All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
Two high-profile insider trading cases exposed a glaring weakness in prediction market regulation: the exchanges themselves are doing the policing, with little federal enforcement to back them up.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Microsoft has temporarily stopped automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices, backing away from a forced rollout that administrators said compromised IT governance and created security headaches.
Tom Whitfield 
Researchers at IBM X-Force and Flare have uncovered the infrastructure behind North Korea's 100,000-strong fake IT worker operation, which generates approximately $500 million yearly for Pyongyang while stealing sensitive corporate data.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Security researchers have uncovered DarkSword, a sophisticated iPhone hacking tool deployed by Russian-linked attackers. The exploit potentially affects up to 270 million devices running older iOS versions.
Sophia Vargas 
The Sims 4's original AI programmer wanted to give sims the ability to plan their actions, but playtesting revealed it backfired. Here's why unpredictable behaviour keeps the game engaging.
Sophia Vargas 
Robert Pattinson has teased Matt Reeves' The Batman 2 as a major creative leap, confirming production begins in a couple of months with Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan joining the cast.
Sophia Vargas 
As Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz cripples global energy supplies, world leaders are proving reluctant to join Trump's naval coalition to reopen the vital waterway, leaving the crisis unresolved.
James Callahan 
Western automakers are retreating from ambitious electric vehicle commitments in North America and Europe, writing down billions in losses. Yet Australia's EV market is accelerating rapidly, driven by competition and domestic policy, suggesting the global EV story remains unfinished.
Kate Morrison 
Firewatch proved that games could respond dynamically to player choices in dialogue and exploration, but the technical and financial barriers have kept the genre from spreading across the industry.
Sophia Vargas 
The Ministry of Defence will fund a remotely-operated satellite monitoring facility in Cyprus to detect threats to UK secure communications. The move follows rising pressure from adversaries targeting space assets.
Oliver Pemberton 
At QCon London, software leaders warned that AI coding tools present a fundamental dilemma: they are too valuable to ignore, but their increased autonomy is eroding the expertise developers need to review and correct them.
Nadia Souris 
The Pentagon is planning to have OpenAI and xAI train specialised AI models directly on classified military data, a significant escalation that experts warn could cause sensitive information to leak between defence departments
Tanya Birch 
Trading in your old smartphone requires more than just handing it over. Here's what you need to do to safeguard your personal data before the handoff.
Zara Mitchell 
Samsung is discontinuing its Galaxy Z TriFold after just three months on sale, citing production costs that made the $2,899 device increasingly unaffordable to make.
Sarah Cheng 
Spider-Man: Brand New Day's official trailer premiered today, featuring Mark Ruffalo, Jon Bernthal, and Michael Mando, whilst Sadie Sink's mysterious character remains largely hidden despite months of fan speculation.
James Callahan 
The head of South Korea's SK Group predicts memory chip shortages will persist until 2030, a stark reminder that artificial intelligence infrastructure is fundamentally restructuring global technology supply chains.
Yuki Tamura 
Twenty years after launch, Sony updated the PS3 with firmware 4.93, renewing encryption keys to keep physical media playable. The move highlights a genuine tension between protecting old hardware and accessing abandoned games.
Tom Whitfield 
Intel is bundling pre-compiled shader code into its Arc drivers to eliminate the painful waiting and stuttering that plagues PC gaming at launch. The feature now supports 13 games.
Sophia Vargas 
For the first time since the 1960s, a general-purpose ternary processor is available off-the-shelf. The 5500FP implemented on FPGA shows ternary computing remains viable, even if it challenges decades of binary standardisation.
Mitchell Tan 
A vegan cheese product marketed as lactose-free has been pulled from supermarket shelves after authorities discovered it contains undeclared milk, posing a serious risk to consumers with allergies or intolerances.
Priya Narayanan 
Sony is developing Protective AI to stop generative tools from copying Studio Ghibli's animation style and compensate original creators. The approach highlights growing tension between innovation and creator rights.
Jake Nguyen 
Perth drivers are taking AI-detected traffic fines to court, citing concerns about the technology's accuracy in detecting mobile phone use and seatbelt violations.
Aisha Khoury 
Bungie has detailed Marathon's ranked mode, launching this weekend, requiring players to hit specific loot targets and escape successfully to climb the competitive ladder.
Mitchell Tan 
Rising petrol prices triggered by Middle East conflict have triggered a dramatic shift in Sydney commuting patterns, with public transport usage climbing above 2.4 million weekday trips.
Zara Mitchell 
New research shows Bitcoin's network can withstand massive undersea cable disruptions, yet remains vulnerable to attacks on just five major hosting companies. The paradox exposes the gap between decentralised design and centralised reality.
Mitchell Tan 
When the Epstein files were released, a data engineer began what he thought would be a casual project to understand the documents. It consumed everything.
Zara Mitchell 
BMW has officially revealed the 2026 i3 electric sedan, a fully redesigned vehicle built on the dedicated Neue Klasse platform. With up to 440 miles of EPA range, 400 kW ultra-fast charging, and twin-motor all-wheel drive as standard, it marks a significant shift in the company's EV strategy—but prices will reflect premium positioning.
Sophia Vargas 
A 13-year-old student at Kingsgrove North High in Sydney's south-west endured a five-hour bullying ordeal that was filmed and shared. Three teenagers are now facing criminal charges.
Grace Okonkwo 
Hikari restaurant in Teneriffe is closing its doors after 21 years, with just 10 days' notice and limited availability for final bookings.
Oliver Pemberton 
Deadloch returns to Prime Video with a bold geographic and thematic shift, moving from Tasmania's moody coastal crime to the Northern Territory's crocodile-filled complexity.
Jimmy O'Brien