2026

European Space Agency and China both achieve gigabit links to geostationary satellites 2026-03-04 at 06:31 By Simon Sharwood Raises hopes birds 40,000km away can be reprogrammed, for science or military purposes The European Space Agency and the Institute of Optoelectronics at China’s Academy of Sciences both claim they’ve achieved gigabit links to satellites in geostationary

Google feels the need for security speed, so will ship Chrome updates every two weeks 2026-03-04 at 04:09 By Simon Sharwood Retains eight-weekly Extended Stable releases but warns fortnightly updates are the best way to stay safe Google will halve the time between releases of its Chrome browser to two weeks, across versions of the

OpenAI says its latest model is less likely to beat around the bush 2026-03-04 at 03:08 By Thomas Claburn The AI giant is also trying to walk back some terms of its deal with the Defense Department OpenAI says GPT‑5.3 Instant, the latest addition to its GPT-5.3 family of models, is less inclined to moralize.…

OpenAI’s Sam Altman fends off ‘painful’ backlash to Pentagon AI deal — including chalk-wielding activists 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Thomas Barrabi OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is scrambling to head off a backlash over the tech giant’s deal with the Pentagon — defending it before workers at a tense all-hands meeting on Tuesday after protesters outside

Here’s how much Apple is raising prices on MacBook Air, Pro models 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Ariel Zilber Apple’s newest MacBook Air and Pro models come with some new features and higher prices. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Everything Apple fans hate about the new $600 iPhone 17e: ‘That’s robbery’ 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Ben Cost Preorders for the state-of-the-art device began on March 4 with a wide release planned for March 11. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Nvidia-backed photonics startup Ayar Labs fills its wallet to mass-produce CPO chiplets 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Tobias Mann Company aims to stitch tens of thousands of GPUs together for more efficient training and inference It’s a good time to be an AI chip startup, especially if you happen to specialize in silicon photonics.… This article

Dev stunned by $82K Gemini bill after unknown API key thief goes to town 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Jessica Lyons Probably not an isolated incident only as researchers have already found 2,863 live API keys exposed A developer says their company is on the hook for more than $82,000 in unauthorized charges after a stolen

Facebook is down, interrupting your poking and Meta’s ads business 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Simon Sharwood Go outside and smell some flowers Meta’s flagship service, Facebook, is experiencing an outage.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

MIT boffins aim to build injectable mini-organs that can fill in for a damaged liver 2026-03-04 at 00:59 By Brandon Vigliarolo Injected liver cells stayed viable and functional for eight weeks in mice Can’t keep waiting on the transplant list? How about an injectable “satellite liver” instead? After an MIT research project showed early success,

Chat at your own risk! Data brokers are selling deeply personal bot transcripts 2026-03-03 at 23:39 By Thomas Claburn AI conversations for sale include sensitive health and legal details Your latest chat transcript could be bought and sold. Data brokers are selling access to sensitive personal data captured during chatbot conversations, despite claims that the