US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold "In 25 years, the average score... has never been so low." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/us-falls-below-ukraine-in-…
New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access On Major Distros https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/04/30/207231/new-linux-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-root-access-on-major-distros?utm_source…
In Real-World Test, an AI Model Did Better Than ER Doctors At Diagnosing Patients https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/04/30/1956259/in-real-world-test-an-ai-model-did-better-than-er-doctors-at-diagn…
Stop the sprawl!With the average Global Fortune 500 enterprise expected to run more than 150,000 AI agents by 2028, up from fewer than 15 today, there’s plenty of room for chaos. Analyst firm Gartner …
Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial Elon Musk spent three days testifying as the first witness in his trial against OpenAI. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/elon-mus…
Shotcut 26.4 Released With Timeline Improvements, Vulkan Accelerated Speech-To-Text Shotcut 26.4.30 shipped today as the latest and greatest version of this open-source, cross-platform video editor...…
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Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine's sights "We had serious inbound attempts to the cosmodrome that day." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/russian-cloaks-launch-schedu…
French Prosecutors Link 15-Year-Old To Mega-Breach At State's Secure Document Agency https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/04/30/1949206/french-prosecutors-link-15-year-old-to-mega-breach-at-states-secure-…
KnowBe4 says 86% of phishing it tracked used AI, and inboxes are only the startGive a man a phishing kit and he might get lucky a couple of times; teach an AI to phish and it'll change the landscape, …
Mozilla fears wiring an AI API into Chrome will make the web less openMozilla has reiterated its opposition to Google's decision to build AI plumbing into its Chrome browser, though rather belatedly n…
Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex Meta said the Kenyan workers didn't "meet our standards." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/meta-cuts-contractors-who-report…
All these smart glasses and nothing to do https://www.theverge.com/tech/921159/smart-glasses-review-wearable-even-realities-g2-meta-ray-ban-rokid-lucyd-oakley-meta-vanguard
The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flatfooted CopyFail threatens multi-tenant servers, CI/CD work flows, Kubernetes containers, and more. https://arstechnica.com/securi…
World's Largest Digital Human Rights Conference Suddenly 'Postponed' https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/30/1822210/worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference-suddenly-postponed?utm_source=rss1.…
One alleged cyber contractor was extradited to the US over the weekendChina's "hacker-for-hire ecosystem has gotten out of control," according to Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI's cybe…
Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/researcher…
Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we're here for it. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/blue-origin-certain…
Microsoft Open-Sources 'Earliest DOS Source Code Discovered To Date' https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/30/1814205/microsoft-open-sources-earliest-dos-source-code-discovered-to-date?utm_source=rss1…
Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser Fresh off the Oscar-winning Weapons , director Zach Cregger has his own vision for the gaming franchise. https://arstechnica.c…
Networking kit arrives just in time for Nvidia's 1.6 Tbps ConnectX-9 NICsIf you thought 800 Gbps Ethernet was fast, just wait. Celestica's latest switches cram 64 1.6 Tbps ports into a single chassis.…
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