Daily Tech News 14 May 2026

• This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
  
  Fragnesia is the fourth local privilege escalation bug to hit Linux in the past two weeks. (Phoronix)
  
  Bad news: No major distributions have patches out yet.
  
  Good news: It's in the same kernel modules as all three other vulnerabilities, so if you applied the quick fix of just disabling those modules entirely, you're protected this time as well.
  
  
  
• Oh, and five new vulnerabilities in CPanel since the weekend. (InMotion)
  
  But these ones aren't being actively exploited yet, so just update and you're good.

• Samsung memory workers are planning to strike over bonuses. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  SK Hynix is paying its staff close to half a million dollars each in bonuses this year on the back of record profits, with numbers expected to be even higher in both respects next year.
  
  Samsung decided to play dumb.
  
  
  
• Intel and Qualcomm will be providing CPUs for Google's upcoming Googlebook. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Okay.
  
  
  
• If BitLocker reared its ugly head and encrypted your drive without you activating it in the first place, you can now get your data back. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Not because BitLocker has been fixed. Quite the opposite.
  
  
  
• LLMs are breaking dumb 20 year old system designs. (/dev/knill)
  
  I reinserted the word "dumb" into the headline which the author inexplicably misplaced.
  
  
  
• AMD has increased its share of the CPU market from 24% to 30% in the past year. (WCCFTech)
  
  Ten years ago the company was on death's door. Now it is being held back only by supply constraints at TSMC.
  
  
  
• Apple has reportedly signed a deal to produce Mac and iPhone CPUs at Intel. (WCCFTech)
  
  Perhaps no coincidence given that Apple has the same supply constraints as AMD.
  
  
  
• Software developers say AI is rotting their brains. (404 Media) (archive site)
  
  Because they're holding it wrong.

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