2026

Meta shares slide as tech giant hikes AI spending forecast, warns of youth social media backlash 2026-04-30 at 06:36 By Reuters Legal and regulatory blowback in the European Union and the US “could significantly impact our business and financial results,” the Facebook parent cautioned. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New […]

Linux cryptographic code flaw offers fast route to root 2026-04-30 at 06:36 By Thomas Claburn Patches land for authencesn flaw enabling local privilege escalation Developers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability arising from a logic flaw.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

Amazon chips no longer just a side dish, they’re a $20B biz 2026-04-30 at 06:36 By O’Ryan Johnson The Trainium train keeps a-rollin’ Amazon is now among the top three datacenter chip businesses in the world, as its semiconductor business surpassed a $20 billion annual run rate … and it would be closer to $50 […]

Microsoft lifts 2026 AI spend by $25 billion to cover component price rises 2026-04-30 at 04:15 By Tobias Mann Will write checks for $190 billion and even those megabucks may not satisfy demand If you’ve felt the sting of surging hardware prices, Microsoft can sympathize because the company on Wednesday said it expects its 2026 […]

Elon Musk testifies he was a ‘fool’ to invest with ‘disingenuous’ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in bombshell trial 2026-04-30 at 00:33 By Marc Vartabedian Elon Musk sparred with an attorney for OpenAI and Sam Altman during his cross examination on Wednesday – with Musk hitting back repeatedly at the attorney William Savitt’s yes or no […]

Researchers move in the right direction, develop powerful GPS interference alarm 2026-04-29 at 23:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo ORNL says portable detector kit can separate real GPS signals from fake ones even at equal strength GPS spoofing, which sends fake satellite-like signals, and GPS jamming, which drowns receivers in noise, are increasingly serious problems. Researchers at […]

Elon Musk gets an apology from California regulators as a SpaceX lawsuit is settled 2026-04-29 at 23:08 By Associated Press SpaceX had sued the commission over its opposition to expanding the launch schedule for Falcon 9 rockets. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

AI chatbots terrify scientists with ‘chilling’ instructions on how to build biological weapons: report 2026-04-29 at 23:08 By Thomas Barrabi Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, himself a biologist, wrote in a January blog post that “biology is by far the area I’m most worried about, because of its very large potential for destruction and the difficulty […]

Humanoid robots seen handling airport baggage in futuristic true footage 2026-04-29 at 23:08 By Ben Cost, Brooke Steinberg The bots have got this in the bag. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Microsoft’s patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack 2026-04-29 at 23:08 By Jessica Lyons Second try’s a charm? Microsoft and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that attackers are exploiting a zero-click Windows flaw that can expose sensitive information on vulnerable systems.… This […]

Legacy TLS tour continues with Exchange Online blocking old versions from July 2026 2026-04-29 at 23:08 By Richard Speed Microsoft readies the axe once again for yesterday’s security Microsoft has warned users still clinging to legacy TLS versions that the end is nigh for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on POP3 and IMAP4 connections to Exchange […]

Databricks can’t seem to shake authors’ copyright claim that could result in ‘extraordinary’ damages 2026-04-29 at 23:08 By O’Ryan Johnson Authors say it acquired an LLM that was trained on their copyrighted data, and judge keeps asking for more info Databricks cannot shake a class action lawsuit targeting its LLM, which several book authors contend […]

Fedora 44 is out – countless versions of it 2026-04-29 at 23:08 By Liam Proven New sealed bootable container images and Stratis storage, too Fedora Linux 44 has arrived – in multiple formats and for several CPU families, including some new container formats and storage options.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

Cloudflare says autocrats, wars and elections caged the internet in Q1 2026-04-29 at 23:08 By Dan Robinson Iran went dark twice, AWS got droned, oh and TalkTalk broke something it refuses to talk about The first quarter of 2026 saw a surge in severe and prolonged internet disruptions, from government shutdowns to power outages to […]

Yet another experiment proves it’s too damn simple to poison large language models 2026-04-29 at 20:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo There is no 6 Nimmt! champion, but a $12 domain registration and one Wikipedia edit convinced several bots there was Unlike search engines that let you judge competing sources, search-backed AI chatbots can turn shaky web […]

Australia to require Google, Meta, TikTok to pay for local news — or face new tax 2026-04-29 at 19:48 By Thomas Barrabi Dubbed the “News Bargaining Incentive,” the proposed law would impose a 2.25% tax on the local revenues of the social media giants that are unable or unwilling to reach deals with news outlets. […]

NASA boss: Make Pluto A Planet Again 2026-04-29 at 19:48 By Richard Speed Despite looming science cuts, Isaacman finds resources to poke the planetary hornet nest NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman delivered some potentially good news at a Senate hearing this week, as well as some slightly odd news: in an environment of constrained budgets, the […]

CISA flags data-theft bug in NSA-built OT networking tool 2026-04-29 at 19:48 By Connor Jones GrassMarlin leaks sensitive information, provided your targeting phishing skills are sharp enough The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning anyone who uses GrassMarlin, a tool developed by the National Security Agency (NSA), about a new vulnerability that attackers […]

Connected Security: How Proactive Real-Time Tech Keeps Security Workers Safe 2026-04-29 at 19:48 By New technologies are allowing companies to take more proactive approaches and monitor vulnerable employees.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

SAP npm Packages Compromised by “Mini Shai-Hulud” Credential-Stealing Malware 2026-04-29 at 19:48 By Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware. According to reports from Aikido Security, SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Google-owned Wiz, the campaign – calling itself the mini Shai-Hulud – has […]