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Amazon and Nvidia open their wallets to lock in OpenAI’s business while SoftBank keeps the lights on 2026-02-27 at 22:08 By Tobias Mann ChatGPT maker announces $110B in new investment amid flurry of self-serving deals The headlines say OpenAI on Friday announced $110 billion in new investment from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank at a $730 […]

Suspected Nork digital intruders caught breaking into US healthcare, education orgs 2026-02-27 at 21:59 By Jessica Lyons Who is knocking at the Dohdoor? Digital intruders with possible links to North Korea have been infecting US education and healthcare sectors with a never-before-seen backdoor since at least December, according to security researchers.… This article is an

DoJ Seizes $61 Million in Tether Linked to Pig Butchering Crypto Scams 2026-02-27 at 20:11 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the seizure of $61 million worth of Tether that were allegedly associated with bogus cryptocurrency schemes known as pig butchering. The confiscated funds were traced to cryptocurrency addresses used for

900+ Sangoma FreePBX Instances Compromised in Ongoing Web Shell Attacks 2026-02-27 at 19:59 By The Shadowserver Foundation has revealed that over 900 Sangoma FreePBX instances still remain infected with web shells as part of attacks that exploited a command injection vulnerability starting in December 2025. Of these, 401 instances are located in the U.S., followed

Cops back Dutch telco Odido after second wave of ShinyHunters leaks 2026-02-27 at 16:31 By Connor Jones Company refuses to pay ransom as attackers threaten larger daily dumps The Netherlands’ national police is backing Odido’s refusal to pay a ransom after ShinyHunters leaked a second round of records belonging to the telco.… This article is

Burger King testing AI headsets that track how friendly employees are to customers 2026-02-27 at 15:38 By Associated Press Burger King has begun testing AI-powered headsets that can recite recipes, alert managers when inventory is low, and even track how friendly employees are to customers. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |

50 GW of datacenter demand queues up for UK grid access 2026-02-27 at 15:38 By Dan Robinson To put that into perspective, 45 GW was peak electricity use for Britain so far this year About 140 datacenters are in the queue to be connected to Britain’s power grid, and their combined energy requirements are estimated

ScarCruft Uses Zoho WorkDrive and USB Malware to Breach Air-Gapped Networks 2026-02-27 at 15:38 By The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been attributed to a fresh set of tools, including a backdoor that uses Zoho WorkDrive for command-and-control (C2) communications to fetch more payloads and an implant that uses removable media to

Half of German-speaking SAP users set to blow past 2027 ECC support deadline 2026-02-27 at 14:31 By Lindsay Clark Most DSAG members willing to pay a premium to stay on legacy platform until 2030 About half of German-speaking SAP users on its legacy ECC ERP system are set to ignore the 2027 support deadline, according

Sopra Steria sues UK government over £958M Capita outsourcing award 2026-02-27 at 14:31 By Lindsay Clark French firm claims DWP failed to identify rival’s bid was ‘abnormally low’ and alleges govt breached procurement rules Sopra Steria is suing the UK government, alleging it accepted a bid from rival Capita for an outsourcing contract worth up

Trojanized Gaming Tools Spread Java-Based RAT via Browser and Chat Platforms 2026-02-27 at 12:47 By Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users into running trojanized gaming utilities that are distributed via browsers and chat platforms to distribute a remote access trojan (RAT). “A malicious downloader staged a portable Java runtime and executed a malicious Java archive

Mondelēz picks Celonis as process backbone for SAP overhaul 2026-02-27 at 12:18 By Lindsay Clark Snack giant opts for vendor-neutral process mining as it shifts from ECC to S/4HANA In the middle of a mammoth migration off SAP’s legacy ERP systems, global snack giant Mondelēz has found an alternative to the German vendor’s tech as

UK copper fired after faking keyboard taps using photo frame 2026-02-27 at 12:18 By Connor Jones Typing 8x more than your peers? You better have the work to show for it Avon and Somerset Police this week confirmed a former officer was dismissed after she was found weighing her laptop keyboard down with photo frames

Meta Files Lawsuits Against Brazil, China, Vietnam Advertisers Over Celeb-Bait Scams 2026-02-27 at 10:17 By Meta on Thursday said it’s taking legal action to tackle scams on its platforms by filing lawsuits against what it calls deceptive advertisers based in Brazil, China, and Vietnam. As part of the effort, the advertisers’ methods of payment have

China’s ‘The US hacks itself to make us look bad’ theorists return with a crypto conspiracy 2026-02-27 at 08:18 By Simon Sharwood Apparently Uncle Sam busted Binance to shore up the dollar, balance the budget, and achieve world domination The Chinese agency that has accused the USA of cyberattacks on its own infrastructure to make

NUC, NUC! Who’s there? ASUS with a thin client for Microsoft’s cloudy PCs 2026-02-27 at 07:53 By Simon Sharwood Dell also joins the basic devices for Windows 365 fun Microsoft has found some friends to make desktop devices that boot into its Windows 365 cloud PCs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Anthropic to Pentagon: Autonomous weapons could hurt US troops and civilians 2026-02-27 at 05:27 By Simon Sharwood AI upstart won’t remove Claude’s guardrails to stay onside with Dept. of War Anthropic has fired back at the US Department of War, arguing that it can’t agree to Uncle Sam’s contract demand to remove guardrails on its

New endowment hopes to raise a big pile of money for open source projects 2026-02-27 at 02:54 By Thomas Claburn Grants for critical, unappreciated projects Open source projects, ever short of funding, have a potential new source of revenue in the form of the Open Source Endowment (OSE).… This article is an excerpt from The

Jack Dorsey’s fintech outfit Block announces 40% layoffs, blames AI, gets 23% stock bump 2026-02-27 at 02:54 By Simon Sharwood One massive round of firings is apparently better for morale than a drip-drip-drip of death Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s financial services company Block has announced it will fire 40 percent of staff – around 4,000

ServiceNow boasts its AI bot is resolving 90% of its own help desk tickets 2026-02-27 at 02:54 By O’Ryan Johnson When it gets stuck, the bot will escalate rather than hallucinate ServiceNow claims it has created an AI agent that is currently solving 90 percent of the inbound IT tickets to the company’s own employee