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Commvault has a Ctrl+Z for rogue AI agents

(2026/04/14)

The company's new software keeps an eye on your agents and backs up data.



Microsoft's massive Patch Tuesday: It's raining bugs

(2026/04/14)

One CVE under attack, one already disclosed by angry bug hunter, and 163 more



You can finally control serial devices from Firefox

(2026/04/14)

Long languishing API gets love from Mozilla



Nvidia slaps forehead: I know what quantum is missing - it's AI!

(2026/04/14)

One error in every thousand operations is one too many



Oracle taps Bloom for 2.8 GW of fuel cells to keep datacenter binge going

(2026/04/14)

With grid hookups slow and turbines scarce, on-site power is starting to look less optional



California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, EFF says

(2026/04/14)

Proposed law could lock down open source tools and give vendors fresh reasons to inspect print files



GitHub invokes spirit of Phabricator with preview of Stacked PRs

(2026/04/14)

Long-familiar workflow lets developers split big code changes into smaller, easier-to-review chunks



Physicist reckons two-button calculator can do all elementary math

(2026/04/14)

Paper says a single binary operator could replace a lot of scientific heavy lifting



Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow

(2026/04/14)

Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IP



No honor among thieves as 0APT threatens rival ransomware gang Krybit

(2026/04/14)

Honey, the skids are fighting again



NASA insiders oddly relaxed about latest budget threats

(2026/04/14)

exclusive Veterans think Congress may swat cuts again, but uncertainty could still do lasting damage



IBM becomes first company to pay up under Trump administration's diversity blitz

(2026/04/14)

Didn't admit liability, will cough $17M, still fighting age discrimination cases



Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM crisis reaches the checkout

(2026/04/14)

Entry-level models jump by up to £220, mirroring steeper hikes in US



Man suspected of Molotov attack on Sam Altman's home charged with attempted murder

(2026/04/14)

20-year-old Texan also allegedly planned to kill everyone inside the OpenAI office building



Britain gives Rolls-Royce the nod to sketch out its mini reactor future

(2026/04/14)

Contract kicks off design work, but SMRs unlikely to generate power before the mid-2030s



Microsoft sends Outlook Lite to the great inbox in the sky as memory costs skyrocket

(2026/04/14)

Mailbox access in stripped-down Android app ends on May 25



UK state bank considers lengthening disastrous IT program

(2026/04/14)

Already £1.3B over budget and 4 years late, NS&I could extend timetable beyond 8 years



When the IBM PC and shoulder pads were big, Japan led the chip industry. It's trying to get back there now

(2026/04/14)

Local hero Rapidus is on track to begin production of 2nm semis next year, as TSMC expands its Japanese foothold



Windows Update is a torture chamber for seldom-used PCs

(2026/04/14)

Opinion Microsoft punishes you for updating infrequently



Japanese rocket part came unglued, leading to mission failure

(2026/04/14)

Tiny variation in temperature weakened a component and when a critical moment arrived, that mattered



Experts and laypeople agree: AI will hurt elections and relationships

(2026/04/14)

Latest report from Stanford's AI boffins finds unsafe usage practices, widespread anxiety about impacts, and China catching up to the USA



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