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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

8 new emojis just dropped — including a controversial icon that prompted apology from Apple 2026-03-11 at 20:56 By Brooke Steinberg A new batch of emojis are coming to Apple products this spring with the new iOS 26.4 update. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

The best way to fix your TikTok algorithm when your FYP is out of control 2026-03-11 at 20:56 By Brooke Steinberg If you’re going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Live Nation CEO urged by ticked-off judge to settle with states after stunning deal with feds: ‘tickle on the wrist’ 2026-03-11 at 20:56 By Thomas Barrabi Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino and his team faced a frustrated federal judge in court on Tuesday after his company reached a bombshell settlement with the Justice Department over

Google’s Sergey Brin backs rival candidates in race to succeed California Gov. Gavin Newsom 2026-03-11 at 20:56 By Marc Vartabedian Brin recently contributed $39,200 to the campaign of Fox News contributor Steve Hilton, a Republican and $1 million to support Democrat Matt Mahan. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York

Meta, international cops use handcuffs and AI to stop scammers 2026-03-11 at 20:28 By Jessica Lyons 150k accounts nuked, 21 suspects arrested Not every scam starts with malware or a compromised account. Sometimes all it takes is a friend request or a link shared via chat.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Researchers Trick Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes 2026-03-11 at 20:28 By Agentic web browsers that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to autonomously execute actions across multiple websites on behalf of a user could be trained and tricked into falling prey to phishing and scam traps. The attack, at its

Ig Nobel Prize flees US for Switzerland after 35 years over safety concerns 2026-03-11 at 18:32 By Lindsay Clark This is not satire, but we wish it was The Ig Nobel Prize, which satirizes its more noble namesake, is moving its award ceremony to Europe following concerns about the safety of those attending the US

ICO fines Police Scotland over data-sharing debacle in gross misconduct case 2026-03-11 at 18:32 By Connor Jones Blue-on-blue internal investigation lands force £66k fine The UK’s data protection watchdog has fined Police Scotland £66,000 ($88,000) for what it calls a “serious failure” in handling an alleged victim’s sensitive data.… This article is an excerpt from

Intel finds its Zen undercutting AMD with Arrow Lake refresh 2026-03-11 at 18:31 By Tobias Mann Let them eat cores Intel has a new strategy for shoring up its eroding market share: Offering PC buyers more cores per dollar than arch-rival AMD in a refresh of its Arrow Lake range.… This article is an excerpt

Why Security Culture Metrics Matter More Than Dashboards 2026-03-11 at 18:31 By Traditional metrics can be valuable, but they don’t tell the whole story. To truly understand the bigger picture of an organization’s security posture, leaders need to consider “culture metrics.” This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

Meta Disables 150K Accounts Linked to Southeast Asia Scam Centers in Global Crackdown 2026-03-11 at 18:31 By Meta on Wednesday said it disabled over 150,000 accounts associated with scam centers in Southeast Asia as part of a coordinated effort in partnership with authorities from Thailand, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines,

Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices 2026-03-11 at 18:31 By SAP has released security updates to address two critical security flaws that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected systems. The vulnerabilities in question listed below – CVE-2019-17571 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A code injection vulnerability

What Boards Must Demand in the Age of AI-Automated Exploitation 2026-03-11 at 18:31 By “You knew, and you could have acted. Why didn’t you?”  This is the question you do not want to be asked. And increasingly, it’s the question leaders are forced to answer after an incident. For years, many executive teams and boards

Suspected Iranian Cyberattack Targets U.S. Medtech Company Stryker 2026-03-11 at 18:00 By Stryker, a major U.S. medical technology organization, has been disrupted by a cyberattack.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source