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

Water company wasted $200k on bad answers from an AI model – so built its own slop filtering system 2026-03-18 at 09:27 By Thomas Claburn ‘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 […]

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

Alibaba Cloud hikes prices by up to 34 percent, blames hardware costs and AI demand 2026-03-18 at 09:27 By Simon Sharwood 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.… This article is an excerpt

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Tufin introduces AI agents to take on network security work

Tufin introduces AI agents to take on network security work 2026-03-18 at 09:27 By Industry News Tufin is launching a new collection of AI agents designed to take on network security tasks for teams that are already stretched thin. This helps free up scarce expertise to focus on higher-level risks, critical decisions, and defending the

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Stop building security goals around controls

Stop building security goals around controls 2026-03-18 at 09:27 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Devin Rudnicki, CISO at Fitch Group, argues that security strategy fails when it loses its connection to business outcomes. Rudnicki walks through how to align security goals with corporate priorities, why CISOs must present risk in terms

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Cybercriminals scale up, government sector hit hardest

Cybercriminals scale up, government sector hit hardest 2026-03-18 at 09:27 By Sinisa Markovic Government agencies faced the highest volume of cyberattack campaigns in 2025, according to new findings from HPE Threat Labs, which tracked 1,186 active campaigns over the course of the year. The data covers activity observed between January 1 and December 31, 2025,

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Apple Fixes WebKit Vulnerability Enabling Same-Origin Policy Bypass on iOS and macOS

Apple Fixes WebKit Vulnerability Enabling Same-Origin Policy Bypass on iOS and macOS 2026-03-18 at 09:27 By Apple on Tuesday released its first round of Background Security Improvements to address a security flaw in WebKit that affects iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20643 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a cross-origin issue

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Global fraud losses climb to $442 billion

Global fraud losses climb to $442 billion 2026-03-18 at 08:01 By Sinisa Markovic Online fraud is reaching more victims and generating larger losses, driven by digital tools and organized networks operating across borders. Global trends in financial fraud (Source: Interpol) In INTERPOL’s March 2026 Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment, financial fraud sits among the top

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Critical Unpatched Telnetd Flaw (CVE-2026-32746) Enables Unauthenticated Root RCE via Port 23

Critical Unpatched Telnetd Flaw (CVE-2026-32746) Enables Unauthenticated Root RCE via Port 23 2026-03-18 at 07:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) that could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32746, carries a CVSS

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SEC chair Paul Atkins floats ‘safe harbor’ exemptions for crypto

SEC chair Paul Atkins floats ‘safe harbor’ exemptions for crypto 2026-03-18 at 06:52 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan SEC chair Paul Atkins says the regulator should review giving a range of exemptions to crypto companies to allow “bespoke pathways” to raise money. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Coin Center urges SEC to prioritize rulemaking over no-action letters

Coin Center urges SEC to prioritize rulemaking over no-action letters 2026-03-18 at 06:52 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The Washington D.C.-based non-profit cryptocurrency policy think tank argued that no action letters within the crypto industry lead to fragmentation and uneven treatment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Meta to shutter Horizon Worlds metaverse on VR in favor of mobile

Meta to shutter Horizon Worlds metaverse on VR in favor of mobile 2026-03-18 at 06:52 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is dropping VR support for its flagship metaverse world, which it launched in 2021 as part of the company’s big gamble on virtual worlds. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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

Linux Foundation kicks off effort to shield FOSS maintainers from AI slop bug reports 2026-03-18 at 06:52 By Simon Sharwood 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

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

Japan to allow ‘proactive cyber-defense’ from October 1st 2026-03-18 at 05:04 By Simon Sharwood 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.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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Bitrefill links Lazarus Group to employee laptop hack, stolen funds

Bitrefill links Lazarus Group to employee laptop hack, stolen funds 2026-03-18 at 04:04 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitrefill didn’t reveal how much money was drained in the March 1 incident but said it will absorb the losses using its operational capital. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Twitter shareholder lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of driving down stock goes to jury: ‘Knew what he was doing’

Twitter shareholder lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of driving down stock goes to jury: ‘Knew what he was doing’ 2026-03-18 at 01:33 By Associated Press The civil trial in San Francisco centers on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter, which he later renamed X, in October 2022. This article is an

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SEC will consider most crypto assets not securities under federal law

SEC will consider most crypto assets not securities under federal law 2026-03-18 at 01:04 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The interpretative notice included information on token taxonomy and what digital assets the regulator would consider a security under federal law. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Moody’s brings credit ratings onchain with Canton Network integration

Moody’s brings credit ratings onchain with Canton Network integration 2026-03-17 at 23:44 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The move marks an early step toward embedding traditional risk assessment into blockchain-based financial infrastructure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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