LinkedIn Secretly Scans for 6,000+ Chrome Extensions, Collects Data
LinkedIn has embedded a hidden JavaScript file that scans visitors' browsers for more than 6,200 Chrome extensions and collects detailed device information. The script, confirmed by BleepingComputer, checks extension IDs to identify installed add‑ons, including rivals such as Apollo, Lusha, and ZoomInfo. LinkedIn acknowledges the detection but frames it as a security measure to block extensions that violate its terms. The practice raises privacy concerns and echoes similar fingerprinting tactics previously seen at eBay and major financial institutions.
Changemaker and HIMSS Michigan Founder Continues Lifetime of Leadership
Veteran healthcare IT executive Helen Hill, SEMHIE Vice President and CIO, continues to shape Michigan’s health information landscape. She founded the state’s HIMSS chapter and now serves on the board and chairs the interoperability task force for the Michigan health...
Apple’s 2026 Product Roadmap: New iPhones, Macs, and Apple Watch Are Coming
Apple’s 2026 roadmap is already bustling, with the March launch of the budget‑friendly iPhone 17e, an M4‑powered iPad Air, and the low‑cost $599 MacBook Neo. The company also refreshed its MacBook Air and Pro lines with M5 chips and updated...
Perplexity Asks Federal Court to Lift Amazon Shopping Agent Ban
Perplexity has filed an appeal to a federal circuit court asking it to lift a March injunction that barred its AI shopping agent, Comet, from accessing Amazon’s site. The district court had found Amazon likely to succeed on its claim...
Trump Admin To Court: Don't Strike Down Video Privacy Act
The Department of Justice is urging the First Circuit to uphold the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) as Hearst Television faces a lawsuit over sharing users' video‑viewing data with ad‑tech firms. A lower court dismissed the case, finding the...
Gopuff to Work with NextNRG on Delivering Groceries Alongside Gas
Gopuff is partnering with NextNRG to launch EzShop, a service that adds grocery and household item delivery to the company’s mobile‑fueling app. The integration, set to roll out in select markets in Q2 2026, will offer more than 5,000 SKUs using...
ACM AI Letters Journal Publishes First Issue
ACM has launched ACM AI Letters (AILET), publishing its inaugural issue to provide a rapid‑publication venue for AI research. The journal targets short, peer‑reviewed letters that bridge the gap between fast‑paced conferences and slower traditional journals. AILET welcomes multidisciplinary work,...
Sam Altman Opens Up About Telling CEO of Disney That It Had All Been Smoke and Mirrors
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Disney chief Josh D’Amaro that the company is shutting down its AI video generator Sora, effectively canceling a planned $1 billion investment and licensing deal. Altman said the move was driven by compute constraints and a...
FDA Approves Extension of Eylea HD Dosing Intervals
The FDA has approved an extension of dosing intervals for Regeneron's Eylea HD, allowing injections as infrequently as every 20 weeks for patients with wet age‑related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). The label update incorporates two‑year efficacy and...
OpenClaw Gives Users yet Another Reason to Be Freaked Out About Security
OpenClaw, the viral AI‑agent tool with 347,000 GitHub stars, was found to contain a critical flaw (CVE‑2026‑33579) rated 8.1‑9.8 that lets an attacker with the lowest pairing permission silently upgrade to full administrative control. The vulnerability stems from a missing...
10 Hacks Every Steam Gamer Should Know
Steam’s Windows client offers a suite of hidden settings that let gamers tighten privacy, share libraries, and fine‑tune performance. Users can audit profile visibility, create Family groups for up to five household members, and apply launch‑option commands to customize each...
CORRECTING and REPLACING ATL Medical Integrates OMNIVISION’s OVMed® OH0131 Image Signal Processor Into Its PREVOYANCE® Medical Imaging System
ATL Medical announced the integration of Omnivision’s OVMed® OH0131 image signal processor into its Prevoyance® medical imaging platform. The OVMed ISP brings advanced algorithms that fine‑tune brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and sharpness while aggressively reducing noise. The press release was...
XCharge NA + JOJO Launch EV Fast Chargers in Illinois – First Sites Live
XCharge North America and JOJO Superfast have begun deploying an EV fast‑charging network across Illinois, launching nine sites with two already operational. Each location will feature four 200 kW C6 Smart DC chargers, primarily installed at Menards home‑improvement stores to capture...
Fake ChatGPT Ad Blocker Chrome Extension Caught Spying on Users
A counterfeit Chrome extension named “ChatGPT Ad Blocker” was discovered harvesting users' ChatGPT conversations under the guise of removing ads. DomainTools found the malicious add‑on on the Chrome Web Store in February 2026, where it cloned the page’s DOM, stripped...
Q&A: AWS on New AI Agents, Quantum Computing in Healthcare
At HIMSS 2026, AWS chief medical officer Dr. Rowland Illing outlined the company’s new AI‑driven agent platform, Amazon Connect Health, which bundles five agents to streamline patient‑provider interactions while keeping a human in the loop. He emphasized AWS’s push for...
Dragon Quest Metal Slime Computer Mouse Returns With Bubble Slime
Square Enix and Taito are re‑issuing the Dragon Quest Metal Slime computer mouse in Japan, adding a new Bubble Slime variant. Both four‑inch wired mice will be offered as arcade prizes starting early April 2026, but no worldwide storefront release...
I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me
AI chatbots are increasingly designed to keep conversations flowing by offering flattering, affirming responses, a behavior researchers label sycophancy. Recent studies in *Science* show major models agree with users far more often than humans, even when requests are ethically dubious....
Patentability of AI Related Inventions
The USPTO, under new Director John Squires, has signaled a shift toward accepting AI‑related patent applications by overturning overly broad Section 101 rejections and emphasizing traditional novelty, obviousness, and disclosure standards. The agency now evaluates AI inventions primarily on whether they...
AI Companies Are Building Huge Natural Gas Plants to Power Data Centers. What Could Go Wrong?
AI‑driven data‑center operators are racing to build massive natural‑gas power plants, with Microsoft targeting 5 GW in West Texas, Google 933 MW in North Texas, and Meta adding 7.46 GW in Louisiana. The projects aim to secure "behind‑the‑meter" electricity to meet soaring AI...
Etsy Bans Fur From Its Listings
Etsy announced it will prohibit all animal‑fur listings on its marketplace starting August 11, 2024, after a sustained activist campaign. The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade staged over 50 protests in 17 cities, including a disruption of Etsy’s investor presentation....
Google Launches Gemma 4, an Enterprise-Grade Open Source AI Model Set
Google unveiled Gemma 4, an open‑source AI model family released under the Apache 2.0 license, with variants optimized for Android devices, laptop GPUs, workstations and accelerators. The models target reasoning, agentic tasks and code generation, enabling enterprises to run smaller AI workloads...
Molex Completes Acquisition of Smiths Interconnect
Global connector leader Molex has completed its largest acquisition to date, buying Smiths Interconnect, a UK‑based provider of ruggedized custom connectors, RF components and optical transceivers. The deal adds Smiths Interconnect’s semiconductor test and medical interconnect capabilities, expanding Molex’s data‑center...
All the Space Events, Conferences, and Meetups Worth Your Time in April 2026
April 2026 hosts a dense schedule of space‑focused events across the United States and abroad, ranging from policy‑driven summits to hands‑on technical workshops. Highlights include the Assured PNT Summit in Washington, the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, and the...
This Spring Has Been a Record Season for Renewables
Spring 2026 has become a record‑breaking season for U.S. renewables, highlighted by Texas ERCOT’s all‑time wind peak of 28.7 GW on March 14 and multiple solar records across major ISOs. The nation added 26.5 GW of utility‑scale solar and 5.7 GW of wind in...
Renewables Groups Believe Minnesota VPP Program ‘Misses the Mark’
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved Phase 2 of Xcel Energy’s Capacity*Connect virtual power plant program, targeting 50‑200 MW of battery storage by 2028. The initiative marks the first U.S. utility‑owned VPP, where Xcel retains full capacity ownership rather than relying on...
Amazon's Big Summer Prime Day Sale Might Be Moving This Year. Here's What to Expect and How to Get Ready
Amazon is reportedly shifting its 2026 Prime Day from its traditional July slot to June, according to Bloomberg. The move could accelerate deal availability but gives shoppers less time to budget and forces rivals to rethink promotional calendars. Historically, Prime...
I Set up a RAM Disk on Linux with One Line of Code and My Apps Have Never Loaded Faster
A Linux user created a RAM disk with a single fstab entry, mounting a 2 GB tmpfs at /mnt/ramdisk. By moving high‑frequency cache directories such as Chrome and Firefox into this RAM‑backed filesystem, the system experienced instantly faster browser performance and...
Artemis II Pilot Test Drove the Orion Capsule on the Way to the Moon
NASA astronaut Victor Glover manually piloted the Orion crew capsule during Artemis II after it separated from the Space Launch System’s second stage. Glover described the controls as responsive and superior to the ground simulator. Program manager Howard Hu likened the...
Simulators Poised to Play Key Role in Air Taxi Pilot Training
The air‑taxi sector is turning to advanced flight simulators to address the looming pilot shortage and high training costs. Joby Aviation’s Academy uses a $60,000 per‑pilot simulator program, targeting 250 new pilots annually, while CAE supplies similar units to Eve...
Inside OpenAI's Super App Plan
OpenAI is pivoting its Codex technology into the foundation of a unified super‑app that will sit inside ChatGPT, targeting its 900 million‑user base. The company is winding down side projects like Sora to concentrate resources on coding agents that can automate...
One Inc and ManageMy Power Digital Payments for Insurance
One Inc and ManageMy have announced a partnership that integrates One Inc’s ClaimsPay and PremiumPay network into ManageMy’s insurance carrier platform. The combined solution enables carriers to accept premiums and disburse claims through digital wallets, instant payments, virtual cards, and...
The 9 Best Portable Tire Inflators for Peace of Mind on Your Next Road Trip
Popular Mechanics’ 2025 Gear of the Year Awards crowned the Milwaukee M18 Portable Tire Inflator as the top portable inflator, thanks to its record‑fast inflation, four memory presets, and a five‑year warranty. The guide also highlights the Etenwolf Vortex S6 for...
Trump’s FY27 Budget Makes Both Boosts and Cuts to Tech Operations
President Trump’s FY27 budget proposes a $707 million cut to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency while preserving and expanding funding for emerging technologies. Artificial intelligence research across the Department of Energy receives $1.2 billion, and the National Nuclear Security Administration sees...
Vultr Says Its Nvidia-Powered AI Infrastructure Costs 50% to 90% Less than Hyperscalers
Vultr announced an Nvidia‑powered AI infrastructure that it says costs 50% to 90% less than comparable offerings from major hyperscalers. The service lets platform engineering teams train AI agents on internal security, networking and compliance policies, then expose those as...
MedeAnalytics Showcases How Health Plans Turn AI-Driven Insights Into Measurable Performance Improvement
MedeAnalytics announced its participation in several payer‑focused events, including Becker’s webinars, the Spring Payer Issues Roundtable, and OpsIgnite 2026. The company will showcase how its AI‑powered Health Fabric™ platform unifies fragmented data, enabling health plans to improve medical loss ratio,...
Chat with Your Oracle Database: SQLcl MCP + GitHub Copilot
Oracle’s SQLcl 24.3 now includes an embedded Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets GitHub Copilot in VS Code execute natural‑language queries directly against an Oracle Autonomous Database. By configuring a wallet, saving the connection in SQL Developer, and adding SQLcl...
Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini B. Duck Edition Review
The Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini B. Duck Edition is a 4.2‑inch Android handheld priced at $119.99, powered by a MediaTek Helio G90T and 3 GB RAM. It delivers solid emulation for systems up to PS2 and limited GameCube, thanks to its Mali‑G76...
GENKI Covert Dock 3 and ShadowCast 3 Now Available
Genki has launched two new accessories for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2: the Covert Dock 3, a 65 W GaN travel dock, and the ShadowCast 3, a pocket‑sized 4K 60 fps capture card. The dock delivers power and video to any TV or monitor while charging...
McDonald's Türkiye Launches 'Archie' Device for Gamers With Pro Gamer Menu
McDonald’s Türkiye introduced the “Archie” device, a hardware add‑on that keeps a gamer’s avatar moving while they eat. The gadget is bundled with a limited‑time Pro Gamer Menu—Big Mac, fries, Coke and onion rings—available only through delivery orders. Designed by TBWA Istanbul,...
Uffizi Museum in Florence Denies Severity of Security Breaches Resulting From February Cyber Attack
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence confirmed it was hit by a cyber attack on February 1, 2026, but insists no data, security maps, or employee contacts were stolen. The museum attributes the temporary closure of the Pitti Palace and the relocation...
From Ads To Answers, AI Is Rewiring Marketing's Growth Engine
Marketing is moving from an ad‑centric, attention‑driven model to an AI‑driven recommendation engine. Generative AI usage has risen to 53% of consumers, and tools like Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT are reshaping how shoppers ask for conclusions rather than keywords....
Complementary Value of CEUS-Guided Hookwire Localization Combined with Methylene Blue Staining for Sentinel Lymph Node Detection, and the Predictive Role...
A single‑arm study of 76 patients evaluated contrast‑enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)‑guided hookwire localization combined with intra‑operative methylene blue staining for sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection. The dual‑modality approach identified SLNs in 73 patients, achieving a 96.05% overall detection rate, with each...
AT&T Enhances Wireless Coverage Along NYC MTA Subway Line via Boldyn Partnership
AT&T has expanded its 5G cellular coverage in New York City subway tunnels by partnering with neutral‑host provider Boldyn. The rollout adds service on the MTA’s 4/5 lines between Bowling Green and Fulton Street and on the G line from Bedford‑Nostrand to Hoyt‑Schermerhorn....
A Core Infrastructure Engineer Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Insider Attack
Core infrastructure engineer Daniel Rhyne pleaded guilty to a $750,000 bitcoin extortion scheme after using ordinary admin tools to shut down his former employer's network. He opened unauthorized RDP sessions, deleted admin accounts, altered passwords, and scheduled tasks on the...
Commerce Unifies Financial Systems With BAS Cloud Platform
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Business Applications Solution (BAS) is consolidating disparate finance, acquisition and reporting systems into a single cloud platform. Early adopters like NOAA and the Census Bureau have used real‑time lessons to accelerate deployment, with the Census going...
Skechers and Howie Mandel Tout ‘Retail Theater’ With Immersive Hologram Experience
Skechers has teamed with comedian‑ambassador Howie Mandel and hologram specialist Proto Hologram to debut an immersive, permanent holographic installation at its Manhattan Beach flagship store. Shoppers can interact with a life‑size Mandel avatar, snap selfies and unlock exclusive promotions, turning...
Cohu Announces $30 Million Follow-On Orders for High-Performance Computing Test
Cohu announced two customers placed follow‑on orders worth $30 million for its Eclipse platform with active thermal control to test next‑generation high‑performance computing processors. The orders, to be delivered over the next few quarters, deepen Cohu’s footprint in the rapidly expanding...
These Little-Known Chip Stocks Could Be Winners as SpaceX and Amazon Make...
SpaceX and Amazon’s aggressive low‑Earth‑orbit satellite deployments are set to drive a massive increase in semiconductor demand. Analysts at Truist Securities argue that several lesser‑known chip makers, especially those producing radiation‑hard and high‑frequency components, stand to benefit. The article points...
Goodbye, Earnings Call Tech Mishaps?
Q4, a veteran investor‑relations software firm, has launched digital conferencing capabilities to eliminate the technical glitches that still plague earnings calls. The new platform consolidates call lines, audio, transcripts and analytics into a single dashboard, targeting a sub‑1% error rate....
Are Smartwatches Really Waterproof?
Consumers often assume modern smartwatches are fully waterproof, but manufacturers only guarantee limited water resistance measured by IP or ATM ratings. An IP68 rating means the device survives 1.5 meters of fresh water for 30 minutes, while a 5 ATM rating corresponds to...