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Chips... in spaaaace – courtesy of Nvidia

2026-03-19 13:15:25                theregister.com

The Space-1 Vera Rubin Module will solve all your in-space computing needs gtc  Space could be the final frontier for datacenters. Never mind that some analysts have described orbital bit barns as "peak insanity" - Nvidia has designed a new Vera Rubin module specifically to operate above the Earth's atmosphere.…

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I can't recommend cheap Samsung and Google phones when this Android rival exists

2026-03-19 13:13:11                zdnet.com

Review: The Nothing Phone 4a Pro beats its midrange competitors with a premium build, smooth user experience, and a versatile camera setup.

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ChatGPT advised exec on how to fire Subnautica founders to avoid payout, court ruling says

2026-03-19 13:07:41                theregister.com

The law is the law, no matter who tells you to break it One of your studios is about to make a game that you think will be a huge hit, and you don't want to pay the contractually required bonuses. What to do? One Korean CEO turned to ChatGPT to cook up a plan to get his company out of paying up to $250 million. It went about as well as you'd expect.…

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Best Buy is already selling the MacBook Neo at a discount - and the catch isn't so bad

2026-03-19 12:37:00                zdnet.com

Fresh off its launch, the MacBook Neo is already available in open-box condition, and that's not as bad as it sounds.

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Fixing Claude with Claude: Anthropic reports on AI site reliability engineering

2026-03-19 12:22:57                theregister.com

It's still a job for humans, even though bots can search logs at the speed of I/O QCon London  A member of Anthropic's AI reliability engineering team spoke at QCon London on why Claude excels at finding issues but still makes a poor substitute for a site reliability engineer (SRE), constantly mistaking correlation with causation.…

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Hide and sleek: Latest Vivaldi release can tuck its UI away until summoned

2026-03-19 12:15:11                theregister.com

New toggle strips away browser chrome if you want Browser maker Vivaldi has opened up a new front in the browser wars by making itself disappear.…

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Competition watchdog cracks knuckles, probes legality of Adobe cancellation fee

2026-03-19 12:12:51                theregister.com

Annual billed sub scrubbed after 14 days? Expect to pay 50% of yearly price Britain’s competition watchdog is opening an investigation into Adobe’s early cancellation fees on membership plans to ascertain if it breaks competition law.…

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Huawei capitalises on OpenClaw frenzy to boost computing demand for its chips

2026-03-19 12:00:08                scmp.com

Chinese telecommunications gear giant Huawei Technologies is capitalising on the OpenClaw frenzy with new enterprise agent tools and a series of Kunpeng and Ascend compute offerings, as it bets on surging demand for agentic artificial intelligence services. The Shenzhen-based company announced at its China Partner Conference on Thursday that it would launch AgentArts, an agent development platform for enterprises, on April 30 for public beta testing, followed by the official release of the...

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Alexa+ lands in UK as Amazon seeks to ignite AI offering

2026-03-19 11:55:08                mobileworldlive.com

Amazon launched its revamped Alexa+ voice assistant in the UK, marking its first European rollout as the company seeks to take on rivals in the increasingly crowded AI assistant market. The post Alexa+ lands in UK as Amazon seeks to ignite AI offering appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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I tested an M.2 PCIe enclosure for data storage, and it promptly improved my workflow

2026-03-19 11:25:00                zdnet.com

The HyperDrive Next USB4 M.2 PCIe enclosure lets NVMe SSDs perform at their best, ensuring fast transfer speeds for large files.

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Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing unsuspecting users

2026-03-19 11:00:14                theregister.com

Perks fall short as third-party AI models rack up costs with minimal notification Complaints about Microsoft's startup credits and Azure AI Foundry keep mounting, with users reporting surprise credit card charges and invoices they never saw coming.…

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Italian operators form JV to build 6,000 towers

2026-03-19 10:43:08                mobileworldlive.com

Telecom Italia formed a joint venture with Swisscom’s Fastweb + Vodafone to build and manage 6,000 telecoms towers in Italy, a move designed to cut future costs and boost development of next-generation infrastructure. The post Italian operators form JV to build 6,000 towers appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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Alibaba discloses GPU production for first time as quarterly profit misses estimates

2026-03-19 10:39:03                scmp.com

Alibaba Group Holding, China’s e-commerce and artificial intelligence powerhouse, on Thursday for the first time disclosed the production progress of its T-Head chip unit, as quarterly results missed estimates. It reported a 2 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue to 284.8 billion yuan (US$40.7 billion) for the December quarter, but missed the 289.8 billion yuan consensus forecast compiled by Bloomberg. The company also “brought its proprietary GPU [graphics processing unit] into production...

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SAP's grand cloud escape plan €2B short of the runway

2026-03-19 10:15:15                theregister.com

Strategy launched after 2020 share price crash is 24% behind target Five years after launching its rescue plan to lift ERP users to the cloud and switch them to the latest software, SAP is off target by about €2 billion, The Register can reveal.…

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The best VPS hosting services for 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

2026-03-19 10:01:05                zdnet.com

If you need a scalable web host with dedicated resources, virtual private server solutions are the best option. Our favorite VPS services provide you with the power and control you need.

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9 useful car gadgets I'd pay full price for (but some are on sale now)

2026-03-19 10:01:01                zdnet.com

It's easy to upgrade your car with these handy gadgets, especially with discounts ahead of Amazon's Spring Sale.

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The best phone deals from T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and other carriers right now

2026-03-19 10:00:44                zdnet.com

Amazon Spring Sale is coming soon, but multiple carriers are offering deals on flagship phones, including the iPhone 17 Pro for free.

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The Fight to Hold AI Companies Accountable for Children’s Deaths

2026-03-19 10:00:00                wired.com

After a series of suicides allegedly linked to AI chatbots, one lawyer is trying to hold companies like OpenAI accountable.

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GOV.UK chatbot gets smarter but slower as LLMs improve

2026-03-19 09:30:13                theregister.com

Accuracy jumps from 76% to 90% across public pilots, while users wait nearly 11 seconds for answers More powerful large language models (LLMs) are helping make the UK government's in-development chatbot more accurate but are also slowing it down, according to the Government Digital Service (GDS).…

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Micron ramps capex to address shortage

2026-03-19 09:22:08                mobileworldlive.com

US-based chipmaker Micron Technology raised its fiscal 2026 capex target by 39 per cent to at least $25 billion and forecast the total outlay for fiscal 2027 would increase by more than $10 billion. The post Micron ramps capex to address shortage appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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Edotco taps Huawei for network management upgrade

2026-03-19 09:21:44                mobileworldlive.com

Tower company edotco turned to Huawei Malaysia for an infrastructure management system upgrade, with the aim to strengthen service quality and efficiency by deploying the vendor's intelligent and data-driven operating capabilities. The post Edotco taps Huawei for network management upgrade appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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OpenAI agrees to acquire Astral, which makes Python tools for developers, to integrate its team into Codex, and says Codex has 2M+ users, up 3x since January (Agnee Ghosh/Bloomberg)

2026-03-19 09:15:01                bloomberg.com

Agnee Ghosh / Bloomberg: OpenAI agrees to acquire Astral, which makes Python tools for developers, to integrate its team into Codex, and says Codex has 2M+ users, up 3x since January  —  OpenAI plans to acquire Astral, a startup that makes Python tools for developers, marking the ChatGPT maker's latest investment …

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SKT, Ericsson partner on 6G; SoftBank claims efficiency gains

2026-03-19 09:14:58                mobileworldlive.com

SK Telecom and Ericsson agreed to collaborate on 5G and 6G technologies, with the tie-up establishing a long-term framework for joint R&D and trials until 2031. The post SKT, Ericsson partner on 6G; SoftBank claims efficiency gains appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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The UK CMA launches an investigation into Adobe, saying early membership cancellation fees for certain products might be in breach of consumer protection laws (Mauro Orru/Wall Street Journal)

2026-03-19 09:10:01                wsj.com

Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal: The UK CMA launches an investigation into Adobe, saying early membership cancellation fees for certain products might be in breach of consumer protection laws  —  The probe will assess Adobe terms and if customers get clear, timely information  —  U.K. antitrust officials launched …

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AT&T taps AI to manage internet, mobile services on app

2026-03-19 09:05:37                mobileworldlive.com

AT&T started rolling out a redesigned all‑in‑one app which lets customers shop for and manage all their mobile and home‑internet services from a single place, powered by AI. The post AT&T taps AI to manage internet, mobile services on app appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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The best web hosting services of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

2026-03-19 09:00:42                zdnet.com

Looking for a web host for your next project, or hoping to migrate to a new service? Our favorites offer rapid onboarding, affordable plans, reliable hosting, and scalability.

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin raises his total contribution to $45M for the Building a Better California Super PAC, which opposes a proposed 5% billionaire tax (Dara Kerr/The Guardian)

2026-03-19 08:50:00                theguardian.com

Dara Kerr / The Guardian: Google co-founder Sergey Brin raises his total contribution to $45M for the Building a Better California Super PAC, which opposes a proposed 5% billionaire tax  —  Sergey Brin gives $25m on top of $20m he's already given to Super Pac trying to block state's proposed 5% wealth tax

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Deeptune, which builds high-fidelity reinforcement learning environments that simulate professional workflows for AI agents, raised a $43M Series A led by a16z (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)

2026-03-19 08:30:04                fortune.com

Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune: Deeptune, which builds high-fidelity reinforcement learning environments that simulate professional workflows for AI agents, raised a $43M Series A led by a16z  —  AI startup Deeptune has raised a $43 million Series A to build what it calls “training gyms” for AI agents, Fortune has learned exclusively.

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Uber plans to invest $1.25B in Rivian through 2031, contingent on meeting autonomy milestones, starting with $300M at signing, to deploy 50K Level 4 robotaxis (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

2026-03-19 08:10:00                theverge.com

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber plans to invest $1.25B in Rivian through 2031, contingent on meeting autonomy milestones, starting with $300M at signing, to deploy 50K Level 4 robotaxis  —  The companies say they plan on deploying 10,000 autonomous Rivian R2 vehicles by 2031. … Uber and Rivian are joining forces …

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The NHTSA escalates its investigation into Tesla's FSD to an "engineering analysis", a step that could lead to a mandatory recall or other enforcement action (Ryan Felton/Wall Street Journal)

2026-03-19 08:00:45                wsj.com

Ryan Felton / Wall Street Journal: The NHTSA escalates its investigation into Tesla's FSD to an “engineering analysis”, a step that could lead to a mandatory recall or other enforcement action  —  The probe covers about 3.2 million Tesla vehicles  —  Federal safety regulators are sharpening their focus …

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China presses EV makers to end price war and focus on innovation as demand cools

2026-03-19 07:50:48                scmp.com

Chinese authorities have renewed their push for stricter oversight of the electric vehicle (EV) market, urging carmakers to move away from aggressive discounting and focus instead on technological innovation. The directive comes as domestic manufacturers struggle with cooling demand and the phasing out of long-standing government subsidies. At a high-level meeting on March 17, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State...

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Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek says the company cut ~12% of its workforce, or ~180 roles, saying the layoffs target roles that "do not adapt" as it integrates AI (Brian Danga/The Block)

2026-03-19 07:50:01                theblock.co

Brian Danga / The Block: Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek says the company cut ~12% of its workforce, or ~180 roles, saying the layoffs target roles that “do not adapt” as it integrates AI  —  Quick Take  — Crypto.com cut about 12% of its workforce, or roughly 180 roles based on a previously disclosed headcount of over 1,500 employees.

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DHL Supply Chain says it will open 10 warehouses in 2026 across North America to serve data center operators and component suppliers, totaling 7M+ square feet (Liz Young/Wall Street Journal)

2026-03-19 07:40:01                wsj.com

Liz Young / Wall Street Journal: DHL Supply Chain says it will open 10 warehouses in 2026 across North America to serve data center operators and component suppliers, totaling 7M+ square feet  —  DHL Group unit plans to open 10 warehouses across North America to provide logistics services to hyperscalers and their suppliers

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Struggling to put your AI aversion into words? Here's a handy glossary

2026-03-19 07:30:10                theregister.com

From mild vegetarianism to full-blown haterdom, there's a label for everything Opinion  Are you an AI hater, an AI vegan, or a slightly more moderate AI vegetarian? Or are you on the side of the clankers? A bot-licker, a prompt-fondler, a ChatNPC?…

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Ofcom fines 4chan £520K for OSA violations, including a £450K penalty for failing to implement age assurance checks, giving it until April 2 to implement them (Mizy Clifton/Politico)

2026-03-19 07:30:03                politico.eu

Mizy Clifton / Politico: Ofcom fines 4chan £520K for OSA violations, including a £450K penalty for failing to implement age assurance checks, giving it until April 2 to implement them  —  4chan has until 2 April to implement age assurance, carry out a “suitable and sufficient” illegal harms risk assessment …

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Your next car might need 300 GB of RAM, and so will autonomous robots

2026-03-19 06:59:08                theregister.com

Micron plans to cash in, after already growing revenue $10 billion in a single quarter Autonomous cars will need 300 gigabytes of DRAM or more, and robots will need similar quantities, leading memory-maker Micron Technology to predict it has a long and happy future ahead of it.…

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The UN-backed World Happiness Report says passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens' mental health, disproportionately affecting girls (Kati Pohjanpalo/Bloomberg)

2026-03-19 06:50:00                bloomberg.com

Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: The UN-backed World Happiness Report says passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens' mental health, disproportionately affecting girls  —  Passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens' mental health, according to the World Happiness Report for 2026 …

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TechInsights: chip manufacturing emissions will climb by ~33% to 247M metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, roughly equivalent to Algeria in 2024 (Aaron Clark/Bloomberg)

2026-03-19 06:40:01                bloomberg.com

Aaron Clark / Bloomberg: TechInsights: chip manufacturing emissions will climb by ~33% to 247M metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, roughly equivalent to Algeria in 2024  —  The rush to boost production of memory chips to meet fast accelerating demand from artificial intelligence will add …

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Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 2% YoY ~$41.3B, vs. ~$42B est., and net income down 67% YoY to ~$2.4B, as it seeks to monetize AI to help offset e-commerce losses (Bloomberg)

2026-03-19 06:20:02                bloomberg.com

Bloomberg: Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 2% YoY ~$41.3B, vs. ~$42B est., and net income down 67% YoY to ~$2.4B, as it seeks to monetize AI to help offset e-commerce losses  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. declared a target of reaching $100 billion of cloud and AI-related business revenue in five years …

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An analysis of a NYT article load finds 422 network requests totaling 49MB, triggering a sprawling programmatic ad auction, an example of "hostile architecture" (Shubham Bose)

2026-03-19 06:10:01                thatshubham.com

Shubham Bose: An analysis of a NYT article load finds 422 network requests totaling 49MB, triggering a sprawling programmatic ad auction, an example of “hostile architecture”  —  If active distraction of readers of your own website was an Olympic Sport, news publications would top the charts every time.

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CISA warns US companies to follow Microsoft's recommendations for fortifying Intune, a tool that manages staff access, after a cyberattack on Stryker last week (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg)

2026-03-19 05:55:15                bloomberg.com

Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: CISA warns US companies to follow Microsoft's recommendations for fortifying Intune, a tool that manages staff access, after a cyberattack on Stryker last week  —  The US government is warning businesses to secure their corporate accounts within a popular Microsoft Corp. management tool …

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Google offers ‘vibe design’ tool that you can shout at to create a UI

2026-03-19 05:54:29                theregister.com

Stitch gets voice input and an infinite canvas The term “vibe coding” has become associated with use of AI coding assistants to create code that expresses a developer’s intent, even if the results are ropey and require plenty of extra work to put into production. Google’s now proudly adapted the term to describe the workings of its Stitch design tool.…

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Filing: Samsung says it plans to spend ~$73.3B on capital expenditure and research in 2026, up from ~$60B in 2025, and pay ~$6.5B in regular dividends (Reuters)

2026-03-19 05:45:13                reuters.com

Reuters: Filing: Samsung says it plans to spend ~$73.3B on capital expenditure and research in 2026, up from ~$60B in 2025, and pay ~$6.5B in regular dividends  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) said on Thursday that it plans to invest more than 110 trillion won ($73.24 billion) …

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China’s global tech push

2026-03-19 02:40:01                scmp.com

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This AI tool turned my messy browser tabs into something actually manageable

2026-03-19 02:01:01                zdnet.com

Meet my new secret weapon for automatically organizing online articles, research, and YouTube videos.

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How to turn your old Android phone into a Wi-Fi extender - and fix dead spots at home

2026-03-19 02:00:00                zdnet.com

It's free, easy to set up, doesn't use mobile data, and lets you avoid upgrading to mesh.

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The hidden metric that makes these portable power stations truly worth your money

2026-03-19 01:30:45                zdnet.com

ZDNET's latest Lab Awards crown the best portable power stations that deliver electricity most efficiently.

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The MacBook Neo just upended the budget laptop market - and it's bad news for PC makers

2026-03-19 01:14:00                zdnet.com

For years, Apple has refused to compete with the makers of cheap laptops - until now. Here's who wins and who loses in the wake of the MacBook Neo.

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I see why this Linux distro is the dream pick for gamers and content creators

2026-03-19 01:01:07                zdnet.com

Yes, it was a challenge to install. But then GLF OS took me by surprise - in the best possible way.

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I didn't think switching to a 4K webcam on my MacBook would make such a big difference

2026-03-19 01:00:48                zdnet.com

The PTZ webcam from Obsbot packs a punch in a tiny form factor. But you'll have to be willing to pay to play.