• CPanel, a web hosting software suite used by 70 million sites worldwide, had a security hole big enough to drive a Kenworth through without needing to check for clearance.  (Bleeping Computer)
  
  And people were reportedly trying to exploit in February.  And succeeding in March.
  
  It was patched last night.
  
  Lots of sysadmins having a bad day right now.

• If you're playing the new pirate game Windrose, you might want to stop before your SSD explodes.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Players have reported that the game writes 30MB of date per second to disk.
  
  Constantly.
  
  Over 100GB per hour.
  
  And SSDs have a finite lifespan under constant write load.
  
  
  
• Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are planning a combined capital expenditure of $725 billion this year.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Which used to be a lot, but that was long ago and in another country.
  
  
  
• How to get 10Gb Ethernet working at home.  (Giles Thomas)
  
  Step One: Decide 2.5Gb is fine.
  
  
  
• Stripe has a new digital wallet for sharing with AI agents and other idiot children.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  You are asked to confirm every purchase before anything goes through so they can't run amok and drain your bank account.
  
  
  
• Profits at Samsung's memory division are up 49% over the same period last year.  (WCCFTech)
  
  Oh, my mistake.  They're up 49 times over the same period last year.
  
  
  
• Don't talk about the goblin war.  (Ars Technica)
  
  AI agents are like profoundly autistic children, except that you can switch them off.

Posted by: Rick C at Friday, May 01 2026 11:38 PM (1zWbY)

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