Daily Tech News 1 May 2026

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CPanel, a web hosting software suite used by 70 million sites worldwide, had a security hole big enough to drive a Kenworth through without needing to check for clearance. (Bleeping Computer)

And people were reportedly trying to exploit it in February. And succeeding in March.

It was patched last night.

Lots of sysadmins having a bad day right now.

Tech News

If you're playing the new pirate game Windrose, you might want to stop before your SSD explodes. (Tom's Hardware)

Players have reported that the game writes 30MB of date per second to disk.

Constantly.

Over 100GB per hour.

And SSDs have a finite lifespan under constant write load.
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are planning a combined capital expenditure of $725 billion this year. (Tom's Hardware)

Which used to be a lot, but that was long ago and in another country.
How to get 10Gb Ethernet working at home. (Giles Thomas)

Step One: Decide 2.5Gb is fine.
Stripe has a new digital wallet for sharing with AI agents and other idiot children. (Tech Crunch)

You are asked to confirm every purchase before anything goes through so they can't run amok and drain your bank account.
Profits at Samsung's memory division are up 49% over the same period last year. (WCCFTech)

Oh, my mistake. They're up 49 times over the same period last year.
Don't talk about the goblin war. (Ars Technica)

AI agents are like profoundly autistic children, except that you can switch them off.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Well, there's go my weekend plans.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 04:30 AM (8rTNG)

2 G'day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

3 TGIF

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 04:32 AM (1o8D5)

5 Disclaimer: Well, there's go my weekend plans.

Sad.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 04:35 AM (8rTNG)

6 CNBC. Tim Cook from earnings call, "In the current quarter, we expect significantly higher memory costs." Going beyond that, "we believe memory costs will drive an increasing impact on our business," which will lead the company to "look at a range of options,"

Apple prices are going up. Likely a lot. EVERYBODY PANIC!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 01, 2026 04:38 AM (glnUu)

7 CPanel, a web hosting software suite used by 70 million sites worldwide, had a security hole big enough to drive a Kenworth through without needing to check for clearance. (Bleeping Computer)
-

HOLY CRAP!

Opened a ticket with our hosting company just now.

Did I say HOLY CRAP!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 04:43 AM (1o8D5)

8 from the ONT

415 Don't look now, it's the first of May;

It's commie-Christmas protest day!

sponsored by: demonrat socialists.
Posted by: JQ at May 01, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 04:44 AM (8rTNG)

9 Disclaimer: Well, there's go my weekend plans.

There goes my baby
Movin' on down the line
Wonder where, wonder where
Wonder where she is bound?

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 04:46 AM (8rTNG)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 01, 2026 04:56 AM (Iz+f5)

11 Willowed:

"For right now, the total blockade is the least expensive route."

There was a total blockade on the German Empire in WW1 and the impact was felt primarily on the civilian population. That makes sense, actually. Those with weapons will take what is needed from those that don't have weapons.

That's why we cannot allow food convoys to travel to Iran (whatever food that would be in the ships will end up in IRGC hands) nor can we attempt airdropped supplies of food for the same reason. Delivering food via any clandestine pipelines that deliver weapons will expose those pipelines (by the more well fed members of the pipeline or those members of the pipeline that magically have food to give/sell).

I was a soldier back in the day
and view the world in such a way.
Giggity.

Too bad that can't be a haiku.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 05:09 AM (mEN9w)

12 At Revolver News a video of Cole rushing past security guys who were actually wrapping up metal detector

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:09 AM (RW5B6)

13 Happy May Day, time for the red flags to be flying high around the world. I wonder if China and Russia are having their usual giant military parades. The Chinese marches are a wonder to watch, all men and women are exactly the same height and all look like robots. Goose stepping is what I like.

Posted by: Colin at May 01, 2026 05:10 AM (e8qy3)

14 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 01, 2026 05:16 AM (V0/Sp)

15 Blue flags will be flying today
( rolls eyes)

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:16 AM (RW5B6)

16 New hash after last night's power outage.

Posted by: fluffy at May 01, 2026 05:18 AM (V0/Sp)

17 16 New hash after last night's power outage.
Posted by: fluffy at May 01, 2026 05:18 AM (V0/Sp)

Looks cool, fluffy! Wear it in good health!

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 05:21 AM (8rTNG)

18 Somehow was off wifi

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

19 (V0/Sp)

That "0" is a zero.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 05:23 AM (8rTNG)

20 A DEI female sheriff in Louisiana is facing 30 felony charges for the 10 inmates that escaped her prison under her watch. I'm kind of surprised.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 01, 2026 05:23 AM (l26NL)

21 Saw my hash and wasn't right, now wonder for how long

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

22 Start of Cafe was on but very late ONT was off, maybe scheduled restart change setting

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:25 AM (Ia/+0)

23 (Ia/+0)

That "0" is a zero, too.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 05:25 AM (8rTNG)

24 Might find out that prison break is a set up like judge letting out a Illegal

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)

25 Greetings and good morning, one and all. I have to say that I like today's Frazz about what May Day should celebrate.

https://www.gocomics.com/frazz

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 05:27 AM (+4yJ5)

26 Pakistan has opened at least 6 new land trade routes going into Iran, so there will be no total blockade. Still I don’t think they really matters, because the blockade was never about stopping food from going in. It is about stopping oil from going out, and destroying Iran’s economy by starving it of operating funds. And all Iranian oil has to through Kharg, and the straits.

Still, while this will work over time, it may take several months to work. Politically, Trump probably doesn’t have that much time, for we have become a very impatient people. That’s why the Iranians are acting so cocky right now, they think they can wait him out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 05:28 AM (H1WUE)

27 I think right now Trump is just waiting to see if running out of storage space and having to stop pumping oil will scare some sense into them, and if it doesn't, then that will probably be the end of the cease-fire, and he will resume correcting their mindset by blowing them up.

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 05:33 AM (Sy6m/)

28 22 Start of Cafe was on but very late ONT was off, maybe scheduled restart change setting
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:25 AM (Ia/+0)

Skip, it's been like that for a while.
It was there in last Friday's tech thread:

3 G'Day everyone
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 04:48 AM (Ia/+0)

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419449

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 05:35 AM (8rTNG)

29 @Tom Servo, do you know how many of the land trade routes are rail versus trucks?

It might be possible to export oil via trains given that "a single 100-car train can transport approximately 3 million gallons of crude oil" (https://tinyurl.com/387aacdf has the google query).

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 05:37 AM (mEN9w)

30 "You are asked to confirm every purchase before anything goes through so they can't run amok and drain your bank account."

Until the eventual supply-chain attack takes place.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2026 05:39 AM (O7YUW)

31 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 05:40 AM (Ia/+0)

32 ... but not in the previous Friday's tech thread:

1 G'Day everyone TGIF
Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2026 04:33 AM (IktS

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 05:40 AM (8rTNG)

33 Of course, the type of rail cars used to export oil aren't the same as those used to import food.

I grew up with a railroad splitting my family's farm into two areas; I've watched a shitload of trains back in the day.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 05:41 AM (mEN9w)

34 (IktS

= (IktS8 )

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 05:41 AM (8rTNG)

35 Record high here in upstate NY is 90. Lucky today to get to 50 with frost tonight and for the next few weeks off and on. Sure doesn't feel like the boiling oceans Al Gore said would happen. Now if the south west could get some rain....They need it.

Posted by: Colin at May 01, 2026 05:47 AM (e8qy3)

36 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2026 05:49 AM (VyBeY)

37 "Oh, my mistake. They're up 49 times over the same period last year."

Samsung is a Chaebol*. SK Hynix is part of the SK Group (another Chaebol.)

I learned about Chaebols when listening to a fellow on YouTube who goes by "Asian Boss" in a video where he was talking about South Korean's obsession with American burgers. There's a chapter about Chaebols and how they work. I'll link to the video cued up to that chapter:

https://youtu.be/WBregydMsqw

Anyway... This whole Chaebol thing strikes me as family run where family is a lot like the mafia. Are they going to shake down the market and price fix like wild every chance they get? Absolutely. The convictions of the big three in past for price fixing pretty much indicates that they'll do it again because it works, and they don't really care if they get caught.

{*} Defined at Merriam Webster as: "a family-controlled industrial conglomerate in South Korea"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

38 Cued properly this time:
https://youtu.be/WBregydMsqw?t=925

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

39 I appreciated this man's reflections on Genesis 1:26-31, "God's perfect specifications" and he shared an interesting-to me- story on pens made by the blind for the military:

https://tinyurl.com/3frvy7us

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 05:53 AM (2sfNr)

40 It might be possible to export oil via trains given that "a single 100-car train can transport approximately 3 million gallons of crude oil" (https://tinyurl.com/387aacdf has the google query).
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 05:37 AM (mEN9w)

Even if they opened rail lines I cannot imagine where they would find enough tank cars to make a difference. Tank cars that are very easy to spot and destroy.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 01, 2026 05:57 AM (YZcg9)

41 Woman sings a song based on one of the psalms, "As the deer" . Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4j7wzsnn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 05:57 AM (2sfNr)

42 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 01, 2026 06:01 AM (YpHnX)

43 So today is apparently a former Soviet holiday and the well educated and responsible teachers/ sarc of the Chicago public schools will be taking their students out of school to protest President Trump.
It seems like a good day to avoid the news.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 06:02 AM (2sfNr)

44 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at May 01, 2026 06:03 AM (PzBTm)

45 44 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at May 01, 2026 06:03 AM (PzBTm)

Looky thar!

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 06:05 AM (8rTNG)

46 It might be possible to export oil via trains given that "a single 100-car train can transport approximately 3 million gallons of crude oil" (https://tinyurl.com/387aacdf has the google query).
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 05:37 AM (mEN9w)

Yes, there are rail connections between Pakistan and Iran. But I don’t believe Pakistan has the docking facilities to transfer any oil to ships to be sold internationally, which is what Iran needs,.

Also, 3 million gallons sounds like a lot, until you realize that the average long range tanker carries 15 million to 25 million gallons. (But oil transport is usually mentioned in terms of 42 gallon barrels)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 06:05 AM (H1WUE)

47 But I did want to say that I was I was feeling really tired and in somewhat low spirits yesterday. Then I went out and saw a male cardinal sitting on some kind of yellow bush and I felt better. It's amazing what the restorative power of God's creative power in nature can do. Have a good day, everyone. You make a positive difference in the world!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 06:05 AM (2sfNr)

48 @16/fluffy: "New hash after last night's power outage. (V0/Sp)"

I'm having flashbacks to my mainframe days using VM/SP

A fun look at the hardware of that era. (Go on, geek out, it's fun.):
https://youtu.be/Cwj6pfhWBps

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

49 to protest President Trump.

While claiming that they live under fascism but somehow don't get sent to death camps.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 06:06 AM (+4yJ5)

50 Phew I'm glad I put italics closure tags in my Name. Avoided the barrel!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

51 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Saturday night, ain't got nobody.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 06:07 AM (xvhJH)

52 @51/Captain Obvious: "Rejoinder: Saturday night, ain't got nobody."

No fights or action for you then.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

53 51 Rejoinder: Saturday night ...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 06:07 AM (xvhJH)

In some crazy time zone?!

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 06:10 AM (8rTNG)

54 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

55 10 Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 01, 2026 04:56 AM (Iz+f5)

54 Good morning morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

We are now bi-coastal.

Posted by: m at May 01, 2026 06:12 AM (8rTNG)

56 She will be following up today with a giant apology to RFK Jr. for what she did 9 years ago. We were all affected. Serious stuff:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhwv6cy

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 06:13 AM (1o8D5)

57 50 Phew I'm glad I put italics closure tags in my Name. Avoided the barrel!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

Okay, I added /i, /b, /u and /s (with the square brackets). I think that's all there is.

This
Is
Cumulative
~~Test~~

Posted by: SciVo at May 01, 2026 06:16 AM (Sy6m/)

58 Evening to you late toilers, morning to the early risers on this Friday! Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

It's a fraction less hot here this morning with a little wind. Rain is moving in tiers north of the lake, and we are expected to see rain here today, but not right now. I'm still waking up, though. Howz ever'body?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

59 She will be following up today with a giant apology to RFK Jr. for what she did 9 years ago. We were all affected. Serious stuff:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhwv6cy
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 06:13 AM (1o8D5)
====

What?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 06:19 AM (RIvkX)

60 Rejoinder: Saturday night, ain't got nobody.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026

***
I hear it's all right for fighting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

61 Wolfus, remember this story?

https://tinyurl.com/3u8cmxt9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 06:19 AM (1o8D5)

62 Rejoinder: Saturday night, ain't got nobody.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026

***
I hear it's all right for fighting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)
-

I would join in but I gotta fever.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 06:22 AM (1o8D5)

63 The Pulitzer. The Man Booker. One would hope the fiction books winning these prizes would be good reads. Memorable. Moving.

I'd hoped that print would be better than films, but the judges for both are of the same woke mindset, so there's a lot of trash involving "fascism," "systemic racism," "toxic" this or that, and "queer."

And far too many that are boring fucking grinds through someone's stupid life of poverty.

McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" was a grind, but a good one. "The Orphan Master's Son" was, too, but OMG it is cinematic.

I'm wading through "Flesh," the 2025 Man Booker winner, by some Hungarian guy, and it's OK, but when I'm done, if I finish it, I think I'll re-read Moby Dick for the dozenth or so time. I have the Modern Library print of it which is illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Call me Ishmael.

Posted by: M. Gaga at May 01, 2026 06:22 AM (KiBMU)

64 Aside from working out, I need to pick up a couple of things at the store, and am thinking of passing by the nearby Capital One bank branch to ask about higher-interest savings accounts. The bank I've been using for years is great, but the yield is only .4%. According to what I've seen on the 'Net, Cap One offers 3%. They have CDs too, as does my current savings bank, but I don't want to tie up my money for six months to several years.

There are higher-yield online banks, but I'm not sure I trust them. Have any of you used an online bank?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

65 I've been with Etrade for decades.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 06:25 AM (1o8D5)

66 Wolfus, remember this story?

https://tinyurl.com/3u8cmxt9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026

***
Why did it take almost a year to indict this clownish creature? The escape happened last May, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

67 Oh, that's right -- it IS the first of May. "Here we go gathering buds in May . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

68 Thank you, Rosasharn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2026 06:27 AM (VyBeY)

69 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 01, 2026 06:29 AM (2Ez/1)

70 "Also, 3 million gallons sounds like a lot, until you realize that the average long range tanker carries 15 million to 25 million gallons."

Excellent point; I have been blind to the difference between gallons and barrels. The former is much smaller than the latter.

Since I don't believe the Russians are willing to prioritize Iranian oil above their own, I don't see the Caspian sea as a way for the IRGC to meaningfully export oil.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 06:29 AM (mEN9w)

71 re: 61

there are few things more comically absurd (in a quiet sort of way) than all of these four-star police chiefs and sheriffs ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2026 06:31 AM (VyBeY)

72 Players have reported that the game writes 30MB of date per second to disk.

Constantly.

Over 100GB per hour.

*****

"Code optimization is racist." -- Every modern game company that fired all their veteran employees to diversify.

Posted by: Biergood at May 01, 2026 06:32 AM (PwgSL)

73 "She will be following up today with a giant apology to RFK Jr. for what she did 9 years ago."

What real price will she pay? Will she do any atonement for her actions?

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 06:35 AM (mEN9w)

74 What real price will she pay? Will she do any atonement for her actions?
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 06:35 AM (mEN9w)
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Sackcloth? Ashes? Flagellation?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 01, 2026 06:37 AM (xvhJH)

75 "Guilty as hell; free as a bird." comes to mind.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 01, 2026 06:38 AM (mEN9w)

76
Happy Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 06:40 AM (HdYcL)

77 I think: 1) Russia and China will support Iran however they can until Trump breaks and 2) oil prices will be spoofed higher to break the GOPe support of Trump.
Otherwise, it’s a nice day out

Posted by: Accomack at May 01, 2026 06:41 AM (AZXeW)

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