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The votes are in: AI will hurt elections and relationships 2026-04-14 at 04:10 By Thomas Claburn Latest report from Stanford’s AI boffins finds unsafe usage practices, widespread anxiety about impacts, and China catching up to the USA Artificial intelligence has achieved mass adoption faster than the personal computer or the internet, reaching 53 percent of […]

Cloudflare revamps CLI as agents take over the internet 2026-04-14 at 01:35 By Brandon Vigliarolo What, you think basic usability is improved just for your benefit, human? Cloudflare is rebuilding Wrangler’s command-line tooling by adding commands for products and interfaces that still lack CLI support. And yes, AI agents are a big reason why.… This

Zombie Microsoft bugs rise from the dead, pave way for crims and ransomware scum 2026-04-14 at 01:35 By Jessica Lyons One was patched almost 14 years ago Crooks are exploiting four Microsoft vulnerabilities – one patched 14 years ago and another tied to ransomware activity – according to America’s lead cyber-defense agency, which on Monday

Claude is getting worse, according to Claude 2026-04-14 at 01:35 By Thomas Claburn Brief outage follows growing number of quality complaints Once the AI darling of programmers everywhere, Anthropic’s Claude has been stumbling mightily, both in terms of cost and perceived quality. The service was down briefly on Monday with “a major outage,” service trouble

How ServiceNow gets customers to gorge at the AI trough 2026-04-13 at 23:10 By O’Ryan Johnson ‘AI is now infused in every package that we offer to our addressable market,’ SVP John Aisien told us ServiceNow’s latest product announcements show how hardcore the company has become about embedding AI across its go-to-market strategy.… This article

Oracle accused of targeting employees with stock options in recent layoffs 2026-04-13 at 22:43 By Marc Vartabedian Outrage continues to build around Oracle’s mass layoffs as some laid-off workers slam the software giant for how it allegedly chose who to cut – with one 30-year veteran suggesting the company may have targeted employees with outstanding

Fake Linux leader using Slack to con devs into giving up their secrets 2026-04-13 at 22:43 By Jessica Lyons Google Sites lure leads to bogus root certificate Imagine getting asked to do something by a person in authority. An unknown malware slinger targeting open source software developers via Slack impersonated a real Linux Foundation official

JanelaRAT Malware Targets Latin American Banks with 14,739 Attacks in Brazil in 2025 2026-04-13 at 22:42 By Banks and financial institutions in Latin American countries like Brazil and Mexico have continued to be the target of a malware family called JanelaRAT. A modified version of BX RAT, JanelaRAT is known to steal financial and cryptocurrency

iPhone users warned to delete suspicious emails linked to iCloud storage scam 2026-04-13 at 21:47 By Reda Wigle Consumer organizations are warning the world’s 1.8 billion iPhone users about a sinister email scam designed to pilfer personal info and loot banking details. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

Retired sportswriter reveals how he lost $270K life savings to online scam featuring ‘young and gorgeous’ woman 2026-04-13 at 20:58 By Ariel Zilber Al Levine, an 82-year-old former Atlanta Journal-Constitution sportswriter, said it started with a random text from “Daisy Miller.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View

Meta is building a creepy AI clone of Mark Zuckerberg to chat with staff: report 2026-04-13 at 20:57 By Thomas Barrabi Meta staffers will soon have the option of chatting with a virtual clone of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to a report Monday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York

Oracle job cuts and AI spending could impact support, raise prices 2026-04-13 at 20:57 By Lindsay Clark Advisers say fewer staff could mean slower answers and tougher renewals Oracle customers have been warned to watch for changes in support and pricing as Larry Ellison’s company makes huge datacenter spending commitments to support its AI ambitions.…

Attention, gamers: The FAA wants YOU to be an air traffic controller 2026-04-13 at 20:57 By Brandon Vigliarolo GG noob, who cleared you to land? The Federal Aviation Administration continues to face an air traffic controller shortage, and it’s hoping that a new demographic of potential applicants can fill the ranks: Video gamers. … This article

Here’s how you might qualify for a payout from Google’s $135M Android settlement 2026-04-13 at 18:44 By Ariel Zilber The lawsuit alleged that Android devices transmitted data to Google in the background without users’ permission. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Claude Code cache confusion as Anthropic tweaks defaults, but quotas still drain 2026-04-13 at 18:44 By Tim Anderson Dev reports suggest long sessions now burn through usage much faster Anthropic last month reduced the TTL (time to live) for the Claude Code prompt cache from one hour to five minutes for many requests, but said

FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts 2026-04-13 at 18:44 By The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit called W3LL to steal thousands of victims’ account credentials and attempt

Notepad sheds Copilot from toolbar as Microsoft gives subtlety a try 2026-04-13 at 18:03 By Richard Speed AI gubbins still there, just tucked under ‘Writing Tools’ Copilot is on its way out of Notepad, but a return to the basic text editor is not on the cards.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Microsoft attempts to untangle ‘confusing’ Windows Insider program 2026-04-13 at 17:32 By Richard Speed Controlled Feature Rollouts headed for the trash among other changes Microsoft is giving the Windows Insider program another makeover in the hope of making it less baffling.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Booking.com warns reservation data may have checked out with intruders 2026-04-13 at 17:32 By Carly Page Travel giant says names, contact details, dates, and hotel messages potentially exposed Booking.com is warning customers that their reservation details may have been exposed to unknown attackers, in the latest reminder that the travel giant still can’t quite keep

Veterans Affairs has lost track of software licenses amid $985M bill 2026-04-13 at 17:31 By Lindsay Clark Department putting systems in place to manage ‘restrictive licensing practices’ A federal spending watchdog has found the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) faced “challenges” in understanding the correct number of licenses it should hold for the top five