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Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11 2026-03-12 at 08:35 By Simon Sharwood Out of the Copilot and into the fire Please let there be ‘Xbork’ as this appears in all the wrong places Organizations that rely on consumer-grade PCs or allow staff to bring their own devices to work, have something new to worry

CISA Flags Actively Exploited n8n RCE Bug as 24,700 Instances Remain Exposed 2026-03-12 at 08:34 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting n8n to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score: 9.9), concerns

China’s CERT warns OpenClaw can inflict nasty wounds 2026-03-12 at 07:07 By Simon Sharwood Like deleting data, exposing keys, and loading malicious content – which may be why Beijing has reportedly banned it China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team has warned locals that the OpenClaw agentic AI tool poses significant security risks.… This

Meta reveals four custom AI chips, claims they outperform commercial silicon 2026-03-12 at 06:49 By Simon Sharwood Deploying them by the gigawatt but still can’t be flag obvious AI slop Social networking giant Meta has revealed details of four previously unknown custom chips powering its AI services.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Freaked out mom pulls plug on Amazon’s Alexa after AI bot’s creepy question to tot: ‘No more Alexa in our house’ 2026-03-12 at 02:44 By Marissa Matozzo Little Stella’s bedtime story took a turn for the bizarre. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban 2026-03-12 at 02:13 By Thomas Claburn Court issues preliminary injunction but delays it to allow an appeal Perplexity’s AI browser Comet has been banned from accessing Amazon’s website after the e-commerce giant obtained a court-ordered preliminary injunction.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Atlassian to shed ten percent of staff, because AI 2026-03-12 at 02:13 By Simon Sharwood Company is ‘reshaping our skill mix’ amid long share price slide and SaaSpocalypse whispers Australian collaborationware company Atlassian has announced it will shed ten percent of staff – around 1,600 people.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Iran plots ‘infrastructure warfare’ against US tech giants 2026-03-12 at 00:47 By O’Ryan Johnson State news published a list of nearly 30 sites that could be targeted Iran has reportedly designated Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Palantir facilities as legitimate targets of retaliatory strikes, according to an Al Jazeera report citing Iran’s state-affiliated

Most chatbots will help plan school shootings and other violence, study shows 2026-03-12 at 00:14 By Thomas Claburn I see you’re trying to kill children. Would you like some help with that? You might expect a bot to have guardrails that prevent it from helping you plan a crime, but your expectations might be too

Iran-linked cyber crew says they hit US med-tech firm 2026-03-12 at 00:14 By Jessica Lyons Meanwhile, Verifone says ‘no evidence’ to support the digital intruders’ claims A hacking crew with ties to Iran’s intelligence agency claimed to be behind a global network outage at med-tech firm Stryker on Wednesday, and said the cyberattack was in