2026
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Microsoft’s Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching session
Microsoft has unleashed a whopper of an update for Azure Linux, packing more than 470 CVE fixes into a single release as the software industry’s ever-growing pile of vulnerabilities shows…
Who Gives A Crap? Hackers, apparently, after toilet paper maker’s customer data exposed
Toilet paper purveyor Who Gives A Crap has found itself in a bit of a mess after an intruder accessed customer information through a third-party software provider, leaving the company…
Outlook.com bounces legit emails as Microsoft’s authentication crackdown goes sideways
A validation error has stopped Outlook.com from accepting legitimate emails. The problem appears widespread and, according to reports from affected users, can result in non-delivery reports with error codes related…
Japanese homeware giant pulls online store after cloud breach puts 7.7M records at risk
Japanese electronics giant Iris Ohyama has taken down its online store after discovering that attackers may have accessed the personal information of 7.7 million customers, leaving shoppers unable to place…
How components can help us govern agents
My most-cited BYTE cover story was 1994’s Componentware, which made the case for a two-tier architecture best exemplified then by Visual Basic and its component ecosystem. The prevailing strategy for…
How neurosymbolic AI can transform enterprise decision-making
Agentic AI has become a powerful enterprise business tool with increasing capabilities, and it has never been easier to address business pain points by applying a large language model (LLM)…
Linus Torvalds sees signs AI-prompted patch flood has peaked
The worst of the patchpocalypse may be behind us, according to Linus Torvalds. Writing in his weekly kernel update post, the Linux kernel dev leader delivered Linux 7.4 rc2 –…