Saturday, March 21, 2026

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Technology News and More...





Three ways data centers can operate more sustainably

Latest from TechRadar / 3min
How cooling, circularity and smarter workloads can cut data center impact.





There's a sneaky way to watch Milan-San Remo 2026 for *FREE*
Latest from TechRadar / 3min
We've found a sneaky way that you can stream Milan-San Remo 2026 for free from anywhere in the world.





Give your kitchen a luxe upgrade for less — 15 premium appliances and accessories from just £8
Latest from TechRadar / 3min
Budget-friendly buys that will take your kitchen to the next level without breaking the bank.





ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Apple's AirPod Max 2 surprise to Nvidia DLSS 5 backlash
Latest from TechRadar / 3min
The week's top tech news stories from Apple, Sony, Nothing, Nvidia, and more for March 21, 2026





Air India Flies Wrong Plane To Canada, Ends In 7-Hour Flight To Nowhere
One Mile at a Time / 49min
An Air India fight bound for Canada ended up exactly where it started, after a seven-hour “flight to nowhere.” While it’s common to see diversions for mechanical or medical reasons, what’s interesting here is that the issue seemed to be due to a technicality more than anything… Vancouver-bound Air India flight returns to Delhi after seven hours This incident happened on Thursday, March 19, 2026,





Secure your spring break travels with Mullvad VPN — it's the simplest VPN deal I've ever seen
Latest from TechRadar / 59min
There's no long term subscriptions, sneaky price hikes, or complicated tax rates with this one






How to watch Milan-San Remo 2026: Free Streams, TV Channels & Start Time
Latest from TechRadar / 2h
All the ways to watch Milano-Sanremo 2026 live streams online and from anywhere as Tadej Pogačar renews rivalries with Mathieu van der Poel.





Lufthansa Trials Reduced Cabin Cleaning Between Flights, But Only In Economy
One Mile at a Time / 2h
Lufthansa is trying to see if it can get away with cleaning short haul aircraft less between flights, and that might even include not cleaning the lavatories… but only in economy! Lufthansa’s reduced aircraft cabin cleaning trial aeroTELEGRAPH reports on a trial that Lufthansa is running between March 16 and March 29, 2026, on roughly 20 short haul routes from various European outstations. The id





Hurdle hints and answers for March 21, 2026
Mashable / 3h
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle , then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give





Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on March 21
Mashable / 3h
It's day two of the new lunar cycle which means the Moon will slowly be getting brighter in the nights ahead as more of its surface becomes illuminated. It'll keep increasing in visibility from now until the Full Moon, when it will start to fade again. What is today’s Moon phase? As of Saturday, March 21, the Moon phase is Waxing Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide , 7% of the Moon wil





Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review — the sequel is convoluted and full of carnage, but saved by star power
Latest from TechRadar / 4h
Ready or Not 2 may seem like a pointless sequel but it's worth watching to see the cast having the time of their lives.





NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 21, 2026


Mashable / 4h
The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you don't beat around the bush. Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some h





NYT Strands hints, answers for March 21, 2026
Mashable / 4h
Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you have a great sense of smell. Strands , the New York Times ' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of a





Wordle today: Answer, hints for March 21, 2026
Mashable / 4h
Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you're a smooth talker. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connectio





New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput
TechCrunch / 6h
Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon's assertion that the AI company poses an "unacceptable risk to national security" and arguing that the government's case relies on technical misunderstandings and claims that were never actually raised during the months of negotiations.





Tech Now
BBC News / 7h
Alasdair Keane visits the underground insect farm turning food waste into animal feed.





Anthropic Denies It Could Sabotage AI Tools During War
Wired / 7h
The Department of Defense alleges the AI developer could manipulate models in the middle of war. Company executives argue that’s impossible.





Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says
TechCrunch / 8h
At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company.





Elon Musk misled investors during his Twitter takeover, jury finds
Engadget / 8h
A group of former Twitter investors have prevailed at a federal civil trial over Elon Musk's actions amid his $44 billion acquisition of the social platform in 2022. A jury in San Francisco found Friday that tweets made by Musk about fake accounts on the platform had defrauded investors in the company. The jury sided with Musk on other allegations in the case. It's not yet clear how much Musk wil





Stop stressing over PDFs thanks to this $25 lifetime app
Mashable / 8h
TL;DR: Make peace with PDFs thanks to this AcePDF Converter and Editor lifetime license , now just $25.50 with code MARCH15 through March 29. Opens in a new window Credit: Acethinker AcePDF Converter & Editor: Lifetime License $25.50 $99.99 Save $74.49 There are apps for everything these days — and they usually come with a pricey monthly subscription fee. That’s where AcePDF Converter and Editor





Could Ukrainian drones replace DJI in the US? 'Mysterious' Ukrainian Defense Drones Tech Corporation selected by the US Army in the Drone Dominance contest because they have no components sourced from China
Latest from TechRadar / 8h
Ukrainian drones Shrike 10 Fiber and F10 impress Pentagon, earning contracts in a billion-dollar Drone Dominance program focused on non-Chinese components.





Keep losing your keys? Apple AirTags have dropped to their lowest price yet — each tracker now just AU$24.75
Latest from TechRadar / 9h
Amazon has just dropped the price of the 4-pack of Apple's first-generation AirTags to just AU$99, the lowest it's been to date.





Jury finds Musk owes damages to Twitter investors for his tweets
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
On Friday, a jury in California determined that Elon Musk had misled investors in Twitter via public statements that depressed the price of the company's stock ahead of Musk's purchase of the service. Because this was a class action lawsuit, Musk is likely to owe damages to a huge range of investors—payments that may ultimately reach billions of dollars. In the lead-up to Musk's ultimate purchase





You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
There's a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your brain. If that's not startling enough, researchers reported this week that there may be a new way for this virus to activate—one that affects up to 10 percent of adults worldwide. The virus is the human





Once again, ULA can't deliver when the US military needs a satellite in orbit
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
For the fourth time in a little more than a year, the US Space Force needs to send up a new satellite to replenish the military's GPS navigation network. And once again, the company the Pentagon is paying to launch it can't answer the call. United Launch Alliance, a 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, was supposed to launch the final satellite for the Space Force's GPS Block I





Microsoft keeps insisting that it's deeply committed to the quality of Windows 11
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
If you were eating in a restaurant and the head chef came out from the back multiple times to loudly proclaim that the kitchen was deeply committed to the quality of the food, would you find that reassuring? Or would you start wondering why the chef felt the need to keep saying it? That's the conundrum facing the Windows team at Microsoft right now. Windows VP Pavan Davuluri has gone on the recor





Writer denies it, but publisher pulls horror novel after multiple allegations of AI use
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Shy Girl , a horror novel by Mia Ballard, was one of those buzzy books that leapt from self-published prominence into full-on trade publication. Until yesterday, that is, when publisher Hachette pulled the book from the UK market and canceled plans to bring it to the US. The move came after a New York Times investigation suggested that AI had been used in significant parts of the work. "If it isn





Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack
8 TTPs•
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Hackers have compromised virtually all versions of Aqua Security’s widely used Trivy vulnerability scanner in an ongoing supply chain attack that could have wide-ranging consequences for developers and the organizations that use them. Trivy maintainer Itay Shakury confirmed the compromise on Friday, following rumors and a thread , since deleted by the attackers, discussing the incident. The attac





Citibank Is Slashing Points Transfers To Two Partners April 19 — One Drops 25%, The Other 50%
View from the Wing / 9h
Citibank is devaluing ThankYou Rewards transfers to Choice Privileges and Preferred Hotels effective April 19, cutting the Choice ratio by 25% and the I Prefer ratio by 50%. The change wipes out value from these niche hotel partners. Preferred had been one of the program’s sweet spots.





Microsoft Is Finally Ready to Make Windows 11 Less Terrible After Bloating It With AI Crap
Gizmodo / 9h
Less Copilot, better search, and more taskbar customization are apparently in the pipeline.





Check Out Frank Miller’s First Ever ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Comic Cover
Gizmodo / 9h
The 'Sin City' and 'Daredevil' legend inspired the Turtles, and now he's giving back to the franchise.





Kingston reveals its toughest encrypted USB Drive yet — and it can even help you try and avoid typos
Latest from TechRadar / 9h
Kingston IronKey Locker+ 50 G2 delivers AES 256-bit hardware encryption, layered password protections, and physical durability for secure enterprise-grade USB storage.





There Aren’t a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone
Wired / 9h
The company is reportedly building a new AI-powered mobile device. If Amazon follows through on the plan, experts warn it would be next to impossible to break into a crowded market.





I 3D-printed my own Wi-Fi signal booster (but not for the reason you think)
How-To Geek / 10h
Sometimes you have to commit to doing something, regardless of whether you think it will work or not. If you don’t fail, you’ll never learn. If you don’t try, you’ll never start. This was the logic behind my very first design-to-print 3D printing project.





Elon Musk Is Responsible for Some Twitter Investor Losses, Jury Finds
NYT > Technology / 10h
The verdict was a rare loss for Mr. Musk, who investors claimed had tried to drive down the share price of the social media company, now called X, to renegotiate his $44 billion offer.





Lufthansa Is Testing Dirtier Coach Cabins — While Business Class Still Gets Cleaned Between Flights
View from the Wing / 10h
Lufthansa is testing less cleaning in coach on 20 short-haul routes while continuing to clean business class between flights. The move turns cabin cleaning into a class divide, with premium passengers still getting tidy seats while travelers in back may find dirtier lavatories and trash in the seat back pockets.





‘Ran and the Gray World’ Feels Like a Manga From a Bygone Era
Gizmodo / 10h
Unfortunately, the fantasy manga is a visual feast that quickly curdles into the genre's worst instincts.





Pinterest CEO says teens under 16 should be banned from social media (but not Pinterest)
Engadget / 10h
Pinterest's CEO has thrown his support behind an Australia measure banning social media for younger teens and is calling for governments around the world to implement similar bans. "Social media, as it’s configured today, is not safe for young people under 16," Ready writes in a piece published by Time . "We need a clear standard: no social media for teens under 16, backed by real enforcement, an





Tropical transpacific flair: Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner business class
The Points Guy Articles / 10h
Quick take: Hawaiian Airlines' Dreamliner is a fun ride across the Pacific thanks to flavorful menus and comfortable suites — if either of the two current routes fits your travel plans. Pros Suites have privacy doors and colorful finishes Innovative food menus offer tasty choices There is relatively good award availability at the Saver level Cons The drinks list does not feel super premium Alaska





Pinterest CEO says ban kids under 16 from social media
Mashable / 10h
Following the Australian government's social media ban for kids under 16, governments around the world are looking into the possibility of similar style bans. These governments considering these social media bans now have at least one unlikely supporter: The CEO of Pinterest. In a piece published for Time , Pinterest CEO Bill Ready has come out in full support for government bans on social media





Feds Are Downplaying Methane Leaks in America’s Biggest Oil Field, Satellite Data Suggests
Gizmodo / 10h
A report found methane emissions in the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.





‘A Rigged and Dangerous Product’: The Wildest Week for Prediction Markets Yet
Wired / 10h
As the prediction market boom continues, backlash is growing, too, with Arizona filing criminal charges against Kalshi and public outcry after Polymarket traders threatened a journalist.





Hyatt May Add An Elite Tier Above Globalist — And Turn Current Benefits Into One-Stay Rewards
View from the Wing / 10h
Hyatt is quietly surveying some of the biggest changes elites have seen in 10 years, including the idea of a new elite tier above Globalist and turning some current perks into one-stay rewards instead of benefits you enjoy on each stay. The survey also raises the possibility of premium suite upgrades even as they pursue cost cuts in the program.





A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine
Wired / 11h
Congressman Jim Himes claims a sweeping surveillance authority should stay intact because he hasn't seen abuses by Kash Patel's FBI, according to internal messaging obtained by WIRED.





Hey Bernie, That’s a Not an AI Agent
Gizmodo / 11h
Good on him for trying, though.





Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows
TechCrunch / 11h
The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps.





Anthropic wants to hire a weapons expert. Its not what you think.
Mashable / 11h
Many people first saw it on X: A most unusual, and unsettling, job posting. Some assumed it was a joke. Others were reminded of Cyberdyne Systems, the tech company in the Terminator franchise that accidentally invents Skynet. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. But over on LinkedIn, where they speak a different language , Anthropic had merely posted a lis





Solar-Eclipsing Probe Back From the Dead After a Month of Silence
Gizmodo / 11h
An anomaly caused ESA's Proba-3 to ghost ground control, but now the spacecraft has finally made contact.





NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
NASA has taken a step forward to moving an undetermined spacecraft of a various size on an indefinite date to a yet-to-be-decided location. Or to put it another way: NASA is seeking to learn more about what it would take to remove the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia and relocate it to Houston, as compared to transporting a smaller space capsule from anywhere in the countr





Trump FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna and blow way past 39% TV ownership cap
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday approved Nexstar Media Group's $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna, granting a waiver that lets the broadcast giant go way past the national limit on station ownership. Nexstar said it closed the acquisition late in the day yesterday, immediately after receiving the FCC approval. The deal was also approved by the US Department of Justice, but a group of





Microsoft will yank Copilot from some Windows apps and let you move the taskbar again
Engadget / 11h
After one too many of you threatened to switch to Linux, Microsoft has published a long list of changes it plans to make to Windows 11. In a lengthy blog titled " Our commitment to Windows quality ," Pavan Davuluri, the executive vice president of Windows and Devices, said the company has spent a "great deal" of time in recent months reading feedback from users. "What came through was the voice o





Sounds Like the ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Directors Scored a Huge Payday for the Sequel
Gizmodo / 11h
Netflix is digging deep to reward Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, the Oscar-winning directors of its biggest-ever movie.





Microsoft has a new plan for Windows 11, and it actually sounds great
How-To Geek / 11h
There are many aspects of Windows 11 that are genuine improvements over previous versions, but there are also many more annoyances, especially if you are sick of seeing Copilot AI everywhere. Microsoft has now announced a bold new plan: actually listening to PC owners about what they want in Windows 11.





Strava’s Fitness App Exposed the Real-Time Location of a French Aircraft Carrier
Gizmodo / 11h
A sailor’s publicly shared workout made it possible to pinpoint the ship’s movements in the Mediterranean sea.





Nvidia CEO Wants Tech Execs to Stop Laying Off Workers and Scaring People
Gizmodo / 11h
At GTC, Jensen Huang was on damage control for AI.





Physicists Say They’ve Cracked the Mystery of Volcanic Lightning
Gizmodo / 11h
No divine sign, just science.





3 Prime Video fantasy shows to watch this weekend (March 20 - March 22)
How-To Geek / 12h
Fantasy-adventure shows are always fun to watch, especially when you’re in the mood for an exciting weekend binge that provides a real-world escape—heroic journeys, unique landscapes, fellowship, and epic battle action on top of mythical creatures, magical abilities, and ancient prophecies. I’m all in. Just show me where to sit.





CEO Says He’ll Hire Anyone Who Can Vibe Code With AI, Regardless of Actual Skill
Futurism / 12h
Steven Bartlett, the host of the podcast “The Diary of a CEO,” apparently takes a vibes-based approach to recruitment, and loves it when potential new hires say they use AI to actually do their jobs. According to Isaac Martin, the director of innovation at Bartlett’s media brand Flight Story, Bartlett now prioritizes hiring people who can “vibe code,” or heavily use AI to write code and dream up





What happened at Nvidia GTC: NemoClaw, Robot Olaf, and a $1 trillion bet
TechCrunch / 12h
CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia […]





Six Strength Training 'Rules' You Can Safely Ignore
Lifehacker / 12h
Most of us don’t do enough strength training to realize the health benefits it can bring . The American College of Sports Medicine has released a new guideline on strength training that gives more realistic advice than what you may have heard about strength training elsewhere. Aside from outlining the amount of training we need, the new guidelines also come with a few surprises, in the form of de





Nevada Bans Kalshi for at Least the Next Two Weeks
Gizmodo / 12h
The ban comes at a time when regulators and lawmakers are on high alert over prediction markets.





Could Agentic AI be the killer app for the 40-year old PC? AMD thinks so — and wants you to jump on the Agent Computer bandwagon before it is too late
Latest from TechRadar / 12h
AMD introduces Agentic AI on PCs, enabling autonomous task execution, persistent local models, and enhanced productivity for professionals and organizations.





New Study Highlights Carbon Fiber Weakness That Sounds All Too Familiar After Titan Fiasco
Gizmodo / 12h
Researchers planned to test how carbon fiber reacted to intense heat and humidity, but they found out something else entirely.





‘We are only able to supply, for our key customers in the midterm, about 50% to two-thirds of their requirements’: Micron CEO forecasts production spend increase to meet the insane demand for memory – but the RAM crisis will only get worse
Latest from TechRadar / 12h
The RAM crisis is having a knock-on effect on the memory industry in general - but there could be an unlikely hero.





Everything We Know About the Future of ‘Star Trek’
Gizmodo / 12h
As the franchise prepares to celebrate 60 years of boldly going, its future in TV and film remains more in flux than it's been in a decade.





The White House proposes new AI policy framework that supersedes state laws
Engadget / 12h
The White House has announced a new AI policy framework that calls for Congress to craft federal regulation that overrules state AI laws. The Trump administration has made multiple attempts to overrule more restrictive state-level AI regulation, but has failed so far, most notably in the passing of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” The framework focuses on a variety of topics, covering everything fro





5 Oscar-winning Netflix movies to watch this weekend (March 20-22)
How-To Geek / 12h
While the 2026 Oscars ended with some surprises and snubs, the spirit of the show can still be celebrated. From classic watches and new movies, the iconic Oscar collection of winners in major and other categories is a gift that keeps giving.





Andrej Karpathy on Code Agents, AutoResearch and the Self Improvement Loopy Era of AI
Next Big Future / 12h
Andrej Karpathy is pioneering autonomous loop” AI systems—especially coding agents and self-improving research agents—while advancing AI-native education through Eureka Labs and ultra-minimal open-source LLM implementations. Coding agents can now reliably edit code, run experiments, and iterate for days. He created AutoResearch, AI agents that fully close the research loop—design experiments, edit





YouTube Wants Your Help Identifying AI Slop on Its Platform
Lifehacker / 12h
If you've watched videos on the internet any time over the past year or two, you've encountered AI-generated content ( even if you didn't realize it ). While some of it is convincing, a lot of it is obvious. Like, I'm guessing no one thought those dramatic narrative videos of people made of fruit were painstakingly animated by hand. This type of artificially generated content has been lovingly (o





Gamers Hate Nvidia's DLSS 5. Developers Aren’t Crazy About It, Either
Wired / 12h
Nvidia’s new AI upscaling gaming technology struck gamers as uncanny and off-putting. Developers don't seem to like it, either, but it could be “the default” in a few years.





Amid legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada
TechCrunch / 12h
It's the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets.





Teens Are Using AI to Create “Slander” Videos of Their Teachers
Futurism / 12h
If teachers thought rampant cheating was the worst way AI would impact their livelihoods, we’ve got some bad news. On social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, Wired reports , teenagers are using AI to create videos that ruthlessly mock their school’s faculty, sometimes even attacking their reputation, with one video flippantly labeling a teacher a “predator.” The “slander pages” that pos





Chase Just Brought Back A 100,000-Point Ink Business Preferred Bonus
View from the Wing / 12h
Chase has brought back a 100,000-point bonus on the Ink Business Preferred, giving small-business owners and those of you with a side hustle one of the strongest bank card offers available right now. The card’s $95 annual fee is low for a bonus this large, and the points can be transferred to valuable airline and hotel partners like Hyatt, United, Air France KLM, British Airways, and Singapore Air





Businesses are being 'locked in' to all-in-one platforms – and its costing them growth and adaptability
Latest from TechRadar / 13h
New research shows that companies are being held back by being locked into single ecosystems – but switching isn't easy.