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Database world trying to build natural language query systems again – this time with LLMs 2026-04-22 at 13:48 By Lindsay Clark Text-to-SQL might be useful for analysts and DBAs, but be cautious with general user adoption Over the past few years, database and analytics vendors have hopped on a bandwagon that may take us all […]

Forget call centers, local energy prices mean Britain’s latest offshoring wave is AI projects 2026-04-22 at 13:48 By Dan Robinson Brit firms look to run tech overseas as govt tries to support ‘sovereign’ creators One in five UK firms have already moved AI workloads abroad due to high energy costs, in findings likely to alarm […]

Microsoft Patches Critical ASP.NET Core CVE-2026-40372 Privilege Escalation Bug 2026-04-22 at 13:47 By Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to address a security vulnerability in ASP.NET Core that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40372, carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of 10.0. It’s rated Important in severity. An anonymous […]

Oil crisis? What oil crisis? IT spending de-coupled from wider war shock 2026-04-22 at 11:49 By Lindsay Clark Gartner sees accelerating growth in IT spending, powered by cloud and AI infrastructure investment A day after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the US/Israel/Iran war was creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the ‌world, […]

Mustang Panda’s New LOTUSLITE Variant Targets India Banks, South Korea Policy Circles 2026-04-22 at 11:49 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of a known malware called LOTUSLITE that’s distributed via a theme related to India’s banking sector. “The backdoor communicates with a dynamic DNS-based command-and-control server over HTTPS and supports remote shell access, […]

Cohere AI Terrarium Sandbox Flaw Enables Root Code Execution, Container Escape 2026-04-22 at 11:49 By A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in a Python-based sandbox called Terrarium that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5752, is rated 9.3 on the CVSS scoring system. “Sandbox escape vulnerability in Terrarium allows arbitrary […]

The Security Metric That’s Failing You 2026-04-22 at 09:07 By Security teams have measured patch rates for so long that somewhere along the way, the metric became the strategy. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Mythos found 271 Firefox flaws – but none a human couldn’t spot 2026-04-22 at 08:33 By Simon Sharwood Mozilla CTO says AI means developers finally have a chance to get on top of security The Mozilla Foundation has revealed it tested Anthropic’s bug-finding “Mythos” AI model and feels the results it experienced represent a watershed […]

The Privacy–Security Partnership: How We Bend Risk in a Resource Crunch 2026-04-22 at 08:33 By The partnership between cybersecurity and privacy matters now more than ever. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Magnificent irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs 2026-04-22 at 06:04 By Simon Sharwood Zuck reportedly needs to capture workers’ keystrokes to build AI Meta, the company built on watching everything its billions of users do online so it can keep them clicking on ragebait and targeted ads, is reportedly […]

Anthropic tests how devs react to yanking Claude Code from Pro plan 2026-04-22 at 03:42 By Thomas Claburn Unannounced change apparently aimed at two percent of users but hit documentation for everyone Anthropic has removed Claude Code from its Pro subscription plan, according to some of its public-facing web pages, but the company says it’s […]

Apple has an opportunity to rediscover humanity in its push toward AI 2026-04-22 at 01:49 By Thomas Claburn John Ternus can remake Apple the way it should have been OPINION  Apple’s pending leadership transition affords the company a rare opportunity to return to its roots and once again serve as a source of inspiration instead […]

Nation-states want to cause harm, not just steal cash – stop handing your cyber defenses to the cheapest contractor 2026-04-22 at 01:06 By Connor Jones NCSC boss says China’s whole-of-state cyber machine has become Britain’s peer competitor in cyberspace State-sponsored cyberattacks from Chinese intelligence and military agencies display “an eye-watering level of sophistication,” UK National […]

Zorin OS 18.1 released – and the Lite edition reappears 2026-04-22 at 00:17 By Liam Proven Plus news from its Dublin neighbors, Linux Mint The latest point release of Zorin OS is here, as an interesting alternative to Linux Mint for those still searching for a replacement for Windows 10 as the dust settles over […]

Murder, she wrote: Ex-FBI chief wants some ransomware crims charged with homicide 2026-04-21 at 23:32 By Jessica Lyons Lawmakers decry CISA cuts: ‘We are shooting ourselves in the foot’ If a cyberattack leads to a death, that’s murder. A former FBI cyber division chief urged the US Justice Department to consider felony homicide charges against […]

SystemBC C2 Server Reveals 1,570+ Victims in The Gentlemen Ransomware Operation 2026-04-21 at 23:32 By Threat actors associated with The Gentlemen ransomware‑as‑a‑service (RaaS) operation have been observed attempting to deploy a known proxy malware called SystemBC. According to new research published by Check Point, the command-and-control (C2 or C&C) server linked to SystemBC has led […]

Xbox Game Pass gets price cut but won’t include new ‘Call of Duty’ games 2026-04-21 at 21:03 By Reuters It’s the first major strategy shift under Xbox’s new gaming boss. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

More Cisco SD-WAN bugs battered in attacks 2026-04-21 at 21:03 By Jessica Lyons CISA gives federal agencies 4 days to patch America’s lead cyber-defense agency has warned that three Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager bugs are under attack, and given federal agencies just four days to patch the security holes.… This article is an excerpt from […]

Who is John Ternus, the hardware whiz taking over Apple? 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Thomas Barrabi Ternus, a company veteran and head of Apple’s hardware division, will replace longtime CEO Tim Cook on Sept. 1. Cook, 65, will transition to a new role as executive chairman. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News […]

Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Dan Robinson Still only a tiny slice of mobile activity overall The US and Starlink lead the way in the still-young direct-to-device (D2D) satellite market, where the number of connections recorded by Ookla rose nearly 25 percent between July 2025 and […]