OJO | OJOBIT Newshttps://news.ojobit.comHigh-signal technical dispatches, contributor posts, and topic archives from OJO | OJOBIT News.Patch Tuesday, April 2026 Editionhttps://news.ojobit.com/story/patch-tuesday-april-2026-edition-284264https://news.ojobit.com/story/patch-tuesday-april-2026-edition-284264Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:01:05 GMTMicrosoft, Google, and Adobe release critical updates to address dozens of vulnerabilities, including zero‑days and remote code execution flaws.U.S. CFTC's Selig says AI has helped make up for staffing cuts at key crypto watchdoghttps://news.ojobit.com/story/us-cftc-s-selig-says-ai-has-helped-make-up-for-staffing-cuts-at-key-crypto-watchdog-f47340https://news.ojobit.com/story/us-cftc-s-selig-says-ai-has-helped-make-up-for-staffing-cuts-at-key-crypto-watchdog-f47340Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:01:14 GMTCFTC Chairman Mike Selig reports that artificial intelligence has offset staffing reductions, enabling the agency to launch investigations into crypto and prediction markets.ETH Rangers Program Recaphttps://news.ojobit.com/story/eth-rangers-program-recap-c023e2https://news.ojobit.com/story/eth-rangers-program-recap-c023e2Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:01:14 GMTThe Ethereum Foundation, Secureum, The Red Guild, and Security Alliance (SEAL) launched the ETH Rangers Program in late 2024 to provide stipends for individuals working on public goods security projects within the Ethereum ecosystem.Crypto for Advisors: Tokenization’s Evolutionhttps://news.ojobit.com/story/crypto-for-advisors-tokenization-evolution-9a272fhttps://news.ojobit.com/story/crypto-for-advisors-tokenization-evolution-9a272fThu, 16 Apr 2026 15:01:14 GMTTokenized assets are moving from concept to portfolio allocation, as compliance architecture and institutional movement reshape risk and opportunity for advisors.The Non-Optimality of Scientific Knowledge: Path Dependence, Lock‑In, and the Local Minimum Traphttps://news.ojobit.com/story/non-optimality-of-scientific-knowledge-path-dependence-lock-in-local-minimum-trap-b80a70https://news.ojobit.com/story/non-optimality-of-scientific-knowledge-path-dependence-lock-in-local-minimum-trap-b80a70Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:01:18 GMTAn analysis of how scientific progress can become trapped in local optima due to historical and institutional forces.Sparse Goodness Functions in Forward-Forward Learninghttps://news.ojobit.com/story/sparse-goodness-functions-in-forward-forward-learning-5b8aaehttps://news.ojobit.com/story/sparse-goodness-functions-in-forward-forward-learning-5b8aaeThu, 16 Apr 2026 08:01:55 GMTA systematic study of goodness functions in Forward-Forward learning reveals the importance of sparsity and adaptive design choices for improved neural network training.Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS: the Next Generation of Expressive AI Speechhttps://news.ojobit.com/story/gemini-3-1-flash-tts-next-generation-expressive-ai-speech-ea742ehttps://news.ojobit.com/story/gemini-3-1-flash-tts-next-generation-expressive-ai-speech-ea742eThu, 16 Apr 2026 07:01:32 GMTDeepMind’s latest text‑to‑speech model, Gemini 3.1 Flash, introduces granular audio tags that enable precise control over expressive speech synthesis.The Next Evolution of the Agents SDKhttps://news.ojobit.com/story/the-next-evolution-of-the-agents-sdk-d8db62https://news.ojobit.com/story/the-next-evolution-of-the-agents-sdk-d8db62Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:01:23 GMTOpenAI introduces native sandbox execution and a model‑native harness to its Agents SDK, enabling secure, long‑running agents across files and tools.6‑Year Ransomware Campaign Targets Turkish Homes & SMBshttps://news.ojobit.com/story/6-year-ransomware-campaign-targets-turkish-homes-smbs-a8ff50https://news.ojobit.com/story/6-year-ransomware-campaign-targets-turkish-homes-smbs-a8ff50Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:01:14 GMTA prolonged ransomware operation has been quietly affecting homes and small businesses across Turkey for six years, underscoring how smaller incidents often go under‑reported and allow campaigns to persist with minimal disruption.