Month: March 2026
Chrome zero-day emergency
A routine browser update is no longer routine; Google has released an emergency patch for Chrome due to the discovery of two “zero day” vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-3909, CVE-2026-3910) and confirmed that they are being used in live attacks. As a Chrome user, your instructions are clear: once you receive an update, be sure to apply it
Iran taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests
Iran is taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, with checkpoints appearing across the streets of the capital, internet access restricted, and mass text warnings sent to residents.A number of Iranian security personnel were killed in Israeli strikes on four checkpoints across Tehran. Another man, also in his twenties, sells secure internet connections to some people,
Russia’s attack on Kyviv
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked the bloodiest war in Europe since World War II, forcing the displacement of millions and killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians on both sides. Kyiv: Explosions rang out over the Ukrainian capital on Monday and AFP journalists witnessed air defence batteries fending off a barrage
Iran Displays Cyber Capabilities With Hack on U.S. Medical Company
Iran pulled off likely the most significant wartime cyberattack against the U.S. in history, leveraging its hacking powers to cause major disruptions at a global medical-equipment firm that struggled to bring itself back online in recent days. The attack brought a conflict that until now had been largely confined to the Gulf region to the
AI may replace these highest-paying jobs
Tesla’s former AI director Andrej Karpathy, reportedly predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) could affect several high-paying professions as automation expands across the workplace. Over the weekend, the OpenAI co-founder shared a chart on the microblogging site X (formerly Twitter) estimating the extent to which different US occupations may be exposed to AI and automation.Some analysts
US withdraws draft rule that restricts global AI chip exports
The US government has withdrawn a draft rule that would have tightened its control on the export of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips. The move marks a step back from an earlier proposal that sought to require the government’s approval for the export of high-end processors.The planned regulation was seen as the biggest attempt by
Devendra Chaplot joins Elon Musk’s xAI
Indian-origin artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Devendra Singh Chaplot has joined Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI, one of the latest senior hires in the billionaire’s expanding AI ambitions. In a post on X, Chaplot said he will work closely with Musk and the teams at both companies “to build superintelligence,” as SpaceX and xAI move to
Instagram is removing end-to-end encryption
To recap, E2EE ensures “only you and the people you’re communicating with can see or listen to what is sent, and no one else, not even Meta, can do so” – this is according to Instagram’s wording, not ours.In a very definitive case of ‘not something that happens very often’, Instagram has decided to remove
xAI overhaul continues
The artificial intelligence startup xAI is undergoing a sweeping internal overhaul, with most of its original founders now gone as the company struggles to keep pace with rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Of the 11 co-founders who launched the deep learning lab alongside Musk three years ago, only two Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen
The US struck military sites on Kharg Island
The US struck military sites on Kharg Island, from which Iran exports almost all its oil, for the first time overnight, upping the ante in a Middle East war that’s raged for more than two weeks and shows little sign of easing.Iran reacted by warning it will target American-linked oil and energy facilities in the