Patches land for authencesn flaw enabling local privilege escalationDevelopers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability aris…
New Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Would Be Huge Waste of Court's Time, Judge Says https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/29/1935254/new-sam-bankman-fried-trial-would-be-huge-waste-of-courts-time-judge-says?ut…
Ubuntu's AI Plans Have Linux Users Looking For a 'Kill Switch' https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/29/197205/ubuntus-ai-plans-have-linux-users-looking-for-a-kill-switch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Joby Demos Its Air Taxi In NYC https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/29/1917219/joby-demos-its-air-taxi-in-nyc?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
ORNL says portable detector kit can separate real GPS signals from fake ones even at equal strengthGPS spoofing, which sends fake satellite-like signals, and GPS jamming, which drowns receivers in noi…
Apple Gives Up On the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/04/29/1925205/apple-gives-up-on-the-vision-pro-after-m5-refresh-flop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Second try's a charm?Microsoft and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that attackers are exploiting a zero-click Windows flaw that can expose sensitive information o…
California High-Speed Rail Price Tag Jumps To $231 Billion https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/29/1627235/california-high-speed-rail-price-tag-jumps-to-231-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins" Directions also include system instructions to act like "you have a vivid inner life." https://arstechnica.com/ai/2…
Authors say it acquired an LLM that was trained on their copyrighted data, and judge keeps asking for more infoDatabricks cannot shake a class action lawsuit targeting its LLM, which several book auth…
Microsoft readies the axe once again for yesterday's securityMicrosoft has warned users still clinging to legacy TLS versions that the end is nigh for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on POP3 and IMAP4 connections to …
Colorado's Anti-Repair Bill Is Dead https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/29/1621248/colorados-anti-repair-bill-is-dead?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Howdy's dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers Most are keeping their subscriptions after signing up, too, research firm says. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/how…
There is no 6 Nimmt! champion, but a $12 domain registration and one Wikipedia edit convinced several bots there wasUnlike search engines that let you judge competing sources, search-backed AI chatbot…
Iran went dark twice, AWS got droned, oh and TalkTalk broke something it refuses to talk aboutThe first quarter of 2026 saw a surge in severe and prolonged internet disruptions, from government shutdo…
New sealed bootable container images and Stratis storage, tooFedora Linux 44 has arrived – in multiple formats and for several CPU families, including some new container formats and storage options.…
The Intel Lunar Lake CPU Performance Gains On Linux Over The Past Year Recently I ran benchmarks looking at the Xe2 graphics performance gains on Intel Lunar Lake over the past year with what's shippe…
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Flesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three days When doctors saw him, his limbs were discolored and crackling. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/flesh-eating-bacteria-devour-man…
GitHub 'No Longer a Place For Serious Work', Says Hashicorp Co-Founder https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/04/29/169218/github-no-longer-a-place-for-serious-work-says-hashicorp-co-founder?utm_source=r…
Motorola reveals 2026 Razr lineup with modest upgrades and higher prices Motorola's foldable lineup is bigger and more spendy then ever. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/motorola-reveals-2026-r…
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