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| The Verge: |
A live blog of Amazon's Alexa event, where the company is expected to announce its new AI-powered Alexa, a new Fire TV platform, and more — Amazon's set to announce a big update to Alexa. … Amazon is set to announce new Alexa features beginning at 10AM ET this morning — and we hope a few devices accompany them.
More: The Verge, ZDNET, Engadget, The Verge, The Shortcut, Tom's Guide, GB News, Business Insider, TechRadar, TechCrunch, and T3
| Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg: |
Trump says “Apple should get rid of DEI rules, not just make adjustments to them” in a Truth Social post, after Apple investors rejected a proposal to end DEI — - Investors turned down outside proposal to scrap DEI efforts — Trump escalates campaign against diversity hiring practices
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Reuters, Engadget, CBS News, Fortune, Time, The Japan Times, Fast Company, Newsmax, Forbes, and Irish Independent
X: @magaresource and @trumpdailyposts
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Lasso: 20,000+ once-public GitHub repositories from Microsoft, AWS, Google, IBM, Tencent, and 16,000+ other companies are still accessible via Copilot — Security researchers are warning that data exposed to the internet, even for a moment, can linger in online generative AI chatbots …
More: Moneycontrol. Bluesky: @carlypage. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Reuters: |
Sources: DeepSeek, which planned to release R2 in May 2025, now wants R2 out as soon as possible; DeepSeek owner High-Flyer built a 10K A100 GPU cluster in 2021 — DeepSeek is looking to press home its advantage. — The Chinese startup triggered a $1 trillion-plus sell-off …
More: Ubergizmo, BGR, Analytics India Magazine, WinBuzzer, TechNode, and Capacity Media. Forums: Slashdot
| New York Times: |
Apple says it is working to fix an issue after users said its automatic dictation system was transcribing the word “racist” as “Trump”, before correcting itself — The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue.
More: New York Post, PCMag, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Associated Press, The Guardian, BBC, Sky News, Variety, NBC News, TechRadar, Fox News, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mirror, Business Standard, Creative Bloq, LBC, Mashable India, The Independent, Raw Story, Telegraph, Cult of Mac, Fox News, TechIssuesToday.com, Financial Times, The Economic Times, New York Daily News, The Verge, Infowars, Business Today, Axios, iDeviceHelp on YouTube, International Business Times, iClarified, Deadline, Engadget, Macworld, Daily Mail, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Benzinga, Hindustan Times, inkl, Times Now, PhotoNews Pakistan, The Express Tribune, TMZ.com, Breitbart, RedState, TMZ.com, and Fox News
Bluesky: @emilprotalinski, @davelee.me, and @hypervisible
Threads: @carnage4life and @crumbler
X: @realalexjones, @catturd2, @stevesi, @realalexjones, @tiffanyfong_, @krassenstein, @reddit_lies, @realalexjones, @realalexjones, and @apollozac
Forums: r/applesucks, r/iphone, r/politics, r/MarchAgainstNazis, r/apple, r/Conservative, and MacRumors Forums
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Framework Desktop hands-on: the tiny 4.5-liter gaming desktop looks cool, good frame rates at 1440p thanks to its AMD Ryzen AI Max CPU, expandable I/O, and more — Is this neat thing a new sub-category or a one-off? … Framework's mission is to “fix consumer electronics, one category at a time” …
More: Gizchina.com and PCMag
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
More: Framework on YouTube, TechCrunch, TechRadar, eeNews Europe, The Verge, TechPowerUp, Ace of Spades HQ, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, Thurrott, Framework, Framework Blog, Tom's Guide, VentureBeat, Phoronix, 9to5Linux, PCMag, TweakTown, SlashGear, HotHardware, Framework Community, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, and Forbes
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
More: The Register, PCWorld, Framework Blog, The Indian Express, GamingOnLinux, PCMag, Digital Trends, Press Start, Gameranx, and PC Gamer
X: @gawroskit, @lisasu, @vadimyuryev, @frameworkputer, and @iancutress
Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, r/pcmasterrace, r/framework, r/Amd, r/LinusTechTips, r/sffpc, r/LocalLLaMA, r/hardware, r/LocalLLaMA, r/MiniPCs, and Ars OpenForum
| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
Sources: Meta is in talks to build a new data center campus for AI that could cost over $200B, based on the number of chips and the amount of power for the site — Meta Platforms is in talks to build a new data center campus for its artificial intelligence endeavors that would dwarf anything … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
How the hackers behind the $1.5B Bybit crypto heist used UI manipulation of employee devices and social engineering to gain control of ETH multisig cold wallets — The cryptocurrency industry and those responsible for securing it are still in shock following Friday's heist, likely by North Korea …
More: The Trail of Bits Blog, Check Point Research, MEDIANAMA, and The Crypto Times
Bluesky: @patrickhowelloneill.com and @Edent.mastodon.social …
Forums: r/Buttcoin, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Faris Mokhtar / Bloomberg: |
Indonesia says Apple signed a deal to invest in Indonesia and will issue it a permit, paving the way for resuming iPhone 16 sales after a five-month tussle — The agreement was announced by Minister for Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita in a media briefing in Jakarta on Wednesday, as reported by Bloomberg Technoz.
More: TechCrunch, Hindustan Times, Reuters, Phandroid, MacRumors, Android Headlines, Mobile World Live, and The Jakarta Post. Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com
| The Verge: |
A survey of 2,000 US adults finds 42% say that search engines like Google are becoming less useful, 60% view the state of social media negatively, and more — - Platform Shifts — Defining Connection — Content Matters (Especially in Communities) — Brands Matter.AI May Complicate
Forums: r/technology
| Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: |
After backlash, YC deletes a demo video from X and LinkedIn of Optifye.AI, a startup it backs that is building AI performance monitoring for factory workers — A demo from Optifye.AI, a member of Y Combinator's current cohort, sparked a social media backlash that ended up with YC deleting it off its socials.
More: 404 Media, StrictlyVC, Gazetteer SF, Ritik Gulabrani on YouTube, The San Francisco Standard, and San Francisco Business Times
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @samleecole, and @jasonkoebler
X: @neverhimself, @mashcr0ft, @nexuist, @growing_daniel, @vcbrags, @adamlerman5, @archiexzzz, @litcapital, and @miranda_nover
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and r/technology
| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
Apple removing ADP in the UK is a pyrrhic victory for Apple, and UK users' muted response suggests they may not care about privacy as much as the company thinks — If the tech giant hopes that killing encryption will cause public upset and deter other governments, it's probably wrong.| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
WBD closes three game studios and cancels a highly anticipated Wonder Woman title in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business — - Company halts work on highly anticipated Wonder Woman title — Closures follow several disappointing releases last year
More: Polygon, Kotaku, IGN, The Verge, Windows Central, GameSpot, PlayStation LifeStyle, Radio Times, TheGamer, Creative Bloq, Engadget, Ghacks, AIPT, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TrueAchievements, 80 Level, Gameranx, Mashable, Game Rant, TechRadar, Pure Xbox, Reuters, Game File, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, IGN, Dexerto, TweakTown, Cord Cutters News, Blue's News, Aftermath, PlayStation LifeStyle, Neowin, Press Start, Push Square, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, PC Gamer, GeekWire, Gizmodo, Gameranx, Gematsu, Screen Rant, GameSpot, Video Games Chronicle, Destructoid, XboxEra, and Variety
Bluesky: @jasonschreier, @jasonschreier, @biologicalriley, @ianipoos.com, @ethangach, @jasonschreier, and @jasonschreier
X: @ethangach, @thequiver_, @photoshop_gy, @wario64, @okami13_, @vinciusmedeiro6, @ethangach, @tomwarren, @shinobi602, @autrewolf, @jmaine518, @gmanlives, @cs11__, @jawmuncher, @synthpotato, @mroutsid3r, @stephentotilo, and @ethangach
Forums: r/gamernews, r/Games, r/pcgaming, r/kindafunny, r/RingerVerse, r/DCcomics, r/xbox, and Slashdot
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Valve's Steam Deck, launched in 2022, has been dominating the handheld PC gaming market, with about 50% market share in 2024, according to IDC — Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, MSI Claw: The Steam Deck is bigger than them combined. … Today is the third anniversary of Valve's Steam Deck …
More: The Shortcut, PC Gamer, Metro.co.uk, Push Square, Gameranx, TelecomLead, TechSpot, GamingBolt, Pocket-lint, and Forbes
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk. X: @rodimus_j, @genepark, @loganopiano, @carygolomb, @playeressence, and @stealth40k
Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/pcgaming, r/Games, r/gaming, r/SteamDeck, and r/Steam
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube says it now has 1B+ monthly viewers for podcast content worldwide; users watched 400M+ hours of podcasts monthly on living room devices in 2024 — Podcasts started as an audio-only phenomenon. … According to the Google-owned video giant, YouTube now has more than 1 billion monthly viewers for podcast content worldwide.| Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg: |
Court records: FTX paid nearly $948M to 12+ firms working on its bankruptcy, one of the costliest Chapter 11 cases in US history; users are set to get back 118% — - Lack of records, corporate controls sent adviser fees higher — Most creditors poised to get back 118% of what they were owed| Julia Alexander / Posting Nexus: |
Patreon's 2025 creator economy report shows the future may be direct-to-fan instead of direct-to-consumer, but the hurdles in place are more seismic than ever — The future may be direct-to-fan instead of direct-to-consumer, but the hurdles in place are more seismic than ever — Beware all studies.| Reuters: |
Alibaba releases Wan 2.1, a family of open-source AI models for generating images and videos, available globally on Alibaba Cloud's ModelScope and Hugging Face — Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba (9988.HK) said on Wednesday its video- and image-generating artificial intelligence model Wan 2.1 …
More: Engadget, South China Morning Post, Benzinga, The Information, CNBC, and Tech in Asia
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of US workers in October 2024: 52% are worried about AI's workplace impact, 32% think it will mean fewer job opportunities, 36% feel hopeful, and more — About a third of workers say AI use will lead to fewer job opportunities for them in the long run; chatbots seen as more helpful … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: in 2024, TikTok, including its Chinese counterpart Douyin, became the first non-game app to reach $6B in annual in-app purchase revenue — TikTok, including its Chinese counterpart Douyin, in 2024 became the first non-game app to reach $6 billion in in-app purchase revenue in a year.| Ellen Barry / New York Times: |
The American Psychological Association warns the US FTC that AI chatbots “masquerading” as therapists could drive vulnerable people to harm themselves or others — The nation's largest association of psychologists this month warned federal regulators that A.I. chatbots …
More: Inc. Bluesky: @mjcrockett and @hypervisible. LinkedIn: Daniel Oberhaus
Forums: r/therapists and r/technology
| Anup Kaphle / Rest of World: |
Q&A with Jürgen Schmidhuber, the controversial AI pioneer and director of AI at Saudi Arabia's KAUST, on the kingdom's AI ambitions, DeepSeek, AGI, and more — With a long track record of groundbreaking research, outspoken opinions, and grand visions, Jürgen Schmidhuber … | Financial Times: |
Survey: 92% of UK undergrad students use AI to help them with their studies, up from 66% a year ago, raising questions about how universities assess their work — Rapid spread of technology raises questions about how to assess undergraduate work — The number of UK undergraduate students … | Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
OpenAI expands Deep Research to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise users, with 10 queries per month; Pro users now have 120 queries per month, up from 100 — A $200 Pro subscription is no longer required to use the tool. — When OpenAI announced Deep Research at start of February …
More: VentureBeat, BleepingComputer, Thurrott, Maginative, Analytics India Magazine, Business Today, Nairametrics, BGR, Tom's Guide, Neowin, Tech in Asia, VentureBeat, TechRadar, TechCrunch, MakeUseOf, The Decoder, and WinBuzzer
X: @openai, @sama, @openai, @morqon, @openai, @noahpinion, @liamfedus, @kevinweil, and @openaidevs
| Rick Whiting / CRN: |
IBM plans to acquire DataStax and its cloud database development platform to expand IBM's Watsonx AI portfolio; Crunchbase says DataStax has raised $342.6M — IBM said Tuesday it has a deal to acquire DataStax, including that company's database platform, data streaming technology …
More: DataStax, The Register, IBM, IBM, Verdict, SiliconANGLE, DataStax, Techstrong.ai, InfoWorld, Constellation Research, The New Stack, and The Stack
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