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Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Filings: the US DOJ drops a bid to force Google to sell its AI investments to boost search competition but still seeks a court order requiring it to sell Chrome  —  The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday dropped a proposal to force Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) to sell its investments …
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
Source: Bybit hackers planted malicious code to manipulate transactions by compromising a developer's computer at crypto wallet provider Safe, used by Bybit  —  On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction.
More: CNN.  Bluesky: @frichetten.com and @evil-genius
X: @safe, @talbeerysec, @schorlukas, @talbeerysec, and @safe.  LinkedIn: Grant Geyer
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Apple confirms that it is delaying the “more personalized Siri” Apple Intelligence feature and anticipates rolling it out “in the coming year”  —  Here's a statement I got this morning from Apple spokeswoman Jacqueline Roy, verbatim:
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Craig Federighi and other Apple executives voiced concerns that personalized Siri didn't work properly; some think it has to be rebuilt from scratch
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
The White House hosted its first Crypto Summit, bringing together top crypto executives, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss  —  The first-of-its-kind event at the White House with top crypto executives showcased the president's embrace of the once-renegade industry.
Pete Schroeder / Reuters:
The US OCC says banks can engage in some crypto activities, rescinding prior guidance that told them they should clear such activities with regulators first  —  The U.S. regulator overseeing national banks clarified Friday that banks can engage in some crypto activities …
Reuters:
Sources detail the nearly 10-hour-long tech meltdown of the European Central Bank's main payment system on February 27 due to a piece of malfunctioning hardware  —  The European Central Bank's payments crash last week meant salaries and welfare funds were delayed for thousands of people.
CNN:
China plans a “state venture capital guidance fund”, expected to attract ~$138B over 20 years from local governments and private sector, to support AI and more  —  Hong Kong CNN —  Fresh off the global success of DeepSeek's latest artificial intelligence reasoning model …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
A look at YouTube's origins, growth, and domination as the platform turns 20, including an interview with CEO Neal Mohan, who is nearing 10 years at the company  —  It's a muggy morning the day before the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans, and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is stuck in parade traffic and not happy about it.
Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Unsealed court docs: US investigators believe hackers behind the 2022 LastPass breach stole $150M in XRP, now worth ~$700M, from one person in January 2024  —  The stolen XRP is now worth $716 million.  The Secret Service is trying to claw it back from unknown hackers.
Bloomberg:
Sources: crypto exchange and custodian Gemini has filed confidentially for an IPO; the company is reportedly considering going public as soon as this year  —  Gemini, the cryptocurrency firm backed by the billionaire Winklevoss twins, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Signal's Meredith Whittaker says AI agents doing tasks on users' behalf pose security and privacy risks and refers to their use as “putting your brain in a jar”  —  Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy.

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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
The NAB's CEO says the FCC's “nearly unprecedented request” for Disney to reapply for TV licenses is contrary to established principles and creates uncertainty

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon executives, including MGM Studios head Mike Hopkins, have discussed rebooting The Apprentice for Prime Video, with Donald Trump Jr. as the host

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Antenna: Roku's $2.99-per-month streamer Howdy hits 1M subscribers, after adding 300K subscribers in its first month and 100K+ every subsequent month

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Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Sources: Cursor maker Anysphere is in talks to raise hundreds of millions at a $10B valuation, up from $2.5B in January, and crossed $100M in ARR in 12 months
Peggy Hollinger / Financial Times:
Europe is in talks with SES, Viasat, and others as it rushes to provide Ukraine with alternatives to Starlink, whose service became patchy near the front line
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Reflection AI, which wants to achieve superintelligence through autonomous coding agents, emerges from stealth with a $105M Series A and $25M in seed funding
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Source: Microsoft has completed training a family of models, codenamed MAI, and is experimenting with swapping out OpenAI's models in Copilot for the MAI models
Jesse Coghlan / Cointelegraph:
Trump signs an EO to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile using BTC and other digital assets forfeited in criminal or civil cases
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