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Sources: DOD told Anthropic it will invoke the Defense Production Act or label Anthropic a “supply chain risk”, if not given unfettered Claude access by Friday  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday evening to give the military unfettered access …
David Jeans / Reuters:
Source: Anthropic has no intention of easing Claude usage restrictions for military purposes, following Dario Amodei's meeting with Pete Hegseth  —  Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic has no intention of easing its usage restrictions for military purposes, a person familiar with the matter …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Stripe, which is privately held, has expressed preliminary interest in a potential PayPal acquisition or buying its assets; PYPL closed up 6.7%  —  Payment processing firm Stripe Inc. is considering an acquisition of all or parts of PayPal Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: MacBook Pros with touch screens, due this fall, will have a Dynamic Island and a refreshed, dynamic UI optimized for touch or point-and-click input  —  Apple Inc.'s long-awaited foray into touch-screen laptops will bring major changes to the Mac interface, including the addition …
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Discord says it won't roll out age verification globally in March as previously planned, delaying the change until H2 2025 after it adds verification options  —  Now it will hold off on expansion until it adds more verification options, vendor transparency, and other changes.
Billy Perrigo / Time:
Anthropic updates its Responsible Scaling Policy, including separating the safety commitments it will make unilaterally and its industry recommendations  —  Anthropic, the wildly successful AI company that has cast itself as the most safety-conscious of the top research labs …
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Apple plans to block users in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore from downloading 18+ rated apps without age assurance and rolls out developer age assurance tools  —  Apple is rolling out new age assurance tools for developers in regions including Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and parts of the US …
Pew Research Center:
A survey of US teens: 57% use AI chatbots to search for info, 54% use them to do schoolwork, 47% for fun or entertainment, 12% for emotional support, and more  —  Just over half of U.S. teens say they have used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they've gotten emotional support.
Greg Otto / CyberScoop:
A US judge sentences ex-L3Harris executive Peter Williams to 7+ years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in 2025 to theft of trade secrets and selling exploits  —  Additionally, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Russian zero-day brokerage that Peter Williams sold the exploits to.  —  Learn more.
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
Workday reports Q4 revenue up 14.5% YoY to $2.53B, vs. $2.52B est., and forecasts FY 2027 subscription revenue below estimates; WDAY drops 9%+ pre-market  —  Workday reported a solid fourth quarter, but its subscription outlook was light.  —  The company reported fourth quarter earnings …
Jane Ruffino / Wired:
A look at TAT-8, the first transoceanic fiber-optic cable, which went into service in 1988, was retired in 2002, and is now being pulled up for recycling  —  History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
The US Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker Operation Zero, its founder Sergey Zelenyuk, and others for acquiring and reselling stolen US defense exploits  —  The U.S. government announced on Tuesday sanctions against two companies that acquire and resell zero-day exploits …
Financial Times:
London-based self-driving startup Wayve raised a $1.2B Series D at an $8.6B post-money valuation, with Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Nissan among investors  —  Self-driving group valued at $8.6bn as it gears up to launch robotaxi service in London this year
Bloomberg:
Anthropic unveils Claude Cowork updates, including new plugins for HR, investment banking, design, and other fields, plus tools to help companies customize them  —  Anthropic PBC is expanding the reach of its Claude chatbot into new sectors, weeks after the startup sparked a market meltdown …
Richard Valdmanis / Reuters:
SOTU: Trump says he told tech companies to build their own plants to power data centers; sources say the White House expects to formalize the effort in March  —  President Donald Trump said on Tuesday during his State of the Union address that his administration has told major technology companies …
Agnee Ghosh / Bloomberg:
OpenAI hires Arvind KC as chief people officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August 2025; KC has held senior roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir, and Meta  —  OpenAI said Tuesday it has appointed Arvind KC as chief people officer, tapping the former Roblox Corp. executive to oversee hiring …
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
A look at Motif Technologies and Upstage, South Korean AI startups competing with SK Group and LG in the race for a national AI foundation model  —  Motif Technologies and Upstage take on SK and LG in the race for a national AI foundation model.  —  While pursuing his doctorate in mathematics …
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Waymo opens its robotaxi service to “select riders” in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando, expanding its operations to 10 US cities  —  Alphabet-owned Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to some public passengers in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando, the company announced.

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From Mediagazer

Perry Stein / Washington Post:
A federal judge in Virginia denies the US DOJ's request to search Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's devices as part of a national security leak probe

Lauren Hirsch / New York Times:
WBD says Paramount's new $31-a-share offer could lead to a better deal than Netflix's, potentially triggering a four-day period for Netflix to revise its bid

New York Times:
The FTC and FCC are engaging in a hostile takeover of the marketplace of ideas by treating editorial decisions as fraud and conditioning mergers on news content

More News

Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
Australian freight software maker WiseTech plans to cut ~2,000 jobs, or ~30% of its workforce, this fiscal year and next, amid CEO Zubin Appoo's embrace of AI
Bloomberg:
SambaNova, which says its SN50 AI chip runs 5x faster than its rivals and will be deployed by SoftBank, raised a $350M Series E led by Vista Equity and Cambium

Earlier Picks

Robin Wigglesworth / Financial Times:
An Evercore ISI economist criticizes Citrini's AI report, calling its assumptions “extreme and improbable”, but says it's a thought-provoking exercise
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop:
CrowdStrike says the average breakout time for attackers moving from intrusion to other network systems fell to 29 minutes in 2025, a 65% YoY increase in speed
Akila Quinio / Financial Times:
Stripe hits a $159B valuation after an employee share sale to investors like Thrive, Coatue, and a16z, a 70% jump from its $92B valuation in February 2025
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
ASML researchers unveil a breakthrough in EUV light source power, increasing output from 600W to 1,000W, a jump that could yield 50% more chips by 2030
Tom Singleton / BBC:
The UK ICO fines Reddit £14.47M for unlawfully using children's personal information; Reddit began verifying user ages in July 2025 to comply with the UK OSA
Wall Street Journal:
Meta agrees to acquire up to 6GW of AMD Instinct GPUs in a deal valued at $100B+ that could see Meta own up to 10% of AMD; Meta plans to deploy 1GW in 2026
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