ChipSoft Ransomware Attack Hits 80% of Dutch Hospital Networks A ransomware attack on healthcare IT vendor ChipSoft forced 11 hospitals to disconnect patient portals after the company advised terminating VPN connections. Patient data including diagnoses and natio...

📍ChipSoft Ransomware Attack Hits 80% of Dutch Hospital Networks.

A ransomware attack on healthcare IT vendor ChipSoft forced 11 hospitals to disconnect patient portals after the company advised terminating VPN connections.

#CyberSecurity #Security #TechNews

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Toxic MCCPs Detected in U.S. Air for First Time, Likely From Sewage Fertilizer Scientists found Medium Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Oklahoma air using mass spectrometry, the first Western Hemisphere detection. The likely source is biosolid fertilizer spread on nearby fields. Researchers still need to determine what effects these chemicals have once airborne.

📍Toxic MCCPs Detected in U.S. Air for First Time, Likely From Sewage Fertilizer.

Scientists found Medium Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Oklahoma air using mass spectrometry, the first Western Hemisphere detection...

#Science #ScienceNews

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📍Hacker Claims 10-Petabyte Theft From China's Defense Supercomputer.

A hacker claims to have extracted 10 petabytes from China's National Supercomputing Center over six months via a compromised VPN.

#Hacker #CyberSecurity #SuperComputer

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WHEA Logger: Samsung 990 Pro + Z790 Motherboard Solution Multiple blue screens and the WHEA Logger ID 17 error in the Samsung 990 Pro + ASUS TUF Z790 combination. Two M.2 slots, formatting, BIOS update... None of them solved it alone. The real problem was in the SSD firmware and the solution was much closer than we thought.

📍WHEA Logger Event ID 17: We Solved the PCIe Gen 4 Issue Experienced on Samsung 990 Pro and Intel Z790 Motherboards.

Multiple blue screens and the WHEA Logger ID 17 error in the Samsung 990 Pro + ASUS TUF Z790 combination.

#Tech #Whea #TechSupport #Hardware
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CareCloud Breach: 45,000 Medical Providers' Patient Data Exposure Unknown Unauthorized access detected March 16 in CareCloud's EHR environment; company cannot confirm if millions of patient records were exfiltrated. Investigation ongoing with external specialists and law en...

📍CareCloud Breach: 45,000 Medical Providers' Patient Data Exposure Unknown.

Unauthorized access detected March 16 in CareCloud's EHR environment; company cannot confirm if millions of patient records were exfiltrated.

#CyberSecurity #DataBreach #HealthcareSecurity
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Roku Hits 500 Free Channels as Streaming Bills Force Cord-Cutter Rebellion Roku's free ad-supported library crossed 500 channels in April 2026 after adding 38+ channels since January. CEO Anthony Wood claims the platform now runs in over half of U.S. broadband households. Th...

📍Roku Hits 500 Free Channels as Streaming Bills Force Cord-Cutter Rebellion.

Roku's free ad-supported library crossed 500 channels in April 2026 after adding since January. CEO Anthony Wood claims the platform now runs in over half of U.S.

#FreeChannell #Roku

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Aging Lung Cells Trigger Runaway Inflammation That Turns Mild Flu Severe Fibroblasts in aging lungs activate NF-κB to recruit destructive immune cell clusters. Young mice with this signal developed severe COVID-like illness. Human ARDS patients showed matching GZMK cell pa...

📍Aging Lung Cells Trigger Runaway Inflammation That Turns Mild Flu Severe.

Fibroblasts in aging lungs activate NF-κB to recruit destructive immune cell clusters. Young mice with this signal developed severe COVID-like illness.

#Health #Covid #Flu

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GTA 5 Leaves Xbox Game Pass April 15 GTA 5 leaves Xbox Game Pass on April 15 after appearing five separate times since 2020. Rockstar's leverage over Microsoft makes consistent availability structurally impossible.

📍GTA 5 Exits Xbox Game Pass April 15, Its Fifth Removal in Six Years.

GTA 5 leaves Xbox Game Pass on April 15 after appearing five separate times since 2020. Rockstar's leverage over Microsoft makes consistent availability structurally...

#Gta5 #Xbox #GamePass #Gaming
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10,000 Qubits Could Break Internet Encryption, Not Millions Elliptic curve cryptography could fall to a 9,988-qubit quantum computer in about 1,000 days. The estimate dropped from 20 million qubits thanks to improved error correction. The papers await peer rev...

📍10,000 Qubits Could Break Internet Encryption, Not Millions.

Elliptic curve cryptography could fall to a 9,988-qubit quantum computer in about 1,000 days. The estimate dropped from 20 million qubits thanks..

#QuantumComputing #Cybersecurity #Encryption #QuantumPhysics

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One Protein Reverses Brain Aging in Old Mice, Restoring Lost Memory Reducing FTL1 protein in aging mice rebuilt neural connections and improved memory performance. The reversal was measured through hippocampal synapse density and cognitive testing. The mechanism's rel...

📍One Protein Reverses Brain Aging in Old Mice, Restoring Lost Memory.

Reducing FTL1 protein in aging mice rebuilt neural connections and improved memory performance. The reversal was measured through hippocampal synapse..

#Aging #NeuroScience #BrainHealth #Neurobiology

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Marine Worms Face 'Silent Extinction' Before Scientists Can Name Them Many marine annelid species may vanish before being identified. The EuroWorm project will build an open-access genomic database of European segmented worms to accelerate discovery, though the pace of ...

📍Marine Worms Face 'Silent Extinction' Before Scientists Can Name Them.

Many marine annelid species may vanish before being identified. The EuroWorm project will build an open-access genomic database of European...

#Science #Ecology #GenomicDatabase #ScienceNews

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DNA Drug Uses 'Two-Factor Authentication' to Kill Cancer Cells While Sparing Healthy Tissue A synthetic DNA system activates only when it detects two distinct tumor markers simultaneously, like a molecular computer running an 'and' logic gate. Lab tests showed high selectivity for cancer cel...

📍DNA Drug Uses 'Two-Factor Authentication' to Kill Cancer Cells While Sparing Healthy Tissue.

A synthetic DNA system activates only when it detects two distinct tumor markers simultaneously, like a molecular computer...

#Science #MedResearch #DNA #SyntheticBiology

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84% of U.S. States Warm in Specific Ways Averages Miss, Study Finds Only 27 states show statistically significant average temperature rises since 1950, yet 41 states warm in parts of their temperature range. Researchers analyzed 26,000+ daily readings per state. The m...

📍84% of U.S. States Warm in Specific Ways Averages Miss, Study Finds.

Only 27 states show statistically significant average temperature rises since 1950, yet 41 states warm in parts of their temperature range.

#ClimateScience #ContiguousUS #DailyTempData

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Ice Age Dice Predate Bronze Age Probability by 6,000 Years The oldest dice artifacts date to 12,000 years ago, predating Old World probability tools by six millennia. A new diagnostic framework identified 565 dice from 45 archaeological sites using four morph...

📍Native Americans Made Dice 6,000 Years Before Bronze Age Gamblers.

The oldest dice artifacts date to 12,000 years ago, predating Old World probability tools by six millennia. A new diagnostic framework identified 565 dice from 45...

#Archeeology #IceAgeArtifacts

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Eisman Reverses as Iran War Drives Oil to Historic Surge Eisman said in early March he wouldn't change a single trade. Four weeks and 55% oil later, he reversed: the Iran war now runs everything. Brent hit $113. The Energy sector is the only S&P 500 sector ...

📍Steve Eisman Called Iran War a Unipolar Market After Crude's Biggest Monthly Surge Ever.

Eisman said in early March he wouldn't change a single trade. Four weeks and 55% oil later, he reversed: the Iran war now runs everything.

#EnergyMarkets #OilPrice #IranWar

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TA416 Uses OAuth Redirects to Deploy PlugX in Europe TA416 resumed targeting EU and NATO diplomatic missions in mid-2025 after two years away, using OAuth redirect abuse, Cloudflare Turnstile pages, and MSBuild-based chains to deploy a constantly update...

📍TA416 Abused Microsoft's Own OAuth Endpoint to Plant PlugX in EU Missions.

TA416 resumed targeting EU and NATO diplomatic missions in mid-2025 after two years away, using OAuth redirect abuse, Cloudflare...

#CyberSecurity #PlugX #Malware #InfoSec #Phishing

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Iran War Spikes EV Interest but Sales Still Lag EV leasing inquiries rose 36% and new EV purchase interest jumped 28% after Iran conflict disrupted Strait of Hormuz oil flows. Cox Automotive forecasts Q1 U.S. EV sales will fall 28% to 212,600 units...

📍Iran War Drives EV Inquiries Up 36%, but Buying Habits Lag Behind.

EV leasing inquiries rose 36% and new EV purchase interest jumped 28% after Iran conflict disrupted Strait of Hormuz oil flows.

#EV #FossilFuels #Oil #StraitOfHormuz #EnergyTransition

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GeForce NOW April 2026 Games List GeForce NOW adds 12 games to stream this week including Arknights: Endfield, with Capcom's PRAGMATA arriving April 17 and eight more titles throughout the month.

📍GeForce NOW Streams 12 Titles This Week, PRAGMATA Leads April Lineup.

GeForce NOW adds 12 games to stream this week including Arknights: Endfield, with Capcom's PRAGMATA arriving April 17 and eight more titles throughout...

#Pragmata #Nvidia #Xbox #GeforceNow #Gaming

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Gemma 4: Open AI Models for Local Reasoning Gemma 4's four sizes (E2B to 31B) deliver advanced reasoning and agentic workflows under Apache 2.0. The 31B model ranks #3 among open models on Arena AI. Edge models run offline on Android with nativ...

📍Gemma 4 Open Models Outperform 20x-Larger Rivals on Local Hardware.

Gemma 4's four sizes (E2B to 31B) deliver advanced reasoning and agentic workflows under Apache 2.0. The 31B model ranks #3 among open models on Arena AI.

#Gemma4 #LLM #AI #Gemini #Ollama #HuggingFace

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Cicada COVID Variant: Higher Child Infection Risk BA.3.2, nicknamed Cicada, infects children ages 3 to 15 about five times more efficiently than other variants, per NYC wastewater and case data. Current vaccines still offer protection; no rise in hos...

📍Cicada Variant Infects Children More Readily, But Severity Stays Low.

BA.3.2, nicknamed Cicada, infects children ages 3 to 15 about five times more efficiently than other variants, per NYC wastewater and case data.

#BA32 #Covid #Cicada #PublicHealth #ChildInfection

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Minecraft Herdcraft: Command Items Like Pets Minecraft's Herdcraft snapshot removes the inventory menu, making items roam as commandable companions tied with leads. Shown in Mojang's YouTube trailer, the April Fool's feature has no confirmed pat...

🎮 Minecraft Herdcraft Snapshot Turns Blocks Into Commandable Companions.

Minecraft's Herdcraft snapshot removes the inventory menu, making items roam as commandable companions tied with leads. Shown in Mojang's YouTube trailer, the April...

#Gaming #GameDev #VoxelGames

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Gottheimer Questions Anthropic on Code Leaks Rep. Josh Gottheimer pressed Anthropic's CEO on repeated Claude Code leaks, citing national security risks. Anthropic called it a packaging error, not a breach, with no customer data exposed.

📍Gottheimer Presses Anthropic on Repeated Code Leaks.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer pressed Anthropic's CEO on repeated Claude Code leaks, citing national security risks. Anthropic called it a packaging error, not a breach...

#Claude #Security #ClaudeLeaks #LLMModels #AIPolicy

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SpaceX Files IPO Paperwork, Musk Nears Trillionaire SpaceX filed preliminary paperwork for public share sale, reportedly seeking up to $75 billion. Offering could value company at $1.5 trillion. Musk owns 42% of SpaceX but exact stake will change with ...

📍SpaceX IPO Filing Could Make Elon Musk World's First Trillionaire.

SpaceX filed preliminary paperwork for public share sale, reportedly seeking up to $75 billion. Offering could value company at $1.5 trillion. Musk owns 42% of SpaceX...

#SpaceX #Space #NASA

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Fortnite Brainrot Set: 7 Items, Bundle Price Leaked Dataminers cracked encrypted files from April 1 Fortnite update to reveal full Brainrot cosmetic lineup. Pricing and release date remain unconfirmed by Epic Games, based on estimator patterns and data...

🎮 Fortnite Brainrot Skins Datamined: 7 Cosmetics, 3,300 V-Bucks Bundle Estimated.

Dataminers cracked encrypted files from April 1 Fortnite update to reveal full Brainrot cosmetic lineup. Pricing and release date remain...

#Fortnite #ItemShop #Gaming #Datamine #VBSkins
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How to Get Mimikyu in Pokemon Go - April 2026 Ghost and Fairy-type Mimikyu appears in the wild from 12am to 11:59pm on April 1st, with increased rates during 6pm to 7pm Pikachu Spotlight Hour. Shiny form not yet available.

🎮 Mimikyu Spawns in Pokémon Go During April Fools Day 2026.

Ghost and Fairy-type Mimikyu appears in the wild from 12am to 11:59pm on April 1st, with increased rates during 6pm to 7pm Pikachu Spotlight Hour. Shiny form not yet available.

#PokemonGo #Mimikyu #Gaming

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Chromosomal Inversions Drive Rapid Cichlid Evolution Chromosomal inversions in five chromosomes across 1,300+ Lake Malawi cichlids block DNA mixing during reproduction, locking beneficial traits into supergenes. Whether this mechanism drives speciation ...

📍Flipped DNA Locks Gene Combos, Fueling 800 Species in One Lake.

Chromosomal inversions in five chromosomes across 1,300+ Lake Malawi cichlids block DNA mixing during reproduction, locking beneficial traits into supergenes.

#Science #Genetics #Supergenes
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Rec Room will go dark on June 1 2026 at noon Pacific time. After a decade of operation and 150 million players, the company that built one of the most populated social VR platforms in the world said it could not find a path to profitability.

#SocialVR #RecRoom #VRGaming #GameShutdown #MetaverseFail

Rec Room Closing June 1, 2026 After 10 Years Rec Room, the social VR platform where 150 million players collectively spent 68,000 years in virtual space, will go offline permanently on June 1, 2026. The company could never make the numbers work.

🎮 Rec Room Shuts Down June 1 After a Decade and 150 Million Players.

Rec Room, the social VR platform where 150 million players collectively spent 68,000 years in virtual space, will go offline permanently on June 1, 2026. The company could never make the numbers work.
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Anthropic Re-Leaks Claude Code Source via 60 MB npm Map File Anthropic’s Claude Code npm package contained a 60 MB source-map file that let anyone reconstruct its full TypeScript source. It’s the second time the company has made the same packaging mistake.

📍Anthropic Re-Leaks Claude Code Source via 60 MB npm Map File.

Anthropic’s Claude Code npm package contained a 60 MB source-map file that let anyone reconstruct its full TypeScript source.

#ClaudeCode #npm #DataBreach #Anthropic #InfoSec

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Axios Supply Chain Attack Deploys Cross-Platform RAT Two poisoned Axios versions injected a fake dependency that silently installed a cross-platform remote access trojan on macOS, Windows, and Linux within 39 minutes of each other.

📍Axios npm Account Compromised, RAT Deployed to 83M Weekly Users.

Two poisoned Axios versions injected a fake dependency that silently installed a cross-platform remote access trojan on macOS, Windows, and Linux within 39 min....

#Npm #Axios #CyberSecurity #RatMalware

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