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Users protest as Google Antigravity price floats upward - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:36:14 GMT)Google evolves its pricing for agentic AI tool, pointing devs towards on-demand credits or $250 per month Ultra planDevelopers using Google's Antigravity agentic AI coding tool are complaining about higher prices following an announcement yesterday that the company is evolving its AI plans.… |
Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare reaches the base case at 92 - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:23:55 GMT)Classicist, philosopher, wit, and one of the greatest British computer scientists of all timeObit Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare has died at the age of 92. Known to many computer science students as C. A. R. Hoare, and to his friends as Tony, he was not only one of the greatest minds in the history of programming – he also came up with a number of the field's pithiest quotes.… |
NASA probe checks out years early because this solar cycle is a real drag - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:47:50 GMT)Van Allen spacecraft re-enters over the Pacific with 1 in 4,200 chance of causing injuryNASA's Van Allen Probe A has re-entered Earth's atmosphere eight years earlier than expected, with a 1 in 4,200 chance that its components could cause injury.… |
CISA warns max-severity n8n bug is being exploited in the wild - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:34:55 GMT)No rest for project maintainers battered by slew of vulnerability disclosuresThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that hackers are exploiting a max-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in workflow automation platform n8n.… |
Fresh indie broadband provider incoming as Google's fiber biz and Stonepeak’s Astound merge - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:22:57 GMT)Alphabet to remain 'significant minority shareholder'Alphabet is spinning out its US Google Fiber business and combining it with Astound Broadband as part of a joint venture with private equity investor Stonepeak.… |
Campaigners claim NHS Palantir system could be accessed by police and immigration - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:14:24 GMT)US spy-tech biz and platform provider retorts that this would be against the current law and a breach of its contractMedical and legal rights campaigners are warning that the Palantir data platform, designed to be at the heart of England's health system, risks enabling UK immigration and policing departments to access confidential patient information.… |
Lloyds Banking Group apps play mix-and-match with customer transactions - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:50:41 GMT)Some account holders see names, salaries, and child benefit payments… just not their ownUpdated Customers of three major UK banks woke on Thursday to find incorrect transactions appearing in their apps, a problem later attributed to a technical glitch.… |
Smart mirror shows dumb Windows in elevator - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:32:13 GMT)All aboard the elevator where only Microsoft knows where you're goingBork!Bork!Bork! Smart mirrors are all the rage. However, rather than a list of headlines and tasks to do today, an unhappy Windows installation can make a smart mirror seem very dumb indeed.… |
Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:59:34 GMT)DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materialsBritain has taken the first steps towards producing its own ultrahigh temperature materials, regarded as vital for applications including hypersonic vehicles, space, and advanced propulsion systems.… |
So much for power to the people – AI datacenters could jump UK grid queue - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:15:15 GMT)Plan to fast-track bit barn connections leaves housing developers fuming and billpayers on the hookThe British government is consulting on reforms to prioritize "strategically important" grid connections – including datacenters – amid reports of delays stretching more than a decade on some projects.… |
Whitehall seeks lone C++ coder to keep airport passenger model flying - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:30:08 GMT)Government offers £100K to support software forecasting how travelers choose departure hubsThe UK's Department for Transport is offering up to £100,000 over three years for access to a C++ programmer who can keep a module of its airport usage model up in the air.… |
Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11 - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:10:40 GMT)Out of the Copilot and into the fireOrganizations that rely on consumer-grade PCs or allow staff to bring their own devices to work have something new to worry about: a virtual Xbox lurking inside Windows 11.… |
Meta reveals four Broadcom-built custom AI chips, claims some outperform commercial silicon - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:49:37 GMT)Deploying them by the gigawatt but still can’t flag obvious AI slopSocial networking giant Meta has revealed details of four previously unknown custom chips powering its AI services.… |
China’s CERT warns OpenClaw can inflict nasty wounds - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:37:09 GMT)Like deleting data, exposing keys, and loading malicious content - which may be why Beijing has reportedly banned itChina’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team has warned locals that the OpenClaw agentic AI tool poses significant security risks.… |
Atlassian to shed ten percent of staff, because AI - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:37:27 GMT)Company is ‘reshaping our skill mix’ amid long share price slide and SaaSpocalypse whispersAustralian collaborationware company Atlassian has announced it will shed ten percent of staff – around 1,600 people.… |
Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:26:18 GMT)Court issues preliminary injunction but delays it to allow an appealPerplexity's AI browser Comet has been banned from accessing Amazon's website after the e-commerce giant obtained a court-ordered preliminary injunction.… |
Iran plots 'infrastructure warfare' against US tech giants - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:18:44 GMT)State news published a list of nearly 30 sites that could be targetedIran has reportedly designated Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Palantir facilities as legitimate targets of retaliatory strikes, according to an Al Jazeera report citing Iran’s state-affiliated Tasnim news agency.… |
Iran-linked cyber crew says they hit US med-tech firm - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:40:12 GMT)Meanwhile, Verifone says 'no evidence' to support the digital intruders' claimsA hacking crew with ties to Iran's intelligence agency claimed to be behind a global network outage at med-tech firm Stryker on Wednesday, and said the cyberattack was in response to the US-Israel airstrikes.… |
Most chatbots will help plan school shootings and other violence, study shows - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:41:56 GMT)I see you're trying to kill children. Would you like some help with that?You might expect a bot to have guardrails that prevent it from helping you plan a crime, but your expectations might be too high. According to a study, eight of ten major commercial chatbots will help you prepare to conduct a school shooting.… |
Meta, international cops use handcuffs and AI to stop scammers - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:21:30 GMT)150k accounts nuked, 21 suspects arrestedNot every scam starts with malware or a compromised account. Sometimes all it takes is a friend request or a link shared via chat.… |
NASA watchdog report pokes holes in Artemis lunar lander plans - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:03:15 GMT)Inspector general flags Starship risks and gaps in testingThe NASA Office of Inspector General has published a report on the agency's management of the lunar Human Landing System (HLS) contracts, highlighting the risks and arguments behind the scenes.… |
DR-DOS rises again – rebuilt from scratch, not open source - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:37:45 GMT)Project claims legal clarity and zero legacy code, but offers binaries onlyDR-DOS is back, and there is already a test version you can download. But as of yet, it's not finished, not FOSS – and not based on the original code.… |
ICO fines Police Scotland over data-sharing debacle in gross misconduct case - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:06:01 GMT)Blue-on-blue internal investigation lands force £66k fineThe UK's data protection watchdog has fined Police Scotland £66,000 ($88,000) for what it calls a "serious failure" in handling an alleged victim's sensitive data.… |
Ig Nobel Prize flees US for Switzerland after 35 years over safety concerns - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:38:04 GMT)This is not satire, but we wish it wasThe Ig Nobel Prize, which satirizes its more noble namesake, is moving its award ceremony to Europe following concerns about the safety of those attending the US event.… |
Intel finds its Zen undercutting AMD with Arrow Lake refresh - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:02:38 GMT)Let them eat coresIntel has a new strategy for shoring up its eroding market share: Offering PC buyers more cores per dollar than arch-rival AMD in a refresh of its Arrow Lake range.… |
Ayar Labs taps Wiwynn to cram 1,024 GPUs into a photonic rack system - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:01:20 GMT)Reference design to stitch more than a thousand accelerators into a single enormous server.Exclusive If you thought Nvidia or AMD's 72-GPU rack systems were enormous, silicon Ayar Labs has something much bigger in the works.… |
Lightmatter says latest photonics will slash datacenter fiber bills in half - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:00:16 GMT)Latest optical engine may not be CPO, but it's still better than pluggablesPhotonics startup Lightmatter says that its latest optical engine can cut the amount of fiber used by modern datacenters in half, and perhaps more importantly, it doesn't rely on co-packaging to do it.… |
Microsoft ships VS Code weekly, adds Autopilot mode so AI can wreak havoc without bothering you - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:38:57 GMT)Google also enables auto-approval of AI agents while their documentation warns against itMicrosoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is moving to a weekly release cycle, as well as joining Google in encouraging agentic AI development without manual approval with a new Autopilot feature.… |
Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after USB keys fail to decrypt them - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:31:39 GMT)Officials suspend Basel-Stadt trial and launch probeA Swiss canton has suspended its pilot of electronic voting after failing to count 2,048 votes cast in national referendums held on March 8.… |
Dutch cops bust teen suspected of posing as bank staff to steal cards - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:12:08 GMT)17-year-old allegedly withdrew large sums of cash from ATMsDutch police have arrested a 17-year-old boy who detectives suspect was responsible for 16 bank card frauds across the Netherlands.… |
Scottish broadband service looking a bit dreich, says UK outage study - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:08:05 GMT)Subscribers north of the border suffer the most long-running failures per £100 spentBroadband subscribers in Scotland suffer the most outages in the UK, according to Broadband Genie, with customers of BT typically experiencing the fewest.… |
Hotpatching goes default in Windows Autopatch whether you like it or not - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:43:39 GMT)Microsoft insists rebootless updates are 'the quickest way to get secure'From the department of "what could possibly go wrong?" comes news that Windows Autopatch is enabling hotpatch security updates by default.… |
EU legal eagle says banks should refund cybercrime victims first, argue later - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:29:21 GMT)Advocate General urges rethink of PSD2 to speed compensation after scamsAnalysis One of the European Union's top legal advisors is trying to change how banks treat cybercrime victims – meaning they could enjoy greater financial protections sooner than expected.… |
Your datacenter's power architecture called. It's not happy - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:08 GMT)AI factories demand 800 volts because physics doesn't care about your upgrade budgetFeature Hyperscale computing was built on a foundation of certainty. For years, 12V and 48V rack architectures – implemented at a steady 50–54 VDC (Volts of Direct Current) - ruled the datacenter floor, engineered to perfection for power densities of 10–15 kW per rack. These systems were finely tuned machines, optimized around the predictable, steady-state demands of general-purpose CPUs and storage servers. The infrastructure was stable. The math was settled.… |
Watchdog clears £142M Post Office subsidy for Horizon fallout and IR35 bill - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:15:33 GMT)CMA advisers say extra support justified as remediation costs and tax liability mountThe UK's competition regulator has given a conditional thumbs-up to a request for £141.8 million in subsidies to the Post Office – a publicly owned company – to cover its costs in compensation for the Horizon IT scandal in the coming year and a tax liability.… |
Whitehall can't cost digital ID until it decides how to build it - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:30:14 GMT)Consultation launched, People's Panel planned, yet still no price tag attachedThe UK government has refused to estimate the cost of its digital identity system, saying this depends on what it decides after a consultation exercise launched yesterday.… |
AI has made the Command Line Interface more important and powerful than ever before - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:28:13 GMT)Google knows asking agents to navigate GUIs designed for humans is ridiculous. Microsoft might notOpinion The command line interface is making a comeback because graphical user interfaces are a poor fit for autonomous agents, which could spell trouble for a lot of software – and software makers.… |
Atlassian built a tool to migrate Jira users to the cloud and it made the move slower - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:45:03 GMT)Fixed it amid user ire, swears new tool for bigger shifts is up to the jobAtlassian has admitted that the tools it developed to move Jira users into the cloud were actually slower than older code that did the same job, and that its efforts to speed things up also had speed problems.… |
Oracle says AI coding tools are helping it dodge the SaaSpocalypse - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:24:49 GMT)Big Red reckons paying for datacenters is easy when you have half a trillion dollars of cloud orders on the booksOracle says AI code generation tools have become so efficient, and it is so good at using them, that it will dodge the SaaSpocalypse and watch smaller rivals suffer.… |
Governments across Asia order work from home, thanks to Iran war - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:08:30 GMT)Pakistan, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines are all trying to conserve fuelThe US government may be ordering staff back to the office, but governments across Asia have sent public sector workers back home to preserve fuel supplies due to supply chain disruptions caused by the war in Iran.… |
AIOps is so powerful, vendors are building tools to clean up after agents break your infrastructure - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:31:29 GMT)Cohesity, ServiceNow and Datadog team on recoverability suiteThree more vendors have decided that the world needs tools to roll back mistakes made by AI, after Cohesity teamed with ServiceNow and Datadog on a recoverability service that will hunt down all the files and data corrupted by bad AI actors and restore systems to a “trusted state.”… |
Critical Microsoft Excel bug weaponizes Copilot Agent for zero-click information disclosure attack - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:35:16 GMT)Could steal sensitive personal and financial dataAfter a whopper of a Patch Tuesday last month, with six Microsoft flaws exploited as zero-days, March didn't exactly roar in like a lion. Just two of the 83 Microsoft CVEs released on Tuesday are listed as publicly known, and none is under active exploitation, which we're sure is a welcome change to sysadmins.… |
Amazon insists AI coding isn't source of outages - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:44:45 GMT)E-souk disputes report linking 'Gen-AI assisted changes' to recent high-impact incidentsAmazon's weekly operations meeting today reportedly focused on recent service outages and on the role that code changes attributed to generative AI may have played. However, the company is downplaying the possibility of problems with AI.… |
AI nonsense finds new home as Meta acquires Moltbook - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:21:14 GMT)Think it's hard to tell bot from human on Facebook now?The biggest generator of AI slop on the internet has a new home, as Meta has reportedly acquired Moltbook and hired the team behind the social network for AI agents.… |
Cybercrime isn't just a cover for Iran's government goons - it's a key part of their operations - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:25:47 GMT)Ransomware, malware-as-a-service, infostealers benefit MOIS, tooIranian government-backed snoops are increasingly using cybercrime malware and ransomware infrastructure in their operations - not just hiding behind criminal masks as a cover for destructive cyber activity, according to security researchers.… |
AI datacenters may gulp a New York City's worth of water on hot days - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:07:10 GMT)Study warns peak cooling demand could strain US water systems by 2030Public water supplies in America will need billions invested to meet the peak requirements of datacenters during the hottest periods of the year, even if their overall annual consumption is relatively modest.… |
JetBrains launches AI agent IDE built on the corpse of abandoned Fleet - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:38:30 GMT)Agentic 'Air' lets multiple AI agents run tasks concurrently, while loyal IntelliJ users wonder what's in it for themJetBrains has previewed Air, a tool for agentic AI development which it describes as a new wave of dev tooling.… |
Crooks compromise WordPress sites to push infostealers via fake CAPTCHA prompts - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:29:14 GMT)Rapid7 says crims broke into more than 250 sites globally, including a US Senate candidate’s campaign pageCyber baddies quietly compromised legitimate WordPress websites, including the campaign site of a US Senate candidate, turning them into launchpads for a global infostealer operation.… |
Flying cabs, next-gen aircraft cleared for takeoff in 26 states - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:19:24 GMT)FAA launches pilot projects starting this summerThe skies over parts of the US could soon get busier, as the Federal Aviation Administration launches pilot projects spanning 26 states to test electric air taxis and other next-gen aircraft, with operations expected to begin by summer 2026.… |
Musk admits Starship V3 launch date has slipped as Super Heavy booster rolls into place - (pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:22:42 GMT)Launch predictions continue to be optimistic as 2027 and Artemis III nearSpaceX has rolled another Starship super heavy booster to the launch pad as the company's boss, Elon Musk, admits the first launch of Starship V3 had slipped.… |
