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Leadership by algorithm

Zuckerberg is training an AI clone of himself to attend meetings in his place

14. April, 2026 - 14:18

Meta is building an AI avatar of its CEO based on his voice, appearance and public statements. Whether it will actually work remains to be seen, as the technical and ethical hurdles are considerable.

All the updates

Kernel 7.0: Linux gets a new major version number

14. April, 2026 - 09:31

After 6.19 releases the version count had run its course. The new kernel brings more mature Rust integration, modern security signatures, and targeted improvements across filesystems, networking, and virtualization.

Fight Fraud Framework

MITRE aims to unify fraud detection with new open framework

13. April, 2026 - 16:31

The organization behind ATT&CK has released a companion framework specifically for financial fraud, introducing two new attack phases that the original framework never covered.

Energy sector hit

Iran-linked hackers target critical US infrastructure, CISA warns

08. April, 2026 - 10:53

The United States has repeatedly accused hacker groups with ties to Iran of carrying out cyberattacks. Most recently, even FBI Director Kash Patel was targeted. Now, a new incident has emerged.

Reborn as a state-owned tech champion

France takes over legacy brand Bull from Atos

31. March, 2026 - 20:18

Bull now belongs to the French state. By acquiring the company from the struggling Atos group, France is securing a piece of digital independence.

Price cut in the API business

OpenAI sharply cuts prices for GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra

31. March, 2026 - 15:35

OpenAI has cut the API prices for two of its GPT-5.6 models: Luna becomes 80 percent cheaper, Terra 20 percent cheaper.

Vulnerability

ChatGPT sandbox bypassed via DNS tunneling

31. March, 2026 - 12:52

Security researchers at Check Point Research discovered a vulnerability in ChatGPT’s analysis environment. Data exfiltration was possible through a channel that OpenAI apparently overlooked.

Internal cost overruns on AI projects

Amazon burns through $1.8 million on failed Claude project

31. March, 2026 - 08:27

Internal Amazon documents show that several AI projects at the company ran significantly over budget. The most expensive example involved a never-deployed project using Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model.