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Arm rolls its own 136-core AGI CPU to chase AI hype train

Tue, 2026-03-24 17:00
Turns out artificial general intelligence was a CPU this whole time

Arm unveiled its first homegrown silicon — yes, an actual chip, not another shake-n-bake blueprint — during an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, and said that flagship customer Meta is set to deploy the 136-core CPU at scale later this year.…

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Goodbye, Lunar Gateway: NASA ditches Moon station for Moon base

Tue, 2026-03-24 16:38
NASA boss Jared Isaacman has no intention of letting this setback delay the Artemis program, apparently

NASA's ambitious plans to build a space station in orbit of the Moon are officially on hold, administrator Jared Isaacman said Tuesday, with the space agency instead skipping the orbital habitat in favor of building a permanent base on the Lunar surface. …

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Datadog bets DIY AI will mean it dodges the SaaSpocalypse

Tue, 2026-03-24 16:08
The theory is that its domain-specific model will beat generalist LLMs on results and economics

Datadog is close to releasing an updated AI model that it thinks will help it avoid the so-called SaaSpocalypse – customers using AI to build their own tools.…

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HackerOne slams supplier for delayed breach notice after staff data exposed

Tue, 2026-03-24 13:27
Nearly 300 employees caught up in intrusion at benefits provider Navia

Almost 300 HackerOne employees are caught up in a data breach, with the bug bounty biz slamming a third-party benefits provider for a weeks-long delay in notification.…

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Microslop stuffs AI photo restyling powers into OneDrive

Tue, 2026-03-24 13:05
Microslop? Sorry, we meant Microsoft

Microsoft is rolling out technology to transform OneDrive photos into AI-infused masterpieces. Or top up the bucket of slop, depending on your perspective.…

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New routers? Made abroad? Yeah, that's going to be a no from Uncle Sam

Tue, 2026-03-24 12:19
Unfortunately, there aren't many options unless you're Starlink

Citing national security fears, America is effectively banning any new consumer-grade network routers made abroad.…

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Mozilla introduces cq, describing it as 'Stack Overflow for agents'

Tue, 2026-03-24 11:52
A knowledge database where AI agents read, add and score the items – what could go wrong?

Mozilla is building cq - described by staff engineer Peter Wilson as "Stack Overflow for agents" - as an open source project to enable AI agents to discover and share collective knowledge.…

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Russian initial access broker who fed ransomware crews gets 81 months in US prison

Tue, 2026-03-24 11:32
Aleksei Volkov sentenced after enabling attacks that cost victims millions

A Russian national who sold the keys to corporate networks faces nearly seven years in a US prison after prosecutors tied his handiwork to a string of ransomware attacks costing victims millions of dollars.…

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Systemd-free antiX Linux 26: Debian 13, in bonsai form

Tue, 2026-03-24 11:00
Plus: Still supports 32-bit hardware or VMs

AntiX Linux is a heavily cut-down version of Debian 13, with a choice of init systems and ultralightweight GUIs. This means it's able to run usefully on older and lower-end PCs – and, of course, to run faster on modern ones.…

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SAP already shifting focus from ERP migration disaster in pursuit of AI-driven growth

Tue, 2026-03-24 10:15
New commercial models planned after cloud transition falls €2B behind target

SAP has begun to shift focus away from its failure to hit legacy software and cloud migration targets and onto the latest so-called "innovation" elements of its portfolio, such as AI.…

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Windows boss promises to heal the operating system's self-inflicted wounds

Tue, 2026-03-24 09:30
Sorry seems to be the hardest word at Microsoft

Opinion Has Microsoft finally reckoned with Windows 11's many failings - or has its OS chief, Pavan Davuluri, simply offered more soothing platitudes to users fed up with bugs and unwanted AI?…

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EU broadcasters say smart TVs and voice assistants are the next gatekeepers

Tue, 2026-03-24 08:45
Open letter warns tech is shaping what audiences see while slipping past regulation

Europe's broadcasters say smart TVs and voice assistants are fast becoming the next Big Tech gatekeepers, with little sign of Brussels stepping in.…

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Half of VMware users plan to reduce usage by 2028

Tue, 2026-03-24 05:35
Analyst says many others wouldn’t mind doing the same, but feel stuck

Half of VMware users plan to reduce their use of the virtualization pioneer’s products by 2028, according to a survey by independent analyst firm Virtified.…

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Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’

Tue, 2026-03-24 03:45
‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’

Science fiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, has argued he and others who believed immersive environments would require head-mounted hardware got it wrong.…

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Telling an AI model that it’s an expert programmer makes it a worse programmer

Tue, 2026-03-24 00:20
Researchers say persona-based prompting can improve works for safety but not for facts

Many people start their work with AI by prompting the machine to imagine it is an expert at the task they want it to perform, a technique that boffins have found may be futile.…

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Claude attacks were 'Rorschach test' for infosec community, scaring former NSA boss

Mon, 2026-03-23 22:50
'It freakin' worked' says Rob Joyce - and shows how relentless AI agents can find holes humans miss

RSAC 2026 The now-infamous Anthropic report about Chinese cyberspies abusing Claude AI to automate cyberattacks was a Rorschach test for the infosec community, according to former NSA cyber boss Rob Joyce.…

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Public-private partnerships vital in disrupting China's Typhoons, says RSA panel with no government speakers

Mon, 2026-03-23 21:56
Washington content to be represented by actual empty chairs

RSAC 2026 Back in the day (circa 2023) when cybercrime group Scattered Spider and its help-desk voice-phishing calls were a relatively new threat, the feds considered pulling the government's top cyber-threat hunters and their private-sector counterparts into one room to share information, in real time, about this loosely knit extortion ring that was terrorizing enterprises.…

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Snowflake's ongoing pitch: bring AI to data rather than data to AI

Mon, 2026-03-23 21:45
Customers are 'excited' says one solution provider

Snowflake is putting cash and kinetic energy behind the idea that AI works best in its platform.…

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Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to patch fast, ask questions later

Mon, 2026-03-23 20:42
Here's where you ought to spend your security billable hours budget this year

Strengthen your MFA policies, double-down on anti-phishing training, and for Jobs' sake, patch all your vulns right away. The past year of intelligence collected by Cisco's Talos threat hunters suggests that attackers are moving faster to exploit vulns, and fooling more staff than ever into giving up their credentials. …

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If you love your boss, imagine how much more you'll love their AI twin

Mon, 2026-03-23 19:53
Digital twins of leaders may be plausible as novelty acts, but not really welcome

Imagine that your boss is too busy to show up at that meeting you called so she sends a bot of herself instead. With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corporate jet - could make an appearance at your powwow about the break room coffee machine. But would you want them there?…

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