THURSDAY, 05 MARCH 2026, 23:24
Today, the Huawei Cloud Summit, themed “Huawei Cloud: Solving Industry Challenges with AI”, took place in Barcelona. At the summit, Huawei Cloud unveiled its Industry AI Foundry, introduced the next-generation hybrid cloud offering Huawei Cloud Foundation (HCF), and showcased CodeArts, an AI-powered coding agent, for customers across industries to thrive in the AI era. Prioritizing […]
AI is being used to screen care workers – but can a robot truly judge who is right for the job?
Chery will launch its iCAUR V23 electric sports utility vehicle brand in South Africa in May, it said late on Tuesday.
Security researchers say a highly sophisticated iPhone exploitation toolkit dubbed “Coruna,” which possibly originated from a U.S. government contractor, has spread from suspected Russian espionage operations to crypto-stealing criminal campaigns. Apple has patched the exploited vulnerabilities in newer iOS versions, but tens of thousands of devices may have already been compromised. An...
A rare total lunar eclipse on Tuesday night resulted in a spectacular blood moon, captured by Josh Aoraki from the Te Whatu Stardome in Auckland
Red alert: the best photos of the rare blood moon total lunar eclipse – in pictures
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OpenAI is reportedly developing a code-hosting platform that could compete with GitHub, The Information reported on Tuesday. “If OpenAI does sell the product, it would mark a bold move by the creator of ChatGPT to compete directly against Microsoft, which holds a significant stake in the firm,” notes Reuters. From the report: Engineers from OpenAI encountered a rise in service disruptions that...
TikTok tells the BBC it won’t join rival platforms such as WhatsApp and Messenger in using end-to-end encryption.
A rare total lunar eclipse on Tuesday night resulted in a spectacular blood moon, seen first in Western Australia, then in parts of Asia, Europe and across North America. The next total eclipse will be New Year’s Eve 2028
From sacred sisters to hyper-sexualised models: PhotoVogue festival – in pictures
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Google is accelerating Chrome’s major release cadence from four weeks to two starting with version 153 on September 8th. “…our goal is to ensure developers and users have immediate access to the latest performance improvements, fixes and new capabilities,” says Google. “Building on our history of adapting our release process to match the demands of a modern web, Chrome is moving to a two-week...
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...
Xsolla, a global video game commerce company that helps developers launch, grow, and monetize their games, today announced a major expansion of its global payments portfolio across 18 markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.