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NASA Inspector fears new spacesuits won’t be ready for Moon landing

40 min 31 sec ago
Dud contracts, proprietary designs, and zero-experience supplier make for quite the mess

The NASA Office of Inspector General, the aerospace agency’s auditor, fears that work on next-generation spacesuits won’t finish in time to use them for the planned Artemis III Moon landing mission in 2028.…

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Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch

Mon, 2026-04-20 23:42
Remember what we promised when you subscribed for a year? Well, we've got a new deal that's better for us.

Microsoft's GitHub has stopped accepting new Copilot individual subscriptions while the code hosting biz figures out how it can meet its service commitments without breaking the bank.…

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Vibe coding upstart Lovable denies data leak, cites 'intentional behavior,' then throws HackerOne under the bus

Mon, 2026-04-20 23:26
A lesson in how not to respond to vulnerability reports

Vibe-coding platform Lovable is pooh-poohing a researcher’s finding that anyone could open a free account on the service and read other users' sensitive info, including credentials, chat history, and source code. However, the company’s story keeps changing: First it attributed the publicly exposed info to "intentional behavior" and "unclear documentation," then threw bug-bounty service HackerOne under the bus.…

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Trump-branded datacenter project fails to make itself great, again

Mon, 2026-04-20 23:07
The struggles continue for Fermi America's 17 GW bit barn ambitions

It’s been a weekend filled with dizzying changes in the boardroom at datacenter wannabe Fermi America as it hopes eventually to expand its West Texas campus to about 17 gigawatts of behind-the-meter generation capacity.…

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World's blandest man steps down from CEO job to spend more time in tastefully appointed home

Mon, 2026-04-20 22:23
Tim Cook is handing the reins to John Ternus at Apple

Have you heard? Apple's Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years leading the iMaker's business. He'll become executive chairman and hand the reins over to John Ternus, a senior VP of hardware engineering, effective September 1.…

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Chase got a spiff of $77 million to create one job with New York datacenter

Mon, 2026-04-20 21:25
Official involved in deal tells El Reg number doesn't paint entire picture of datacenter's economic benefit

When Rockland County, New York, approved nearly $77 million in tax breaks for JPMorgan Chase's datacenter expansion in 2024, no one showed up to object. Two years and a whole lot of bit barns in the news cycle later, government watchdogs are calling foul over the project's lone permanent job.…

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Claude Desktop changes app access settings for browsers you don't even have installed yet

Mon, 2026-04-20 19:56
Installation and pre-approval without consent looks dubious under EU law

One app should not modify another app without asking for and receiving your explicit consent. Yet Anthropic's Claude Desktop for macOS installs files that affect other vendors' applications without disclosure, even before those applications have been installed, and authorizes browser extensions without consent.…

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Linux 7.1 will have an optional new NTFS driver

Mon, 2026-04-20 18:34
Good news for those working with Windows, bad news for Paragon Software

The feature list for Linux kernel 7.1 is taking shape, and a standout addition has already landed: a new read-write NTFS driver.…

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Scot becomes second Scattered Spider-linked crook to plead guilty in US

Mon, 2026-04-20 17:22
Tyler Buchanan admits role in scheme that stole at least $8 million in virtual currency

A Scottish man linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime crew has pleaded guilty in the US to a phishing and SIM-swap scheme that stole at least $8 million in cryptocurrency.…

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

Mon, 2026-04-20 16:29
It won't provide much juice, but its creator calls it a 'nanowatt nuclear power plant'

It's illegal and impractical to construct a nuclear power plant in your backyard. But a DIY tritium nuclear battery is far less dramatic - just don't expect any appreciable amount of energy from it.…

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Schmoozebots: study finds flattery will get AI everywhere

Mon, 2026-04-20 16:07
Excessive friendliness may cause users to forget they're talking to a very confident autocomplete

A study into how humans interact with chatbots suggests the fastest way to make an LLM feel human isn't making it smarter – it's making it seem nicer.…

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

Mon, 2026-04-20 15:50
US-based cloud providers could have to disclose certain data under American legal orders

The European Commission has awarded four contracts designed to advance cloud sovereignty in the EU, but one uses services from S3NS, a joint venture between Thales and Google Cloud, raising questions about its real independence.…

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New Android development tool designed for robots, not humans

Mon, 2026-04-20 15:24
Google previews Android CLI as agentic development continues to snowball

Google has introduced a new Android command-line interface built specifically for AI agents, claiming a 70 percent cut in token usage and three times reduction in task completion time.…

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

Mon, 2026-04-20 13:15
Out-of-band or out of control?

Microsoft has pushed out an out-of-band update to address the restart loop that hit some Windows Server devices after its April update.…

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AI is reshaping Britain's datacenter map away from London

Mon, 2026-04-20 12:38
Bit barns need to worry more about space, access to grid – overstuffed center no longer a must, say experts

UK AI datacenter capacity could migrate away from London as power shortages, planning constraints and reduced reliance on low-latency connections to financial firms make other locations more attractive.…

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

Mon, 2026-04-20 12:13
Companies get to keep IP developed for government projects

The UK government is opening £80 million in AI procurement talks with tech firms, drawing on its £500 million sovereign capability fund.…

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

Mon, 2026-04-20 11:25
Workstations that made distant desktops feel local is headed for a slow shutdown

HP is quietly pulling the plug on its Teradici-derived remote desktop business, shelving HP Anyware and its zero client hardware barely a few years after betting big on the tech as the backbone of its hybrid work push.…

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

Mon, 2026-04-20 09:49
Wouldn't be the first time a Jeff Bezos company left a package in the wrong place

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket nailed the landing this weekend, but failed at the crucial part of delivering a satellite to a usable orbit.…

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

Mon, 2026-04-20 09:27
£330M deal leaves service with no ownership of software built to connect trusts to the platform

The UK government is considering ending Palantir's involvement in a central NHS data platform after coming under fire from MPs, unions, and campaigners.…

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

Mon, 2026-04-20 09:23
Committee launches inquiry into emerging chip designs to curb datacenter energy use

MPs are probing whether radically different, low-energy chip designs can stop AI from turning the UK's power grid into a bottleneck.…

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