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Mayoral candidate Alex Lawson says he delivered toilets to convoy protest
https://share.google/RgXYtUQBR1r9NeUi1
> Mayoral candidate Alex Lawson says he delivered portable toilets during the 2022 convoy protest in downtown Ottawa, though his team denies that he provided any material support to the organizers.
A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it
> According to the researcher, YellowKey appears unusual for a previously unknown security bug. Nightmare-Eclipse explained that the flaw can be reproduced by copying an attached "FsTx" folder...
Linux exploit instantly grants administrator access on most distributions since 2017 — cryptography optimization snafu grants root privileges to local users
#tech #news #linux #security #business
> Sysadmins, patch or tweak your servers immediately.
‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk, and more
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01285-2
> Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.
New AI data center in Utah will generate and consume more than twice the amount of power the entire state uses — Kevin O'Leary's 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/kevin-o-learys-9-gw-utah-data-center-campus-approved
> The 40,000-acre project will run entirely off-grid using natural gas.
Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They’re the Bad Guys
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/
> Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.
Epigenetic fingerprints link early-onset colon and rectal cancer to pesticide exposure - Nature Medicine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04342-5
> An analysis of exposome traits in patients with early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) (<50 years) compared with late-onset CRC (≥70 years) based on epigenetic markers shows that pesticide usage, in particular of picloram, is associated with early-onset CRC.
Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds
> Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own
Two new studies could change critics’ opinions about how many birds die from wind turbines
> Critics say wind turbines endanger birds but two new studies have now analysed the risk in more detail. What they have found could change the debate.
Ex-Microsoft engineer blames Azure problems on talent exodus
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/04/azure_talent_exodus/
> : The cloud service's woes reflect a crisis made worse by AI – under-investment in people
