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European Space Agency and China both achieve gigabit links to geostationary satellites 2026-03-04 at 06:31 By Simon Sharwood Raises hopes birds 40,000km away can be reprogrammed, for science or military purposes The European Space Agency and the Institute of Optoelectronics at China’s Academy of Sciences both claim they’ve achieved gigabit links to satellites in geostationary […]

Google feels the need for security speed, so will ship Chrome updates every two weeks 2026-03-04 at 04:09 By Simon Sharwood Retains eight-weekly Extended Stable releases but warns fortnightly updates are the best way to stay safe Google will halve the time between releases of its Chrome browser to two weeks, across versions of the […]

OpenAI says its latest model is less likely to beat around the bush 2026-03-04 at 03:08 By Thomas Claburn The AI giant is also trying to walk back some terms of its deal with the Defense Department OpenAI says GPT‑5.3 Instant, the latest addition to its GPT-5.3 family of models, is less inclined to moralize.… […]

OpenAI’s Sam Altman fends off ‘painful’ backlash to Pentagon AI deal — including chalk-wielding activists 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Thomas Barrabi OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is scrambling to head off a backlash over the tech giant’s deal with the Pentagon — defending it before workers at a tense all-hands meeting on Tuesday after protesters outside […]

Everything Apple fans hate about the new $600 iPhone 17e: ‘That’s robbery’ 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Ben Cost Preorders for the state-of-the-art device began on March 4 with a wide release planned for March 11. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Here’s how much Apple is raising prices on MacBook Air, Pro models 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Ariel Zilber Apple’s newest MacBook Air and Pro models come with some new features and higher prices. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Nvidia-backed photonics startup Ayar Labs fills its wallet to mass-produce CPO chiplets 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Tobias Mann Company aims to stitch tens of thousands of GPUs together for more efficient training and inference It’s a good time to be an AI chip startup, especially if you happen to specialize in silicon photonics.… This article […]

Dev stunned by $82K Gemini bill after unknown API key thief goes to town 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Jessica Lyons Probably not an isolated incident only as researchers have already found 2,863 live API keys exposed A developer says their company is on the hook for more than $82,000 in unauthorized charges after a stolen […]

Facebook is down, interrupting your poking and Meta’s ads business 2026-03-04 at 01:52 By Simon Sharwood Go outside and smell some flowers Meta’s flagship service, Facebook, is experiencing an outage.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

MIT boffins aim to build injectable mini-organs that can fill in for a damaged liver 2026-03-04 at 00:59 By Brandon Vigliarolo Injected liver cells stayed viable and functional for eight weeks in mice Can’t keep waiting on the transplant list? How about an injectable “satellite liver” instead? After an MIT research project showed early success, […]

Chat at your own risk! Data brokers are selling deeply personal bot transcripts 2026-03-03 at 23:39 By Thomas Claburn AI conversations for sale include sensitive health and legal details Your latest chat transcript could be bought and sold. Data brokers are selling access to sensitive personal data captured during chatbot conversations, despite claims that the […]

Lawmakers take pick to ICE’s warrantless location tracking purchases 2026-03-03 at 22:10 By Jessica Lyons After DHS’s $2.3M PenLink contract gets ‘shady’ label A group of 70 US lawmakers has called on Homeland Security’s inspector general to investigate whether its agencies – including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – illegally purchased Americans’ location data […]

Apple jacks up MacBook pricing with M5 Pro, Max debut 2026-03-03 at 22:10 By Tobias Mann No one can hide from the RAMapocalypse, not even Tim Apple RAM shortages and faster chips have a big impact on Apple’s next-gen laptops. On Tuesday, the iGiant unveiled its M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and M5 Airs […]

1M Impacted by University of Hawaii Cancer Center Breach 2026-03-03 at 22:10 By The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center’s Epidemiology Division revealed it experienced a data breach.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Cyberwarriors elevated to big leagues in US war with Iran 2026-03-03 at 20:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo No more hiding in the server closet: Cyber ops mentioned alongside kinetic warfare as critical to conflict In what may be the most public acknowledgment of its cyber operations capabilities to date, the Pentagon has admitted that cyber soldiers […]

Fake Tech Support Spam Deploys Customized Havoc C2 Across Organizations 2026-03-03 at 20:31 By Threat hunters have called attention to a new campaign as part of which bad actors masqueraded as fake IT support to deliver the Havoc command-and-control (C2) framework as a precursor to data exfiltration or ransomware attack. The intrusions, identified by Huntress […]

BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the CrunchBang flame alive with Debian 13 2026-03-03 at 19:47 By Liam Proven Release lays the groundwork for going Wayland, if that’s your sort of thing BunsenLabs Linux is a lightweight, Debian-based distro forked from CrunchBang, and seven months after Debian 13 “Trixie” arrived, the project has released its latest version, dubbed […]

Western governments seek to lock down 6G before it even exists 2026-03-03 at 19:47 By Carly Page Telecoms coalition wants to avoid another 5G-style vendor scramble with early security guardrails A group of Western governments has launched a fresh bid to shape 6G before it’s even standardized, unveiling a set of security and resilience principles […]

Turns out most cybercriminals are old enough to know better 2026-03-03 at 19:47 By Carly Page Law enforcement data shows profit-driven cybercrime is dominated by 35- to 44-year-olds, not script kiddies Contrary to what some believe, cybercrime is not a kids’ game. Middle-aged adults, not teenagers, now make up the biggest chunk of people getting […]

Building a High-Impact Tier 1: The 3 Steps CISOs Must Follow 2026-03-03 at 19:46 By Every CISO knows the uncomfortable truth about their Security Operations Center: the people most responsible for catching threats in real time are the people with the least experience. Tier 1 analysts sit at the front line of detection, and yet […]