ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

You too can build a nuclear battery from junk you have lying around the house

(2026/04/20)

It won't provide much juice, but its creator calls it a 'nanowatt nuclear power plant'



Schmoozebots: Study finds flattery will get AI everywhere

(2026/04/20)

Excessive friendliness may cause users to forget they're talking to a very confident autocomplete



One of Europe's sovereign cloud picks may not be so-sovereign after all

(2026/04/20)

Updated US-based cloud providers could have to disclose certain data under American legal orders



New Android development tool designed for robots, not humans

(2026/04/20)

Google previews Android CLI as agentic development continues to snowball



Microsoft releases Windows Server update fix to fix its April update fixes

(2026/04/20)

Out-of-band or out of control?



AI is reshaping Britain's datacenter map away from London

(2026/04/20)

Bit barns need to worry more about space, access to grid – overstuffed center no longer a must, say experts



UK.gov kicks off half-a-billion quid sovereign AI venture with £80M invite

(2026/04/20)

Companies get to keep IP developed for government projects



HP's remote desktop push retreats as Anyware heads for end of life

(2026/04/20)

Workstations that made distant desktops feel local is headed for a slow shutdown



Blue Origin nails the landing, but puts the payload satellite in the wrong orbit

(2026/04/20)

Wouldn't be the first time a Jeff Bezos company left a package in the wrong place



Palantir's NHS future in doubt as ministers eye contract break

(2026/04/20)

£330M deal leaves service with no ownership of software built to connect trusts to the platform



Growing AI power slurpage prompts MPs to examine low-energy computing

(2026/04/20)

Committee launches inquiry into emerging chip designs to curb datacenter energy use



AI quota inflation is no token effort. It's baked in

(2026/04/20)

Opinion We've been here before. This time, we may not get out



Next.js developer Vercel warns of customer credential compromise

(2026/04/20)

Blames outfit called Context.ai, which reckons an agentic OAuth tangle caused the incident



'Invisible mouse' made a mess of PC rebuild

(2026/04/20)

Who, Me? You can't fix what you can't see – especially when your workspace is a maelstrom



NASA working on ‘Big Bang’ upgrade to keep the Voyagers alive for longer

(2026/04/20)

Tests scheduled for May can’t come soon enough after VGER 1 power glitch led to instrument shutdown



Indonesia’s game rating system paused amid claims it leaked developer creds and glimpses of major new titles

(2026/04/20)

Asia In Brief PLUS: India bins ID app pre-install plan; Robot wins Beijing half-marathon; AI writing Manga speech bubbles; and more!



Just like phishing for gullible humans, prompt injecting AIs is here to stay

(2026/04/20)

kettle Aren't we all just prompting tokens of linguistic meaning and hoping the other person isn't bullshitting us?



I meant to do that! AI vendors shrug off responsibility for vulns

(2026/04/19)

OPINION Passing the buck, and the blame, down the road shows lack of AI companies' maturity



Ruby Central in 'real financial jeopardy' following RubyGems maintainer ruckus

(2026/04/19)

Non profit loses several staffers including its executive director



Cloudflare can remember it for you wholesale

(2026/04/18)

Agent Memory stores AI chat scraps off to the side and recalls them when needed



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