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
Phish of the day: Microsoft OAuth scams abuse redirects for malware delivery (2026/03/03) Crims hope for payday from malicious payloads rather than stealing access tokens
Nvidia burns $4B to light up American photonics manufacturing (2026/03/03) Coherent, Lumentum each walk away with $2B in cash and a multi-billion purchase commitment
Iran war wreaking havoc on shipping and air cargo, could create global delays (2026/03/02) Markets in the Middle East will be affected first and worst
AWS says drones hit two of its datacenters in UAE, urges users to move resources to different regions (2026/03/02) UPDATED Multiple zones Middle East in UAE disrupted, with water damage complicating recovery
Popular prayer program becomes propaganda pusher after reported Israeli hack (2026/03/02) Iranian worshippers got notifications saying 'help has arrived'
Motorola partners with GrapheneOS for future phones (2026/03/02) Don't expect to see compatible hardware before 2027
US struck Iran with copies of its own drones (2026/03/02) Iran's own technology reverse engineered and used against it.
UK businesses told to brace cyber defenses amid Iran conflict risk (2026/03/02) NCSC urges all to review posture as escalating tensions increase risk of indirect digital spillover