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Background Many users choose Microsoft Office over LibreOffice because of its support for proprietary formats .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and its “ribbon” interface. C...

Background An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: Users of Meta's AI smart glasses in Europe may be unknowingly sharing intimate video and sensitiv...

Background OpenAI is amending its Pentagon contract after CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that the original agreement appeared “opportunistic and sloppy.” The comp...

Deal Overview Accenture is acquiring Downdetector parent company Ooklahttps://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/accenture_buys_ookla_downdetector_ziff_davis/ from...

Supreme Court Reaction An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: India's Supreme Court has threatened legal consequences after a judge was found to hav...

New M5 Chips in MacBook Pro and Air Apple updated the MacBook Prohttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-macbook-pro-with-all-new-m5-pro-and-m5...

Background The U.S. Copyright Office has taken the position that AI‑generated works lack the required human authorship for copyright protection. In 2019, the O...

After OpenAI announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. uninstalls of the ChatGPT app surged 295 % in a single day【TechCrunch】. Meanwhile...

Background An anonymous reader shared a CTech article captioned “A brilliantly executed operation.” According to reporting by the Financial Times paywalled, ye...

Incident Overview A Reuters report detailed drone strikes in the Middle East conflict with Iran that damaged Amazon Web Services AWS data centers in the United...

Restoration and Discovery The Library of Congress has restored Gugusse et l'Automatehttps://www.loc.gov/item/2026125501/?loclr=blogloc, an 1897 short by George...

Study Overview Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago examined post‑mortem hippocampal tissue from 38 adult human brains. The samples were divided i...

Background Linn County, Iowa has adoptedhttps://www.linncountyiowa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/27399/PA26-0001-Data-Center-Ordinance-Staff-Report-PDF?bidId= what m...

British Columbia to End Time Changes, Adopt Year-Round Daylight Time An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC.cahttps://www.cbc.ca: The B.C. government say...

Apple has reportedly asked Google to look into “setting up servers” for a Gemini‑powered upgrade to Sirihttps://www.theverge.com/tech/887802/apple-ai-siri-googl...

Background Paramount Skydance plans to combine HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single streaming platform, following its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Th...

Deal Overview Charter Communications, the operator of the Spectrum cable brand, has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission FCC to acqui...

Background Over the weekend, Windows Latest noticed that Microsoft’s official Copilot Discord server began automatically blocking the term “Microslop”. As show...

Announcement At MWC 2026, Motorola announced a partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation to bring the hardened, Google‑free Android variant to future devices....

AI Drafting at The Plain Dealer An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Washington Post: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland's largest newspaper, has begun to fea...

Announcement Apple today announced the iPhone 17e with support for MagSafe and an upgraded A19 chip. The base model gets 256 GB of storage at $599, and it feat...

Background South Korea's National Tax Service seized crypto assets during recent enforcement actions against 124 high‑value tax evaders, confiscating holdings...

Background Japan will effectively ban the in‑flight use of power banks starting in mid‑April after a recent series of alarming incidentshttps://www.bbc.com/new...

The Rise of AI Coding Agents An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: One day not long ago, a founder texted his investor with an update: he was re...

Background At its peak in early 2014, Stack Overflow received more than 200,000 questions per month, according to DevClass.com. By December of the following ye...

Attachable AI Companion Lenovo introduced a new attachable accessory for its laptops—a magnetic module that snaps onto the top of the display via the Magic Bay...

Background If U.S. automakers turn their backs on electric vehicles, “their sales outside the U.S. will shrivel,” warns Bloomberg. Alternate URL American manuf...

Study Overview Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crise...

Background Anthropic may have lost out on doing business with the US government, but it has gained enough popularity to earn the number‑one spot on the App Sto...

Report Engadget reports that on February 27, President Trump posted on Truth Social ordering all federal agencies to “immediately cease all use of Anthropic's...

Overview > “Podcasts have officially overtaken AM/FM talk radio as the more popular medium for spoken‑word audio in the United States,” reports TechCrunch, cit...

Overview “Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago,” reports the Associated Presshttps://apnews.com/article/birds-losses-f...

Background The Document Foundation TDF, the organization behind LibreOffice, has decided to bring back its LibreOffice Online project, which has been inactive...

Updated LTS Kernel Support Schedule - Linux 6.6 – EOL Dec 2027 was Dec 2026, giving a 4‑year support window. - Linux 6.12 – EOL Dec 2028 was Dec 2026, also a 4...

Summary - Anthropic's Claude AI assistant jumped to the No. 2 slot on Apple's chart of top U.S. free appshttps://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/charts late on Friday...

Overview The piece examines how Silicon Valley’s investors are increasingly rewarding young entrepreneurs for their “agency” – the ability to generate attentio...

Background Saturday afternoon Sam Altman announced he would start answering questions on X.com about OpenAI’s work with the U.S. Department of War and the deve...

Overview Friday was described as “a horrible day” for Duolingo investors, according to Fast Company. The stock fell another 14% after the company announced sol...

Background On Friday, all U.S. federal agencies were ordered to immediately cease using Anthropic’s AI technology after contract negotiations stalled when Anth...

Upgrade Overview There are already 5,000 sensors embedded in Antarctica's ice to look for evidence of neutrinos, according to the Washington Post. In November,...

Google Data Center Battery Project - Google will build a new data center in Pine Island, Minnesota. - The facility will be powered by 1.9 GW of clean energy fr...

CNN reports that images from Iran's capital showed cars jammed along Tehran's streets, with heavy traffic on major roads after today's wave of attacks by the US...

Key Findings - 54% of American teens report using AI assistance for schoolwork, according to the latest Pew Research survey. - One‑in‑five teens from household...

Overview A start‑up called Reflect Orbital proposes to use large, mirrored satellites to redirect sunlight to Earth at night. The concept, first noted by Slash...

Overview A start‑up called Reflect Orbital proposes to use large, mirrored satellites to redirect sunlight to Earth at night. The concept, first noted by Slash...

Background An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates agains...

Milestone Achievement On February 24th, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory activated its automated alert system, sending out roughly 800,000 real‑time notifications...