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Google’s AI Overviews spew millions of false answers per hour, bombshell study reveals 2026-04-09 at 23:39 By Thomas Barrabi “Google AI Overviews have been a disaster for publishers who rely on clicks to fund the production of quality journalism, but they also let down users looking for accurate information,” said the CEO of the News/Media […]

Google wants more Intel inside … its datacenters, taps Chipzilla for more SmartNICs 2026-04-09 at 23:38 By Tobias Mann Custom ASIC biz now running at a $1B annual pace for Intel Google will continue to work with Intel, buying SmartNICs for its public cloud rather than blazing its own trail as AWS has done with

Anthropic will let your agents sleep on its couch 2026-04-09 at 23:38 By Thomas Claburn Want to run your business on autopilot? For better or worse, Managed Agents might help with that If you need AI agents to do a lot of ongoing tasks for your business, Anthropic has a new answer for you. The

Chinese Supercomputer Allegedly Hacked, 10 Petabytes of Data Stolen 2026-04-09 at 23:38 By Data has allegedly been stolen from a state-run Chinese supercomputer. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

EngageLab SDK Flaw Exposed 50M Android Users, Including 30M Crypto Wallets 2026-04-09 at 23:38 By Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability in a widely used third-party Android software development kit (SDK) called EngageLab SDK that could have put millions of cryptocurrency wallet users at risk. “This flaw allows apps on the same device to bypass Android security

New iPhone scam can empty bank accounts, experts warn — here’s how to protect your money 2026-04-09 at 21:58 By Brooke Steinberg Manipulative scammers use a sense of urgency and authority to escalate fear that consumers have when presented with a suggestion of fraud, theft or legal trouble. This article is an excerpt from Latest

Crypto? Huh. Good gawd y’all, what is it good for? $45M in this case 2026-04-09 at 21:58 By Jessica Lyons Cops bust latest scam, return $12m to bilked victims US, UK, and Canadian law enforcement Thursday said that they disrupted a $45 million global cryptocurrency scam, freezing $12 million in stolen funds and identifying more

World’s smallest violin spotted at Amazon HQ as exec pay packets deflate 2026-04-09 at 21:58 By Paul Kunert C-suite forced to take sandwiches into work, cycle home It’s going to be hard holding back our tears. The C-suite lieutenants at Amazon didn’t exactly get the bumper payday that many El Reg readers would expect, particularly

Meta boots law firm ads seeking clients to sue over alleged Facebook, Instagram addiction 2026-04-09 at 20:42 By Marc Vartabedian The ads had been designed to find users of Meta products to join the growing number of lawsuits targeting the social-media giant. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

AWS: Agents shouldn’t be secret, so we built a registry for them 2026-04-09 at 20:42 By Thomas Claburn Your agent will be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, and numbered AI agents should not be secret agents, at least in corporate environments. But when companies deploy software automations, they don’t always have visibility into what

‘Several dozen’ high-value corporations hit by new extortion crew in helpdesk phishing spree 2026-04-09 at 20:16 By Jessica Lyons Possible link to Mr. Raccoon’s claimed Adobe break-in A new extortion crew has targeted “several dozen high-value” corporations through phishing and helpdesk social-engineering, according to Google.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original