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• Moody humans should let AI handle bad public feedback first, study finds 2026-03-09
  Enjoy meltdowns from businesses on Yelp over negative reviews? AI is threatening to take that away Angry company responses to customer complaints are a favorite topic of internet amusement and outrage, but they're also embarrassing for the employees who post them. Having AI process customer reviews could be a better way. …
  Brandon Vigliarolo
• Microsoft taps Claude to make Copilot Cowork a better agent 2026-03-09
  Copilot gets tuned to handle long-running knowledge work tasks Microsoft on Monday celebrated freedom of choice by giving customers in the company's Frontier program the option to use Anthropic and OpenAI models via Copilot Chat.…
  Thomas Claburn
• ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist 2026-03-09
  And they abused a Mandiant-developed open source tool in the attacks ShinyHunters told The Register that it has stolen data from about 100 high-profile companies in its latest Salesforce customer data heist, including Salesforce itself.…
  Jessica Lyons
• Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream 2026-03-09
  Calls Musk’s orbital plans “speculative” despite Bezos touting orbiting compute Amazon wants US regulators to reject a SpaceX application for permission to launch a fleet of orbital datacenter satellites, criticizing it as incomplete, speculative, and unrealistic.…
  Dan Robinson
• China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon 2026-03-09
  Not a US flag in sight Researchers from China are narrowing down the landing sites for the nation’s first crewed mission to the Moon, set to take place before 2030.…
  Lindsay Clark
• Vulture rediscovers RSS to dull the pain of the modern web 2026-03-09
  Feeds are alive, well and can help deshittify things opinion  A couple of timely blog posts remind us that RSS is alive, well, and can help you resist enshittification of the Web.…
  Liam Proven
• 'AI brain fry' affects employees managing too many agents 2026-03-09
  Three agents is about all we can handle As AI adoption in the workplace accelerates, many people find themselves in a position where babysitting bots and agents is a significant part of their day. Those people are feeling a bit like AI has fried their brains. …
  Brandon Vigliarolo
• Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts 2026-03-09
  E7 arrives with a hefty price. Got to keep those shareholders happy Microsoft has finally confirmed that its AI-centric E7 subscription tier - where it licenses AI agent agents like employees - will debut on May 1 for an eye-watering $99 per user per month (pupm).…
  Richard Speed
• EV charger biz ELECQ zapped by ransomware crooks, customer contact data stolen 2026-03-09
  An attack on the company’s AWS platform may have exposed customers' names and home addresses Exclusive  ELECQ, maker of smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, is warning customers that their personal details may have been stolen in a ransomware attack that encrypted and copied user data from its cloud systems.…
  Carly Page
• MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry 2026-03-09
  But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source After a couple of years of relative calm, the relationship between MariaDB and its open source foundation was ruffled in February, leaving observers with a few unanswered questions.…
  Lindsay Clark
• LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2 2026-03-09
  Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export Markdown has been around for more than 20 years, but native support in LibreOffice might suddenly help to make it viable for more people.…
  Liam Proven
• Ex-Meta execs pop up on Nscale board as rent-a-GPU firm raises $2B 2026-03-09
  Former policy boss Nick Clegg joins Cheryl Sandberg and one-time Yahoo prez Susan Decker Former British deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg has landed a board seat at UK-based neocloud Nscale, alongside fellow ex-Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg and former president of Yahoo Susan Decker.…
  Dan Robinson
• Dutch cops warn 100 alleged scammers: Turn yourselves in or we tell Grandma 2026-03-09
  Two-week deadline to fraudsters to fess up or have their faces plastered across every screen in the country Dutch national police are taking a novel stand against scammers - 100 suspects now have less than two weeks to hand themselves in or face public shaming.…
  Connor Jones
• Russian cybercrims phish their way into officials' Signal and WhatsApp accounts 2026-03-09
  Dutch spies flag large-scale campaign to hijack secure messaging accounts Russian-linked hackers are trying to break into the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials, journalists, and military personnel globally – not by cracking encryption, but by simply tricking people into handing over the keys.…
  Carly Page
• NASA abandons delayed SLS upper stage for ULA's Centaur V instead 2026-03-09
  Vulcan rocket hardware drafted in amid Artemis reshuffle but still no word on lander NASA has selected United Launch Alliance's Centaur V upper stage for the Artemis missions that aim to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.…
  Richard Speed
• Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns 2026-03-09
  This isn't just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk AI can reverse engineer machine code and find vulnerabilities in ancient legacy architectures, says Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, who used his own Apple II code from 40 years ago as an example.…
  Tim Anderson
• Musk's Grok sparks outrage after chatbot makes offensive jibes about football disasters 2026-03-09
  UK government slams comments as 'sickening and irresponsible' Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is once again under investigation after it began posting explicit and derogatory remarks about historic football disasters when prompted by users on X.…
  Carly Page
• Britain spends £180M to work out what time it is 2026-03-09
  Atomic clocks will tell you when your Waymo is late The British government is to pour £180 million into ensuring the UK keeps up with the times.…
  Joe Fay
• UK government's Shared Services Strategy is entering the danger zone 2026-03-09
  Gargantuan ERP and HR overhaul has committed around £1.7B and affects nearly half a million public workers Opinion  On the eve of its fifth birthday, the UK's Shared Services Strategy for Government got a couple of presents. With around £1.7 billion already committed to tech suppliers and a 2028 deadline looming, the 450,000 civil servants […]
  Lindsay Clark
• Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat 2026-03-09
  Britain's Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks Britain's Royal Navy is urgently seeking a ship-based counter-drone system and recent world events likely explain why.…
  Dan Robinson