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Prediction markets face DOJ scrutiny over well-timed bets on Nicolás Maduro capture, Iran strikes: sources 2026-04-01 at 00:22 By Charles Gasparino, Marc Vartabedian “The action in the prediction markets like the action in any markets is stuff that will be looked at,” a source with knowledge of the matter told The Post. This article is

Don’t open that WhatsApp message, Microsoft warns 2026-04-01 at 00:22 By Jessica Lyons How to avoid social engineering attacks? Employee training tops the list Be careful what you click on. Miscreants are abusing WhatsApp messages in a multi-stage attack that delivers malicious Microsoft Installer (MSI) packages, allowing criminals to control victims’ machines and access all

Tech CEO Aravind Srinivas slammed after saying AI layoffs are fine because people hate their jobs, anyway 2026-04-01 at 00:02 By Marc Vartabedian The head of AI giant Perlexity caused a stir after he said on a podcast that people losing their jobs to AI wasn’t all bad because many of them hate their jobs.

Gmail celebrates 22 years by finally letting users change their addresses 2026-04-01 at 00:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Congratulations, XxXh4xx0r420xXx, you can now use that account in your professional life, too If you’re embarrassed by your Gmail address but haven’t wanted to start a new account for fear of losing messages, we have good news. Ahead

Iran targets M365 accounts with password-spraying attacks 2026-03-31 at 22:45 By Jessica Lyons Researchers say some targets correlate with cities hit by Iranian missile strikes Suspected Iran-linked threat actors are conducting password-spraying attacks against hundreds of organizations, primarily Middle Eastern municipalities, in campaigns that security researchers believe may have been aimed at supporting bomb-damage assessment

Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement 2026-03-31 at 22:44 By Google on Monday said it’s officially rolling out Android developer verification to all developers to combat the problem of bad actors distributing harmful apps while “hiding behind anonymity.” The development comes ahead of a planned verification mandate that goes into effect in

Oracle cuts jobs across sales, engineering, security 2026-03-31 at 21:32 By O’Ryan Johnson Big Red declines comment as reports point to layoffs in the thousands Oracle laid off thousands of employees on Tuesday as it ramps spending on AI infrastructure projects internally and with major technology partners.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Anthropic goes nude, exposes Claude Code source by accident 2026-03-31 at 20:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Oopsy-doodle: Did someone forget to check their build pipeline? Would you like a closer look at Claude? Someone at Anthropic has some explaining to do, as the official npm package for Claude Code shipped with a map file exposing what