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