Tech, AI, startups, and cyber security
Australia's cyber spy agency discovered a critical Cisco SD-WAN flaw being exploited since 2023, prompting a rare joint warning from all Five Eyes intelligence partners.
Oliver Pemberton The cybercrime collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters is recruiting women as telephone social engineers, paying up to $1,000 per call to bypass helpdesk security training.
Oliver Pemberton Microsoft is set to auto-launch its Copilot AI pane in Edge whenever users click Outlook links, sparking privacy and enterprise security concerns ahead of a May 2026 rollout.
Patrick Donnelly New ORCA benchmark results show most major AI models are getting marginally better at everyday maths, though the top performer, Gemini 3 Flash, still scores less than 73 per cent.
Priya Narayanan NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel has classified Artemis III as high risk, urging the agency to adopt a more stepwise approach before attempting a crewed lunar landing.
James Callahan ASUS and Dell are building dedicated Windows 365 cloud PC devices, joining Microsoft in a bet that the subscription desktop could reshape enterprise computing.
Jake Nguyen A security researcher found 16 vulnerabilities in one Lovable-hosted app, exposing 18,000 users' data. The incident has reignited debate over who bears responsibility when AI writes the code.
James Callahan After a costly failure as battlefield kit, Microsoft's HoloLens headsets have found a second life in remote cargo inspections for the US Air Force.
Darren Ong Oak Ridge National Laboratory has created a new institute to address surging AI datacenter power demands, with US electricity use from datacentres projected to reach 17% by 2030.
Priya Narayanan Cisco Talos has uncovered a never-before-seen backdoor, Dohdoor, targeting US hospitals and universities since December 2025, with suspected links to North Korea's Lazarus Group.
Mitchell Tan OpenAI has announced $110B in new investment at a $730B valuation, but the deals reveal a web of circular commitments that deserve closer scrutiny.
Yuki Tamura Soaring demand for AI infrastructure is starving smartphones and PCs of memory, with analysts forecasting price hikes of up to 14% and market declines not seen in over a decade.
Nadia Souris President Trump has ordered the entire US federal government to stop using Anthropic's AI, after the company refused to drop safeguards against autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance.
Aisha Khoury A field engineer completed a routine server repair, then found himself locked inside a datacenter for nearly two hours while a client tried to blame him for a software bug.
Daniel Kovac Snack giant Mondelēz has picked Celonis over SAP's own Signavio tool to guide its global ERP migration, in a move that reflects wider corporate anxiety about tech vendor dependency.
James Callahan Nearly half of German-speaking SAP users plan to miss the 2027 ECC support deadline, opting instead for costly extended maintenance, according to the DSAG Investment Report 2026.
Mitchell Tan About 140 datacenters are queued for UK grid access with a combined 50 GW demand, exceeding Britain's peak electricity use. Ofgem is now scrambling to fix the system.
Daniel Kovac French DIY marketplace ManoMano has confirmed a January cyberattack on a customer support subcontractor exposed personal data, while a hacker claims the haul reached 38 million accounts.
Sarah Cheng Global ransomware attacks hit a record high in 2025 even as payments fell 8%, and Australia sits squarely in the crosshairs of a sprawling, industrialised criminal marketplace.
Daniel Kovac Steaelite, a new remote access trojan sold on cybercrime forums since November 2025, combines credential theft and ransomware in one interface — and starts stealing data before operators even open the panel.
Yuki Tamura