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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

Fujitsu taps Broadcom’s 3D chip tech for 144-core Monaka CPU 2026-02-27 at 02:54 By Tobias Mann Processor is one of roughly half a dozen designs based on Broadcom’s XDSiP platform Fujitsu’s 144-core Monaka CPU will be built using 3D-chip stacking tech from Broadcom, the merchant silicon slinger revealed on Thursday.… This article is an excerpt

Mark Zuckerberg latest tech billionaire to shun California with ultra-luxe Miami mansion purchase 2026-02-26 at 23:32 By Ross O’Keefe Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg bought a multimillion-dollar mansion in Florida, as one of the latest celebrities set to leave California as the wealth tax looms. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | California

Pentagon takes key step toward blacklisting Anthropic as Friday deadline to remove safeguards looms: report 2026-02-26 at 23:19 By Thomas Barrabi The Pentagon has reportedly asked Boeing and Lockheed Martin to detail their reliance on Anthropic’s Claude chatbot ahead of a Friday deadline for the AI firm to either relax its safeguards or face being

Anthropic launches new marketing blog, pretends it’s being ‘written’ by ‘retired’ LLM 2026-02-26 at 23:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Pretending the software is sentient makes it sound more powerful As with any piece of obsolete software, you might expect an outdated AI model to just be switched off. Anthropic, however, argues that simply pulling the plug

Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown 2026-02-26 at 23:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that uses a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to make it resilient to takedown efforts. “Instead of relying on traditional servers or domains for command-and-control, Aeternum stores

Burger King turns to AI to flame broil employees who aren’t friendly enough 2026-02-26 at 22:57 By Brandon Vigliarolo Because nothing says hospitality like a bot counting your pleases The bot’s nagging will continue until morale improves. Burger King is rolling out a new employee-facing AI that, among other things, will listen to employees’ customer

Meta tried to block lawyers from asking Mark Zuckerberg about his $231B fortune in LA social media trial: court docs 2026-02-26 at 22:50 By Thomas Barrabi Meta quietly tried to block attorneys from asking Mark Zuckerberg about his massive fortune at the bombshell social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, according to court documents reviewed

AI models still suck at math 2026-02-26 at 22:42 By Thomas Claburn Just less than before, according to the ORCA test exclusive  Current-day LLMs are prediction engines and, as such, they can only find the most likely solution to problems, which is not necessarily the correct one. Though popular models have mostly become better at

Microsoft to auto-launch Copilot in Edge whenever you click a link from Outlook 2026-02-26 at 19:38 By Richard Speed Whac-A-Mole season continues as Redmond finds yet another corner to stuff its 21st century Clippy Microsoft has announced that its Edge browser will automatically open the Copilot side pane when users open links from Outlook.… This

Top cloud providers to outspend Ireland’s GDP on AI in 2026 2026-02-26 at 19:38 By Dan Robinson TrendForce says eight hyperscalers are set to pour $710B into servers and infrastructure The big cloud operators are ramping up investment in AI servers and infrastructure to meet demand for AI development and deployment, exacerbating the memory shortage

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Kali Linux + Claude, Chrome Crash Traps, WinRAR Flaws, LockBit & 15+ Stories 2026-02-26 at 19:37 By Nothing here looks dramatic at first glance. That’s the point. Many of this week’s threats begin with something ordinary, like an ad, a meeting invite, or a software update. Behind the scenes, the tactics are sharper.

UAT-10027 Targets U.S. Education and Healthcare with Dohdoor Backdoor 2026-02-26 at 19:37 By A previously undocumented threat activity cluster has been attributed to an ongoing malicious campaign targeting education and healthcare sectors in the U.S. since at least December 2025. The campaign is being tracked by Cisco Talos under the moniker UAT-10027. The end goal

Instagram unveils new flagging system to alert parents that their child is searching suicide and self-harm content 2026-02-26 at 18:15 By Ben Cost “These alerts are designed to give parents the information they need to support their teen and come with expert resources to help parents approach these sensitive conversations,” Meta announced. This article is

Ebay axing 800 jobs after $1.2B Depop acquisition spurs ‘strategic’ restructuring 2026-02-26 at 18:08 By Reuters EBay bought Depop as the firm doubles down on secondhand fashion and Gen Z‑focused platforms. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Rapid AI-driven development makes security unattainable, warns Veracode 2026-02-26 at 17:26 By Tim Anderson Report claims more vulnerabilities created than fixed as remediation gap widens Veracode has posted its annual State of Software Security report, based on data from 1.6 million applications tested on its cloud platform, finding that more vulnerabilities are being created than

Expert Recommends: Prepare for PQC Right Now 2026-02-26 at 15:20 By Introduction: Steal It Today, Break It in a Decade Digital evolution is unstoppable, and though the pace may vary, things tend to fall into place sooner rather than later. That, of course, applies to adversaries as well. The rise of ransomware and cyber extortion

Five Eyes warn: Patch your Cisco SD-WAN or risk root takeover 2026-02-26 at 14:40 By Connor Jones A rare joint alert from all five spy agencies means serious business The Five Eyes intelligence alliance is urgently warning defenders to patch two Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vulnerabilities used in attacks.… This article is an excerpt from The