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Growing AI power slurpage prompts MPs to examine low-energy computing 2026-04-20 at 12:33 By Carly Page Committee launches inquiry into emerging chip designs to curb datacenter energy use MPs are probing whether radically different, low-energy chip designs can stop AI from turning the UK’s power grid into a bottleneck.… This article is an excerpt from […]

Palantir’s NHS future in doubt as ministers eye contract break 2026-04-20 at 12:33 By Lindsay Clark £330M deal leaves service with no ownership of software built to connect trusts to the platform The UK government is considering ending Palantir’s involvement in a central NHS data platform after coming under fire from MPs, unions, and campaigners.…

AI quota inflation is no token effort. It’s baked in 2026-04-20 at 11:31 By Rupert Goodwins We’ve been here before. This time, we may not get out Opinion  Fans of the creative arts often find out where creators gather to talk among themselves, then sneak in to eavesdrop on what those masters of the art

Researchers Detect ZionSiphon Malware Targeting Israeli Water, Desalination OT Systems 2026-04-20 at 11:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called ZionSiphon that appears to be specifically designed to target Israeli water treatment and desalination systems. The malware has been codenamed ZionSiphon by Darktrace, highlighting its ability to set up persistence, tamper with local

Next.js developer Vercel warns of customer credential compromise 2026-04-20 at 10:47 By Simon Sharwood Blames outfit called Context.ai, which reckons an agentic OAuth tangle caused the incident Vercel, the company that created the open source Next.js web development framework, has a data leak that led to compromise of some customer credentials, and blamed an outfit

NASA working on ‘Big Bang’ upgrade to keep the Voyagers alive for longer 2026-04-20 at 09:14 By Simon Sharwood Tests scheduled for May can’t come soon enough after VGER 1 power glitch led to instrument shutdown NASA has revealed it’s working on a plan called “The Big Bang” that it hopes will extend the working