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Chatbot Romeos keep users talking longer, but harm their mental health 2026-03-18 at 23:05 By Thomas Claburn Flattery and delusional talk have negative outcomes Sometimes a compliment is no help at all. Chatbot flattery, a well-known and common problem, makes things worse for humans experiencing mental health issues.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Bombshell AI study — chatbots fueling delusions, self-harm and unhealthy emotional attachments in users: ‘Think I love you’ 2026-03-18 at 22:31 By Ariel Zilber Researchers at Stanford University analyzed chat logs from 19 users who reported psychological harm, reviewing more than 391,000 messages. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York

ChatGPT advised exec on how to fire Subnautica founders to avoid payout, court ruling says 2026-03-18 at 21:51 By Brandon Vigliarolo The law is the law, no matter who tells you to break it One of your studios is about to make a game that you think will be a huge hit, and you don’t

After talking to nearly 1,100 teens about social media and making a terrifying self-harm discovery, 17-year-old deleted TikTok, Instagram 2026-03-18 at 21:19 By Rikki Schlott A Colorado teen surveyed 1,084 of her peers — and found that about half of the girls have thought about self-harm in the past six months. This article is an excerpt

Storage vendors orbit the Nvidia sun at GTC 2026-03-18 at 20:34 By Chris Mellor Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Nutanix, and Seagate all had something to say GTC  Hitachi Vantara and Nutanix announced support for Nvidia’s new GPUs and software at GTC 2026, much like every other storage system vendor, while IBM integrated Watsonx and other offerings

Microsoft promises all-in-one database wrangling hub on Fabric 2026-03-18 at 19:48 By Lindsay Clark 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.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Amazon security boss says crims abused max-security Cisco firewall flaw weeks before disclosure 2026-03-18 at 19:48 By Jessica Lyons 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

GrubHub to begin delivering food via drones in New Jersey next week 2026-03-18 at 19:35 By Brooke Steinberg New Jersey’s first drone-powered food delivery service program is being tested. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

OFAC Sanctions DPRK IT Worker Network Funding WMD Programs Through Fake Remote Jobs 2026-03-18 at 19:34 By The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned six individuals and two entities for their involvement in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) worker scheme with an aim

Creepy, new Tinder feature wants all access to your photo library — and to spy on your most intimate moments 2026-03-18 at 19:21 By Asia Grace Artificial intelligence is now going to pic out your dating profile pics.  Finding “the one” just got a bit easier — or creepier — with Tinder’s radical “Camera Roll Scan” feature.

Ohio citizens tell hyperscalers to take their supersized datacenters elsewhere 2026-03-18 at 19:21 By Dan Robinson 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.…

FTC chairman says wedding site The Knot could be violating law by allegedly defrauding small businesses 2026-03-18 at 19:10 By Thomas Barrabi Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has warned that wedding planning site The Knot Worldwide could be violating federal law as it faces allegations of defrauding small business owners, The Post has learned.