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Q: Meta's Zuckerberg blamed an 8% share drop on the US-Iran war dampening ad spend and said planned lay

Meta's Zuckerberg blamed an 8% share drop on the US-Iran war dampening ad spend and said planned layoffs are driven by the need to fund increased AI infrastructure costs.

Q: A critical Linux kernel bug called Copy Fail can be exploited with a 732-byte Python script to gain

A critical Linux kernel bug called Copy Fail can be exploited with a 732-byte Python script to gain root access on virtually all Linux distributions shipped since 2017, with a patch now available.

Q: Mozilla is publicly opposing Google's Prompt API in Chrome, warning it severely harms web interopera

Mozilla is publicly opposing Google's Prompt API in Chrome, warning it severely harms web interoperability and neutrality, while the API is already live in Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

TLDR·Friday, May 1, 2026·6 min read

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Meta's Zuckerberg blamed slower ad revenue on the US-Iran war and attributed planned layoffs to AI investment needs, while Netflix rolled out its TikTok-style vertical feed 'Clips' to multiple countries. Mozilla publicly opposed Google's decision to embed a Prompt API in Chrome, citing risks to web interoperability and neutrality. A critical Linux kernel bug ('Copy Fail') was disclosed that allows unprivileged users to gain root access on virtually all major Linux distributions since 2017.

Key Facts

✓Meta's Zuckerberg blamed an 8% share drop on the US-Iran war dampening ad spend and said planned layoffs are driven by the need to fund increased AI infrastructure costs.

✓A critical Linux kernel bug called Copy Fail can be exploited with a 732-byte Python script to gain root access on virtually all Linux distributions shipped since 2017, with a patch now available.

✓Mozilla is publicly opposing Google's Prompt API in Chrome, warning it severely harms web interoperability and neutrality, while the API is already live in Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

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