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Microsoft promises all-in-one database wrangling hub on Fabric

Wed, 2026-03-18 17:44
PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server all handled via Database Hub, vendor says

Microsoft has launched a database management tool it promises will help users manage multiple databases sharing a single SQL engine.…

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Amazon security boss says crims abused max-security Cisco firewall flaw weeks before disclosure

Wed, 2026-03-18 17:40
Interlock's post-exploit toolkit exposed

Ransomware criminals exploited CVE-2026-20131, a maximum-severity bug in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center software, as a zero-day vulnerability more than a month before Cisco patched the hole, according to Amazon security boss CJ Moses.…

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Ohio citizens tell hyperscalers to take their supersized datacenters elsewhere

Wed, 2026-03-18 17:08
Residents looking to ban server farms with capacity over 25 MW

Ohio residents are proposing a ban on datacenters with a capacity greater than 25 MW, the latest sign of growing opposition to massive server farms across the US.…

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Microsoft publishes a workaround for Samsung's C:\ drive woes

Wed, 2026-03-18 17:06
Friends and family support techs: get ready for permission changing and batch file creating

Microsoft has published a handy guide for regaining access to a C:\ drive borked by a Samsung application, but it isn't for the faint of heart.…

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Meatbags vs machines: DeepMind plans hackathon to draw line between human and AI brains

Wed, 2026-03-18 16:51
What exactly is AGI? Nobody knows, but Google's AI lab is asking for help trying to define it

If a bot actually achieved artificial general intelligence (AGI), how would we even know? Google DeepMind boffins have come up with what they say is an empirical, scientifically grounded framework to measure progress toward AGI, and they're looking for a few good devs to actually flesh it out. …

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Systemd 260 kills SysV, tells AI not to misbehave

Wed, 2026-03-18 15:15
Good luck with that

The latest release of the most widely used Linux init system is here, and between dropping init script support and AI-assisted coding, we feel sure that this release will win it yet more admirers.…

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Microsoft Copilot boss Mustafa Suleyman to chase superintelligence

Wed, 2026-03-18 15:01
Jacob Andreou takes reins in latest reshuffle

Microsoft has rearranged the deckchairs on the RMS Copilot, sending Mustafa Suleyman to seek out superintelligence, and putting Jacob Andreou in charge of Copilot across consumer and commercial.…

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North Korea's 100,000-strong fake IT worker army rake in $500M a year for Kim Jong Un

Wed, 2026-03-18 13:57
Researchers map full org chart of the scam from dodgy recruiters to helpful Western collaborators

Researchers at IBM X‑Force and Flare Research have uncovered data that sheds light on how North Korea's fake IT worker schemes operate and infiltrate companies in order to funnel money back to the regime and steal sensitive information.…

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AI for software developers is in a 'dangerous state'

Wed, 2026-03-18 12:53
Strong forces tempting humans out of the AI loop, and reducing the experience needed to supervise and review

QCon London AI is in a dangerous state where it is too useful not to use, but where by using it, developers are giving up the experience they need to review what it does, said a speaker at QCon London, a vendor-neutral developer conference underway this week.…

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Microsoft 365 pauses Copilot creep after admins cry foul

Wed, 2026-03-18 12:38
Automatic deployment of Redmond's assistant halted for now

Microsoft has paused plans to force the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on users, halting automatic installations for an unspecified period.…

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Britain's satellite-watching gap to be plugged with £17.5M eyeball in Cyprus

Wed, 2026-03-18 12:34
No 1 Space Operations Squadron will get a persistent stare capability

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to spend £17.5 million on a remotely-operated satellite monitoring facility in Cyprus, partly to protect the UK's secure communications system Skynet.…

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IBM CEO pay pack jumps 51% for 2025 in target smash and grab

Wed, 2026-03-18 12:26
Median employee increase? 2.1%. And shareholders urged to vote against a request for AI bias reporting

Not all employees are created equally, just ask IBM boss Arvind Krishna, who received a financial package valued at $38 million in calendar 2025 - equivalent to the average collective pay of 765 Big Blue workers.…

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Samsung folds the Galaxy Z TriFold after just a few months

Wed, 2026-03-18 11:02
Analysts say three-screen smartphone successful as a proof of concept, memory crunch potentially made it unsustainable

Samsung is killing the Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone after just three months on the market.…

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It's not a binary choice. Independent boffin builds a ternary CPU on an FPGA

Wed, 2026-03-18 10:33
Three is the magic number as first off-the-shelf general-purpose ternary hardware since c 1965 lands

The 5500FP is a ternary CPU implemented on an FPGA. It's not very fast, but it makes it easier to experiment with computers that don't use binary.…

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Europe's cloud minnows tell Brussels to stop big tech 'sovereignty-washing'

Wed, 2026-03-18 09:30
24 execs sign open letter demanding control-based definitions and reserved procurement

Execs from 24 European cloud and digital service providers are urging the European Commission to legislate for real tech sovereignty – not the illusion of it – in the upcoming Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA).…

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Iran's cyberattack against med tech firm is 'just the beginning'

Wed, 2026-03-18 07:32
Even without a navy, or air power, 'They'll still have the ability to hack'

Businesses should expect that Iran will conduct more aggressive cyber-ops as the war escalates, according to security analysts.…

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Alibaba Cloud hikes prices by up to 34 percent, blames hardware costs and AI demand

Wed, 2026-03-18 06:59
Compute, storage, and SaaS all slugged - even on Alibaba's own silicon

Alibaba Cloud today informed users it will increase prices for many services by up to 34 percent.…

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Water company wasted $200k on bad answers from an AI model – so built its own slop filtering system

Wed, 2026-03-18 06:31
'Rozum' orchestrates multiple flaky models and drives them to reasonable conclusions

Tech companies have in recent years developed a reputation for being rapacious rent-seekers, but can also be unwittingly generous because their penchant to prioritize popularity over quality leaves room for others to sell improvements or repairs.…

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Linux Foundation kicks off effort to shield FOSS maintainers from AI slop bug reports

Wed, 2026-03-18 04:05
Big Tech donates $12.5 million to get things rolling

Half a dozen Big Tech players have together delivered $12.5 million in grants towards a project that aims to help maintainers of open source projects to cope with AI slop bug reports.…

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Japan to allow ‘proactive cyber-defense’ from October 1st

Wed, 2026-03-18 02:49
In less polite places, this is called ‘hacking back’ or ‘offensive cyber-ops’

Japan’s government yesterday decided to allow its Self-Defense Force to conduct offensive cyber-operations, starting on October 1st.…

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