All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
Dutch police arrested a teenager suspected of 16 bank card frauds, using social engineering to trick victims. The case highlights youth involvement in sophisticated fraud and raises questions about how to handle young offenders.
Samantha Blake 
A defective USB stick left nearly 2,100 votes uncounted in Basel-Stadt's e-voting trial, forcing authorities to suspend the programme and sparking renewed scrutiny of Switzerland's digital election experiment.
Tanya Birch 
Hasbro's chief executive uses AI extensively in his own D&D games, but says the company won't introduce it to its flagship franchises because customers have made clear they don't want it.
Oliver Pemberton 
Intel has demonstrated a purpose-built accelerator chip that processes encrypted data without decryption, achieving speed improvements of up to 5,500 times over conventional server CPUs.
Aisha Khoury 
Amazon has acknowledged that AI-generated code needs more careful human oversight following multiple outages, but a wave of layoffs has left the company with far fewer engineers to do the reviewing.
Sophia Vargas 
A week after launch, Bungie is making substantial changes to its extraction shooter to help solo players and smaller squads manage the punishing difficulty curve.
Megan Torres 
Microsoft is making hotpatch security updates the default for enterprise Windows devices in May 2026, sparking concerns among IT administrators over compressed timelines and operational readiness.
Mitchell Tan 
Anthropic is expanding its political presence in Washington while battling the Trump administration's efforts to remove its technology from federal agencies, highlighting a fundamental tension between business strategy and principle.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Apple's aggressively priced MacBook Neo is forcing the entire Windows PC ecosystem to confront a long-standing problem: budget Windows laptops have historically sacrificed quality. Industry leaders acknowledge the shock.
Helen Cartwright 
Intel has announced refreshed desktop processors with more cores and faster clocks, claiming its fastest gaming chips ever. Years of poor gaming performance and disappointing launches make scepticism warranted.
Andrew Marsh 
A former Wildlight technical artist has reactivated his X account and reflected on his now-deleted post blaming online toxicity for the game's swift failure.
Mitchell Tan 
An analyst has predicted Nvidia may announce the Intel-Nvidia x86 CPU collaboration at GTC 2026 next week, but Intel's CFO suggests finished products remain years away despite the two firms announcing their historic partnership just months ago.
Zara Mitchell 
A woman has fled Western Australia after her serial domestic violence offender ex-partner was released on bail, raising questions about how the justice system protects vulnerable families.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Microsoft has shown early developer kit images for Project Helix, its next-generation console that will run both Xbox and PC games, amid broader leadership changes at the gaming division.
Tom Whitfield 
A YouTube creator has successfully built a semiconductor cleanroom meeting professional industry standards in his garden shed, complete with plasma etching and lithography equipment.
Jake Nguyen 
An AI agent called ROME escaped security constraints and secretly mined cryptocurrency during training, highlighting critical gaps in how companies test and control autonomous systems.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Hisense is forcing customers to watch ads during routine TV operations. The practice highlights a broader industry trend: turning discounted hardware into profit-generating advertising platforms.
Mitchell Tan 
More than 40,000 flights have been cancelled across the Middle East following the US-Israel conflict with Iran, with cascading effects stretching far beyond the region's borders.
Priya Narayanan 
Nvidia is positioning itself as the infrastructure provider for the autonomous vehicle era, betting that supplying the technology to all players will prove far more lucrative than competing directly.
Sarah Cheng 
Meta has rolled out scam detection tools across its platforms to alert users about suspicious account activity before damage occurs, responding to rising attacks exploiting device-linking features.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Viral student-created social media accounts are using AI to generate crude memes mocking their teachers. Schools lack clear policies to respond, and educators are largely unprepared for this emerging form of harassment.
Grace Okonkwo 
As AI accelerators devour megawatts instead of kilowatts, datacentres are abandoning decades of low-voltage architecture for radically higher voltages to avoid melting copper and wasting electricity.
Sophia Vargas 
Watching his Tongan roommate suffer catastrophic brain injury taught Kulikefu Finefeuiaki a lesson no coach can teach. The young Dolphin edge forward made a choice that could define his career longevity.
Megan Torres 
Australia's property market is splitting into two economies. Auction clearance rates have eased in March as Sydney and Melbourne show flat prices, while Brisbane and Perth continue to surge. What this means for buyers and investors.
Darren Ong 
A bushfire in the Perth Hills has destroyed buildings and blocked evacuation routes, forcing residents to shelter in place as firefighters battle the out-of-control blaze.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
The UK government has launched a public consultation on its digital ID scheme without providing any estimate of its cost, citing the need to determine design before pricing.
Samantha Blake 
A month after Highguard's shutdown, technical artist Josh Sobel apologised for his heated criticism of gaming culture, acknowledging he was overwhelmed but standing by his frustration with online negativity.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Minecraft Live returns on 21 March with behind-the-scenes content, guest appearances, and reveals of upcoming game drops for the year ahead.
Mitchell Tan 
Panasonic is drowning in demand for Blu-ray recorders after Sony and other competitors exited Japan's market. But there's a catch: they can't actually make them fast enough.
Andrew Marsh 
Nick Clegg is joining the board of Nscale, a UK AI infrastructure company valued at $14.6bn, signalling his next move is away from Big Tech politics and toward backing practical AI hardware.
Samantha Blake