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March 7, 2026, 9:30 AM
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Business Insider:
The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020  —  - Tech industries are losing their strength.  — One economist said tech job losses outpaced the past two recessions.  — Still, there is weakness in other areas of the job market.
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk  —  Google said it will continue offering Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work …
Pirate Wires:
Interview with Pentagon AI head Emil Michael on his view that Anthropic leaked negotiations to the press to win anti-Trump users, dealing with Amodei, and more
Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the US believes Chinese state-affiliated hackers breached an FBI computer network that holds information related to some domestic surveillance orders  —  The FBI said it has addressed ‘suspicious activities’ on its networks  —  U.S. investigators believe hackers affiliated …
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, who have competing visions for how prediction markets should grow  —  There's one word Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour is loath to say: Polymarket.  —  Like a politician swiping his never-to-be-spoken …
More: Mediaite and Entrepreneur
Bluesky: @seanokane, @bobbyallyn, and @bobbyallyn
Forums: r/NPR and r/technology
Wall Street Journal:
How prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are aggressively targeting college students through fraternity partnerships and student influencers
Tim Starks / CyberScoop:
The Trump administration debuts its cyber strategy, outlining priorities including promoting offense operations, securing AI tech, and streamlining regulations  —  The administration also released an executive order on cybercrime and fraud.  —  Learn more.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle and OpenAI abandoned plans to expand a Stargate Texas data center amid financing disputes; Meta considers leasing the planned expansion site  —  Oracle Corp. and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center in Texas after negotiations dragged …
Forbes:
How Cursor is evolving through its Composer coding models built on Chinese open models, as coding agents like Claude Code threaten to make code editors obsolete  —  After becoming the hottest, fastest growing AI coding company, Cursor is confronting a new reality: developers may no longer need a code editor at all.
Jessica Lyons / The Register:
Google's TIG documented 90 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in 2025, up from 78 in 2024; commercial spyware vendors and China-linked groups led the abuse  —  Of the 90 zero-days GTIG tracked in 2025, 43 hit enterprise tech  —  Zero-day exploitation targeting enterprise tech products reached …
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Roblox says it paid out $1.5B to game creators in 2025 and the top 1,000 earned $1.3M on average; 50%+ of creators list high school as their highest education  —  Roblox creators are raking in hundreds of thousands a month from simple games like ‘Fisch,’ even as major studios cut jobs and cancel blockbusters.
X: @cecianasta and @cecianasta.  LinkedIn: Cecilia D'Anastasio.  Bluesky: @dannygroner
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Anthropic launches Claude Marketplace, letting companies buy third-party software using some of their committed annual spending on Anthropic's services  —  Anthropic PBC is launching a new platform for its corporate customers to purchase third-party software, broadening the AI developer's offerings …
Financial Times:
US investors are pushing Asian fund managers to create special vehicles so they can invest in Asia while avoiding US investment restrictions on Chinese tech  —  Institutional clients increasingly want so-called parallel funds that exclude certain assets  —  US investors are increasingly …

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Byron Allen sold his 10.7% Starz stake over August and September, netting a bit less than $45M; he acquired it from Steve Mnuchin's Liberty 77 for $25M

Wall Street Journal:
MGM Resorts says talks with People Incorporated are over, after each weighed buying the other; MGM amended its voting deal with People, which owns ~27% of MGM

Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
UMG reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to €3.39B, vs. €3.33B est., and subscription and streaming revenue up 18% to €1.81B, or up 8% excluding Downtown

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Stephen Morris / Financial Times:
Alphabet gives Sundar Pichai a new three-year pay deal worth up to $692M, with stock incentives worth as much as $350M linked to the growth of Waymo and Wing
Steven Levy / Wired:
Q&A with Block CEO Jack Dorsey on laying off 40% of the company's workers, wanting Block to “feel like a mini AGI”, his take on Elon Musk's X, and more
Nicole Carpenter / Aftermath:
Nintendo of America sues the US government, seeking a refund with interest for tariffs that the company says Trump implemented in “unlawful” EOs

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Sam Sabin / Axios:
OpenAI rolls out Codex Security, an AI agent that evolved from its research project Aardvark to automate vulnerability discovery, validation, and remediation
Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
Pentagon names ex-DOGE employee Gavin Kliger as Chief Data Officer to lead its AI efforts; Kliger previously reposted white supremacist Nick Fuentes' content
Alex Heath / Sources:
OpenAI says it is delaying the launch of ChatGPT Adult Mode, originally planned for Q1, to focus on higher priorities, like gains in intelligence
Manya Saini / Reuters:
Robinhood's $658M venture fund drops 16% in its public market debut on the NYSE; the fund offers retail investors access to private companies like Databricks
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Mozilla says Claude Opus 4.6 found 100+ bugs in Firefox in two weeks in January, 14 of them high-severity, more than the bugs typically reported in two months
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