2026

Artemis II snaps eclipse, Earthset shots on first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 2026-04-07 at 18:53 By Richard Speed Turns out deep space still looks better without AI helping The Artemis II mission has produced some stunning imagery as the spacecraft loops around the Moon on its journey from Earth and back.… This article is […]

Docker CVE-2026-34040 Lets Attackers Bypass Authorization and Gain Host Access 2026-04-07 at 18:15 By A high-severity security vulnerability has been disclosed in Docker Engine that could permit an attacker to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ) under specific circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34040 (CVSS score: 8.8), stems from an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-41110, a maximum-severity vulnerability in the same

Break, no fix: Apple and Samsung make repairs hard 2026-04-07 at 18:08 By Dan Robinson Motorola and Google top PIRG’s latest scorecard Samsung and Apple phones are more difficult to repair than those from other makers, according to a report ranking devices by how easy to fix they are.… This article is an excerpt from

No-Nvidia interconnect club delivers 2.0 spec before v1.0 silicon ships 2026-04-07 at 15:02 By Simon Sharwood UALink splits work on physical layer and protocol specs to speed things up, literally and metaphorically The UALink Consortium, a group of tech giants working on GPU networking standards to provide an alternative to Nvidia’s NVLink and NVSwitch, has

Shots fired over proposal to build datacenter in Indianapolis 2026-04-07 at 14:59 By Dan Robinson Quite literally, from a gun, into the front door of a councilor who supports plan Datacenter protests have taken an ugly turn in the US, with gunshots fired at the home of an Indianapolis councilor who recently lent his support

OpenInfra General Manager talks sovereignty, governments deploying tech ‘kill switches’ 2026-04-07 at 14:59 By Richard Speed Geopolitics enter the room as Thierry Carrez shows that there’s more to Kubecon than AI Kubecon  Sovereignty was a big topic was at last week’s Kubecon, and Thierry Carrez, the General Manager of the OpenInfra Foundation, shared strong feelings

New GPUBreach Attack Enables Full CPU Privilege Escalation via GDDR6 Bit-Flips 2026-04-07 at 14:58 By New academic research has identified multiple RowHammer attacks against high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) that could be exploited to escalate privileges and, in some cases, even take full control of a host. The efforts have been codenamed GPUBreach, GDDRHammer, and GeForge. GPUBreach goes

Apple’s chips are the core of a new landscape, but its biggest win is Windows 2026-04-07 at 12:56 By Rupert Goodwins Walled gardens make more sense when it’s an AI-lligator infested swamp outside Opinion  When the first M1 Apple Silicon systems sprouted at the end of 2020, we loved the tech but not the walled

Brits are falling out of love with posting every thought online 2026-04-07 at 12:02 By Dan Robinson Ofcom finds social media participation dropping as skepticism about digital life grows British adults are now less active on social media, according to Ofcom, with just half of users actively posting, and fewer now believe the benefits outweigh