March 2026

Telling an AI model that it’s an expert programmer makes it a worse programmer 2026-03-24 at 02:20 By Thomas Claburn 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 […]

If you love your boss, imagine how much more you’ll love their AI twin 2026-03-23 at 23:47 By Thomas Claburn 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

North Korean Hackers Abuse VS Code Auto-Run Tasks to Deploy StoatWaffle Malware 2026-03-23 at 23:47 By The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign, also tracked as WaterPlum, have been attributed to a malware family tracked as StoatWaffle that’s distributed via malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) projects. The use of VS

Snowflake’s ongoing pitch: bring AI to data rather than data to AI 2026-03-23 at 23:45 By O’Ryan Johnson Customers are ‘excited’ says one solution provider Snowflake is putting cash and kinetic energy behind the idea that AI works best in its platform.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to patch fast, ask questions later 2026-03-23 at 22:42 By Brandon Vigliarolo 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

Senators move to ban sports betting on prediction markets like Kalshi, Polymarket — first bill of its kind 2026-03-23 at 19:58 By Marc Vartabedian A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Monday that would prohibit prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket from offering contracts tied to sports events and casino-style games. The

AI agents are ‘gullible’ and easy to turn into your minions 2026-03-23 at 19:58 By Jessica Lyons Zenity CTO demos 0-click AI agent exploits on stage at RSAC RSA 2026  There’s a very simple reason why just about every enterprise AI agent is vulnerable to zero-click attacks, according to Michael Bargury, CTO of AI security

Fake product recall notices are the latest scam targeting consumers: ‘Something seemed fishy’ 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Brooke Steinberg According to the 2025 Cyber Readiness Report, published in October, text message scam attempts have increased by a staggering 50% in the past year. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

SoftBank to build massive AI datacenter on former US nuclear weapons site 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Dan Robinson 10GW server farm, 10GW of new generation, and $4.2bn grid upgrade. And someone else is paying for the uranium cleanup Softbank’s SB Energy is redeveloping Department of Energy (DoE) land in Ohio for a massive datacenter campus,

Forget drones – the US Army just took delivery of a self-flying Black Hawk helicopter 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Expendable military drones are so 2025 The US Army just took receipt of what may be the coolest unmanned drone ever flown by the military: A full-sized Black Hawk helicopter. … This article is an

Avalonia bolts Linux and WebAssembly onto .NET MAUI 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Tim Anderson Broader platform coverage lands, if developers can tolerate the rough edges AvaloniaUI has previewed MAUI support for Linux and WebAssembly browser applications — platforms Microsoft’s own cross-platform .NET framework lacks — but low adoption and persistent bugs are likely to constrain