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Oracle and OpenAI's Texas Stargate datacenter expansion reportedly on the skids - (pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:51:11 GMT)Meta supposidly considering untapped capacity in deal brokered by NvidiaOpenAI and compute partner Oracle have reportedly abandoned a planned expansion of their flagship Stargate datacenter, after negotiations were stalled by financing and Sam Altman's apparent fear of commitment.… |
Anthropic bods rework AI damage yardstick, find scant labor impact - (pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:07:18 GMT)It's the end of the world as we know it, and AI feels fineAnthropic economists Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory report that AI is not eliminating as many jobs as experts have predicted. … |
Don’t blame AI yet for poor jobs numbers, analysts say - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:24:00 GMT)US unemployment ticked up to 4.4%The US economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, a dramatic downturn from analyst expectations that it would add about 50,000 jobs. The shortfall stoked growing fears that AI could be contributing to higher unemployment.… |
Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:41:44 GMT)Now if only device makers would deliver higher quality componentsThanks to Anthropic's AI and its bug-detecting abilities, Firefox users can now enjoy stronger security. Unfortunately, if browser crashes rather than security flaws are the problem, Claude probably can't help.… |
Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:56:24 GMT)Steals SMS messages, location data, contacts … and delivers it to Hamas-linked crewHamas-linked attackers are dropping spyware disguised as an emergency-alert app on Israelis' smartphones via SMS messages, according to security researchers.… |
US state laws push age checks into the operating system - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:15:06 GMT)Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSSMany web sites, social media services, and other platforms require age verification on the theory that it will protect kids from seeing inappropriate content. But now some US states want to require the operating system itself to check your age and that could cause big headaches for FOSS vendors.… |
Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:04:48 GMT)Switchzilla says flaws could allow file overwrites or privilege escalationJust when network admins thought the Cisco SD-WAN patch queue might finally be shrinking, Switchzilla has confirmed miscreants are exploiting more vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN management software.… |
Anthropic sues US government after unprecedented national security designation - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:37:50 GMT)Brands Trump administration decision 'legally unsound' and has 'no choice but to challenge it in court'AI giant Anthropic says that it has "no choice" but to sue the US government after being officially designated a supply chain risk to national security.… |
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:35:17 GMT)Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at leastScientists have ruled out the possibility that the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 might hit the Moon on December 22, 2032.… |
Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:51:08 GMT)Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroadThe Trump administration is reportedly planning new restrictions on GPU exports, aimed not only at controlling who gets them, but at driving AI investment back into the US.… |
Microsoft spots ClickFix campaign getting users to self-pwn on Windows Terminal - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:37:12 GMT)Crooks tweak familiar copy-paste ruse so that victims run malicious commands themselvesA new twist on the long-running ClickFix scam is now tricking Windows users into launching Windows Terminal and pasting malware into it themselves – handing the credential-stealing Lumma infostealer the keys to their browser vault.… |
UK peers warn weakening AI copyright law could hammer creative industries - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:31:07 GMT)House of Lords committee says ministers must not trade a £124B sector for promises of future tech growthBritain's creative industries will face significant damage unless the government strengthens AI copyright law, according to a House of Lords committee.… |
Microsoft kicks new Outlook opt-out deadline down the road to 2027 - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:41:05 GMT)Admins get another year before migration pressure ramps upMicrosoft has delayed the opt-out phase for the new enterprise version of Outlook to 2027, giving administrators another 12 months to get ready for migration.… |
Son of government contractor arrested after alleged $46M crypto heist from US Marshals - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:02:55 GMT)FBI and French GIGN swoop on Saint Martin, John Daghita in cuffsThe son of a government contractor was arrested in the Caribbean after allegedly stealing more than $46 million in seized cryptocurrency from the US Marshals Service, the FBI says.… |
Norway's Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:45:14 GMT)Its aim is wide, covering everything from social networks to GenAINorway's Forbrukerrådet consumer council is taking aim at the creeping enshittification of modern life in a 100-page report – and a splendid four-minute video which we highly recommend.… |
Microsoft finally gets around to fixing Windows 10 Recovery Environment after breaking it in October - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:38:06 GMT)Released from the curse of the update bork fairyMicrosoft has finally fixed a Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) bug it introduced in Windows 10's final update.… |
UK Treasury not sure about ditching Oracle to join £1.7 billion shared services program it is funding - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:27:03 GMT)It promised £1.15B… but finance ministry yet to show 'formal commitment' to adopt Workday SaaS, watchdog saysThe UK's Treasury is yet to fully commit to joining a multi-billion pound ERP and HR shared services program it has agreed to fund, potentially slashing any resulting savings, according to a report from the National Audit Office.… |
Transport for London says 2024 breach affected 7M customers, not 5,000 - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:22:14 GMT)Attackers accessed systems holding data tied to millions of Oyster and contactless usersTransport for London has confirmed that a 2024 breach exposed the data of more than 7 million people – a far larger crowd than the few thousand customers originally warned that their details might be at risk.… |
UK mobilizes lawyers to keep report on Gatwick 'drone' chaos under wraps - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:57:49 GMT)Seven-year Freedom of Information battle heads to tribunalExclusive The UK's Department for Transport (DfT) is assembling government lawyers to fight the Information Commissioner's decision that it must release a document summarizing the lessons from the 2018 Gatwick drone chaos.… |
Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:01:46 GMT)OpenAI CEO's principles lasted about 12 hours before $200M check arrivedOpinion A week ago today, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he'd draw the same lines as Anthropic. By that night, he'd signed a Department of Defense deal that included no such AI protections. What's going on here?… |
Techie was given strict instructions not to disrupt client. Then he touched one box and the lights went out - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:30:08 GMT)Discovering, and explaining, the bizarre cause was harder than the job he was sent to doOn Call Welcome to another instalment of On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that tells tales of times when tech support turned troublesome.… |
Microsoft previews tech to ease creation of keyboard-accessible websites - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:24:27 GMT)‘focusgroup’ has nothing to do with market research, offers devs faster coding and faster websites for everyoneMicrosoft has started a preview of technology that eases the task of developing websites with complex navigation elements that don’t need a pointing device to operate.… |
Iranian news service claims drone strikes on AWS were deliberate, to probe for US datacenter dependencies - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:33:44 GMT)Remember: Truth is the first casualty of warIranian publisher Fars News Agency, which is aligned with the country’s government, has claimed the drone strikes on Amazon Web Services’ Middle East datacenters were deliberate and had strategic significance.… |
China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 01:23:00 GMT)Call to do better with chips and put AI everywhere is more than rhetoric because China’s scientists are sprinting aheadChina’s government has again made reducing reliance on imported digital technology a major goal.… |
Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens - (pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 01:00:43 GMT)Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at riskEarlier this week, Dan Blanchard, maintainer of a Python character encoding detection library called chardet, released a new version of the library under a new software license.… |
Google says spyware makers and China-linked groups dominated zero-day attacks last year - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:52:24 GMT)Of the 90 zero-days GTIG tracked in 2025, 43 hit enterprise techZero-day exploitation targeting enterprise tech products reached an all-time high last year, with China-linked cyber-espionage groups remaining the most prolific state-backed users, according to Google.… |
Okta CEO ‘paranoid’ as vibe coders stir SaaS-pocalypse fears - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:16:18 GMT)It’s ok, Todd. You’re only paranoid if you’re wrong.Okta chairman and CEO Todd McKinnon said he believes it would be difficult for an LLM alone to replicate the quality of SaaS applications his company provides, but that doesn’t stop him from worrying about competition from bots.… |
TerraPower gets permission to build, not operate, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:44:41 GMT)Don't flip the switch until the NRC says you can, okay?Bill Gates-backed nuclear outfit TerraPower finally has approval to build its Natrium reactor. However, it may still face issues finding a steady fuel supply. And, oh yeah, it hasn't built any reactors like this before.… |
Iran intelligence backdoored US bank, airport, software outfit networks - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:53:46 GMT)MOIS-linked MuddyWater crew has a new, custom implantAn Iranian cyber crew believed to be part of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been embedded in multiple US companies' networks - including a bank, software firm, and airport, among others - since the beginning of February, with more activity in the days following the US and Israeli military strikes, according to security researchers.… |
Munificent 7 vow to spare US households from AI's rising energy costs - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:32:45 GMT)Bit tricky enforcing this. What's the penalty if they go up anyway?Seven of the top US AI companies and hyperscalers have officially agreed to protect American consumers from price hikes due to datacenter energy and infrastructure increases caused by the AI build boom.… |
You can power a G-Wiz EV with 500 vapes, and this YouTuber proved it - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:00:15 GMT)You made a time machine vapemobile ... out of a Delorean G-Wiz?The world would be a better place if all of us were as willing to upcycle as aggressively as YouTuber Chris Doel, who has demonstrated that batteries from 500 disposable vapes can actually power one of the UK's most famous electric vehicles. … |
Document Foundation urges EU to ditch Excel lock-in for cybersecurity law consultation - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:50:28 GMT)LibreOffice steward says Commish undermines its own standards by asking for feedback via Excel spreadsheetThe Document Foundation has taken a swipe at the European Commission over its consultation on guidance for the EU's Cyber Resilience Act – because the feedback template is only available as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.… |
Congress puts the ISS on life support until 2032, orders Moon base plan - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:55:01 GMT)Authorization Act seeks to keep lights on until commercial stations are readyThe NASA Authorization Act of 2026 has been approved, and alongside a directive for NASA to establish a permanent Moon base, the legislation includes language extending the International Space Station to 2032.… |
Office EU waves sovereignty flag with a familiar stack under the bonnet - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:43:22 GMT)Euro productivity suite appears to be hosted Nextcloud and Collabora OnlineIn the battle of the online office suites, a new contender has entered the ring... but under the wrestler's mask, we think there may be a familiar face.… |
Trump administration spoiling for a fight over global satellite regulations - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:25:36 GMT)FCC not pleased about EU space tech reqs to enter Common market, among other thingsUpdated The US government is consulting with the telecoms industry about "reciprocity" in satellite services, in a move that could see another dispute erupt with the European Union over regulations.… |
npmx package browser released as alpha to fix pain of using npmjs - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:46:18 GMT)Project initiated by Nuxt lead Daniel Roe attracts wide support thanks to multiple issues with the official interfaceA new browser for the npm registry has launched in alpha, following grassroots demand for an alternative to the official npmjs.com interface.… |
Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:26:49 GMT)Embeds Edge into AI assistant, ignores questions about opt-inMicrosoft is rolling out a Copilot update to Windows Insiders that embeds web browsing directly into the assistant, opening links in a side panel rather than launching your default browser.… |
UK watchdog eyes Meta's smart glasses after workers say they 'see everything' - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:18:03 GMT)Contractors tasked with improving AI reportedly had access to intimate footage captured through wearablesBritain's privacy watchdog is asking questions about Meta's AI-powered smart glasses after reports that human contractors reviewing recordings from the devices were exposed to extremely private moments captured by unsuspecting users.… |
Solar superstorm gave ESA's Mars orbiters a handy science opportunity - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:09:01 GMT)Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere 'flooded by electrons'Almost two years ago, a solar storm hit Earth, triggering auroras that were seen as far south as Mexico. The storm also reached Mars and was detected by a pair of ESA spacecraft, Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).… |
CERN sends AI-trained robot mice scurrying through LHC beam pipes - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:00:10 GMT)Bots hunt deformed RF contacts inside the collider's 27 km vacuum tubesUpdated The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and CERN have jointly developed a "mouse-sized robot" to inspect parts of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that are out of reach to humans.… |
MoJ puts Prisoner Telephony Service replacement on hold yet again - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:15:13 GMT)Project dialed back, BT asked to keep current system for another 54 monthsThe UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will pay telco BT £94.6 million plus VAT to keep its in-cell Prisoner Telephony Service (PTS) going for another 54 months after repeatedly pushing back procurement of its replacement.… |
UK still doodling digital pound while Brussels frets over payment sovereignty - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:30:11 GMT)Geopolitical tensions turn up the pressure for European legislatorsThe UK is still in the design phase of digital currency as the EU comes under political pressure to accelerate the development of a digital euro to bolster the bloc's sovereignty and resilience.… |
Supposedly big-brained execs are outsourcing decisionmaking to AI - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:00:14 GMT)Survey of UK bosses find 62 percent rely on LLMs for helpMost business leaders in the United Kingdom appear to have outsourced a lot of their decisionmaking to machine learning models, according to a survey of 200 suits published by data streaming tools vendor Confluent. /p>… |
Google embraces third party app stores and payments to put Epic Games case behind it - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:48:11 GMT)Lower app store fees are on the way, plus an on-ramp for third party digital bazaarsGoogle has spelled out changes it will make to the fees it charges developers who use its app store and payment services, and says they represent the end of its long legal battle with Epic Games.… |
Broadcom says AI companies can’t make their own silicon any time soon - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:03:45 GMT)Offers booming customer accelerator biz as evidence, while VMware props up its software businessBroadcom will soon deploy multiple gigawatts worth of custom accelerators at Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, a feat it says shows AI companies and hyperscalers can’t successfully develop and deploy their own silicon any time soon.… |
Intel numbers boss swears big Foundry wins are coming soon - (pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:30:10 GMT)Meanwhile Chipzilla's 18A process tech could see external deployment after allIntel's Foundry division is near to sealing a deal for its advanced packaging technology that would contribute billions of dollars a year to the struggling chipmaker, CFO David Zinsner said on Wednesday.… |
'Hundreds' of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes - (pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:59:54 GMT)Attack infrastructure attributed to 'several Iran-nexus threat actors'Multiple Iranian hacking crews have been targeting internet-connected surveillance cameras across Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since the war started on February 28, according to Check Point security researchers. … |
Malware-laced OpenClaw installers get Bing AI search boost - (pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:50:49 GMT)Think before you downloadOpenClaw, the AI agent that can manage just about anything, is risky all by itself, but now fake installers for it are wreaking havoc. Users who searched Bing’s AI results for “OpenClaw Windows” were directed to a malicious GitHub repository that delivered information stealers and GhostSocks onto their machines.… |
HR may have to cajole and soothe reluctant employees to get them to use AI - (pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:02:18 GMT)Employees need guidance and support if companies really want to commit to AI adoptionIf you buy AI, employees will come and take a look, but they won't necessarily change the way they work. For that, you may have to get human resources involved.… |
Apple's budget-friendly MacBook Neo is bursting with color and compromise - (pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:20:31 GMT)Cupertino grabs an aging A18 Pro from parts bin to power its latest attempt at an entry-level MacBookYou'll soon be able to get a MacBook that's cheaper than many budget PCs. Apple on Wednesday unveiled the MacBook Neo, a $599 exercise in cost cutting powered by the same silicon as an iPhone 16 Pro.… |
