Musk admits Starship V3 launch date has slipped as Super Heavy booster rolls into place Launch predictions continue to be optimistic as 2027 and Artemis III near
Fake job applications pack malware that kills EDR before stealing data Russian-speaking attackers lure HR staff into downloading ISO files that disable defenses
Oracle moves to assure MySQL community it really does care Big Red waves new features including vector support, while skeptics await concrete timescales
Brit competition cops warn AI agents may not be 'faithful servants' to consumers Autonomous assistants could manipulate choices, push pricier deals, and prioritize their creators
Atlassian built a tool to migrate Jira users to the cloud and it made the move slower Fixed it amid user ire, swears new tool for bigger shifts is up to the job SaaS11 Mar 2026 |
Oracle says AI coding tools are helping it dodge the SaaSpocalypse Big Red reckons paying for datacenters is easy when you have half a trillion dollars of cloud orders on the books SaaS11 Mar 2026 |
Governments across Asia order work from home, thanks to Iran war Pakistan, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines are all trying to conserve fuel Public Sector11 Mar 2026 | 8
AIOps is so powerful, vendors are building tools to clean up after agents break your infrastructure Cohesity, ServiceNow and Datadog team on recoverability suite AI + ML10 Mar 2026 | 5
Critical Microsoft Excel bug weaponizes Copilot Agent for zero-click information disclosure attack Could steal sensitive personal and financial data Security10 Mar 2026 | 6
Amazon insists AI coding isn't source of outages E-souk disputes report linking 'Gen-AI assisted changes' to recent high-impact incidents AI + ML10 Mar 2026 | 8
AI nonsense finds new home as Meta acquires Moltbook Think it's hard to tell bot from human on Facebook now? AI + ML10 Mar 2026 | 8
Cybercrime isn't just a cover for Iran's government goons - it's a key part of their operations Ransomware, malware-as-a-service, infostealers benefit MOIS, too Cyber-crime10 Mar 2026 | 11
AI datacenters may gulp a New York City's worth of water on hot days Study warns peak cooling demand could strain US water systems by 2030 Systems10 Mar 2026 | 6
JetBrains launches AI agent IDE built on the corpse of abandoned Fleet Agentic 'Air' lets multiple AI agents run tasks concurrently, while loyal IntelliJ users wonder what's in it for them AI + ML10 Mar 2026 | 1
Crooks compromise WordPress sites to push infostealers via fake CAPTCHA prompts Rapid7 says crims broke into more than 250 sites globally, including a US Senate candidate’s campaign page Cyber-crime10 Mar 2026 | 3
Flying cabs, next-gen aircraft cleared for takeoff in 26 states FAA launches pilot projects starting this summer Offbeat10 Mar 2026 | 11
Iran is the first out-loud cyberwar the US has fought Kettle Cyber is no longer the hush-hush thing it used to be, as team Trump invades Iran with hackers taking the lead
Musk admits Starship V3 launch date has slipped as Super Heavy booster rolls into place Launch predictions continue to be optimistic as 2027 and Artemis III near Science10 Mar 2026 | 31
Oracle moves to assure MySQL community it really does care Big Red waves new features including vector support, while skeptics await concrete timescales Databases10 Mar 2026 | 8
Sorry, kids. Memory crunch threatens to kneecap Chromebook shipments Low-cost computers bashed by billion-dollar investment in AI infrastructure Personal Tech10 Mar 2026 | 22
Linux PC vendor System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks Don't celebrate yet – more states are considering them OSes10 Mar 2026 | 57
Fake job applications pack malware that kills EDR before stealing data Russian-speaking attackers lure HR staff into downloading ISO files that disable defenses Research10 Mar 2026 | 21
Microsoft Authenticator to nuke Entra creds on rooted and jailbroken phones Warning, lockout, then wipe if your device trips detection Personal Tech10 Mar 2026 | 27
Ericsson blames vendor vishing slip-up for breach exposing thousands of records Crooks used simple phone scam to compromise vendor account, spilling personal and financial data belonging to more than 15,000 people Cyber-crime10 Mar 2026 | 2
Protecting democracy means democratizing cybersecurity. Bring on the hackers Opinion Digital freedom needs a Kali Linux for the rest of us Security10 Mar 2026 | 7
Polish cops bust alleged teen DDoS kit sellers – youngest just 12 Kids profited from tools used to attack popular websites, say officials Cyber-crime10 Mar 2026 | 18
Retro tech fan views LaserDisc movie data with a budget microscope Analog video spied by looking really, really closely at tracks Offbeat10 Mar 2026 | 38
Mystery outage behind US airline JetBlue asking FAA to ground its flights Aircraft on the ground briefly halted until systems were up again Systems10 Mar 2026 | 3
Techie was given strict instructions not to disrupt client. Then he touched one box and the lights went out On Call Discovering, and explaining, the bizarre cause was harder than the job he was sent to do
Brit competition cops warn AI agents may not be 'faithful servants' to consumers Autonomous assistants could manipulate choices, push pricier deals, and prioritize their creators AI + ML10 Mar 2026 | 17
Xen Project quietly announced five years of support for all releases As Citrix slips out a preview of Xen Server 9, the release that brings it back to the V12N mainstream Virtualization10 Mar 2026 | 4
SETI admits its search for alien life may be too narrowly focussed Solar winds near aliens’ homes – and ours – might be blowing away signs of alien technosignatures by broadening signals Science10 Mar 2026 | 25
HPE tweaks T&Cs so the price it quotes may not be the price you pay With memory and storage contributing over half the price of a server, Big Green needs to protect its margins Systems10 Mar 2026 | 8
Palantir’s lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff As Department of Agriculture employees return to the office, it needs ‘real-time analytics to optimize employee seat assignments’ Public Sector10 Mar 2026 | 29
Anthropic debuts pricey and sluggish automated Code Review tool First vibe coding, now vibe reviewing ... but the buzz is good as it finds worthy issues Devops09 Mar 2026 | 5
AI vs AI: Agent hacked McKinsey's chatbot and gained full read-write access in just two hours David and Goliath…but with AI agents Security09 Mar 2026 | 16
Huawei outlines practical route to “industrial intelligence” at MWC 2026 New showcases and partner solutions aim to help organizations move AI from pilots to production Sponsored Post
Moody humans should let AI handle bad public feedback first, study finds Enjoy meltdowns from businesses on Yelp over negative reviews? AI is threatening to take that away AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 7
Microsoft taps Claude to make Copilot Cowork a better agent Copilot gets tuned to handle long-running knowledge work tasks AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 4
ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist And they abused a Mandiant-developed open source tool in the attacks Cyber-crime09 Mar 2026 |
Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream Calls Musk’s orbital plans “speculative” despite Bezos touting orbiting compute Science09 Mar 2026 | 16
China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon Not a US flag in sight Science09 Mar 2026 | 15
RSS dulls the pain of the modern web opinion Feeds are alive, well, and can help deshittify things Personal Tech09 Mar 2026 | 71
How AI is boosting gender equality in high-performance racing A virtual Driver Agent is leveling the odds for female motorsport drivers Sponsored Post
'AI brain fry' affects employees managing too many agents Three agents is about all we can handle AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 18
Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts E7 arrives with a hefty price. Got to keep those shareholders happy Applications09 Mar 2026 | 45
EV charger biz ELECQ zapped by ransomware crooks, customer contact data stolen Exclusive An attack on the company’s AWS platform may have exposed customers' names and home addresses Cyber-crime09 Mar 2026 | 13
MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source Databases09 Mar 2026 | 9
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2 Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export Applications09 Mar 2026 | 47
Ex-Meta execs pop up on Nscale board as rent-a-GPU firm raises $2B Former policy boss Nick Clegg joins Cheryl Sandberg and one-time Yahoo prez Susan Decker On-Prem09 Mar 2026 | 8
Dutch cops warn 100 alleged scammers: Turn yourselves in or we tell Grandma Two-week deadline to fraudsters to fess up or have their faces plastered across every screen in the country Security09 Mar 2026 | 20
Russian cybercrims phish their way into officials' Signal and WhatsApp accounts Dutch spies flag large-scale campaign to hijack secure messaging accounts Cyber-crime09 Mar 2026 | 12
NASA abandons delayed SLS upper stage for ULA's Centaur V instead Vulcan rocket hardware drafted in amid Artemis reshuffle but still no word on lander Science09 Mar 2026 | 19
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns This isn't just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 45
Musk's Grok sparks outrage after chatbot makes offensive jibes about football disasters UK government slams comments as 'sickening and irresponsible' Personal Tech09 Mar 2026 | 76
Britain spends £180M to work out what time it is Atomic clocks will tell you when your Waymo is late Science09 Mar 2026 | 79
Why flexibility will define the future of functionality Enterprise infrastructure choices shouldn't have to be hostages to compromise. Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix sets out to break the deadlock
Resilient, continuously active data – with no compromise When the gap between data generation and action is a strategic liability, it's time for a fix
Unlocking the hidden power of unstructured data with AI Hyland is helping enterprises turn their fragmented, unstructured data into governed, AI-ready intelligence
Why high-performance Java is becoming a business imperative A new generation of JVM technologies is reshaping how businesses build, deploy, and scale mission-critical Java applications.
UK government's Shared Services Strategy is entering the danger zone Opinion Gargantuan ERP and HR overhaul has committed around £1.7B and affects nearly half a million public workers Databases09 Mar 2026 | 9
Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat Britain's Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks Edge + IoT09 Mar 2026 | 104
Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract Who, Me? Ignorance really was the way to achieve bliss Networks09 Mar 2026 | 29
Lenovo, Nintendo sue US government seeking tariff refunds World War Fee Tech-adjacent Dyson, Epson, and Whoop also have a crack Legal09 Mar 2026 | 27
AI vs AI: Agent hacked McKinsey's chatbot and gained full read-write access in just two hours David and Goliath…but with AI agents
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns This isn't just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk
Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract Who, Me? Ignorance really was the way to achieve bliss
Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts E7 arrives with a hefty price. Got to keep those shareholders happy
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2 Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export
Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat Britain's Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks
MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source
ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist And they abused a Mandiant-developed open source tool in the attacks
Palantir’s lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff As Department of Agriculture employees return to the office, it needs ‘real-time analytics to optimize employee seat assignments’
NASA’s asteroid defence mission slowed targets by 1.7 inches per hour You gotta start somewhere, and in this case astroboffins would have been nowhere without help from intrepid volunteers Science09 Mar 2026 | 22
Beijing warns of more chip supply worries after Nexperia China claims it was cut off from SAP Asia In Brief PLUS: Indonesia joins kids social media ban; China frets about AI job impacts; India’s PC market fails to launch, again; And more Systems09 Mar 2026 | 3
FBI is investigating breach that may have hit its wiretapping tools Infosec In Brief PLUS: Europol takes down two crime gangs; LastPass users phished (again); Crooks increase crypto hauls; And more Security08 Mar 2026 | 10
Rethinking storage for the AI era Huawei outlines how telecom operators may need to redesign data infrastructure as AI workloads grow Sponsored Post
AI agents now help attackers, including North Korea, manage their drudge work interview Crims 'will do what gets them their objective easiest and fastest,' Microsoft threat intel boss tells The Reg Security08 Mar 2026 | 9
Bundle of human neurons hooked to silicon learns to stumble through Doom What hath science wrought? Bootnotes08 Mar 2026 | 52
Unpacking the deceptively simple science of tokenomics feature Inference at scale is much more complex than more GPUs, more tokens, more profits Systems07 Mar 2026 | 18
Brits fear AI will strip the human touch from public services 'There's a naive techno-utopianism in Whitehall' AI + ML07 Mar 2026 | 51
60 years since humanity first touched the surface of another planet Remembering the day the Venera 3 impacted Venus Science07 Mar 2026 | 19
Oracle and OpenAI's Texas Stargate datacenter expansion reportedly on the skids Meta supposedly considering untapped capacity in deal brokered by Nvidia Systems07 Mar 2026 | 27
Anthropic bods rework AI damage yardstick, find scant labor impact It's the end of the world as we know it, and AI feels fine AI + ML07 Mar 2026 | 16
Don’t blame AI yet for poor jobs numbers, analysts say US unemployment ticked up to 4.4% AI + ML06 Mar 2026 | 13
Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits Now if only device makers would deliver higher quality components AI + ML06 Mar 2026 | 32
Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones Steals SMS messages, location data, contacts … and delivers it to Hamas-linked crew Cyber-crime06 Mar 2026 | 26
US state laws push age checks into the operating system Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS OSes06 Mar 2026 | 202
Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack Switchzilla says flaws could allow file overwrites or privilege escalation Cyber-crime06 Mar 2026 | 4