WEDNESDAY, 04 MARCH 2026, 00:48
darwinmac writes: While many users choose Microsoft Office over LibreOffice because of its support for the proprietary formats (.docx, .xlsx, and .pptx), others prefer Office for its “better” ribbon interface. These users often criticize LibreOffice for having a “clunky” UI instead of the “standard” ribbon interface you would find in Word, Excel, and other Office apps. Now, Neowin reports that...
Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social about Iran echoed a conspiracy theory that has been circulating online for years.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: Users of Meta’s AI smart glasses in Europe may be unknowingly sharing intimate video and sensitive financial information with moderators outside of the bloc, according to a report from Sweden’s Svenska Dagbladet released last week. Employees in Kenya doing AI “annotation” told the journalists that they’ve seen people nude, using the toilet and...
OpenAI is amending its Pentagon contract after CEO Sam Altman acknowledged it appeared “opportunistic and sloppy.” On Monday night, Altman said the company would explicitly restrict its technology from being used by intelligence agencies and for mass domestic surveillance. The Guardian reports: OpenAI, which has more than 900 million users of ChatGPT, made the deal almost immediately after the...
A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.
Accenture is acquiring Downdetector parent company Ookla from Ziff Davis in a $1.2 billion deal to bolster its network analytics and visibility tools for telecoms, hyperscalers, and enterprises. “The deal, which will transfer all of Ziff Davis’s Connectivity division to Accenture, includes Ookla’s Speedtest, Ekahau, and RootMetrics,” notes The Register reports: “Modern networks have evolved...
Vodacom and MTN are among six operators backing a $40 smartphone pilot to boost connectivity across Africa.
The Razer BlackShark V3 Pro has excellent noise-canceling and spatial audio for focused gamers.
New York, USA – The WRGI 2026 National Investment Governance Competition (WRGI 2026) has been officially launched as a global real-capital investment competition designed to evaluate long-term investment capability under unified governance standards. WRGI 2026 aims to identify professional individuals and institutional teams capable of managing long-duration capital responsibly,...
New York, USA While the mainstream financial narrative remains fixated on the violent unwinding of the “Magnificent Seven” and the broader Nasdaq capitulation, a more nuanced and potentially lucrative structural rotation is occurring beneath the surface. Driven by the realization that elevated interest rates are not a temporary phase but a structural reality, deep-pocketed institutional […]
Today, Apple updated the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air with support for its new M5 chips. It also unveiled a pair of all-new Studio Display XDR monitors. Longtime Slashdot reader jizmonkey shares details about the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, which look to be fairly major updates from the previous generation: Apple announced its newest CPUs today, which it claims has the fastest single-threaded...
New York, USA – Kivqoro, a cryptocurrency trading platform, today announces the completion of its beta testing phase and the introduction of its digital asset trading infrastructure. The platform combines hardware-level security standards with decentralized asset management protocols to provide retail and institutional users with a verifiable trading environment. Current market developments...
The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a case challenging the U.S. Copyright Office’s stance that AI-generated works lack the required human authorship for copyright protection, leaving lower court rulings intact. The Verge reports: The Monday decision comes after Stephen Thaler, a computer scientist from Missouri, appealed a court’s decision to uphold a ruling that found...
New York, USA – AequiSolva, a digital asset trading platform registered in the United States, today introduces its comprehensive security infrastructure designed to protect users in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape. By deploying a hybrid wallet architecture powered by Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology, the AequiSolva exchange provides international traders and institutional...
After OpenAI announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. uninstalls of ChatGPT surged 295% in a single day. Meanwhile, rival Anthropic “gained enough popularity to earn the number one spot on the App Store’s Top Free Apps leaderboard,” reports Engadget. TechCrunch reports: This data, which comes from market intelligence provider Sensor Tower, represents a sizable increase...
Apple seems to be saving the entry-level MacBook for its event tomorrow, but instead, we have two new pricey Studio Display computer monitors.
In a world where technology runs the show, South Africa’s digital economy has been quietly but steadily morphing into something huge over the past decade. From mobile banking apps to streaming services and online retail at your fingertips, more South Africans are becoming comfortable with doing everyday things online. Naturally, the entertainment world has followed […]
An anonymous reader shares a CTech article with the caption: “A brilliantly executed operation.” From the report: Years before the air strike that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israeli intelligence had been quietly mapping the daily rhythms of Tehran. According to reporting by the Financial Times (paywalled), nearly all of the Iranian capital’s traffic cameras had been hacked years earlier,...
Ecommerce in South Africa is on a rapid growth trajectory, transforming how consumers shop and how businesses operate – and South African ecommerce platform Bob is positioning itself to meet this surge with the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer. A 2025 report by World Wide Worx shows how rapidly South Africa’s online retail […]
The UV light built into Shark’s newest robot vacuum is on a quest to embarrass me with how many stains it’s spotted.
Polkadot (DOT) has faced mounting pressure in early 2026, trading around $3.90 as the broader market grapples with macro uncertainty and competition from emerging narratives. While DOT remains a foundational blockchain protocol with solid fundamentals, price momentum has stalled at key resistance levels, leaving investors searching for higher-conviction opportunities. Meanwhile, the Web3 gaming...