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PwC will say goodbye to staff who aren’t convinced about AI • The Register
You’ll use AI and like it too – if you work for PwC. Paul Griggs, US chief executive of the global professional services giant, has made clear there is no room at the corporation for AI skeptics.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Griggs indicated that anyone who believed they had the “opportunity to opt out” of AI is “not going to be here that long,” and warned senior staff not “paranoid about being AI-first” will be replaced by others who are more comfortable with the tech.
PwC is also reportedly rethinking its billing model – in an era where AI is expected to automate tasks – potentially shifting from hourly rates to subscription-style access to AI-driven tax and consulting services.
This gung-ho approach from Griggs comes despite research undertaken by PwC, published in January, that indicated more than half of businesses using AI saw little or no benefit.
The survey of 4,454 business leaders across 95 countries found neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from deploying or using AI tools and services in their organization. The Register has asked PwC to comment on its own AI policies for staff.
Deloitte, another professional services biz, found similar results in its “State of AI in the Enterprise” report earlier this year. It said 74 percent of organizations wanted their AI initiatives to grow revenue, but only one in five had seen results.
The glass-half full researchers concluded money isn’t everything, and instead AI adoption should be viewed as “achieving strategic differentiation and a lasting competitive edge in the marketplace.”
PwC isn’t the only consultant taking a more ideological stance on AI. Staff at Accenture received a memo last month telling them to demonstrate “regular adoption” of AI services – with usage tracked – if they want promotions.
Consultancies, along with many other large corporations, are running AI projects and need to show a financial benefit so employees are being told to get with the program.
Research in February indicated that few businesses have achieved a return on their AI spending due to a lack of investment in staff training and skills development, combined with a shortfall in governance and oversight.
Gartner published a report earlier this month advising firms that buying into AI tools won’t necessarily make employees change the way they work, and a certain amount of persuasion is likely necessary.
HR leaders should focus on communication and sensitivity to employee needs, it concluded, instead of rushing to implement business transformation plans that could face resistance and pushback from staff. It seems that meessage has yet to reach the C-suite. ®
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Erick Erickson claims liberal wives control conservative men in politics
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Conservative radio host Erick Erickson raised eyebrows this week with a rather politically incorrect social media post about how conservative men, referring to Joe Kent, who recently resigned from the Trump administration, may be impacted by liberal wives.
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“There’s a rule in conservative politics that a man is rarely to the right of his wife. Joe Kent lost his first wife in war and remarried a woman who now works for a far-left anti-Israel, pro-Iran website. Kent should have never been appointed to anything in the Trump admin.”
Joe Kent, then-director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is sworn in to a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
At first blush this seems jarring, especially at a time when so many are trying to cool the political temperature. But on the other hand, Kent is not the only example of this phenomenon of lefty wives influencing their husbands that we’ve had just this week.
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So, could it be that far from the stereotype of brutish MAGA men forcing their wives to vote for President Donald Trump, it is the liberal wives who are controlling the Overton window in the home?
Take the viral video from Bill Maher’s show this weekend, in which actor Jerry O’Connell admits to being all but physically assaulted by his wife and daughters for a slight criticism of Kamala Harris last election night.
After stating the obvious fact that Harris’ campaign was, shall we say, lackluster, O’Connell dramatically told Maher, “Without saying anything, [They] became physical…They were filled with rage.”
He went on, “Yes, I live in California. I live with not one, not two, but three people [women] who, if I made any kind of joke that they would, um, they’d become very angry with me, you know.”
Comedian Rob Schneider speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California, on Nov. 10, 2025. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, comedian Rob Schneider spilled some similar tea regarding rabidly anti-Trump late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, and he did not hold back.
After alleging that Kimmel’s liberal wife had confiscated a pair of the one-time comedian Kimmel’s anatomical items, he said, “His wife is the head writer of the show. She used to be an ‘assistant writer.’ Now she’s the writer. And I think that’s completely ruined him. I do. I’m sorry, Jimmy. Maybe I’m wrong, but I think I’m right. Liberal women who have lost their minds are controlling these men.”
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All of these recent examples bring to mind a controversial and hilarious ad from the 2024 campaign, in which timid White women gave each other strength, secretly, at the ballot box to defy their awful MAGA husbands and vote for Harris.
In the spot, movie star Julia Roberts, no less, gravely tells the gals, “In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose, you can vote any way you want and no one will ever know.”
I cannot recall meeting a liberal White woman in the last decade who hasn’t let me know, usually quite explicitly, exactly how they voted, but let’s put that to one side.
The whole ad was a fantasy, a stereotype of misogyny pushed by strident women who, in reality, try to control their husbands’ votes.
This is where all the weird semiannual campaigns to deny sex to men to achieve political goals come from, and it’s not new. Aristophanes came up with the idea in 411 B.C. in the play “Lysistrata,” notably the only time the tactic has ever worked.
The point that Erickson is making, that all of these examples flesh out, is that in a marriage, it is just as likely, maybe even more so, that a liberal wife will be the political bully rather than the conservative husband.
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel during “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Nov. 5, 2025. (Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images)
This is a trope in our society now. Many women think they have no conservative guy friends. I often ask if they have any guy friends who are just nice and never talk about politics at all. When they say yes, I say, “Those are your conservative guy friends.”
Usually this is met with a subtle facial expression of recognition. I kinda feel bad for outing them.
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It should not be suggested that a lefty woman and a MAGA man cannot have a healthy, loving and robust marriage, even if they work in politics. But every societal pressure today, from standing up to alleged fascism on one side, to calling out communism on the other, makes that situation harder and harder.
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In the end, the best answer may be, not surprisingly, to bring down the temperature, not just in the halls of power or the studios of big media, but by the hearth at home as well.
In the meantime, we cannot blame conservative voters who look a bit askance at a GOP politician with a wife in a pink hat, because, let’s face it, for all the political power in the world, these guys still have to go home at night.
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InVITs’ asset to grow ₹1 lakh crore in FY26: CareEdge
InvITs have mobilized ₹88,000 crore equity during the past three years (FY23-FY25) and are expected to further raise ₹16,500 crore in FY26. Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL
Assets under management (AUM) of Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) is likely to grow by ₹1 lakh crore during FY26, said CareEdge Ratings.
InvITs have gained momentum with AUM doubling from about ₹3 lakh crore in FY22 to around ₹6.25 lakh crore by FY25, said the ratings major in a note. The number of InvITs in India has also increased from 11 in FY22 to 22 in FY25, reflecting both structural investor appetite and the rapid institutionalisation of operational infrastructure platforms.
However, sectoral dispersion is yet to catch up, it said adding that AUM remains heavily concentrated in two segments — telecom (₹3.06 lakh crore) and roads (₹2.46 lakh crore) — which together account for nearly 90 per cent of the industry’s AUM as of March 31, 2025, signaling diversification opportunities.
CareEdge Ratings expects InvIT AUM to grow led by portfolio expansion across roads, transmission, warehousing and renewable energy sectors in FY26. “The medium-term trajectory will also benefit from the strong National Monetization Pipeline-II (NMP-II), the pool of operational HAM assets, and increasing activity on transmission and warehousing platforms.”
InvITs have mobilized ₹88,000 crore equity during the past three years, FY23-FY25, and are expected to further raise ₹16,500 crore in FY26.
Reliance on banks
InvITs on a combined/aggregate basis had an outstanding gross debt of ₹2.82 lakh crore at the end of FY25. The borrowing mix of InvITs continues to show a clear reliance on banks, with term loans accounting for nearly two-thirds of total borrowings as of March 31, 2025. Bond issuances, despite gradual progress, account for only about 20 per cent of the combined debt, highlighting an underpenetrated capital market base even as platforms mature.
“InvITs are expected to witness another year of steady growth in FY26, with nearly ₹1 lakh crore of additional AUM driven by the roads, warehousing, transmission, and renewable energy sectors. The sector’s credit profile remains robust, supported by diversified, operational asset pools. However, there remains significant potential to enhance creditor protections further and deepen the domestic investor base, particularly given the currently low participation by retail. investors, mutual funds, and insurance companies,” said Maulesh Desai, Director at CareEdge Ratings.
“Leverage levels are expected to remain stable at around 49 per cent in FY26, aided by valuation gains and continued equity issuances. Bond market participation is likely to stay moderate, representing approximately 20 per cent of the estimated ₹3.70 lakh crore in debt as of March 31, 2026,” he added.
Published on March 19, 2026
Philadelphia airport flight passengers face huge lines after checkpoint closures
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While TSA officers on the front lines of airports across the nation continue to miss their paychecks, chaos is gripping some U.S. airports.
Footage from the Philadelphia International Airport, shot early Thursday morning, shows hundreds of passengers waiting on elevators and escalators to get through a security check point.
The airport announced it was temporarily closing three security checkpoints “to help optimize operations across other checkpoints,” starting Wednesday.
TSA WARNS OF SECURITY ‘THREAT’ AS AIRPORT CHECKPOINT CLOSURES TRIGGER MORE TRAVEL DELAYS
The Philadelphia International Airport has a total of six main checkpoints — now with just half of those points open and operating.
The Philadelphia International Airport has temporarily closed three security checkpoints. Pictured above, the scene on Thursday morning at the airport. (FOX 29)
An airport spokesperson told Fox News Digital that airport staff were on hand to direct flight passengers through the lines.
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“The longest wait time was 44 minutes at our D/E checkpoint, which opens at 3 a.m., the first checkpoint to open,” said the spokesperson.
An airport spokesperson told Fox News Digital that airport staff were on hand to direct flight passengers through the lines. (FOX 29)
TSA wait times are posted on the Philadelphia International Airport’s website.
As of 9 a.m., the longest wait time was at the airport’s Terminal B checkpoint, at 20 minutes — which the spokesperson said was “not unusual for this time of day.”
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The spokesperson added that the closure of three checkpoints was “due to TSA staffing constraints caused by the partial government shutdown.”
Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl told Fox News Digital this week that as the shutdown drags on, the TSA faces the risk of losing even more officers.
Over 360 TSA officers have quit their jobs so far during this shutdown, while there was a national callout rate of 10.19% on Sunday. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“The reality is [that] as this continues, as our officers continue not to receive a paycheck, it just stretches into weeks … [and] rates [of callouts] are going to continue to go up,” said Stahl.
“We’re going to have individuals that can’t afford to go into work and individuals quit, possibly altogether.”
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So far, 366 TSA officers have quit during the shutdown, while there was a national callout rate of 10.19% on Sunday, a TSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital this week.
“We’re determining [airport and security line closures] based on staffing, but we have federal security directors on the ground who are experts in their particular airport, the configuration, demographic, and travel and patterns tied to that [respective] airport,” he also said.
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Russian hackers exploit Zimbra flaw in Ukrainian govt attacks
Hackers part of APT28, a state-backed threat group linked to Russia’s military intelligence service (GRU), are exploiting a Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) vulnerability in attacks targeting Ukrainian government entities.
This high-severity security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-66376 and patched in early November) stems from a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) that unauthenticated attackers can exploit to gain remote code execution (RCE) and compromise the Zimbra server and the target’s email account.
On Wednesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the vulnerability to its catalog of vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. CISA also ordered Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to secure their servers within two weeks, as mandated by the Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01 issued in November 2021.
While the U.S. cybersecurity agency didn’t provide further details on the ongoing exploitation of CVE-2025-66376, security researchers at Seqrite Labs reported a day earlier that the Zimbra XSS vulnerability had been exploited by APT28 military hackers in attacks against Ukraine.
The Ukrainian State Hydrology Agency (a critical infrastructure entity under the Ministry of Infrastructure that provides navigational, maritime, and hydrographic support) was one of the targets of this phishing campaign (named Operation GhostMail).
“The phishing email has no malicious attachments, no suspicious links, no macros. The entire attack chain lives inside the HTML body of a single email, there are no malicious attachments,” Seqrite Labs said.
The APT28 (aka Fancy Bear, Strontium) hackers’ malicious messages delivered an obfuscated JavaScript payload that exploits the CVE-2025-66376 vulnerability when the recipient opens the email in a vulnerable Zimbra webmail session.
“The script executes silently in the browser and begins harvesting credentials, session tokens, backup 2FA codes, browser-saved passwords, and the contents of the victim’s mailbox going back 90 days with all the data exfiltrated over both DNS and HTTPS,” the researchers added.
Zimbra security flaws are frequently targeted in attacks, including by Russian state-sponsored threat groups, and have been used to breach thousands of vulnerable email servers in recent years.
For instance, starting in February 2023, the Russian Winter Vivern cyberespionage group used another reflected XSS exploit to breach Zimbra webmail portals and spy on the communications of NATO-aligned organizations and persons, including government officials, military personnel, and diplomats.
In October 2024, U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies also warned that APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard) hackers linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) were attacking vulnerable Zimbra servers “at a mass scale,” exploiting a vulnerability previously used to steal email account credentials.
Zimbra is a widely popular email and collaboration software suite used by hundreds of millions of people, including hundreds of government agencies and thousands of businesses worldwide.
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Fairfax schools groping case follows string of sexual misconduct cases
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Virginia’s largest public school district is facing renewed scrutiny after parents accused Fairfax County Public Schools officials this week of delaying notification that an adult student identified as an illegal immigrant allegedly groped multiple female classmates.
News broke last week that Israel Flores Ortiz, 19, a junior at Fairfax High School, was charged with nine counts of assault and battery after multiple female students accused him of inappropriately touching them while they were walking in school hallways between classes.
Furious parents who spoke with Fox News Digital and local news outlet WJLA this week claim school officials waited two weeks to inform parents and the move only came after parental pressure. They also claim district officials sanitized the nature of the groping.
The district said in a statement, “While Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is unable to comment on specifics due to federal and state privacy laws, we prioritize student and staff safety and fully investigate any time someone reports an incident or says they do not feel safe at school. We are grateful to our law enforcement partners, who continue to work swiftly and thoroughly when there are safety concerns in our schools. The safety of all FCPS students and staff remains a top priority.”
Israel Flores Ortiz, 19, faces nine assault charges after multiple female students reported inappropriate touching at Fairfax High School. (iStock)
The Fairfax High allegations follow several other criminal cases involving alleged sexual misconduct tied to FCPS schools in recent years.
In September 2025, Thomas Edison High School instructional assistant Derrick Burroughs was arrested after Fairfax County police alleged he sexually assaulted two students on separate occasions. He was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties by a custodian and put on administrative leave, according to police.
The incident followed two other teachers in the district being arrested on sex crime charges in February 2025.
Fairview Elementary School teacher John Barger was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery after detectives alleged he sexually assaulted two students on separate occasions. Later court reporting identified the students as ages 10 and 11.
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) said it was unable to comment on specifics in the Ortiz case due to federal and state privacy laws, but that it prioritized student and staff safety. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
WJLA reported that parents questioned why they were not notified until weeks after the allegations surfaced.
“We expect that anyone who works with children is focused on their safety and well-being,” an FCPS spokesperson told WJLA 7News at the time. “When that trust is broken, it deeply affects us all. As soon as we were made aware of these allegations, the teacher was removed from our schools and has not returned.”
Also in February 2025, Falls Church High School teacher Richard Joseph Berkowitz was arrested in a Fairfax County child exploitation sting and charged with four counts of solicitation of a minor and two counts of production of child sexual abuse material, police said. Public reporting did not identify FCPS students as alleged victims in that case. He was suspended from teaching upon the arrest, according to authorities.
In 2024, several other cases drew public attention.
In September 2024, police charged former after-school contractor Arturo Elmore-Adon with seven counts of unlawful filming after investigators said they found videos he allegedly took of four girls, all FCPS elementary school students.
The latest assault allegations at Fairfax High add to previous criminal cases tied to FCPS. (iStock)
At Langley High School, football coach and teacher David Clay Murray was arrested in August 2024 and charged with five counts of sexual solicitation of a minor, WJLA reported, after investigators said he solicited sex acts while communicating with an undercover detective posing as a 15-year-old girl.
Then in October 2024, Langley instructional assistant David Scalea was arrested after police said a student reported seeing him masturbating in a classroom. He was charged with obscene sexual display and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Fox5DC.
In October 2023, Groveton Elementary School teacher James William Nugent II was charged with taking indecent liberties with a child and 13 counts of distributing child pornography after police said he exposed himself to a juvenile and investigators found child sexual abuse material during a search of his home. Police said they believed he may have exposed himself to other children in the area as well.
In April 2023, James Madison High School learning disabilities teacher Allieh Kheradmand was charged with four counts of indecent liberties by a custodian after a student disclosed an inappropriate sexual relationship with her, according to the FCPD.
The Fairfax High case is the latest in a string of sexual misconduct cases tied to Fairfax schools since 2023. (Getty Images)
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FCPS did not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment about district-wide student-safety policies or the timeline for notifying families in the new Fairfax High case.
The Northern Virginia school system has been criticized by conservative education activists for prioritizing “far-left” policies over student safety concerns because of its gender policies and policies protecting immigrant students from ICE.
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Fairfax is one of five Northern Virginia school systems whose transgender bathroom policies triggered a threat by the Trump administration to pull federal funding, after the administration argued they were violating Title IX.
Fox News’ Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
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