All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
Google has launched an AI-powered dark web monitoring service that uses Gemini to analyse millions of posts daily, claiming far higher accuracy than traditional keyword-based tools that generate excessive false alerts.
Zara Mitchell 
Bungie's new Cryo Archive raid for Marathon is garnering praise for its complexity, but its weekend-only schedule and grueling requirements are proving too steep for many players.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Players of Pearl Abyss' new open-world game Crimson Desert are pushing back against severe cooldown restrictions on the dragon mount, a feature that was central to the game's marketing but arrives with limited usability.
Mitchell Tan 
London-based luxury chauffeur service Wheely has entered the US market, launching in New York City and signalling plans for expansion to five major US cities within three years.
Sophia Vargas 
Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 2 anniversary artwork contains hidden clues that have sparked community theories about an upcoming expansion set in a previously inaccessible northern region.
Oliver Pemberton 
Minecraft's Chaos Cubed update will introduce sulfur caves filled with toxic pools and a new mob that absorbs blocks, arriving mid-2026. The announcement came as part of Minecraft Live on 21 March.
Oliver Pemberton 
Final Fantasy director Naoki Yoshida has acknowledged that the lengthening gaps between major releases are making it harder for younger players to keep pace with the franchise, with some waiting six years between major entries.
Sophia Vargas 
Voice phishing surged in 2025 to become the second most common initial access method in cyberattacks and the number one tactic for breaching cloud environments, according to Google's latest threat intelligence report.
Mitchell Tan 
As NAPLAN testing began in 2026, technical failures left students unable to log in, while officials warn that schools are misusing results as entrance exams contrary to the test's original design.
Grace Okonkwo 
HBO's decision to cast 15-year-old Kyriana Kratter, who is cisgender, as the transgender character Lev in The Last of Us Season 3 has sparked debate about authentic casting in mainstream television.
Sophia Vargas 
Insomniac Games is holding back from opening preorders for Marvel's Wolverine, saying it wants to show more gameplay first. The PS5 exclusive launches September 15, with a spring reveal promised.
Sophia Vargas 
SpaceX has fired back at Amazon's objections to its orbital datacenter plan, citing Blue Origin's own satellite application. The dispute underscores growing questions about whether space-based AI infrastructure is realistic.
Darren Ong 
The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to more than a dozen US airports amid a government shutdown that has left 50,000 TSA officers unpaid. Eyewitnesses have already recorded arrests at San Francisco International.
Mitchell Tan 
New details reveal Sony's Firesprite studio spent years developing a Breaking Bad VR experience with creator Vince Gilligan's involvement before cancelling it due to technical challenges and cost.
Sophia Vargas 
Peter Molyneux's final game, Masters of Albion, arrives April 22 as his attempt to deliver on decades of unrealised ambitions. The god game mashup faces scrutiny from a gaming public that has learned caution from his past.
Yuki Tamura 
The Financial Conduct Authority has awarded Palantir a three-month trial contract to analyse sensitive regulatory data even as the government pledges to reduce reliance on big technology vendors.
Rachel Thornbury 
Mozilla is integrating a free VPN directly into Firefox from March 24, offering 50GB monthly data to UK, US, French and German users. The move targets free VPN scepticism, but leaves key technical details unconfirmed.
Aisha Khoury 
A small number of barristers and law firms are experimenting with AI tools for research and document analysis, yet the profession remains cautious after high-profile court failures.
Zara Mitchell 
Capcom says it won't put AI-generated content into its games, but developers were blindsided by Nvidia's DLSS 5 demonstration using their flagship title.
Mitchell Tan 
Two weeks after Marathon's pinnacle Cryo Archive launched, Bungie is reviewing player feedback on scheduling, solo access, and guaranteed rewards.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Xbox Partner Preview goes live Thursday with new reveals, but the real story is what comes next under new CEO Asha Sharma's leadership.
Tom Whitfield 
Superhuman disabled an AI feature that mimicked dozens of writers without permission, including Stephen King and Carl Sagan, after facing class-action lawsuits and backlash from journalists whose identities were appropriated.
Sophia Vargas Australia's spring property market is cooling fast. Auction clearance rates have fallen to their lowest level since December, with the RBA's second consecutive rate hike in March squeezing buyer confidence and pushing mortgage costs higher.
Darren Ong The Bank of England's March decision to hold interest rates at 3.75% defied expectations, yet paradoxically improved housing affordability. Despite rising mortgage costs, first-time buyers in the UK now face their best conditions in a decade.
Oliver Pemberton The ROG Xbox Ally X just jumped $200 in Australia, RAM prices are up 38%, and the Switch 2 price hike is coming. The fuel crisis isn't just hitting your petrol tank.
Jake Nguyen 
Capcom has stated it will not include AI-generated assets in finished games, but will use AI to improve development efficiency. The stance comes amid escalating friction between studios and players over disclosure practices.
Sophia Vargas 
Intel's enthusiast channel VP signals the company is rethinking its controversial practice of changing CPU sockets every generation, potentially moving toward AMD-style platform longevity.
Zara Mitchell Australia's age verification requirement for R18+ online games came into effect on 9 March. Here's what it means for the 400,000-plus GTA Online players and others affected by the law.
Jake Nguyen 
Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh delivers impressive multithreaded performance and value-conscious pricing in the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, though gaming performance still trails AMD's premium X3D chips.
Tom Whitfield 
A California-based semiconductor testing firm initially dismissed a ransomware attack as immaterial, only to reverse course when stolen data surfaced days later—highlighting growing risks in critical supply chains.
Mitchell Tan