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Microsoft is updating devices from Windows 11 24H2 to version 25H2 with no way to fully opt out, and says an “intelligent” ML-based system handles the rollout (www.tomshardware.com)
2026-4-6 Microsoft

China, which dominates the global drone industry, has sharply tightened its drone use rules, as some users say they are hindering routine and lawful flights (www.nytimes.com)
2026-4-6 China Drone

Sources: Sam Altman has excluded OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar from some key financial meetings; Friar began reporting to Fidji Simo instead of the CEO in August 2025 (www.theinformation.com)
2026-4-6

Internet Bug Bounty Pauses Payouts, Citing 'Expanding Discovery' From AI-Assisted Research (it.slashdot.org)
2026-4-6 AI

Claude Code Leak Reveals a 'Stealth' Mode for GenAI Code Contributions - and a 'Frustration Words' Regex (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-4-6

A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI into K-12 education to reduce teacher workloads, improve rural schools, and help students with disabilities (www.chinatalk.media)
2026-4-6 China AI Education

Hundreds of Theatres Show Apocalyptic-Yet-Optimistic New Movie, 'The AI Doc' (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-4-6 AI

Hundreds of Theatres Show Apocalyptic-Yet-Optomistic New Movie, 'The AI Doc' (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-4-6 AI

Will 'AI-Assisted' Journalists Bring Errors and Retractions? (news.slashdot.org)
2026-4-6 AI

Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices (garymarcus.substack.com)
2026-4-6 Startup AI

Traffic violation scams switch to QR codes in new phishing texts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-6

New FortiClient EMS flaw exploited in attacks, emergency patch released (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-6

Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit (www.coindesk.com)
2026-4-6 Korea

Crooks Behind $27M in 'Refund' Scams Busted By YouTube Pranksters After Being Lured to Fake Funeral (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-4-6 YouTube

Apple Brings Device-Level Age Verification to Two More Countries (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-4-6 Apple

Chrome 148 Will Start 'Lazy Loading' Video and Audio to Improve Performance (slashdot.org)
2026-4-6 Chrome

Scientists Engineered a Plant To Produce 5 Different Psychedelics At Once (science.slashdot.org)
2026-4-6

A profile of Mikko Hyppönen, a cybersecurity veteran who pivoted from fighting malware to developing anti-drone systems for law enforcement and the military (techcrunch.com)
2026-4-6 Drone

Hackers exploit React2Shell in automated credential theft campaign (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-6

Does Ubuntu Now Require More RAM Than Windows 11? (news.slashdot.org)
2026-4-5 Ubuntu

TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 and the most in three years, with listings up about 2x since mid-2023 (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-4-5

Train to speak up to 41 languages for under $80 in this deal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-5

Apple's First 50 Years Celebrated - Including How Steve Jobs Finally Accepted an 'Open' App Store (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-4-5 Apple

How Hollywood support staff are integrating AI into workflows, from mundane tasks to creative development, amid cost-cutting and workload demands (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
2026-4-5 AI

According to Microsoft Copilot Terms of Use, updated in Oct. 2025, “Copilot is for entertainment purposes only” and “Don't rely on Copilot for important advice” (www.tomshardware.com)
2026-4-5 Microsoft

Samsung plans to discontinue its Messages app in the US in July 2026 and offers instructions for users on older Android versions to switch to Google Messages (9to5google.com)
2026-4-5 Android Google Samsung

Sources: the UK has stepped up its efforts to get Anthropic to expand in the country, including a dual listing proposal, after Anthropic's clash with the US DOD (giftarticle.ft.com)
2026-4-5

US commercial satellite provider Planet Labs is indefinitely withholding access to imagery of Iran and the conflict region, citing US government's request (www.reuters.com)
2026-4-5 Iran

EU legislation allowing voluntary CSAM scanning by tech and social media companies expired April 3 after lawmakers failed to agree on the terms of an extension (www.politico.eu)
2026-4-5

Top NPM Maintainers Targeted with AI Deepfakes in Massive Supply-Chain Attack, Axios Briefly Compromised (it.slashdot.org)
2026-4-5 AI

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