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…
Despite looming science cuts, Isaacman finds resources to poke the planetary hornet nestNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman delivered some potentially good news at a Senate hearing this week, as well as…
Should Schools Get Rid of Homework? https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/29/0357216/should-schools-get-rid-of-homework?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Nvidia fixes the 8GB RAM problem with one of its GPUs—if you can pay for it Framework charges nearly double for the 12GB version of the mobile RTX 5070. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/nvidia-…
Professional school grads from diverse classes get higher salaries Study authors say courts should reconsider rulings in light of this new evidence. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/professiona…
Linux's sched_ext Sees A Bunch Of Bug Fixes Following Increased AI Code Review Just days after the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release, the Linux kernel's extensible scheduler class "sched_ext" is seeing a l…
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Eleven up, ten downOn Tuesday in San Francisco at an event called "What's Next with AWS," CEO Matt Garman took the stage to announce that AWS is (for what, depending on how you count, is the seventh, …
GrassMarlin leaks sensitive information, provided your targeting phishing skills are sharp enoughThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning anyone who uses GrassMarlin, a t…
Attempt to repeal Colorado's right-to-repair law fails Manufacturers backed effort to repeal the law but ultimately failed. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/attempt-to-repeal-colorados-righ…
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