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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 […]

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 […]