AMD FP-DSS Security Bug For Zen 1 CPUs Made Public, Linux Kernel Patched
AMD FP-DSS Security Bug For Zen 1 CPUs Made Public, Linux Kernel Patched Made public today was the Floating Point Divider State Sampling bug (stylized as FP-DSS or FPDSS) affecting original AMD Zen 1 …
Online Personalities and Comedians Overtake TV and Newspapers as Primary News…
Online Personalities and Comedians Overtake TV and Newspapers as Primary News Sources https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/17/2138236/online-personalities-and-comedians-overtake-tv-and-newspapers-as-…
Intel eases reliance on TSMC with 'Merica-made Core Series 3 processors
Stripped-down Ultra for laptops and low-power edge boxesIntel brought a few more chips home from Taiwan this week, with a new round of budget-oriented Core Series 3 processors fabbed right in the US-o…
OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving…
OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914463/openai-sora-bill-peebles-kevin-weil-leaving-departing
Anthropic mocks up Claude Design to draft fancy new pink slips for marketing teams
The bar for creating visual assets has been lowered to the ability to converse with a modelAnthropic is known for its industry-leading Claude Code that writes programs, but why stop there? The company…
Gazing Into Sam Altman's Orb Could Solve Ticket Scalping…
Gazing Into Sam Altman's Orb Could Solve Ticket Scalping https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/17/2115258/gazing-into-sam-altmans-orb-could-solve-ticket-scalping?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Should you stare into Sam Altman’s orb before your next date?…
Should you stare into Sam Altman’s orb before your next date? https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914385/world-id-tinder-identity-verifying-orb
Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good…
Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good graces https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914229/tides-turning-anthropic-trump-administration-cybersecur…
Mozilla 'Thunderbolt' Is an Open-Source AI Client Focused On Control and…
Mozilla 'Thunderbolt' Is an Open-Source AI Client Focused On Control and Self-Hosting https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/17/1850251/mozilla-thunderbolt-is-an-open-source-ai-client-focused-on-contro…
Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious
Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious She's well qualified but will need to navigate RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/tru…
Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake"
Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake" Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2…
Amazon's New Fire TV Sticks No Longer Support Sideloading…
Amazon's New Fire TV Sticks No Longer Support Sideloading https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/04/17/180203/amazons-new-fire-tv-sticks-no-longer-support-sideloading?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkano…
China tests an undersea cable cutter as suspected sabotage incidents grow
China tests an undersea cable cutter as suspected sabotage incidents grow China cable-cutter demo coincides with more sabotage of subsea Internet cables. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/china-…
$25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options
$25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options Is $20,000–$25,000 a sweet spot for secondhand electric cars? We think so. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/25000-buys-plenty-of-used-evs-her…
Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists…
Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists https://www.theverge.com/report/914157/prediction-markets-news-outlet-ethics-policy-propublica-kalshi-polymarket
OpenAI Starts Offering a Biology-Tuned LLM…
OpenAI Starts Offering a Biology-Tuned LLM https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/04/17/1721205/openai-starts-offering-a-biology-tuned-llm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry…
This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/913981/poetry-camera-ai-hands-on
Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer
Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer "The world that was, doesn't exist. It's just us, trying to hold onto what was." https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/04/ridley-scotts…
Opsec oopsie: Dutch navy frigate location outed by mailing it a Bluetooth tracker
Or, how public information and a €5 tracker exposed an avoidable opsec lapseMilitaries around the world spend countless hours training, developing policies, and implementing best operational security …
CISA tells feds to patch 13-year-old Apache ActiveMQ bug under active attack
Bug hiding in plain sight for over a decade lands on KEV listCISA is sounding the alarm on a newly-exploited Apache ActiveMQ bug, ordering federal agencies to patch within two weeks as attackers circl…
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