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| Ross Andersen / The Atlantic: |
Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans — Right up until the moment that Pete Hegseth moved to terminate the government's relationship with the AI company Anthropic …
More: The Information, The Register, The Free Press, Rohan's Bytes, and Fortune
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Bluesky: @joyoftech, @wikisteff, @mikeriverso, @jmberger.com, @masnick.com, @fbajak, @hlahmann, @davidryanmiller.com, @joeuchill, @johnpanzer.com, @chathamharrison, @tonystark, @stahl, and @damonberes.com. Threads: @anildash
Forums: Hacker News, r/neoliberal, and r/technology
| New York Times: |
Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement — The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.
More: The Indian Express, The Economic Times, Gamereactor UK, UPI, and Mercury News
Bluesky: @nktpnd, @benjaminjriley, @druce.ai, and @sheeraf
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
MWC 2026: a look at Lenovo's concept devices, including a Framework-like modular laptop with swappable parts, and a gaming handheld with a folding display — At MWC 2026, the company also showed off a dual-screen Yoga Book with 3D capabilities, and the Legion Go Fold—a gaming handheld …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Lenovo's Motorola partners with GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused, de-Googled version of Android, to preinstall GrapheneOS on upcoming Motorola smartphones — Following rumors swirling for quite some time, Motorola has announced a partnership with GrapheneOS that will see the privacy-focused … | Reuters: |
AWS said objects struck one of its data centers in the UAE, impacting its mec1-az2 availability zone, and that connectivity will take several hours to restore — Amazon's (AMZN.O) cloud unit, AWS, said on Sunday that power to its data center in the United Arab Emirates was shut down temporarily …
More: Data Center Knowledge, Reuters, Moneycontrol, Business Today, Business Standard, Bloomberg, DatacenterDynamics, Travel And Tour World, Benzinga, Amazon Web Services, Tech in Asia, The Register, Business Insider, ZeroHedge News, The Indian Express, and Al Jazeera
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Forums: Hacker News, r/aws, r/news, r/PrepperIntel, r/aws, and r/programming
| J. Scott Davis / Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: |
Early data show wages are rising for AI-exposed jobs that place a high value on a “worker's tacit knowledge and experience”, as textbook knowledge loses value — Artificial intelligence's impact on the labor market will depend on whether the technology automates or augments worker tasks.| Om Malik / On my Om: |
Block is a poster child for the lack of operational discipline common among mid-tier public tech companies that lived on the largesse of cloud, mobile, and ZIRP — Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block (the company formerly known as Square), went on X (the company formerly known as Twitter … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Ted Sarandos interview on the scenario planning Netflix did before Paramount's final WBD bid, how if Paramount's deal closes there'll be cuts of $16B+, and more — When Netflix Inc. dropped out of the bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on Feb. 26, the news came as a surprise to many in Hollywood.
More: Hindustan Times, The Verge, Deadline, Business Insider, Awful Announcing, Raw Story, CinemaBlend, Bleeding Cool News, The Wrap, Comic Book Movie, Cord Cutters News, Variety, Screen Rant, New York Post, and Wall Street Journal
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Bluesky: @nextdoorsv, @nextdoorsv, and @carnage4life
Threads: @gregoryellwood and @gk_ventures
Forums: r/DC_Cinematic, r/entertainment, r/boxoffice, and r/MediaMergers
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the research into using metal-organic frameworks as photoresists for cutting-edge silicon etching, as ASML aims to move from EUV to X-ray lithography — We are now one generation of technological alchemy away from the smallest possible silicon microchips| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity — The Israeli startup's platform turns employee workflows into structured knowledge for automation. — Guidde, a startup developing … | Sharon Klyne / Bloomberg: |
Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus signed a multi-billion deal with an unnamed customer to build a Melbourne data center with 18,400 Nvidia GB300 chips — Australian artificial-intelligence startup Firmus Technologies Pty. has signed a new agreement with a global technology firm … | Nicole Cobler / Axios: |
A Waymo robotaxi stopped in the middle of a road and blocked an ambulance near a mass shooting site in Austin; Waymo confirms it was en route for rider pickup — A Waymo robotaxi picking up a passenger near Sunday morning's mass shooting in Austin blocked an ambulance from reaching the scene, according to a bystander video.
More: MySanAntonio.com, New York Post, and Breitbart
X: @donwinslow, @mannyfidel, @ohhhaykayla, @cremieuxrecueil, @wholemars, @mysa, @mattparlmer, @lauraloomer, and @agoldmund. Bluesky: @fry69.dev
Forums: Hacker News, r/Austin, r/ems, r/mildlyinfuriating, r/waymo, and r/ThatsInsane
| Byron Kaye / Reuters: |
Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against app stores and search engines if AI services operating in Australia don't verify user ages by March 9 — Australia's internet regulator said it may push search engines and app stores to block artificial intelligence services that fail … | Financial Times: |
A profile of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who is facing a probe in France on a dozen preliminary charges and a Russian criminal case for “aiding terrorism” — The messaging app's founder has become a poster boy for the backlash in Europe over CEO accountability — and a target for Russia
X: @durov
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