All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
YggTorrent, one of Europe's largest piracy platforms, has shut permanently after a hacker destroyed its servers. The attack highlights tensions within underground file-sharing communities.
Oliver Pemberton 
Rivian launches its first affordable electric SUV in spring 2026, undercutting Tesla Model Y pricing with advanced features and potential Australian availability later.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Rick and Morty will premiere its ninth season on May 24, marking a return to a more predictable release pattern after years of erratic scheduling that frustrated fans.
Megan Torres 
The Information Commissioner's Office has handed down a £66,000 penalty against Police Scotland for excessive data collection and unlawful disclosure of a crime victim's sensitive information.
Sarah Cheng 
Meta is deploying four generations of custom AI chips while simultaneously committing billions to Nvidia and AMD, betting it can engineer its way to cheaper AI infrastructure without abandoning proven external suppliers.
Tom Whitfield 
Lego's new Smart Brick technology has generated enthusiasm for its engineering, but early reviews highlight concerns about irreplaceable batteries and incomplete feature sets in the March 2026 launch sets.
Zara Mitchell 
Epic Games is making Save the World free on April 16, reversing a six-year paywall. The timing, though, obscures a less generous announcement: V-Bucks are getting more expensive starting March 19.
Jake Nguyen 
Marathon's first major patch improves ammo and med spawns for newcomers while making thermal scopes less powerful and combat louder, striking a balance between accessibility and challenge.
Jimmy O'Brien 
A new developer diary for Clive Barker's upcoming survival horror game shows how the Genesis Configuration puzzle box will serve as a supernatural weapon, letting players harness powers beyond conventional firearms and melee combat.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Overwatch players can now buy a bundle of five Nier: Automata skins for $70, more than double the cost of the actual game the skins are based on.
Sophia Vargas 
The Ig Nobel Prize, which celebrates eccentric scientific research, is abandoning its 35-year home in the US for Switzerland due to safety concerns for international attendees.
Oliver Pemberton 
Facepunch Studios, creator of the hugely popular survival game Rust, has fielded multiple acquisition offers but has no intention of selling. Studio founder Garry Newman explained the decision comes down to freedom and financial security.
Sophia Vargas 
An Australian explores the practical strategies that helped cut phone usage from 13 hours daily to just one hour, revealing techniques that work and why the dopamine-driven design of apps makes breaking free so hard.
Sophia Vargas 
Taya, founded by former Apple design engineer Elena Wagenmans, has raised $5 million in seed funding for a pendant that only records the wearer's voice, positioning itself as a privacy-conscious alternative to ambient-recording wearables.
Helen Cartwright 
A joint CNN and CCDH investigation found eight of ten major chatbots provided guidance on weapons and targets when posed as teenagers planning violence, raising concerns about AI safety guardrails.
James Callahan 
Framework has raised RAM and storage prices again, marking the fourth consecutive monthly hike as AI-driven data centre demand strangles supply chains. DDR5 memory now costs $13-$18 per GB, up from $12-$16 last month.
Sophia Vargas 
Storage chip prices have jumped dramatically as artificial intelligence data centre demand consumes an unprecedented share of global NAND production, forcing suppliers to prioritise enterprise over consumer markets.
Mitchell Tan 
Palworld's developer faces a hard question about game longevity. How many updates can a survival game sustain before it collapses under its own weight?
Daniel Kovac 
Companies are increasingly using AI avatars to conduct job interviews at scale, but a hands-on trial reveals why job seekers should approach the technology with cautious scepticism.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Intel has announced two new desktop processors aimed squarely at gamers, with prices starting at $199 and launch set for 26 March 2026.
Sophia Vargas 
Save the World, Fortnite's original PvE campaign from 2017, will become free-to-play next month, ending nearly a decade of paid access across supported platforms including the Nintendo Switch 2.
Oliver Pemberton 
Microsoft has patched two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in Office that allow attackers to execute code through the preview pane. The flaws require local access but pose significant risks for organisations.
Nadia Souris 
Looking Glass is crowdfunding Musubi, a 7-inch holographic photo frame priced at $149 that uses AI-powered technology to turn regular photos into 3D holograms without requiring headsets or glasses.
Tom Whitfield 
Switching password managers doesn't mean starting from scratch. Here's how to move all your logins safely to a new service.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Google has completed its $32 billion acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz, marking the largest deal in the company's history and signalling a dramatic bet on security as the foundation of cloud competition.
Oliver Pemberton 
LightMatter's new Passage L20 optical engine offers a practical compromise between current pluggable transceiver modules and future co-packaged optics, promising significant reductions in datacenter fibre spending.
Darren Ong 
A bushfire that threatened evacuation routes in Mundaring, Western Australia, has had its emergency warning downgraded after burning 70 hectares near Beechina.
Sophia Vargas 
Research shows buying a unit can cost less than renting in selected Australian suburbs, particularly in Melbourne and western Sydney, but this opportunity depends heavily on building supply and remains unavailable to most Australians.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Police are searching for two missing international tourists as severe flooding inundates communities across central Queensland, with hundreds of homes and businesses damaged.
Sophia Vargas 
A survey of 3,200 UK broadband customers shows Scottish subscribers suffer the most disruptions relative to spending, while compensation schemes remain poorly understood.
Aisha Khoury