becomes first company to pay up under Trump administration’s diversity blitz 2026-04-14 at 14:28 By Simon Sharwood Didn’t admit liability, will cough $17M, still fighting age discrimination cases IBM has become the first company to settle with the US government under the Trump administration’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, a program aimed at ensuring diversity […]

Mirax Android RAT Turns Devices into SOCKS5 Proxies, Reaching 220,000 via Meta Ads 2026-04-14 at 14:28 By A nascent Android remote access trojan called Mirax has been observed actively targeting Spanish-speaking countries, with campaigns reaching more than 220,000 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads through advertisements on Meta. “Mirax integrates advanced Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capabilities,

Enterprise-Grade Security For All in 2026 2026-04-14 at 13:33 By Jason Rolleston Attackers assume strapped teams don’t have advanced protection—Symantec CBX is here to prove them wrong This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM crisis reaches the checkout 2026-04-14 at 13:33 By Carly Page Entry-level models jump by up to £220, mirroring steeper hikes in US Microsoft’s memory squeeze has reached the shop floor, and Surface prices have been jacked up to match.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Analysis of 216M Security Findings Shows a 4x Increase In Critical Risk (2026 Report) 2026-04-14 at 13:32 By OX Security recently analyzed 216 million security findings across 250 organizations over a 90-day period. The primary takeaway: while raw alert volume grew by 52% year-over-year, prioritized critical risk grew by nearly 400%. The surge in AI-assisted development is

Man suspected of Molotov attack on Sam Altman’s home charged with attempted murder 2026-04-14 at 12:59 By Connor Jones 20-year-old Texan also allegedly planned to kill everyone inside the OpenAI office building The man accused of attacking Sam Altman’s San Francisco home with a Molotov cocktail on April 10 now faces charges of attempted murder.…

Britain gives Rolls-Royce the nod to sketch out its mini reactor future 2026-04-14 at 12:59 By Dan Robinson Contract kicks off design work, but SMRs unlikely to generate power before the mid-2030s The British government has signed a deal with Rolls‑Royce to carry out the design work on small modular reactors (SMRs).… This article is

Microsoft sends Outlook Lite to the great inbox in the sky as memory costs skyrocket 2026-04-14 at 12:01 By Richard Speed Mailbox access in stripped-down Android app ends on May 25 Having blocked new installations of Outlook Lite in October 2025, Microsoft will ” complete the retirement” of the app on May 25.… This article

UK state bank considers lengthening disastrous IT program 2026-04-14 at 12:01 By Lindsay Clark Already £1.3B over budget and 4 years late, NS&I could extend timetable beyond 8 years The UK’s state-backed savings bank has set out options for finishing its disastrous transformation program, including busting the current timeline.… This article is an excerpt from

108 Malicious Chrome Extensions Steal Google and Telegram Data, Affecting 20,000 Users 2026-04-14 at 12:00 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign in which a cluster of 108 Google Chrome extensions has been found to communicate with the same command-and-control (C2) infrastructure with the goal of collecting user data and enabling browser-level abuse by

When the IBM PC and shoulder pads were big, Japan led the chip industry. It’s trying to get back there now 2026-04-14 at 10:48 By Tobias Mann Local hero Rapidus is on track to begin production of 2nm semis next year, as TSMC expands its Japanese foothold When IBM PCs set the standard for personal