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| Chris Stokel-Walker / New Scientist: |
A study finds GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash deployed tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of 21 simulated war game scenarios, and never surrendered — Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
More: Implicator.ai. X: @heaney555 and @samstein
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @stevecooke.org, @atherton, @mims, and @stokel
Forums: Hacker News, r/worldnews, r/IRstudies, r/technews, r/technology, r/BetterOffline, and Beehaw
| Reuters: |
Diplomatic cable: US officials order diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate how US tech companies handle foreigners' data, citing risks to AI services — President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling …
More: TechCrunch, Techstrong.ai, and Modern Diplomacy
Bluesky: @parismarx.com, @0x0.stonking.com, and @raphae.li
Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange and @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/europe
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri says Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI use Workday tools and “no amount of vibe coding” could replace them; WDAY is down about 40% YTD — Workday Inc. Chief Executive Officer Aneel Bhusri said leading AI companies like Anthropic — which investors fear …
More: Reuters. X: @brodyford_, @bamabonds, @_seandavid, and @buccocapital. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| A.J. Vicens / Reuters: |
Google disrupts Chinese-linked group UNC2814, which breached 53+ organizations across 42 countries and utilized Google Sheets to manage targeting and data theft — Google disrupted a Chinese-linked hacking group that breached at least 53 organizations across 42 countries, the company said Wednesday.| Bloomberg: |
Gambit Security: an unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150GB of Mexican government data, including 195M taxpayer records, in December 2025 and January 2026 — A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC's artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies … | Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
Kalshi says it has suspended an editor for MrBeast and a former GOP California gubernatorial candidate for insider trading, its first public enforcement action — An editor who works for YouTube's biggest creator, MrBeast, has been suspended from the prediction market platform Kalshi …
More: Wired, Axios, Decrypt, Wall Street Journal, Front Office Sports, Forbes, Dave Lee, and CoinGape. Bluesky: @tcarmody
| 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 …
More: CNET, VideoCardz.com, 9to5Mac, Macworld, The Shortcut, Deal N Tech, Tom's Hardware, T3, Tom's Guide, The Mac Observer, Hypebeast, Moneycontrol, PhoneArena, PCMag, The Hans India, The Indian Express, Digital Trends, Digit, GSMArena.com, and Appleosophy
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Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
Discord says it won't roll out age verification globally in March as previously planned, delaying the change until H2 2026 after it adds verification options — Now it will hold off on expansion until it adds more verification options, vendor transparency, and other changes.
More: Discord Blog, 9to5Mac, NBC News, Associated Press, Video Games Chronicle, Dexerto, PocketGamer.biz, TechRadar, Game Developer, TheGamer, PinkNews, Neowin, GamesIndustry.biz, Gamereactor UK, and Crypto Briefing
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| Claude / @claudeai: |
Anthropic starts rolling out Remote Control for Claude Code, letting users control a session begun in the terminal from the Claude mobile app or the web — New in Claude Code: Remote Control. Kick off a task in your terminal and pick it up from your phone while you take a walk or join a meeting. Claude keeps running on your machine, and you can control the session from the Claude app or https://claude.ai/code [video]
More: Help Net Security, TechRadar, Digital Trends, and VentureBeat
X: @noahzweben, @melkeydev, @karankendre, @cryptopunk7213, @n0w00j, @marshalwahlexyz, @dennishegstad, @hesamation, @cgtwts, @yuchenj_uw, @tokifyi, @ryxcommar, @metapreston, @developedbyed, @aakashgupta, @harper, @birdabo, @malinowski, @minchoi, and @noahzweben. LinkedIn: Sarah Deaton
Forums: Hacker News and r/ClaudeAI
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba Cloud releases a cheap AI coding tool built on open-source models like Alibaba's Qwen 3.5, as well as Zhipu, Moonshot, and MiniMax models — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese e-commerce player that has become a leader in artificial intelligence, is stepping up a push …
More: Benzinga
| 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.
More: Tom's Hardware, Wikipedia, Nikkei Asia, Hackaday, and Politico
X: @wired. LinkedIn: Jane Ruffino. Bluesky: @janeruffino, @harmancipants, @karrieurbanist, @wired.com, and @janeruffino
Mastodon: @AAKL@infosec.exchange and @leyrer@23.social
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Adobe updates Firefly to add Quick Cut, a new AI tool to edit footage and B-roll to create a first draft of the final video based on user prompts — The video editor in Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage and B-roll to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions.
More: The Adobe Blog, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Thurrott, CNET, TV Tech, GfxSpeak, and The AI Economy
| Reuters: |
Sources: General Atlantic is selling a stake in ByteDance in a deal that values it at $550B, up 66% since September 2025, the first divestment since its US sale — Investment firm General Atlantic is selling an equity stake in ByteDance in a deal that values the Chinese social media giant at $550 billion …
More: South China Morning Post, PYMNTS.com, Livemint, Tech Funding News, Tech in Asia, and Sharecast. Forums: r/technology
| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Stablecoin operator Circle reports Q4 revenue up 77% YoY to $770M, vs. $747M est., and $133.4M net income; USDC ended 2025 with ~$75B in circulation, up 72% YoY — World's second-biggest stablecoin grew in late 2025, defying crash in bitcoin, other digital assets| Globes: |
Israel-based Gambit Security, which offers an AI-native cyber resilience platform that autonomously maps infrastructure, raised $61M across seed and Series A — The company was founded less than 12 months ago to help enterprises remain resilient across their entire technology stack.| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Court records: the FBI subpoenaed X for details about Grok prompts a man allegedly used to create 200+ sexual deepfakes of a woman he knew in real life — This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here.| 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 …
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Forums: r/singularity, r/politics, r/ArtificialInteligence, and r/Military
| Axios: |
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| 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.
More: TechCrunch, Fortune, Entrepreneur, Implicator.ai, Washington Post, CBS News, and PCMag
Bluesky: @damonberes.com, @edtechprof, @janerosenzweig, @smcgrath.phd, and @pewresearch.org
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
HP says memory now accounts for 35% of its PC bill of materials, up from 15% to 18% in Q4 2025, and expects RAM's share to rise through 2026 — HP Inc. has revealed that memory now accounts for 35 percent of the cost of materials it needs to build a PC, up from between 15 and 18 percent last quarter.| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Apple starts blocking users in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and the UK from downloading 18+ rated apps without age assurance, and rolls out new developer tools — Apple is rolling out new age assurance tools for developers in regions including Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and parts of the US …
More: Apple Developer, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Verge, Engadget, Reclaim The Net, The Indian Express, Biometric Update, MediaNama, Help Net Security, Notebookcheck, Moneycontrol, and MacRumors
Forums: r/technology, r/technews, and r/apple
| Payton Turkeltaub / Variety: |
Sensor Tower: EA led all publishers in 2025 with 200M+ PC and console downloads, ahead of its $55B deal to go private; Fortnite had the top console player base — Soon-to-be privately-owned game publisher and developer Electronic Arts saw the most PC/console game downloads of the year …
More: Sensor Tower
| 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.
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X: @rohil_ag, @quinnypig, @pitdesi, @pbbakkum, @adrianweckler, @trungtphan, @pitdesi, @alexh_johnson, @marcelolima, @emostaque, @cramertracker, @pitdesi, @signulll, and @jason
Forums: Hacker News, r/wallstreetbets, and r/ValueInvesting
| William Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Deutsche Bank partners with Google Cloud to build agentic AI to monitor 1TB of daily communications and 40+ channels for market abuse and data loss prevention — Deutsche Bank AG and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are looking to agentic artificial intelligence to help bolster trading surveillance …
More: PYMNTS.com and Business Wire
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube updates its $7.99-per-month Premium Lite subscription to let users download videos for offline access and play videos in the background — YouTube is expanding its more affordable, $7.99 per month Premium Lite subscription service with new features, including the ability to download videos …
More: YouTube Official Blog, PCMag, PCWorld, Pocket-lint, Android Central, Moneycontrol, The Mac Observer, SammyGuru, Digit, and The Verge. Forums: r/NowInTech
| 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
More: Wayve, New York Times, BBC, PitchBook, Mercury News, Ventureburn, Business Insider, Transport Topics, Tech.eu, The Next Web, Electronics Weekly, Silicon Republic, Telegraph, Automotive World, Tech Funding News, EU-Startups, BusinessCloud, The Robot Report, UKTN, Benzinga, CNBC, The Economic Times, and The Standard
X: @alexgkendall, @jameswise, @wayve_ai, and @peterkyle
| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Insurance brokerage Harper, which uses AI to automate submission routing and follow-up, raised $46.8M in combined Series A and seed led by Emergence Capital — Dakotah Rice is stepping back into the founder's seat. On Wednesday, he announced that his new company, the AI-native insurance brokerage Harper … | Wall Street Journal: |
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