2026

Parents of social media victims to Big Tech after addiction trial verdict: ‘This is not over’ 2026-03-26 at 03:29 By Zain Khan The tenacious families of social media victims celebrated the landmark verdict Wednesday that determined Meta and Google design their platforms to be addictive — but insisted that the “war is not over yet.” […]

Datacenter batteries are selling out years in advance, because AI, says Panasonic 2026-03-26 at 03:28 By Simon Sharwood Shifting production from automotive to compute and working on supercapacitors as another way to protect workloads Major memory makers have already sold all the kit they can make this year, creating shortages and price increases. Datacenter infrastructure […]

GitHub hits CTRL-Z, decides it will train its AI with user data after all 2026-03-26 at 03:28 By Thomas Claburn As of April 24 you’ll be feeding the Octocat unless you opt out Microsoft’s GitHub next month plans to begin using customer interaction data – “specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context” – to […]

Families are fed up with social media — and this week’s legal double whammy is just the beginning for companies like Meta 2026-03-26 at 01:33 By Rikki Schlott “I think this absolutely could also open up the floodgates,” attorney Josh Hammer said of this week’s landmark social media trials — both of which Meta lost. This article […]

NYC schools drop more than $400K on ‘creepy’ new digital hall pass scheme — that tracks kids’ toilet trips and more 2026-03-25 at 23:47 By Brooke Steinberg, Marie Pohl “I feel like most people just would feel uncomfortable about the idea of that,” one teen NYC student told The Post. This article is an excerpt […]

AI supply chain attacks don’t even require malware…just post poisoned documentation 2026-03-25 at 23:47 By Thomas Claburn A proof-of-concept attack on Context Hub suggests there’s not much content santization A new service that helps coding agents stay up to date on their API calls could be dialing in a massive supply chain vulnerability.… This article […]

Scammers have virtual smartphones on speed dial for fraud 2026-03-25 at 22:42 By Brandon Vigliarolo They cleverly mimic most traits of a real phone Smartphones have fast become the basis of our digital identities, securing payment systems and bank accounts. Now virtual devices that pretend to be real handsets have become a key tool for […]

‘Big Tech invincibility is over:’ Historic social medial addiction ruling against Meta, Google could open legal floodgates 2026-03-25 at 21:44 By Thomas Barrabi A historic ruling finding Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and YouTube parent Google liable for fueling teen social media addiction could open the floodgates for an unprecedented legal crackdown on Big Tech, critics told […]

Jen Easterly, cybersecurity’s ‘relentless optimist,’ hopes feds come back to RSAC next year 2026-03-25 at 21:44 By Jessica Lyons Ex-CISA boss also says no reason to panic about AI and security RSAC 2026  “Everybody feels massive FOMO if they don’t get to RSAC,” Jen Easterly says.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

Only Trump can decide when cyberwar turns into real war 2026-03-25 at 21:22 By Jessica Lyons Four former NSA bosses walk onto the stage at RSAC… rsac 2026  There’s a theoretical red line with cyber warfare. Cross it, and the US will respond with a physical attack like missile strikes. And that line “is whatever […]

Meta cuts about 700 jobs as it shifts spending to AI 2026-03-25 at 21:22 By O’Ryan Johnson Forget the metaverse Meta has begun laying off employees as it focuses more of its cash on building out datacenters, training its own large language models, and recruiting talent for AI.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Oracle: AI agents can reason, decide and act – liability question remains 2026-03-25 at 20:04 By Lindsay Clark Fusion Agentic Applications promise autonomous enterprise decisions. Gartner urges caution Oracle says it’s building a suite of AI agents binto its cloud-based enterprise applications, claiming they can make and execute decisions autonmomously within business processes. But analysts […]

LeakBase Admin Arrested in Russia Over Massive Stolen Credential Marketplace 2026-03-25 at 20:04 By The alleged administrator of the LeakBase cybercrime forum has been arrested by Russian law enforcement authorities, state media reported Thursday. According to TASS and MVD Media, a news website linked to the Russian Interior Ministry, the suspect is a resident of […]

Supreme Court sides with internet service provider Cox in fight with record labels over pirated music 2026-03-25 at 19:48 By Reuters The 9-0 ruling overturned a lower court’s decision to order a new trial to determine how much the internet service provider owed the record labels for a form of liability called contributory copyright infringement. […]

Innovative ‘self-cleaning fabric’ washes in rinse-only cycle — potentially cutting laundry time by 80% 2026-03-25 at 19:48 By Brooke Steinberg Scientists in China have developed a spray-on coating for clothes that stops dirt and stains from sticking to the fabric. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original […]