Technology News
Do You Need To Take Off Your Headphones At A TSA Checkpoint?
BGR - 11 May 2026 02:17
Plenty of people wear headphones right up to the TSA checkpoint, but is that actually allowed? Here's what the rules say and what agents expect.
Congresswoman Says More Classified UFO Files Are Coming After Years of Government 'Stonewalling'
IBTimes - 11 May 2026 04:23
Florida congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna is advocating for the release of more classified files on unidentified aerial phenomena, amid ongoing debates over government transparency and whistleblower protections.
ASIA IN BRIEF: Chinas agentic AI policy wants to keep humans in the loop
The Register - 11 May 2026 02:49OpenADR and Matter are collaborating to let your smart home talk to the grid
Engadget - 11 May 2026 17:53
This should make it easier to connect appliances to demand response programs.
NASA's bid to save Swift from fiery death passes another hurdle
The Register - 11 May 2026 13:52Sun unleashes colossal solar flare and coronal mass ejection, raising the chances of northern lights this week
SPACE.com - 11 May 2026 13:34
An M5.7 solar flare triggered radio blackouts over the Atlantic.
Special Operations Forces test mobile platform for direct satellite imagery access
Space News - 11 May 2026 13:30
The software, developed by SkyFi, operates on tactical Android devices
Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos
The Register - 11 May 2026 13:16Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit
SecurityWeek - 11 May 2026 13:04
The zero-day was designed to bypass 2FA and it was developed by a prominent cybercrime group. The post Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Failing to pass a defense budget is a self-inflicted wound in the space race
Space News - 11 May 2026 12:45
As we have learned from the current conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, space-enabled capability has become critical to all we do in the military. It is persistent (always there) and operates in denied areas (first in the bat...
Fake OpenAI Privacy Filter Repo Hits #1 on Hugging Face, Draws 244K Downloads
The Hacker News - 11 May 2026 12:35
A malicious Hugging Face repository managed to take a spot in the platform's trending list by impersonating OpenAI's Privacy Filter open-weight model to deliver a Rust-based information stealer to Windows users. ...
Europe wants out from under US tech - but first it has to find the exits
The Register - 11 May 2026 12:00Cloudflare Lays Off 1,100 Employees in AI-Driven Restructuring
SecurityWeek - 11 May 2026 11:25
The company topped revenue and earnings forecasts for the first quarter of 2026, but its shares plunged more than 20%. The post Cloudflare Lays Off 1,100 Employees in AI-Driven Restructuring appeared first on SecurityWee...
Over 500 Organizations Hit in Years-Long Phishing Campaign
SecurityWeek - 11 May 2026 03:49
Victims span across the aviation, critical infrastructure, energy, logistics, public administration, and technology sectors. The post Over 500 Organizations Hit in Years-Long Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityW...
Open Source Project Shuts Down Over Legal Threats from 3D Printer Company Bambu Lab
Slashdot - 11 May 2026 03:34
The free/open source project OrcaSlicer is a popular fork of 3D printer slicing software from Bambu Lab. But Tuesday independent developer Pawel Jarczak shuttered the project "following legal threats from Bambu Lab,&...
Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altmans OpenAI Ouster: I Didnt Want It to Be Destroyed
Wired - 11 May 2026 23:51
The former OpenAI chief scientist may be estranged from the company, but he still came to its defense as he testified on Monday.
Tim Cook among CEOs confirmed for President Trumps China trip
9 to 5 Mac - 11 May 2026 23:49
The White House has reportedly confirmed that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be among the executives accompanying President Trump on his trip to China this week. Here are the details. more
The Best-Selling Mobile Phone Of All Time Isn't An iPhone
BGR - 11 May 2026 23:47
Apple may have ushered in the era of smartphones, but the best-selling cellphone of all time is not an iPhone. The real all-time champ may surprise you.
New model finds the lower size limit for habitable exoplanets
Phys.org - 11 May 2026 23:40
The search for Earth 2.0 has begun in earnest. But there's a huge variety of exoplanets out there, so narrowing down the search to focus valuable telescope time on only the best candidates is critical. One variable o...
cPanel CVE-2026-41940 Under Active Exploitation to Deploy Filemanager Backdoor
The Hacker News - 11 May 2026 23:24
A threat actor named Mr_Rot13 has been attributed to the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical cPanel flaw to deploy a backdoor codenamed Filemanager on compromised environments. The attack exploits CVE-2026-4194...
Heres how to get the U.S. Mints $1 coin honoring Steve Jobs
9 to 5 Mac - 11 May 2026 23:19
Tomorrow, May 12, marks the public sale of the U.S. Mints latest American Innovation $1 coin, which honors Steve Jobs as Californias representative in the program. Heres how to get yours. more
Apple studies explore LLMs spatial understanding, sign language annotation
AppleInsider - 11 May 2026 23:17
Apple's interest in AI models and their applications in spatial computing shows no signs of slowing down, even as some claim the Apple Vision Pro is dead.Apple hasn't abandoned spatial computing, judging by its r...