US President Trump issued an ultimatum to Iran: reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday or face strikes, intensifying Middle East tensions and driving up oil prices. NVIDIA unveiled new GPU compression technology, while a Chinese chipmaker claims a 300% performance lead over Nvidia's flagship GPU. In cybersecurity, Fortinet patched an actively exploited critical flaw (CVE-2026-35616) in FortiClient EMS. April has seen a surge in ransomware, including the Marquis fintech attack exposing 672,000 records.










