Daily Tech News 2 April 2026

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Anthropic has filed DMCA takedown requests against - so far - more than eight thousand online copies of their leaked Claude Code source code. (Yahoo)

Paging King Canute and Barbra Streisand. Would King Canute and Barbra Streisand please come to the discourtesy phone.

Tech News

AI can clone open source software in minutes - and that's a problem. (TechSpot)

Open source software is protected by copyright law, and that depends on the exact expression of the code. It's easy for an AI to make sufficient changes to dodge copyright law while keeping functionality intact.

Or mostly intact. In my experience even performing straightforward changes like that you still end up with some breakage.

And of course this was possible before AI as well; it just took a little more effort.
ONLYOFFICE has suspended its partnership with Nextcloud after the latter forked its product to create Euro-Office, targeting weenies. (Neowin)

Or you can just do that, I guess.
Cloudflare has announced EmDash, a "spiritual successor" to WordPress created following Matt Mullenweg's spiral into insanity. (Phoronix)

Or that too. More work than just stealing stuff outright though.
Sweden has moved away from computers in the classroom and back to books and paper following a long term decline in student test results. (Ars Technica)

Sounds good as long as I don't have to write term papers longhand.
Artemis II is off on its way almost to the moon. (NASA)

Missed it by that much.
SpaceX has filed for an IPO. targeting a valuation of $1.75 trillion. (Reuters)

Which... Is still a lot.
Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting. (MIT Technology Review)

Hey, I've seen this one! It's a classic!
The CEO of America's largest public hospital system says he's ready to replace radiologists with AI. (Radiology Business)

Let a thousand lawsuits bloom.
DRAM prices are expected to jump 63% in Q2, and NAND flash for SSDs by 75%. (Tom's Hardware)

Panic buying before the worst of the price increases hit looks like it was a good move. I have enough memory and storage to keep going for years.
On the other hand, if you're in the market for a new mid-range graphics card, look out for discounted 16GB XFX Radeon 9060 XTs. I bought one early this year as part of my panic attack, and they have very much bucked the trend by cutting the price by 20% since then.

That's in Australia but the price here would be equivalent to $310, against an MSRP of $350.

Not a high-end card but fast and capable and not overly power-hungry.
Guess what also costs around $310? The 16GB Raspberry Pi. (Jeff Geerling)

I was thinking of buying one - actually the Pi 500+, which is the model built in to a mechanical keyboard - but passed on it because at the time only the keyboard itself was available and not the bundled desktop kit with a matching mouse and cables and power supply.

That model is the worst affected, but even the 4GB Pi 5 has increased in price by 75%.
Microsoft says you can avoid viruses in messages by never reading your messages. (The Register)

This is true.
Nova Lake HX - the laptop range for Intel's next generation - will come with up to 28 cores. (WCCFTech)

That's only a minor change, though. Existing Intel laptop chips have up to 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores. Nova Lake HX adds four low-power cores to that.

Also, as with the current Panther Lake family, there will models with the advanced integrated graphics (branded as B390), but then you get half as many CPU cores. You can't have both.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Well, that's a little annoying.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 !!

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:00 AM (C67kD)

2 ONT warned.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:02 AM (C67kD)

3 No one else around? Morning (evening) Pixy.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:03 AM (C67kD)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:04 AM (fNISR)

5 Okay, off to read the content.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:04 AM (C67kD)

6 Also, Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend in Australia (for those states that follow it) so starting Tuesday these posts will be half an hour later. Or thereabouts.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 02, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

7 Nice first-second-third trifecta, clarence!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:04 AM (fNISR)

8 Hi, Pixy! Hi, late-night horde!

youtu.be/gPhTpMjAmxQ

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 04:07 AM (rdVOm)

9 >>>Sounds good as long as I don't have to write term papers longhand.

#metoo
I was in a class where it was required to write papers by hand. I typed about a bazillion words a minute, and for pay, and I asked to be able to type my papers. I was told no; because when people typed and made typos, they blamed the typos on the typing and on the typewriter. And I said: how about if I take responsibility for any typos. And I was given an exception! This was An Important Life Lesson.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:13 AM (fNISR)

10 G'Day everyone
Cat napping at best since 2am

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 04:16 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Wet, windy and chilly here. Time for bed.

Good night, all. Have a wonderful day!

Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

12 Uh oh! Carnival's infested. Looks like... 304.

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 04:21 AM (Sy6m/)

13 Night JQ!

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 04:21 AM (Sy6m/)

14 Dropped 30 degrees since 8pm

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 04:22 AM (Ia/+0)

15 Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting.
****

I thought the market for politicians was already over saturated.

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:23 AM (C67kD)

16 8 Hi, Pixy! Hi, late-night horde!

youtu.be/gPhTpMjAmxQ
Posted by: JQ at April 02, 2026 04:07 AM (rdVOm)

I clicked that and ... my shoulders went down immediately!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:24 AM (fNISR)

17 Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting. (MIT Technology Review)

I'm expecting the Democrats to give them the vote any day now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 02, 2026 04:31 AM (6ydKt)

18 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 04:33 AM (iMotb)

19 60.8 degrees out, with 99%RH.

Not bad weather for walking in a bit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 04:34 AM (iMotb)

20 Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting. (MIT Technology Review)
Hey, I've seen this one! It's a classic!

I got about halfway through the article and it became too terrifying.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:35 AM (fNISR)

21 I just listened to Ketanji Brown’s attempt to argue that a wallet theft in Japan would necessarily create an “under the jurisdiction of” part of our 14th amendment by a prosecution of said crime. At least that’s my interpretation of her insane hypothetical questioning. She sounds disturbed, if not just retarded. But, that’s the brilliance of our current Supreme Court.

Posted by: Unkaren at April 02, 2026 04:35 AM (OTOad)

22 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 04:36 AM (o4wD0)

23 21 I just listened to Ketanji Brown’s attempt to argue that a wallet theft in Japan would necessarily create an “under the jurisdiction of” part of our 14th amendment by a prosecution of said crime. At least that’s my interpretation
Posted by: Unkaren at April 02, 2026 04:35 AM (OTOad)

A broadly shared interpretation.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:38 AM (fNISR)

24 Ketanji is a perfect example of what DEI has done to the nations intellect.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 04:43 AM (iMotb)

25 Ace took up the Ketanji Wallet story yesterday under "Quick Hits":

Justice DEI wanted to prove that it's no big deal if millions of Fake American Citizens actually owe their primary allegiance to a hostile foreign country, so she embarrassed herself again.

She claimed that if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan so what does it matter if we have 10 million Chinese anchor babies planted here by the CCP?

We all owe our allegiance to some other country sometimes, baby.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:45 AM (fNISR)

26 Tech startup R3 Bio is creating brainless clones for organ harvesting. (MIT Technology Review)

Wasn't that the basic plot line for 'The Island'? Maybe 'Coma'? It's a fairly popular subject for dystopian scifi.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 04:46 AM (o4wD0)

27 They weren't brainless in The Island. Coma they were brain dead. Thought i just felt a quake and there was one 11 miles NW of Santa Cruz

Posted by: Dark L at April 02, 2026 04:52 AM (KAi1n)

28 I have little time to tarry
While others make merry
Dreams of Olympian heights
And lovely earthy sprites
Will lead me to my rest
As all hope for the best

fin

Posted by: clarence at April 02, 2026 04:53 AM (C67kD)

29
Alyssa Hazel, Page Turner
@AlysssaHazel
Replying to @InsiderWire
Trump: "Marco?" *from deep inside the white house*
Rubio: *a deep sigh* Polo?

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:54 AM (fNISR)

30
Hanne Blank
@hanneblank
One of my students has used the word "fucktangular" in an informal essay to describe a situation that was complicated and messy in multiple unpleasant and difficult ways. l am in the presence of greatness and l am stealing this word.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:57 AM (fNISR)

31 the copy and paste at #29 and #30 are via

@zakn

who is pretty great

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:59 AM (fNISR)

32 I clicked that and ... my shoulders went down immediately!
Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 04:24 AM (fNISR)

Perhaps you prefer the Jack of Diamonds to the King?

Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/msg-inxE8NU *NSFW*

Posted by: SciVo at April 02, 2026 05:00 AM (Sy6m/)

33 Looks like the replacement Kwikset smart lock arrives today.

On the downside, the 2006 Volvo V70 replacement turbo appears to have developed a good size shaft oil seal leak into the airside housing.

And a need for a replacement for the replacement passenger side axle.

Both repairs would be under warranty but replacing the turbo is a royal pain.

Would rather replace Kwikset locks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:03 AM (iMotb)

34 R3/Brainless Clones: One of the ideas they put forward is being able to have your brain transplanted into a younger clone of yourself in a sort-of-fountain-of-youth scenario.

I can imagine this going wrong.

- Medical technology has advanced enough to do this, complete with full joining up of all the nerves.
- The operation is a success.
- The patient goes horribly and utterly mad not because of post-op infection or tissue rejection, but because while they're in a clone of their own body, and their mind had already adjusted to the older version, and it unexpectedly refuses to make the necessary adjustments to a younger version.

(Extra bonus points if the patient is named Frank.)

G'morning Horde!

@Pixy: Plenty of tech news this morning, well done.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:03 AM (O7YUW)

35 On the more positive side, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, AKA Chocolate Jesus 2.0, seems to be developing a disturbing trend in approval.

https://tinyurl.com/4hke9k5b

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:05 AM (iMotb)

36 Listening to any Leftist tie themselves into knots trying to make a argument is mind blowing.

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)

37 @35/Village Idiot's Apprentice: "On the more positive side, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, AKA Chocolate Jesus 2.0, seems to be developing a disturbing trend in approval."

The guy can't even lie well, so he's not qualified to be a politician.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

38 No weak coffee today

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)

39 G'mornin' everyone!

31 degrees, raining ...

and Friday Eve!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 05:13 AM (MIIRH)

40
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc)

41 "discourtesy phone", lol Pixy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 05:13 AM (MIIRH)

42 "The guy can't even lie well, so he's not qualified to be a politician."

I would argue the point that Democrat Politicians are not required to lie well. But simply to lie.

Watch or read any utterance from the Left.

They vomit falsehoods with no effort to make their statements believable.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:14 AM (iMotb)

43 I'm not seeing any major media coverage of the President's brief talk to the nation last night.

Therefore, I assume that it went well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:15 AM (iMotb)

44 I kind of remember Tommy Tutone but not that one

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0)

45 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 02, 2026 05:21 AM (bQ4nt)

46 https://tinyurl.com/4v4kmm2h
Broken Peach covers Walk like a Egyptian

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

47 I'm not seeing any major media coverage of the President's brief talk to the nation last night.

Therefore, I assume that it went well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:15 AM (iMotb)

Words, many words. Boasts, recaps, and ... vast emptiness.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at April 02, 2026 05:23 AM (EcHpA)

48 A new political ad from the communists in VA. They really want me to vote yes to gerrymander the state in favor of the communists because #BADORANGEMAN!!! This time some super sincere female 'doctor' who was super duper sincere, was mewling,,,uh,,,talking. Sincerely!

I'm not moved by there sincerity. Seems sketchy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 02, 2026 05:26 AM (o4wD0)

49 Time for the morning walk.
BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2026 05:35 AM (iMotb)

50 a liar's sincerity is by definition sketchy. at best.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 05:36 AM (MIIRH)

51 This is the first I'd heard of the 30-minute Australian Daylight Saving scheme. The changeover must be truly wrenching.

For reference, a surprising number of places, not just Halifax, differ from The Rest of The World by just half an hour. New Zealand is a real hum-dinger.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 02, 2026 05:45 AM (zdLoL)

52 @44/Skip: "I kind of remember Tommy Tutone but not that one"

Probably this one?

https://youtu.be/tHL2XeuA6Yg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:48 AM (O7YUW)

53 I assume that it went well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Those who expected the end of NATO or the expulsion of the UN will have to wait until next week's episode. My hopes are still up.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 02, 2026 05:48 AM (zdLoL)

54 Grumpy - thats it

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 05:52 AM (Ia/+0)

55 @51/Way, Way Downriver: "For reference, a surprising number of places, not just Halifax, differ from The Rest of The World by just half an hour."

The province of Ontario in Canada passed a law to go to permanent DST back in 2020, but it's conditional upon Quebec and NY State doing the same. This leads to situations where everyone is waiting on everyone else to "go first", and nobody does. Here we are, six years later, and we're still doing the time change dance twice a year. Freakin' lame.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

56 Artemis II is off on its way almost to the moon. (NASA)

I hope they'll be ok!

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 06:06 AM (fNISR)

57 huh, now 30, still raining ... a layer of ice forming on everything.

long time since we had a proper ice storm.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 02, 2026 06:10 AM (MIIRH)

58 Left my driver's side window down, seat is a bit wet

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2026 06:13 AM (Ia/+0)

59 Good morning, one and all. The storms were pretty impressive last night but they ended before I drove into work.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 02, 2026 06:14 AM (+4yJ5)

60 34 R3/Brainless Clones: One of the ideas they put forward is being able to have your brain transplanted into a younger clone of yourself in a sort-of-fountain-of-youth scenario.

I can imagine this going wrong.

- The patient goes horribly and utterly mad not because of post-op infection or tissue rejection, but because while they're in a clone of their own body, and their mind had already adjusted to the older version, and it unexpectedly refuses to make the necessary adjustments to a younger version.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 02, 2026 05:03 AM (O7YUW)

And even if not mad, feeling "off" forever and ever in every move you make.

Posted by: m at April 02, 2026 06:15 AM (fNISR)

61 Evening and morning for all on this hot humid Thor's Day in Da Swamp! The big black cat, amazingly, let me sleep for a change.

Re: the video: When Tommy Tutone burst out in the '80s with that "Jenny" song with the phone number, I thought his name was spelled "Two-Tone," like a 1950s car paint job. I wasn't in radio any longer and didn't read Billboard, so I didn't know.

So, whatcha doin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

62 The black-haired girl in the striped dress has a nice "young Suzanne Pleshette" vibe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 02, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

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