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Weak security means attackers could disable all of a city's public EV chargers

Fri, 2026-04-24 04:10
Demonstrated in China, probably applicable elsewhere

Black Hat Asia Developers of rented internet of things infrastructure – stuff like public EV chargers and shared e-bikes – are prioritizing user convenience over security, and leaving themselves exposed to wide-scale denial of service attacks on their services.…

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Anthropic admits it dumbed down Claude when trying to make it smarter

Thu, 2026-04-23 23:26
System changes and bugs overlapped to create the impression of general decline

Claude users who complained about the AI service producing lower-quality responses over the past month weren’t imagining it.…

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Dev targeted by sophisticated job scam: 'I let my guard down, and ran the freaking code'

Thu, 2026-04-23 21:38
Legit-looking website, camera-on interviews, jokes about backdoors ... it worked

EXCLUSIVE It all started with a LinkedIn message, as so many employment scams do these days.…

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Solid-state batteries hold more juice, but keep cracking up. Now researchers know why

Thu, 2026-04-23 21:15
Two teams, similar diagnosis: Ceramic electrolytes still refusing to cooperate

With more capacity and faster charging, solid-state batteries could be the next big thing in energy. And good news: researchers may have pinned down one major reason these batteries still fail before they can reach widespread commercial use.…

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Claude Opus 4.7 has turned into an overzealous query cop, devs complain

Thu, 2026-04-23 20:47
Rising refusal rate from Acceptable Use Classifier leaves customers paying for nothing

Anthropic's release last week of Opus 4.7 came with stronger safeguards to prevent misuse. Unfortunately, these safeguards have also managed to thwart legitimate use.…

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Chinese attackers are pwning your infrastructure to use in attacks, 10 countries warn

Thu, 2026-04-23 19:25
All the Typhoons, everywhere, all at once

A majority of China-linked threat actors are using compromised routers and IoT devices worldwide, turning this gear into proxy networks to carry out further intrusions, steal sensitive data, and disrupt victim organizations’ operations, according to a joint 10-country advisory.…

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US Air Force department names firms to power its bases with mini nukes

Thu, 2026-04-23 18:15
Three vendors matched to three sites

The US Department of the Air Force (DAF) has selected three companies for possible nuclear microreactor projects at three of its installations under a program aimed at improving energy resilience if the electricity grid goes down.…

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YouTuber has DIMM idea, builds working DRAM in backyard

Thu, 2026-04-23 17:43
What are you doing to solve the memory crisis?

If you follow PC hardware prices, you’ll know AI demand has pushed memory prices higher as manufacturers prioritize memory for datacenters. To deal with that, you can pay through the nose, buy less memory, or ... try to build your own DRAM.…

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Google explains why its all-in-one AI stack embraces competitors

Thu, 2026-04-23 17:13
'Differentiated, but open'

Google Cloud Next Google Cloud’s Andi Gutmans said that the company holds a structural advantage over its largest rivals in the race to win value from AI agents in the enterprise, arguing that no competitor currently combines cloud computing infrastructure, frontier AI models, and a data platform under one roof.…

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Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint, complains Proton CEO

Thu, 2026-04-23 16:20
Push to protect minors risks hitting everyone online

Proton's boss has waded into the age verification fight with a warning that sounds less like child safety and more like an identity checkpoint for the entire internet.…

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Microsoft gives your Word documents an AI co-author you didn’t ask for

Thu, 2026-04-23 15:55
Also rolls out agentic Copilot in Excel and PowerPoint, letting 21st century Clippy lend a... hand

Microsoft is giving Copilot the power to stop suggesting edits and start making them.…

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Datadog digs down into GPU efficiency as AI costs soar

Thu, 2026-04-23 15:33
Down to you to work out the value

Datadog has added GPU monitoring to its observability stack, giving AI-hungry organizations more insight into exactly what's happening on their most expensive silicon.…

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Everpure 'takes the hit' as AI-fueled supply crunch drives prices up 70%

Thu, 2026-04-23 14:57
Storage vendor predicts current crunch will outlast COVID disruptions

The supply crunch gripping the storage market has pushed Everpure – the artist formerly known as Pure Storage – to reassure customers it won't make things worse.…

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope trumps Trump cuts, is launch-ready ahead of schedule

Thu, 2026-04-23 13:57
Revolutionary telescope aiming for space after multiple near death experiences

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready for launch ahead of schedule despite repeated attempts by both Donald Trump's first and second administrations to cut funding.…

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American farms have a new steward for their safety net, disaster programs... Palantir

Thu, 2026-04-23 13:26
Wins $300M deal over Salesforce, IBM because of 'integration with existing USDA systems,' among other things

Palantir has won a $300 million contract from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support the National Farm Security Action Plan (NFSAP) and modernize how USDA delivers services to America's farmers.…

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AI now gobbling up power and management chips for servers

Thu, 2026-04-23 12:59
Bad news for multiple general server components as vendors switch to more lucrative gear

The chip shortage is spreading to power and management controller silicon, threatening server shipments as vendors prioritize capacity for higher-margin AI server products.…

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Medical data of 500k Biobank volunteers listed for sale on Alibaba, UK minister reveals

Thu, 2026-04-23 12:34
World's largest biomedical dataset lifted and shifted on Chinese mega marketplace

Breaking Details of volunteers of UK-based Biobank, which describes itself as the custodian of the world's most comprehensive biomedical dataset, are for sale on Chinese ecommerce site Alibaba.…

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Hybrid clouds have two attack surfaces and you’re not paying enough attention to either

Thu, 2026-04-23 12:15
Windows Admin Center flaws mean on-prem can attack cloud, and vice-versa

Black Hat Asia Israeli researchers found a series of flaws in Microsoft's Windows Admin Center (WAC) and suggest this shows hybrid cloud management tools are a two-way attack surface that users don't spend enough time worrying about.…

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Musk bets Tesla's AI future on Intel node that isn't finished yet

Thu, 2026-04-23 11:43
EV maker leaning on still-in-development 14A process for Terafab, says it needs to build own silicon

Elon Musk used Tesla's latest earnings call to reveal plans to build AI chips on Intel's not-yet-finished 14A process – a bet on silicon that doesn't exist.…

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AI bats away ping-pong challenge as rise of the machines continues

Thu, 2026-04-23 11:15
Sony project claims a significant breakthrough with applications in task requiring speed and accuracy

Rise of the Machines The ancient games of chess and Go are now mere staging posts in the journey toward robots demonstrating their superior performance to humans - the machines can now beat us fleshbags at ping-pong.…

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