2026

IPv6 carried half of internet traffic – for one day, according to Google 2026-04-17 at 05:53 By Simon Sharwood We’re not half way there, we’re still livin’ on a prayer IPv6 carried half of global traffic for a single day in March, according to Google.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

Student accused of trying to murder Sam Altman is ‘well-informed’ ‘AI doomer,’ says podcast host who interviewed him 2026-04-17 at 02:15 By Rikki Schlott “I think that there’s elements in his behavior that resemble some of what we see out of school shooters … ” podcaster Andy Mills said of guest and accused murderer Daniel

Anthropic won’t own MCP ‘design flaw’ putting 200K servers at risk, researcher says 2026-04-17 at 02:15 By Jessica Lyons Bug or feature? A design flaw – or expected behavior based on a bad design choice, depending on who is telling the story – baked into Anthropic’s official Model Context Protocol (MCP) puts as many as

Netflix, HBO Max, other streaming services subscribers revolt over jacked-up prices: ‘I’m done’ 2026-04-17 at 00:43 By Ariel Zilber Scores of cord-cutters have taken to Reddit to vent their anger at shelling out nearly $30 a month for Netflix and more than $20 for HBO Max. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

Loud, power hungry – opposition grows to datacenters as Maine passes bit barn ban 2026-04-17 at 00:42 By Tobias Mann If there’s one thing folks want less than Copilot in their taskbar, it’s a bit barn in their backyard Loud, thirsty, power hungry, and intensely unpopular with neighboring residents: datacenters are becoming the new nuclear

North Korea targets macOS users in latest heist 2026-04-17 at 00:42 By Jessica Lyons Social engineering: ‘low-cost, hard to patch, and scales well’ North Korean criminals set on stealing Apple users’ credentials and cryptocurrency are using a combination of social engineering and a fake Zoom software update to trick people into manually running malware on

Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic 2026-04-17 at 00:42 By Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that’s targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025. “PowMix employs randomized command-and-control (C2) beaconing intervals, rather than persistent connection to the

Mozilla throws Thunderbolt at enterprise AI providers 2026-04-17 at 00:35 By Brandon Vigliarolo Client connects to deepset’s Haystack platform Mozilla has declared war on OpenAI, Microsoft, and other firms flogging enterprise AI platforms with an open-source alternative it says provides data privacy guarantees proprietary products never could. … This article is an excerpt from The Register

NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes 2026-04-17 at 00:08 By O’Ryan Johnson ‘I think you can run this thing on a potato,’ NodeWeaver CTO Alan Conboy said. Broadcom’s price increases and policy changes have led many VMware customers to look for other options. Nodeweaver is positioning itself as an alternative for

Anthropic squeezes enterprises by ejecting bundled tokens from seat deal 2026-04-16 at 23:25 By Thomas Claburn Large organizations pushed toward metered pricing More bad news for Claude users. Anthropic has revised its seat-based pricing for enterprise customers, shifting them to a new pricing plan upon contract renewal.… This article is an excerpt from The Register