Added 6 known flaws exploited in CISA, Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe software.
Ravi LakshmananApril 14, 2026Vulnerability/Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added six security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Here is the list of vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-21643 (CVSS Score: 9.1) – A SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient EMS could allow an unauthenticated attacker […]
Amazon warehouse worker dies while working at Oregon facility
An Amazon employee at a warehouse in Troutdale, Oregon, died on the job last week, a company spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. The worker collapsed and died on the floor of the PDX9 warehouse as workers continued working around him, according to a report by Western Edge, an independent research organization covering the Pacific Northwest. “We […]
OpenAI acquires AI personal finance startup hiro
OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hilo Finance, founder Ethan Block announced Monday, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The startup is backed by Ribbit, a top fintech venture capital firm, as well as General Catalyst and Restive. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and Hiro did not disclose the amount raised. We’ll call this an […]
Scotland’s Stone Age graves reveal ‘web of descent’ between male relatives
Stone Age people in northern Scotland buried related men, rather than women, together in the same graves, creating a “web of descent” at several Neolithic sites, new DNA research has revealed. In the study, published in the journal Antiquity on Tuesday (April 14), researchers analyzed DNA from 22 people taken from five graves in Caithness […]
Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco
If you see a Lucid Gravity SUV with sensors and a self-driving system developed by Nuro driving around San Francisco, chances are it’s carrying an Uber employee. Some Uber employees can now request Lucid robotaxi rides through the Uber app. This is the latest stage of testing ahead of a public release scheduled for later […]
‘Oslo patient’ likely cured of HIV after receiving stem cell transplant from brother who is genetically resistant to the virus
A 63-year-old man known as the Oslo Patient is “likely” cured of HIV after his entire immune system was remodeled through a stem cell transplant. Prior to this case, several other HIV patients who underwent similar transplants had entered long-term remission from infection. In these cases, the donated cells came from people unrelated to the […]
Thousands of rare concert recordings now available on the Internet Archive — listen now
Chicago-based music superfan Adam Jacobs has been recording concerts he’s attended since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes. Jacobs, now 59, knows that these cassettes degrade over time, so he agreed to have volunteers from the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, digitize the tapes. So far, about 2,500 of these tapes […]
Preservative-resistant bacteria spread through hospital air, early research suggests
Common disinfectants used to clean the skin of hospitalized patients can remain on surfaces for hours, creating a breeding ground for bacteria to become resistant to or become resistant to chemicals that would normally kill them. When bacteria develops “resistance,” they can survive certain concentrations of chemicals more easily than other bacteria, but can usually […]
IBM pays $17 million fine to end Justice Department lawsuit over DEI program
IBM entered the On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice reached a $17 million settlement agreement over allegations that the agency engaged in “unlawful DEI practices” that considered “race, color, national origin, and sex” in hiring and promotions. The Department of Justice also alleged that IBM used funds from government contracts for DEI programs and […]
Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent
Microsoft is testing ways to integrate features like OpenClaw into existing Microsoft 365 Copilot tools. The company confirmed to The Information that the new feature is aimed at enterprise customers and has better security controls than the notoriously risky open-source OpenClaw agent. OpenClaw is a tool that runs locally on your computer and allows you […]