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NanoClaw latches onto Docker Sandboxes for safer AI agents - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:50:11 GMT)Take your YOLO and box it upexclusive NanoClaw, an open source agent platform, can now run inside Docker Sandboxes, furthering the project's commitment to security.… |
Google rushes Chrome update fixing two zero-days already under attack - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:25:14 GMT)Skia graphics lib and V8 JavaScript engine brings browser's tally of actively exploited bugs to three in 2026Google has pushed out an emergency Chrome update to fix two previously unknown vulnerabilities that attackers were already exploiting before the patches landed.… |
Windows pays tribute to Britain's creaking rail network with a BSOD - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:00:08 GMT)Grappling with UK trains will send humans into Recovery too sometimesBork!Bork!Bork! Today we visit the south of England, where Windows has fallen over, briefly granting unrestricted rail travel to one and all.… |
Openreach: Fiber can sniff out leaky water pipes – if anyone bothers fixing them - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:15:09 GMT)Distributed Acoustic Sensing tech uses broadband cables to pinpoint plumbing faultsOpenreach claims its fiber network infrastructure can detect leaks in nearby water supply pipes, which could save millions of liters of the precious fluid... if the water companies can be bothered to fix them.… |
Blustering Blackbeard's PC was all at sea, sysadmin got him shipshape in seconds - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:30:06 GMT)Have you tried turning it on, never mind off and on again?On Call Arrr! How is it Friday already? The Register can't explain where the week went, but we can deliver a new installment of On Call, the reader-contributed column that shares your stories of tech support SNAFUs.… |
AI Burning Man happens next week – here's what <i>The Register</i> expects at GTC 2026 - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:30:06 GMT)From Groq-ing about tokenomics to OpenClaw and the silicon that powers it, our predictions for the hottest ticket in townNvidia has a bit of a problem. Popular generative AI workloads like code assistants and agentic systems generate massive quantities of tokens and need to move them at speed. But the GPU giant's chips currently struggle to deliver.… |
Prince of PDFs, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, to step down after 18 years - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:22:47 GMT)Didn’t say why, but for once AI may not be the reason for a lost jobAdobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has announced he intends to depart the company after 18 years as the prince of PDFs.… |
Apple takes a bite out of app store fees in China - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:22:56 GMT)Beijing hinted it wasn’t happy with Cupertino, which weeks later made a changeApple has cut the fees it charges Chinese developers to sell their apps and other digital goodies.… |
Pentagon AI chief praises Palantir tech for speeding battlefield strikes - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:00:30 GMT)Going from eight systems to one means fewer people make decisions to unleash Epic FuryAs the US continues its strikes on Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, speakers at Palantir's AIPCON event on Thursday said the company’s Maven Smart System product has shortened the time it takes the Department of Defense to select and hit targets on the battlefield during the conflict.… |
Rogue AI agents can work together to hack systems and steal secrets - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:49:32 GMT)Prompt like a hard-ass boss who won't tolerate failure and bots will find ways to breach policyAI agents work together to bypass security controls and stealthily steal sensitive data from within the enterprise systems in which they operate, according to tests carried out by frontier security lab Irregular.… |
Perplexity: Everything is Computer, everything is AI, Computer is everything, AI is us - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:39:04 GMT)Everything extends its cloud Computer to enterprises, your computerPerplexity is ready to have enterprises use its AI service even if enterprises may still be wary of delegating tasks to software agents.… |
District denies enrollment to child based on license plate reader data - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:32:01 GMT)Automated checks raised doubts, though key questions remain unansweredAmerican parents of school-aged children may want to pay attention to where their cars are parked and for how long, as license plate reader data is now being cited by at least one school district when challenging whether students live where they say they do.… |
Microsoft Copilot now boarding your health information - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:17:10 GMT)It's safe and secure, Redmond insists, but don't expect medical adviceMicrosoft wants to store your healthcare data so that its AI "delivers personalized health insights that you can act on," but without the liability that comes with actual medical advice.… |
White House activates Yu-Gi-Oh's trap card by using anime clip for war comms - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:01:30 GMT)Franchise isn't the only one unhappy about its IP appearing in propagandaAnime mainstay Yu-Gi-Oh has criticized the White House for using a clip from the TV show in videos promoting US military action.… |
Medical equipment techs beg for right-to-repair lifeline - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:41:14 GMT)OEM delays have become patient care delaysWhen patient care is delayed in a hospital because something is broken, biomedical technicians would like you to understand that it's not usually their fault.… |
Operation Lightning takes down SocksEscort proxy network blamed for tens of millions in fraud - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:23:38 GMT)International cops stuck down 23 servers in 7 countriesCops from eight countries this week disrupted SocksEscort, a residential proxy service used by criminals to compromise hundreds of thousands of routers worldwide and carry out digital fraud, costing businesses and consumers millions.… |
Oracle tops up restructuring fund for FY26 by $500M - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:00:39 GMT)Pot of money grows to $2.1BN for fiscal '26, as Big Red exec says AI helping smaller engineering teams do moreOracle has increased funding for its restructuring plans for the current financial year by $500 million, with some observers anticipating a spate of job losses.… |
Musk makes the Macrohard joke again - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:33:07 GMT)The idea being that fleets of AI agents could emulate the 'function of entire companies'Elon Musk wheeled out his "Macrohard" dad joke again in the form of a supposed fleet of "Digital Optimus" agents that he claims would be capable of "emulating the function of entire companies."… |
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 - even the Professional edition - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:10:40 GMT)Out of the Copilot and into the fireUpdated Windows shops have something new to worry about: a virtual Xbox lurking inside Windows 11, including the Professional edition.… |
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.… |
