All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
Microsoft is reportedly planning a new $99/month enterprise tier that would licence AI agents like human employees, raising serious cost questions for Australian businesses.
Zara Mitchell Security researchers at Zenity Labs found that a routine Google Calendar invite was enough to silently exfiltrate local files and hijack a 1Password vault through Perplexity's Comet AI browser.
Mitchell Tan Pokémon's 30th anniversary has delivered two very different propositions: a Switch 2-exclusive life sim drawing rave reviews, and paid ports of GBA classics that are splitting the fanbase.
Sarah Cheng SpaceX is targeting a June IPO at up to $1.75 trillion, potentially the world's biggest ever listing. The case for is compelling — but so are the risks.
Mitchell Tan 
Mould-related deaths at two major NSW hospitals have prompted Premier Chris Minns to promise transparency, even as evidence grows that health authorities knew the risks and waited months to act.
Victoria Crawford 
Capcom has stripped the Enigma DRM from Resident Evil 4 Remake after the software cut CPU performance by up to 40%, drawing widespread criticism from players.
Mitchell Tan 
South Korea's tax authority accidentally published a cryptocurrency wallet's recovery phrase in a press release, enabling thieves to drain nearly $4.8 million overnight.
Samantha Blake The Bank of England has severed its relationship with Accenture on the £431m RTGS settlement system, assuring parliament it can now manage the infrastructure in-house.
Oliver Pemberton 
The IDF has issued a direct warning to Australia as the Middle East erupts following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Canberra says it won't join the fight — but the risks are already arriving at home.
Sophia Vargas GoPro has unveiled its GP3 chip, a 5-nanometer processor with twice the image power of its predecessor, as the company chases a comeback after years of financial strain.
Sophia Vargas 
A University of Missouri team has made DNA storage rewritable for the first time, bringing molecular-scale data archiving closer to practical reality.
Grace Okonkwo 
Over 400 researchers, including a Turing Award winner, say age verification laws risk doing more harm than good without far greater technical rigour.
Oliver Pemberton A Florida woman has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for trafficking Microsoft software keys stripped from genuine authentication labels, paying over $5 million to suppliers across five years.
Yuki Tamura 
Meta is quietly testing an AI shopping assistant in the US, putting it in direct competition with OpenAI and Google in the fast-growing world of agentic commerce.
Sophia Vargas Hackers breached French medical software provider Cegedim Santé in late 2025, exposing 15.8 million patient files and triggering one of France's largest ever health data leaks.
Megan Torres 
With roughly 6 million Australians living with hypertension and control rates among the worst in the developed world, the explosion of home monitoring devices is welcome — but not without caveats.
Zara Mitchell 
Google's latest Google Home update lets subscribers ask Gemini what their cameras can see right now, pushing the smart home into genuinely useful AI territory.
Mitchell Tan 
ICE and CBP have spent at least $515 million on products from four tech giants, according to Wired. Now employees are pushing back.
Darren Ong 
Queensland's opposition is questioning how contracts on the flagship Wave rail project were awarded to consultants who recently left a separate government body.
Tanya Birch 
The team behind Snug has opened Bar Cooper's in Coorparoo, completing a trio of venues anchored by a 35-year-old woodfired oven.
Mitchell Tan 
Xbox Game Pass has all but confirmed Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to the service, dropping a tease packed with references only Night City residents would catch.
Jake Nguyen 
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen hit the Nintendo eShop for AU$30 each, drawing price complaints — but a 22-year-old bug fix and event ticket inclusions tell a more interesting story.
Jake Nguyen 
Microsoft has moved two key ray tracing technologies out of preview in its latest DirectX update, with demo results showing up to a 90% framerate boost on Intel Arc B-Series GPUs.
Helen Cartwright 
A major new book on Apple's 50-year history offers rare insights into Steve Jobs's secretive creation of the original iPhone, drawing on 150 fresh interviews with key figures.
Zara Mitchell 
A family with two young children was among the victims of a violent overnight crime spree across Melbourne's south-east, with police linking the attacks to gang retaliation.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
The directors of The Mummy 4 have effectively confirmed the 2008 threequel is non-canon, with Weisz's return speaking louder than any official statement.
Mitchell Tan 
Saber Interactive's chief creative officer says Space Marine 2 isn't a live service game. A controversy-hit $5 voice pack is complicating that claim.
Yuki Tamura 
Oukitel's WP63 rugged smartphone features a built-in electric igniter, a 20,000mAh battery, and a 27mm frame — a deliberate rejection of the thin-phone trend.
Fatima Al-Rashid Vodafone has signed a deal with Amazon Leo to connect remote 4G and 5G base stations via satellite across Europe and Africa, with the first sites expected online in 2026.
James Callahan 
Thousands of tourists are stranded on cruise ships across Gulf ports as the Israel-Iran conflict shuts shipping lanes, airports and supply chains simultaneously.
James Callahan