Ransomware Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the Spending Meant to Stop It
https://ciphercue.com/blog/ransomware-claims-grew-faster-than-security-spend-2025
https://ciphercue.com/blog/ransomware-claims-grew-faster-than-security-spend-2025
Ciphercue
Ransomware Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the Spending Meant to Stop It
Analysis of ransomware leak-site claims tracked by CipherCue shows 7,760 in 2025, up 30.7% from 2024. Gartner security spend grew 10.1%.
Ask HN: I quit my job over weaponized robots to start my own venture
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47764215
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47764215
Rare concert records going on Internet Archive
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive-listen-now/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive-listen-now/
TechCrunch
Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive -- listen now | TechCrunch
Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he goes to since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes.
The AI School Bus Camera Company Blanketing America in Tickets
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-14/buspatrol-school-bus-traffic-tickets-have-limited-safety-benefits-critics-say
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-14/buspatrol-school-bus-traffic-tickets-have-limited-safety-benefits-critics-say
Bloomberg.com
The AI School Bus Camera Company Blanketing America in Tickets
BusPatrol says its technology helps curb dangerous driving at no cost to cities. Public records from across the US often tell a different story.
The Fediverse deserves a dumb graphical client
https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/the-fediverse-deserves-a-dumb-graphical-client.md
https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/the-fediverse-deserves-a-dumb-graphical-client.md
For the First Time in the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/us-renewables-natural-gas-coal
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/us-renewables-natural-gas-coal
Yale Environment 360
For the First Time in the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas
In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy. However, rising power demand is complicating the transition away from fossil fuels by extending the lives of many aging coal power…
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out
https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-you-even-when-you-opt-out-according-to-an-independent-audit/
https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-you-even-when-you-opt-out-according-to-an-independent-audit/
404 Media
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”
Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies broadcasting times
https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/telefonica-consigue-bloqueos-ips-11731
https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/telefonica-consigue-bloqueos-ips-11731
bandaancha.eu
Internet será irrespirable los días de fútbol y otros deportes. Telefónica extiende los bloqueos a Champions, tenis y golf.
I wrote to Flock's privacy contact to opt out of their domestic spying program
https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html
https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html
Honeypot.net
Getting the Flock out
I wrote to Flock’s privacy contact to opt out of their …
40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 cal of feed per 1 cal
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2976-601X/ae4f6b
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2976-601X/ae4f6b
iopscience.iop.org
Only half of the calories produced on croplands are available as food for human consumption
Only half of the calories produced on croplands are available as food for human consumption, West, Paul C, Gerber, James S, Cassidy, Emily S, Stiffman, Samuel
The cost of building a workflow editor on React Flow
https://www.workflowbuilder.io/blog/build-vs-buy-workflow-editor-hidden-cost-react-flow
https://www.workflowbuilder.io/blog/build-vs-buy-workflow-editor-hidden-cost-react-flow
www.workflowbuilder.io
Workflow Builder - The hidden cost of building workflow editors in-house
Building a workflow editor with React Flow costs $67K–$120K+ and 14–25 weeks. See the full cost breakdown and why most teams underestimate maintenance.
Trusted access for the next era of cyber defense
https://openai.com/index/scaling-trusted-access-for-cyber-defense/
https://openai.com/index/scaling-trusted-access-for-cyber-defense/
Openai
Trusted access for the next era of cyber defense
OpenAI expands its Trusted Access for Cyber program, introducing GPT-5.4-Cyber to vetted defenders and strengthening safeguards as AI cybersecurity capabilities advance.
Civilization Is Not the Default. Violence Is
https://apropos.substack.com/p/civilization-is-a-public-good
https://apropos.substack.com/p/civilization-is-a-public-good
Substack
Civilization Is Not the Default. Violence Is.
On feudalism, Pax Americana and the changing world order