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Submission + - Canadia to force companies to simplify police wiretapping (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Liberal government's second attempt at giving police and spies easier access to Canadians' information includes what's anticipated to be costly demands on a range of private businesses to change how they manage data. The government says it doesn't yet know how much the companies, or Canadian taxpayers, would have to pay.

Submission + - A Private Company Wants to Block the Sun (theatlantic.com)

Submitted by sinij
sinij writes:

Stardust sold geoengineering to investors. Now it needs to sell it to the public.

More like extract public funds doing something extremely reckless. We have no idea what intervention like that would do to our ability to grow food.

Submission + - Brazil Builds Free Payment System; US Wonders If That's Allowed (yahoo.com) 1

Submitted by Suripat
Suripat writes: Brazil’s instant payment system, Pix, has quickly changed how people handle money, making transfers free and nearly immediate. It’s become so widely used that cash and even card payments are losing ground. That success is now getting attention abroad, especially in the United States, where officials are looking into whether a government-backed system like Pix gives it an unfair edge over private payment companies. Supporters see it as efficient and accessible, while critics raise questions about competition. As Pix keeps growing, it’s starting to look less like a local innovation and more like something that could challenge established payment systems worldwide.

Submission + - Gen Z relies on parents for money while turning to AI for financial advice (nerds.xyz)

Submitted by BrianFagioli
BrianFagioli writes: A new study from Wells Fargo suggests the idea of the American Dream may be evolving, especially among younger Americans. The bankâ(TM)s 2026 Money Study found that 69 percent of Gen Z adults believe owning a business is part of achieving that dream, and many see entrepreneurship as a way to control their own destiny. At the same time, the study paints a complicated picture of financial independence, with 64 percent of parents reporting that their Gen Z children rely on them for financial support in some way, whether that means housing, direct financial help, or covering certain expenses.

The report also highlights a growing reliance on technology for financial guidance. About 19 percent of U.S. adults say they used artificial intelligence over the past year to learn about or generate ideas related to their finances, a number that jumps to 38 percent among Gen Z. Many respondents say they use AI tools to explore financial options or weigh risks, and two thirds of those who tried AI generated suggestions reported acting on them. With younger adults balancing side hustles, family support, and new AI tools to manage money, the study raises an interesting question about how financial literacy and independence might evolve in a more algorithm driven world.

Submission + - OpenAI's US Ad Pilot Exceeds $100 Million In Annualized Revenue In Six Weeks (reuters.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: OpenAI's ChatGPT ads pilot in the United States has crossed the $100 million annualized revenue mark within six weeks of launch, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, pointing to robust early demand for the AI startup's nascent advertising business. [...] While roughly 85% of users are currently eligible to see ads, fewer than 20% are shown ads daily, with considerable room to grow ad monetization within the existing user pool, the spokesperson said.

"We're seeing no impact on consumer trust metrics, low dismissal rates of ads, and ongoing improvements in the relevance of ads as we learn from feedback," OpenAI said. The company plans to expand the test globally in additional countries in the coming weeks, including in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. OpenAI has now expanded to over 600 advertisers, with nearly 80% of small- and medium-sized businesses signaling interest in ChatGPT ads, the spokesperson said. The ChatGPT maker is set to launch self-serve advertiser capabilities in April to broaden access and drive further growth.

Submission + - Sony is Shutting Down Dark Outlaw Games (gamerant.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Sony PlayStation is officially shutting down another first-party studio. Dark Outlaw Games, created in 2025, was creating live service games.

Submission + - Watch a CNN producer take on an AI workout mirror (cnn.com)

Submitted by destinyland
destinyland writes: CNN looks at "the Magic AI fitness mirror," a new product "watching you, and giving you feedback automatically," while sometimes playing footage of a recorded personal trainer. In a new video report CNN says the device "tracks form, counts reps, and corrects technique in real-time — and it doesn't go easy on you." (Although the company's CEO/cofounder, Varun Bhanot, says "we're not trying to completely replace personal trainers. What we are providing is a more accessible alternative.") CNN call the company "more a computer-vision firm than a fitness company, building the tech for this mirror from the ground up."

CEO Bhanot tells CNN he'd hired a personal trainer in his 20s to get fit, but "Going through that journey, I realized how old-fashioned personal training was. Dumbbells were still dumb. There was no data or augmentation for the whole process!"

"The AI fitness and wellness market is already huge — and it's growing," CNN adds. "In 2025 the global market was worth $11 billion, according to [market research firm] Insightace Analytic. By 2035, this market is expected to reach just shy of $58 billion."

"And Magic AI is far from alone. Form, Total, Speediance, and Echelon, to name a few, are all brands vying for a slice of this market.

Submission + - China Shows Strategic importance of Renewables - self protection and Cuba aid. (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by AleRunner
AleRunner writes: "China is helping Cuba race to capture renewable solar energy as the United States imposes an effective oil blockade on the Caribbean island, creating its worst energy crisis in decades." reports the Washington post. later in the article it tells that "China’s decades-long push into clean energy technology is now helping to protect it from the soaring oil and gas crisis spurred by Trump’s war against Iran." and that "Chinese exports of solar equipment to Cuba skyrocketed from about $5 million in 2023 to $117 million in 2025 and show no sign of stopping,"

Submission + - Yet more AI Slop (YMAIS)

Submitted by Mirnotoriety
Mirnotoriety writes: MCP Is the Backdoor Your Zero-Trust Architecture Missed

“The Model Context Protocol connects AI agents to enterprise tools — but it ships without authentication, authorization, or audit trails. With 7,000+ exposed servers and a growing list of CVEs, MCP has become the blind spot in your zero-trust perimeter. Here's what happened, what's at stake, and how to lock it down.”

Submission + - A Night Light for Planet Earth

Submitted by SlithyMagister
SlithyMagister writes: According to the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/climate/space-mirror-satellite-solar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SVA.G1vY.0I2OaepMQL83&smid=url-share) a startup wants to reflect sunlight to Earth's night side. The purpose is to produce power from ground-based solar farms, light streets etc.

Submission + - Executives say AI boosts productivity but the real gain is just 16 minutes per w (nerds.xyz)

Submitted by BrianFagioli
BrianFagioli writes: A new study suggests the productivity boost from artificial intelligence may be far smaller than executives claim. According to research cited in Foxitâ(TM)s State of Document Intelligence report, while 89 percent of executives and 79 percent of end users say AI tools make them feel more productive, the actual time savings shrink dramatically once people account for reviewing and validating AI-generated output.

The survey of 1,000 desk-based workers and 400 executives in the United States and United Kingdom found executives believe AI saves them about 4.6 hours per week, but they spend roughly 4 hours and 20 minutes verifying those results. End users reported a similar pattern, estimating 3.6 hours saved but 3 hours and 50 minutes spent reviewing AI work. Once that âoeverification burdenâ is factored in, executives gain just 16 minutes per week, while end users actually lose about 14 minutes.

Submission + - ChatGPT convinced Illinois woman to fire human attorney: Lawsuit not reward! (thehill.com)

Submitted by AleRunner
AleRunner writes: "A federal lawsuit filed by life insurance company Nippon claims OpenAI’s chatbot acted as a lawyer and convinced a woman to fire her human attorney." writes Newsnation "Graciela Dela Torre signed a full release, and the case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be refiled. However, last year, Dela Torre sought to reopen the case." however ChatGPT supposedly convinced Dela Torre otherwise and legal hilarity, which cost Nippon nearly $300,000, ensued. “This is actually the first real time I’ve seen a plaintiff or a claimant actually try and represent themselves 100%, and it got through the court system, and that’s been a revolutionary area,” Michael Stanisci, vice president of DemandLane, told “Jesse Weber Live.” he further continued “It has access to nearly infinite human intelligence. What it lacks is the wisdom, right? It’s like a child trying to appease and make sure that it’s being praised by the end user,”. Nippon is now suing OpenAI for $300,000 damages and reportedly a further $10 million in punitive damages.

Submission + - Open Source Tool Gives AI Agents a Real Browser -- and Unexpected Behaviors Are (dev.to)

Submitted by domonus
domonus writes: A developer working on an open source browser automation tool for AI agents reports observing unexpected emergent capabilities once agents were given access to a real Chromium browser instead of traditional HTTP-based web tools. Rather than simply extracting data, the agent began autonomously performing competitive content analysis on live websites, synthesizing content from multiple news sources into custom pages without any APIs, and live-modifying the DOM of third-party sites — including turning Linus Torvalds' GitHub profile into a MySpace page, complete with a "Top 5 Friends" list and a Darude — Sandstorm music player.
From the article: "The model provides the domain knowledge. The browser provides the execution surface. The combination produces capabilities nobody anticipated and nobody could enumerate if they tried." The author argues that a browser is a "meta-tool" that collapses the fragmented stack of search APIs, scraping libraries, screenshot services, and form fillers into a single capability — but notes this raises immediate questions about agent trust and accountability. The project, vscreen https://github.com/jameswebb68..., is open source and written in Rust.

Submission + - This tool calculates the jaw-dropping lifetime cost of targeting your attention (attentionworth.com)

Submitted by Henningxx
Henningxx writes: Found a calculator that shows how much advertisers have spent targeting you personally over your lifetime. Just plugged in my info and... well, that sucks.

Apparently tens of thousands of dollars have been spent trying to capture my attention since I first went online. The tool breaks down everything — your age, location, screen time — and calculates based on actual industry rates.

The really depressing part? It shows you've watched about 78 days worth of video ads in your lifetime. That's like watching every Marvel movie 28 times. And you got paid exactly $0 for any of it.
Peak "advertising value" hits around age 25-35, which explains why every app suddenly became aggressively targeted once I hit my twenties. The tracking apparently started the moment you first touched the internet.

What makes it worse is realizing your attention has become one of the most valuable commodities on earth, and tech companies have built trillion-dollar businesses around it while you scroll for free.
The tool doesn't save anything — everything stays on your device, which is probably the only privacy-respecting thing about this whole situation.

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