Daily Tech News 24 April 2026

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The French government agency that manages national IDs, passports, and immigration documents was hacked because of course it was. (Tech Crunch)

You can't paint a bigger target on your back than that, really.

ANTS - the agency is really called that - wouldn't say how many people were affected by the breach, but a hacker is suddenly offering an ANTS database with 19 million records for sale, so at a guess, around 19 million.
The command line tool for the Bitwarden password manager was compromised. (Socket)

So. Turns out maybe you can paint a bigger target on your back than just being a national identity register.

Tech News

The cloud sucks, so I am building a cloud. (Crawshaw)

Because AI, which also sucks:
Agents help to some degree. If you trust them with your credentials they will do a great job driving the AWS API for you (though occasionally it will delete your production DB).
I wish him luck. He is at least not a complete idiot.
Ubuntu 26.04 is here. (LWN)

Don't look at me, I voted for Devuan.
An Alberta startup is selling no-tech tractors for half the price of the regular stuff. (Wheelfront)

With reconditioned engines, yes, but when they say no-tech they mean no-tech - not even electronic fuel injection.
Meet Noscroll, Douglas Adams' Electric Monk. (Tech Crunch)

The Electric Monk - from the first Dirk Gently novel - was a device invented to watch television so you didn't have to.

It was intended as satire.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Roses are grey, violets are grey, I'm not colourblind it's just that kind of day.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:45 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:45 AM (8NTVk)

2 Sorry. Had to bring in emu reinforcements against the wombat incursion.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 24, 2026 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

3 G'Day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 04:48 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Here's a flower for you, Pixy.

🪻

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:48 AM (8NTVk)

5 That was a clever and funny song. Thanks for providing it. I don't think I had ever heard of Roger Miller. I enjoyed the interview afterwards as well. Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 04:58 AM (As86G)

6
Roses are red and violets are purple
Sugar is sweet and so is maple syrple

--Dang Me

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:59 AM (8NTVk)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 24, 2026 04:59 AM (EweRc)

8 2 Sorry. Had to bring in emu reinforcements against the wombat incursion.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 24, 2026 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

There was speculation in the ONT!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:00 AM (8NTVk)

9 My dad played a lot of country music when I was a kid, Roger Miller got a lot of play.
Don't knowche listens to music that much these days, more tv viewing.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 05:02 AM (Ia/+0)

10 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2026 05:05 AM (AN2gy)

11 This was a blessing yesterday. I was in the supermarket and got in a line behind a woman who was rather argumentative ( That wasn't the blessing.) I think she might have had some dementia because she was older and kept complaining about some item she item she should get a discount on and didn't get and didn't seem to understand. That was not the blessing. Ha. The blessing was the wonderful cashier who was so patient and nice in explaining this to her several times and not getting upset. it's wonderful to have patience in that way. The woman behind me with big basket of stuff was quite patient as well.

And in the parking lot a woman just gave me a big smile ( and I hadn't smiled at her first) and it transformed her face.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:06 AM (As86G)

12 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at April 24, 2026 05:08 AM (nD5wh)

13 Transforming Light- Christian devotional on John 1:1-5 and Matthew 27:45-56

https://tinyurl.com/8kftf74x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:08 AM (As86G)

14 The French government agency that manages national IDs, passports, and immigration documents was hacked because of course it was. (Tech Crunch)

I'm not sure whether to laugh or laugh.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:09 AM (8NTVk)

15 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:10 AM (u82oZ)

16 Back to city
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 05:10 AM (Ia/+0)

17 An Alberta startup is selling no-tech tractors for half the price of the regular stuff.

1) Good for them, and I'm glad they're getting serious interest in their product. I hope they can scale up.

2) The farming Butlerian Jihad has begun in Canada.

3) John Deere deserves this and a thousand more cuts of this type.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:12 AM (O7YUW)

18 k9 tracks missing girl in 12 minutes. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4bu7vmuu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:14 AM (PFs9e)

19 m

Saw how Google and others have moved away from cookies and are getting other information your computer sends to individually ID your every click.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:15 AM (u82oZ)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2026 05:15 AM (2/MrR)

21 FenelonSpoke

You deserve to be met with smiles. I do that in public. Walk around with a smile, that I am still here and enjoying life.

You help out here. So thank you again, for being you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:17 AM (u82oZ)

22 @2/Pixy: Sorry. Had to bring in emu reinforcements against the wombat incursion.

Did you have to turn on the emulator to get those?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

23 19 m

Saw how Google and others have moved away from cookies and are getting other information your computer sends to individually ID your every click.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:15 AM (u82oZ)

Wonder if those records would be admissible in court!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:19 AM (8NTVk)

24 This is a video that starts grim, and is actually exuberant.

The Jive Aces present "Bring Me Sunshine" https://youtu.be/oXvJ8UquYoo.

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise made this a famous song in the UK.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:21 AM (u82oZ)

25 m

Google needs no courts. They are outside of any Justice system.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:22 AM (u82oZ)

26 Did you have to turn on the emulator to get those?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

An emu now is worth ten emus later.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2026 05:23 AM (Ot/FD)

27 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

How goes you commanding an iconic transport? Are the kids appreciating you?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:24 AM (u82oZ)

28 24 This is a video that starts grim, and is actually exuberant.

The Jive Aces present "Bring Me Sunshine" https://youtu.be/oXvJ8UquYoo.

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise made this a famous song in the UK.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:21 AM (u82oZ)

; )

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:28 AM (8NTVk)

29 I remember Dang Me from my childhood. That was a different world in the 60s.

Posted by: Ironwood at April 24, 2026 05:28 AM (ob2d4)

30 Good morning! Looking like we're gonna break out in sunshine later this afternoon and the grandkids will be staying with us overnight. Probably gonna have to do smashburgers and go get ice cream.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 24, 2026 05:29 AM (3Ope8)

31 ANTS reminds me of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, where computing is based on ants.

Posted by: PG at April 24, 2026 05:29 AM (rXzFk)

32 CrotchetyOldJarhead

Grandchildren are true wealth. Enjoy!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:31 AM (u82oZ)

33 @26/Warai-otoko: "An emu now is worth ten emus later."

I would gladly pay you Tuesday for an emu today.

Posted by: Wimpy at April 24, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

34 Jive Aces of Spades HQ

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:32 AM (8NTVk)

35 m

Ace doing a jitterbug, even with an attractive female dancer, is a scary image. Can't dance on a Vespa.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:34 AM (u82oZ)

36 I woke up early for the twirling.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:35 AM (u82oZ)

37 22 @2/Pixy: Sorry. Had to bring in emu reinforcements against the wombat incursion.

Did you have to turn on the emulator to get those?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

Go to your room.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:37 AM (8NTVk)

38 Nice story about dads, children and reading from Atlanta:

https://tinyurl.com/mpm6bc8z

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:39 AM (PFs9e)

39 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:17 AM (u82oZ

Thanks, Salty. You are a blessing to so many people including me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:42 AM (PFs9e)

40 35 Ace doing a jitterbug, even with an attractive female dancer, is a scary image. Can't dance on a Vespa.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:34 AM (u82oZ)

Can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:42 AM (8NTVk)

41 ... or so they say.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:42 AM (8NTVk)

42 Pixy, Roger Miller, that song takes me back! I knew someone who lived like the guy in that song. He had a heart of gold, but... Dang me.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 24, 2026 05:43 AM (Raw4f)

43 Group serenades cows with trombones. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/a7h8tcxp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:44 AM (PFs9e)

44 m

Any confessions about life choices coming up?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:44 AM (u82oZ)

45 wut

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:44 AM (8NTVk)

46 As we dance and twirl
Delicate wings unfurl
The light of day glows
As we stand up on our toes
Gently stirring the morning air
We amble along without a care

fin

Posted by: clarence at April 24, 2026 05:44 AM (nD5wh)

47 Ooh, I have a new hash!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:45 AM (8NTVk)

48 @27/NaCly Dog: "How goes you commanding an iconic transport? Are the kids appreciating you?"

It goes reasonably well. The kids (most of them anyway) do seem to appreciate me.

How about you? Thought about getting back in the game through another company maybe?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

49 A pair of cardinals and a male bluebird congregating with two bunnies at the feeders.

Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2026 05:46 AM (AN2gy)

50 I would like to ask for prayer for my dear friend P. She thinks her prosthetic knee is breaking down and needs to see a doctor today . Thanks so much!

May you all have a blessed day and know you are blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:47 AM (PFs9e)

51 Nice!

Aelfred The Great retweeted
DonPJenn
@DonPJenn
14h
"The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good - in spite of all the people who say he is very good."

Robert Graves (1895-1985)

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:47 AM (8NTVk)

52 Challenge and response at my prior job:
Person #1 says : “You caint roller skate in a buffalo herd!”
Person #2 responds “ But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to!”
( in honor of Roger Miller )

Posted by: Fenderbender at April 24, 2026 05:55 AM (1FEc1)

53 42 Pixy, Roger Miller, that song takes me back! I knew someone who lived like the guy in that song. He had a heart of gold, but... Dang me.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 24, 2026 05:43 AM (Raw4f)

Good ol' boy.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:56 AM (8NTVk)

54 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I gave it some thought. But that would cut into my enjoying retirement.

Both school districts treated me poorly. The Directors and above are very woke. I am not.

In Manhattan, they have a guy who has been the assistant Transportation Director for over a decade.

That school system is grooming a lesbian driver, who is very nice, but not a leader, to be the new Transportation Director.

I was specifically excluded from that job the last time it opened, although the best qualified. They wanted a corrupt liberal woman in charge. She went a million dollars over budget her first year.

Could not compete with that to make friends of my superiors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:56 AM (u82oZ)

55 Fluffy-

Thanks for sharing about the bluebirds and the cardinals - and the bunnies. So lovely!

Bye now!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:57 AM (PFs9e)

56
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, now running the house dogs out and about to go down to the kennel before making my coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 05:57 AM (tgvbd)

57 Knuckle down, buckle down,
Do it do it do it !

Posted by: Fenderbender at April 24, 2026 05:59 AM (1FEc1)

58 FenelonSpoke

Those are some happy Angus cows. Thanks for that link. Sending to some ranchers I know.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:59 AM (u82oZ)

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