A Cursor AI agent powered by Claude deleted a company’s production database and backups in nine seconds, raising concerns about API safeguards and backup isolation. https://www.techradar.com/pro/it-took-9-seconds-tech-founder-outlines-how-rogue-claude-powered-ai-tool-wiped-entire-company-database-and-backups-but-says-theres-no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity

OpenAI’s CFO reportedly wants to delay the company’s IPO from 2026 to 2027 while the firm works to slow spending and improve its revenue picture. https://gizmodo.com/openais-cfo-reportedly-wants-to-delay-the-ipo-from-2026-to-2027-2000753760

Paradigm researcher Dan Robinson proposed PACTs, a private way for dormant Bitcoin holders to prove address control before future quantum computing risks emerge. https://news.bitcoin.com/paradigm-researcher-proposes-pacts-to-shield-dormant-bitcoin-from-quantum-computing-risk/

Chinese courts ruled that companies cannot fire workers only because AI can do their jobs. The rulings say AI adoption is a business choice, not a legal reason for dismissal. https://thenextweb.com/news/china-court-ai-layoffs-illegal-labor-law

A new wallet withdrew 1,051 Bitcoin worth about $82.35 million from Binance in one transaction. U.S. Bitcoin ETFs also saw $630 million in net inflows. https://news.bitcoin.com/whale-1051-btc-binance-withdrawal/

A new Paradigm proposal would let Bitcoin holders privately prove control of at-risk keys before future quantum threats, offering a possible path to protect old addresses without moving coins. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/05/02/new-bitcoin-quantum-proposal-offers-satoshi-nakamoto-a-way-to-prove-control-without-moving-btc

An open-source Android app can block other apps from accessing the internet without using a VPN tunnel or requiring root access. https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-app-blocks-android-apps-from-accessing-the-internet-without-a-vpn/

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings agreed to buy an Ohio gas power plant for about $1.5 billion, adding 505 MW of energy capacity and land for its data center plans. https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-miner-mara-holdings-signs-1-5b-deal-for-ohio-gas-plant-plans-ai-data-center/

ConsentFix v3 attacks are targeting Azure by automating OAuth consent abuse, giving attackers a way to scale account and app access campaigns. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/consentfix-v3-attacks-target-azure-with-automated-oauth-abuse/

U.S. officials told a Las Vegas conference that Bitcoin developers who write code and do not knowingly help crimes are not federal targets. https://crypto.news/bitcoin-developers-are-not-doj-targets-blanche-says/

Meta acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup building AI for robot control and self-learning. Its team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs to work on humanoid robot software. https://www.engadget.com/2162606/meta-acquires-assured-robot-intelligence-humanoid-ai/

Have I Been Pwned flagged 7.5 million unique email addresses tied to Carnival subsidiary Holland America’s loyalty program. Carnival said a phishing attack hit one user account and it is still checking the scope. https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/24/shinyhunters_claim_cruise_giant_carnivals/

Bitcoin daily binary contracts went live on Hyperliquid’s new onchain outcome markets on May 2, 2026, with fully collateralized trading and zero fees. https://news.bitcoin.com/hyperliquid-launches-hip-4-and-targets-polymarket-with-zero-fee-outcome-markets/

X introduced AI-powered custom feeds that use Grok to build personalized timelines, replacing Communities and adding new ad placements. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/hands-on-with-xs-new-ai-powered-custom-feeds/

Gigabyte’s Z890 Aorus Elite Duo X motherboard adds native Arrow Lake Refresh support, CQDIMM compatibility, five M.2 slots, and broad connectivity for desktop PCs. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/gigabyte-z890-aorus-elite-duo-x-motherboard-review

Peking University said its dual-agent AI solved Anderson's 2014 algebra conjecture in 80 hours with almost no human help, and the result was fully verified. https://www.techradar.com/pro/essentially-no-human-intervention-chinese-ai-solves-12-year-old-math-problem-in-just-80-hours-and-even-proves-it

Bluesky said a DDoS attack caused app outages that started before 3 a.m. ET on April 15, leading to ongoing service disruptions. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/its-not-just-you-bluesky-is-sorta-down/

23 news outlets are blocking the Wayback Machine from saving their pages because they fear AI companies could use archived articles to train their systems without permission.