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Claude having artificially intelligent hiccups and access lockouts for over two hours 2026-03-03 at 08:21 By Simon Sharwood Developers ponder the horror of having to actually write code Anthropic’s AI service Claude is having artificially intelligent hiccups and availability problems across its basic chat service, API, and Claude Code offering.… This article is an excerpt […]

Huawei brings its flatpack AI datacenters, packed full of Chinese chips, to the world 2026-03-03 at 05:05 By Simon Sharwood Claims it can build and deploy them fast, whether they run at speed is another matter As the AI boom rages, investors and buyers have thrown cash at anyone that even looks capable of selling

Phish of the day: Microsoft OAuth scams abuse redirects for malware delivery 2026-03-03 at 02:47 By Jessica Lyons Crims hope for payday from malicious payloads rather than stealing access tokens Microsoft has warned organizations about ongoing OAuth abuse scams that use phishing emails and URL redirects to infect victims’ machines with malware and take over

Nvidia burns $4B to light up American photonics manufacturing 2026-03-03 at 01:50 By Tobias Mann Coherent, Lumentum each walk away with $2B in cash and a multi-billion purchase commitment Nvidia is dipping into its war chest once again this week, investing $2 billion each in Coherent and Lumentum to lock in supply of the vendors’

Iran war wreaking havoc on shipping and air cargo, could create global delays 2026-03-03 at 01:03 By O’Ryan Johnson Markets in the Middle East will be affected first and worst The war against Iran is causing an air and shipping jam, but it will likely have little effect on the global technology market unless the

Beauty filters drove their teen daughters to social media addiction — and, these moms believe, to their death 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Rikki Schlott “Nobody is going to love me unless I look the part. I look at other girl’s profiles and it makes me feel worse,” Annalee Schott wrote before taking her own life

Elise Stefanik, Rick Scott demand probe into Chinese gadget maker Anker over spying fears: ‘Unacceptable risks’ 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Thomas Barrabi Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) requested a “formal investigation” on Monday into Chinese tech firm Anker, alleging the firm poses “unacceptable risks to US national security and consumer safety.

Ticketmaster owner Live Nation faces possible breakup as landmark DOJ antitrust trial kicks off 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Thomas Barrabi Ticketmaster parent Live Nation faces a potential antitrust reckoning as a landmark case accusing the music giant of running an illegal monopoly over the live music industry kicks off in Manhattan federal court. This article

AWS outages spread as Iran bombards targets across Gulf region 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Tobias Mann Multiple AWS zones in UAE and Bahrain offline or disrupted Multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) availability zones in the Middle East are experiencing outages or degraded connectivity after objects struck a UAE facility, as Iranian retaliatory missile and drone

Iran’s cyberwar has begun 2026-03-02 at 23:05 By Jessica Lyons ‘Expect elevated activity for the foreseeable future’ Iranian hackers have launched spying expeditions, digital probes, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the US and Israel launching missile strikes over the weekend, and security researchers urge organizations to expect more cyber

Popular prayer program becomes propaganda pusher after reported Israeli hack 2026-03-02 at 23:05 By Thomas Claburn Iranian worshippers got notifications saying ‘help has arrived’ Imagine your favorite app encouraging you to surrender during a war. That’s happening right now in Iran.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Motorola partners with GrapheneOS for future phones 2026-03-02 at 23:05 By Richard Speed Don’t expect to see compatible hardware before 2027 GrapheneOS is headed to Motorola smartphones in 2027, pending hardware from the Lenovo-owned brand that satisfies the privacy-focused Android fork’s requirements.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

US struck Iran with copies of its own drones 2026-03-02 at 21:31 By Dan Robinson Iran’s own technology reverse engineered and used against it. The Pentagon has confirmed that US forces struck Iranian targets using weapons that are copies of Iran’s own Shahed 136 suicide drones.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

UK Businesses told to brace cyber defenses amid Iran conflict risk 2026-03-02 at 21:03 By Carly Page NCSC urges all to review posture as escalating tensions increase risk of indirect digital spillover The UK’s cybersecurity agency is warning British organizations to brace for potential digital blowback as the Middle East conflict spills further into the

Xbox exec claims she was pushed out after eyebrow-raising bathrobe incident with colleague at hotel 2026-03-02 at 20:33 By Ariel Zilber Laura Fryer, who was director of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group at the time, said incident occurred in 2004 during the Game Developers Conference. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |

Apple makes big bet with launch of $599 iPhone 17e, upgraded iPad Air 2026-03-02 at 20:33 By Reuters The move comes as memory chip prices climb amid a global shortage, suggesting Apple is willing to absorb some component cost pressure to make its lowest-priced model more compelling. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |

Qualcomm, Nvidia ready for ‘AI-native’ 6G, if only the world knew what it was 2026-03-02 at 20:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Meanwhile, formal 6G specs are still in the works It seems like just yesterday that the 5G rollout started. Now, at Mobile World Congress, major companies are already talking about commercializing 6G. Never mind that

Singapore eyes barge-based hydrogen power for datacenters 2026-03-02 at 20:33 By Dan Robinson Saves real estate by putting the power on the water Datacenters increasingly want dedicated power, and Singapore has a unique solution. Bridge Data Centres (BDC) and Concord New Energy (CNE) are working to put hydrogen power generators on barges, saying that this

Google Develops Merkle Tree Certificates to Enable Quantum-Resistant HTTPS in Chrome 2026-03-02 at 19:27 By Google has announced a new program in its Chrome browser to ensure that HTTPS certificates are secure against the future risk posed by quantum computers. “To ensure the scalability and efficiency of the ecosystem, Chrome has no immediate plan to

New Chrome Vulnerability Let Malicious Extensions Escalate Privileges via Gemini Panel 2026-03-02 at 19:27 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome that could have permitted attackers to escalate privileges and gain access to local files on the system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0628 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been