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Apple jacks up MacBook pricing with M5 Pro, Max debut

(2026/03/03)

No one can hide from the RAMapocalypse, not even Tim Apple



Lawmakers take pick to ICE's warrantless location tracking purchases

(2026/03/03)

After DHS’s $2.3M PenLink contract gets ‘shady’ label



Cyberwarriors elevated to big leagues in US war with Iran

(2026/03/03)

No more hiding in the server closet: Cyber ops mentioned alongside kinetic warfare as critical to conflict



Accenture down to buy Downdetector as part of $1.2 billion deal

(2026/03/03)

The deal includes all Ookla assets including Speedtest, Ekahau, and RootMetrics



BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the CrunchBang flame alive with Debian 13

(2026/03/03)

Release lays the groundwork for going Wayland, if that's your sort of thing



Turns out most cybercriminals are old enough to know better

(2026/03/03)

Law enforcement data shows profit-driven cybercrime is dominated by 35- to 44-year-olds, not script kiddies



Western governments seek to lock down 6G before it even exists

(2026/03/03)

Telecoms coalition wants to avoid another 5G-style vendor scramble with early security guardrails



CIOs say AI adoption is moving faster than they can manage

(2026/03/03)

Risk management? Continuity plan if our provider disappears? We've heard of these things



AWS backs Open VSX as Rust survey shows VS Code decline

(2026/03/03)

AI-first editors and agent-driven tooling intensify competition in the IDE market



Until last month, attackers could've stolen info from Perplexity Comet users just by sending a calendar invite

(2026/03/03)

AI browsing agent left local files open for the taking



Bank of England says it can run £431M settlement system without Accenture

(2026/03/03)

Deputy governor tells MPs central bank now has in-house skills and IP to maintain revamped RTGS



Bootleg Windows, Office scheme crashes, triggers 22-month lockup for Florida woman

(2026/03/03)

Heidi Richards paid more than $5M for certificate of authenticity labels in five years



Microsoft reportedly eyes E7 tier to make AI agents pay their way – like the humans they'll replace

(2026/03/03)

Redmond wants a monthly cut from every digital worker on your payroll. Agents don't need dental, they will need a SKU



Chrome Gemini panel became privilege escalator for rogue extensions

(2026/03/03)

High-severity flaw let malicious add-ons access system via browser's embedded AI feature



Cybercriminals swipe 15.8M medical records from French doctors ministry

(2026/03/03)

Third-party software supplier breached leading to leak of notes



Vodafone to use Amazon sats for cell backhaul in remote parts of Europe, Africa

(2026/03/03)

From Bavarian Alps to Congo basin and other places where laying cable is a PITA



Brussels urged to pay 'sovereignty premium' to narrow China battery gap

(2026/03/03)

Analysis claims €500 per EV could secure local production and cut reliance on foreign supply chains



Gamers furious as indie studio Cloud Imperium quietly admits to data breach

(2026/03/03)

Slow disclosure and odd reassurance that exposing names and contact details won't be a problem isn't going down well



Claude having artificially intelligent hiccups and access lockouts for over two hours

(2026/03/03)

Developers ponder the horror of having to actually write code



Huawei brings its flatpack AI datacenters, packed full of Chinese chips, to the world

(2026/03/03)

Claims it can build and deploy them fast, whether they run at speed is another matter



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