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| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Polymarket removes long-running markets letting users bet on the chances of a nuclear weapon detonating amid the Iran strikes; a 2025 market had $1.7M in volume — Nuclear weapon-themed markets aren't new on the prediction market platform, but public outcry about the contracts has apparently forced the platform to delete them.
More: Polymarket, The Block, crypto.news, Event Horizon, The Crypto Times, CoinGape, Blockonomi, and 404 Media
X: @davidsirota, @polymarketstory, @gaykittycorps, @nathanjrobinson, @goodpoliticguy, @iranianwario, @ripplebrain, @marxianangel, @davidsirota, @alanrmacleod, @thegreenebj, @thewapplehouse, @girldrawsghosts, @mattxiv, @hasanthehun, @frogs4girls, @jeuasommenulle, @lauramiers, @saikatc, and @onionweigher. Bluesky: @goodboy
| Amy Fan / New York Times: |
Analysis: since the end of 2025, Polymarket users have rarely bet large sums on US strikes the next day; before the Iran strikes, 150+ accounts placed such bets — Polymarket users placed hundreds of bets of at least $1,000 predicting an imminent American strike, raising concerns about insider trading.
More: Bloomberg, New Republic, Decrypt, and NewsMax.com
X: @tripgabriel, @sam_federman, @evanhill, @alex_panetta, and @hissgoescobra. Bluesky: @shashj. Forums: r/politics
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Anthropic recently passed $19B in run-rate revenue, up from $9B at the end of 2025 and ~$14B a few weeks ago, as its clash with the US DOD casts doubt — Anthropic PBC is on track to generate annual revenue of almost $20 billion, a projection based on current performance … | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Junyang Lin, a tech lead on Alibaba's Qwen team, abruptly steps down, and two other team members leave; one contributor says “I know leaving wasn't your choice” — Alibaba's Qwen AI project has lost one of its most visible technical leaders just a day after the Chinese tech giant unveiled …
More: Benzinga, VentureBeat, Business Standard, and The Information
X: @justinlin610, @huybery, @kxli_2000, @xinyu2ml, @vince_chow1, @cherry_cc12, @kxli_2000, @wzhao_nlp, @yuchenj_uw, @jiayq, @xianbao_qian, @hxiao, @natolambert, @himanshustwts, @chujiezheng, @anthonyronning, @yzhang_cs, @afinetheorem, @kimmonismus, @xwang_lk, @teortaxestex, @bonegpt, @jbrukh, @frontier_foid, @ns123abc, @cedric_chee, @yulun_du, @kevinsxu, @phequals7, @beffjezos, @jeremyphoward, @teortaxestex, @scaling01, @francis_yao_, @dejavucoder, @elaina43114880, @bryancsk, @beffjezos, @altryne, @youjiacheng, @crystalsssup, and @tydsh
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
President Trump says the GENIUS Act is being “threatened and undermined” by banks, following their opposition to stablecoin yield payouts — U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the banking industry is trying to undermine the stablecoin bill he signed into law last year.
More: CryptoPotato, Bloomberg, CoinGape, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, The Crypto Times, Cointelegraph, Gizmodo, DL News, BeInCrypto, Bitcoinist.com, Politico, The Hill, and The Block
X: @senlummis, @erictrump, @chairmanselig, @chucktodd, @brendanpedersen, @brendanpedersen, @aaronrday, @faryarshirzad, @_jikim, @drjstrategy, @ronwhammond, @alexandergrieve, @nic_carter, @jseyff, @amitisinvesting, @realpeteyb123, @iampaulgrewal, @dangambardello, and @summermersinger. Bluesky: @metacurity.com. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump …
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google details Coruna, an exploit kit used to hijack iPhones via malicious websites; iVerify suggests it may have been originally built for the US government — A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more.
More: Google Cloud Blog, TechCrunch, iVerify, Benzinga, Nextgov/FCW, Silicon Republic, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, CyberInsider, Tech Times, Phandroid, The Overspill, Silicon Canals, AppleInsider, PCMag, Risky Business, Boing Boing, CyberScoop, and Help Net Security
X: @patrickwardle, @c2iris, @vxunderground, @_danielsinclair, @lukolejnik, @mandiant, @godisvoluntary, @darkwebinformer, and @a_greenberg
LinkedIn: Etizaz Mohsin and Patrick Wardle
Bluesky: @joparkerbear, @ssg.dev, and @couts
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/hacking, r/TrueReddit, r/ios, r/iphone, r/Malware, r/blackhat, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
All-hands: Sam Altman says OpenAI does not “get to make operational decisions” regarding how the US DOD uses its tech, and the Pentagon respects its expertise — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees in an all-hands meeting on Tuesday that the company doesn't “get to make operational decisions” …
More: Futurism, Business Insider, The Economic Times, and CNBC
X: @can, @valhalla_dev, @scaling01, and @sean_from_earth
Bluesky: @timzero4 and @carnage4life
Forums: r/technology and r/politics
| Wall Street Journal: |
More: The Guardian, diginomica, Gizmodo, Newser, The Information, Forbes, Financial Times, and Axios
X: @scaling01, @provisionalidea, @berber_jin1, @signulll, @markvalorian, and @sama
Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @scriban, @langdongrant, and @wittywebhandle. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Financial Times: |
Sources: the White House is debating whether to allow Tencent to maintain stakes in US and Finnish video game companies; Tencent holds a 28% stake in Epic Games — Chinese company's investments in ‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games and other creators have faced long-running US security review
More: Reuters, Tom's Hardware, Game World Observer, GamesIndustry.biz, Game Developer, The Information, Video Games Chronicle, PocketGamer.biz, TheGamer, Benzinga, Kotaku, and TechNode
Forums: r/gachagaming and r/fuckepic
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Google adds new Android features, including custom calling cards, real-time location sharing in Google Messages, and luggage tracking with partner airlines — Google will let users of its Android mobile operating system set up custom calling cards and share their live location in messages …
More: The Keyword, The Keyword, The Keyword, 9to5Google, Windows Central, Ghacks, Mashable, Moneycontrol, Android Authority, and Android Police
X: @mishaalrahman and @natlungfy
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
An internal DHS document shows CBP used location data sourced from the online ad industry to track phone locations; ICE has bought access to similar tools — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' precise movements over time …
More: Wired, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Gizmodo
X: @leahlibresco, @adamscochran, and @tysonbrody
Bluesky: @eff.org, @sesmith.lol, @cdt.org, @tyleraking.com, @marypcbuk, @campuscodi.risky.biz, and @josephcox
Forums: r/technology, r/TrueReddit, and r/politics
| Reuters: |
Lockheed Martin plans to follow the US federal ban on Anthropic; government contracting lawyers say defense contractors are expected to comply with the US order — U.S. defense contractors, like Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), are expected to follow the Pentagon's order to purge Anthropic's prized AI tools … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
More: Forbes, Townhall, and Times of India
Bluesky: @seanhodgdon.com, @masnick.com, and @cassandroid.substack.com. Mastodon: @BrideOfLinux@mastodon …. Forums: Beehaw
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
TikTok USDS says users “may temporarily experience lags in posting content” due to an issue at Oracle's Ashburn data center, the second Oracle outage in a month — TikTok users in the US may experience lag while trying to post content until the outage is resolved.
More: The Register, DatacenterDynamics, The American Bazaar, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Tech Times, and TechCrunch
X: @tiktokusdsjv and @oracle
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Corning unveils Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 for smartphones, promising enhanced drop durability over multiple years, first launching on the new Motorola Razr Fold — Corning has announced Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3, a new upgrade to smartphone cover glass that promises protection against years of drops …
More: Corning, SammyGuru, SamMobile, Droid Life, and Digital Trends
| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
TikTok says it won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and its safety teams from reading messages when needed and it wants to protect young users — TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.
More: 9to5Mac, Engadget, and Mashable
Bluesky: @joetidy. Mastodon: @scottwilson@infosec.exchange. Forums: Hacker News, r/nottheonion, and r/privacy
| The Information: |
Source: OpenAI is developing an alternative to GitHub; the project is nascent, and the decision came after OpenAI engineers experienced an increase in outages — OpenAI is developing an alternative to GitHub, Microsoft's popular code repository that lets software engineers store …
More: Windows Central, Reuters, WinBuzzer, Neowin, Digit, XDA Developers, and The Decoder
X: @wesroth, @dysinger, @lanreadelowo, @cgtwts, @aakashgupta, @btibor91, @edwardbenson, @mattyp, @techikansh, @hsvsphere, @nickadobos, @johnkutay, @metacriticcap, @bilaltwovec, @steph_palazzolo, and @theprimeagen
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI releases GPT-5.3 Instant, which it says delivers more accurate answers and better-contextualized results when searching the web, for all ChatGPT users — Today, we're releasing an update to ChatGPT's most-used model that makes everyday conversations more consistently helpful and fluid.
More: The Register, The Hindu, 9to5Google, MacRumors, Tech Times, The Indian Express, TestingCatalog, Moneycontrol, Gizchina, SiliconANGLE, and Implicator.ai
X: @openai, @openai, @kimmonismus, @nickaturley, @christinahkim, @therealadamg, @luke_metro, @tszzl, @thezvi, @tukifromkl, @sauers_, @kareldoostrlnck, @mweinbach, @iruletheworldmo, @kimmonismus, and @openai
Bluesky: @paularmstrongtbd and @daniloc.xyz
Forums: Hacker News, r/just4ochat, r/therapyGPT, r/OpenAI, r/accelerate, and Slashdot
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Intel says board chair Frank Yeary, who has served on the board since 2009, will retire after Intel's annual meeting in May, to be replaced by Craig Barratt — Intel (INTC.O) said on Tuesday that board chair Frank Yeary plans to retire following the company's annual meeting in May and will be replaced by Craig Barratt.
More: Intel, Tom's Hardware, Silicon Republic, RTÉ, DigiTimes, CRN, and Portland Business Journal. X: @intelnews
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Visa and Stripe's Bridge plan to expand their partnership to issue stablecoin-linked cards in 100+ countries; the cards are currently live in 18 countries — The world's biggest fintech and the world's largest payments network are expanding their stablecoin partnership.
More: Visa Inc, Blockonomi, BeInCrypto, Tech in Asia, and Blockhead
LinkedIn: Cuy Sheffield, Chase Larson, and Neetika Bansal
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Security researchers successfully prompted the AI behind a Utah prescription renewal pilot to reclassify meth as an “unrestricted therapeutic”, and more — Security researchers used relatively simple jailbreaking techniques to trick the AI system powering Utah's new prescription refill bot.
Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app
| The Keyword: |
Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, which it says delivers “enhanced performance” at a fraction of the cost of larger models and outperforms 2.5 Flash — Get best-in-class intelligence for your highest-volume workloads. … Today, we're introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite …
More: The Economic Times, Digit, The Rundown AI, TestingCatalog, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, The Decoder, MarkTechPost, Tom's Guide, The New Stack, The Deep View, and OnMSFT
X: @koraykv, @noamshazeer, @artificialanlys, @googledeepmind, @sundarpichai, @google, @joshwoodward, @tulseedoshi, @kimmonismus, @teksedge, @dasanaike, @mark_k, @chanduthota, @altryne, @tristanhurleb, @dynamicwebpaige, @jeffdean, @googledevs, @veermasrani, @jeffdean, @scaling01, @googleai, @_philschmid, @googlecloudtech, @officiallogank, @googledeepmind, and @marmaduke091. LinkedIn: Karl Weinmeister. Forums: r/Bard
| Vivian Wang / New York Times: |
Unlike in the West, Chinese policymakers and the public appear to be much more optimistic about AI, likely due to a focus on real-world applications of AI — Chinese policymakers and the public have expressed high levels of optimism about A.I., even as many in the West worry …
Bluesky: @cipher-db
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
X user TheGhostOfHope, one of top Call of Duty leakers, says Activision “legally demanded that I stop leaking and disseminating confidential information” — TheGhostOfHope is complying with legal demands to stop disseminating confidential information.| Jaspreet Kalra / Reuters: |
Sources: Walmart-backed PhonePe targets an up to $10.5B valuation in its Indian IPO; PhonePe raised $600M from General Atlantic at a $14.5B valuation in October — Walmart-backed Indian fintech firm PhonePe (PHOP.NS), the country's most used payments platform, is aiming to list at a valuation … | Andre Revilla / Engadget: |
X announces a policy change suspending users from Creator Revenue Sharing for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict without disclosure — The new policy is the platform's first rule requiring any kind of AI content disclosure. — X will suspend creators …
More: International Business Times, Cointelegraph, UNILAD, Moneycontrol, crypto.news, Livemint, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, The Wrap, and Decrypt
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sony no longer plans to release its big single-player PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major shift in strategy that sees it return to console exclusivity — The video-game publisher no longer plans to put out PC ports of PlayStation games such as ‘Ghost of Yotei’Sponsor Posts
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Zoho:
Fixing communication friction: How Zoho Workplace gives every conversation the right space — Work doesn't break all at once. It slowly, silently wears out. It's not the dramatic communication failures that kill productivity.
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