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March 11, 2026, 11:05 AM
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Sam Sabin / Axios:
Meta disables 150K+ accounts as the Royal Thai Police, the FBI, the US DOJ, and others disrupt criminal scam centers in Southeast Asia and arrest 21 individuals  —  Meta disabled more than 150,000 accounts tied to Southeast Asia-based cyber scam centers.  — The global crackdown led to 21 arrests, the company said.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta adds more scam detection tools: Facebook alerts for suspicious friend requests, WhatsApp device linking warnings, and advanced scam detection on Messenger  —  Users will be alerted about suspicious activities like unrecognized device linking and friend requests.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the US DOJ is investigating Iran's use of Binance to evade sanctions, focusing on money flowing to networks backing terror groups like Yemen's Houthis  —  Investigation focuses on money flowing through crypto platform to network backing terror groups, including Yemen's Houthi militants
Hayden Field / The Verge:
Anthropic debuts Anthropic Institute, an internal think tank led by co-founder Jack Clark, combining its Societal Impacts, Red Team, and Economic Research teams  —  Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives.
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Google closes its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B, marking Google's biggest acquisition yet; Google initially approached Wiz in 2024  —  Google has officially acquired Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in cash, a full year after the companies announced the deal.
CNN:
CNN and CCDH investigation: 80% of major AI chatbots gave guidance on weapons or targets to “teen” personas 50%+ of the time; only Claude consistently refused  —  Daniel, a troubled American teen, turned to an AI chatbot to vent his political frustration.
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: bigger battery and seven years of software updates, but basic cameras, few major upgrades, and no Qi2 charging magnets  —  While Samsung has treated its Flips and Folds to a few major hardware upgrades over recent years, the Galaxy S flagships …
Alice French / Bloomberg:
Nintendo's stock jumps 8%+, its steepest climb since April 2025, after Pokémon Pokopia, a Switch 2 exclusive released on March 5, sold out at major US retailers  —  Nintendo Co. shares gained as much as 10.5% in their steepest climb since April as the surprise success …
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Docs and a source: a foreign hacker compromised the FBI's Jeffrey Epstein investigation files in 2023; the FBI says the “cyber incident” was “an isolated one”  —  A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI's investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during …
Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
TikTok partners with Apple to let Apple Music subscribers play full songs without leaving the TikTok app, and use a Listening Party feature, in the coming weeks  —  Apple Music and TikTok have joined forces to launch a product that allows TikTok users to play full songs on the platform without having to leave the app.
Charmaine D'Silva / The Keyword:
Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand, and adds support for over 50 additional languages, including Hindi, French, and Spanish  —  We're bringing Chrome's powerful AI features to more regions and languages, helping millions of people get the most out of their browser.
Financial Times:
Investors flee to Magnificent Seven stocks due to the US-led war in Iran; tech is up 1.5% from February 27, the only S&P 500 sector to rise since the strikes  —  Megacap companies previously out of favour now seen as ‘safety assets’  —  Investors have sought shelter from the turmoil …
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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Intel unveils the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and 250K Plus, shipping March 26 for $300 and $200, respectively, and says they are its fastest gaming desktop CPUs yet  —  Hopefully it's finally leaving the i9-14900K in the dust. … Intel hasn't made it easy to buy a flagship desktop chip.
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg:
Polymarket says it will use a platform built by Palantir and TWG AI to help identify, prevent, and report suspicious activity in Polymarket's sports contracts  —  Polymarket is enlisting firms including Palantir Technologies Inc. to help police its sports contracts as prediction markets face intense scrutiny over insider trading.
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch:
Amazon's Zoox partners with Uber to offer its robotaxis on the Uber app, starting in Las Vegas in summer 2026 and in LA by mid-2027; Zoox needs US approval  —  Amazon-owned Zoox plans to make its robotaxis available to hail on the Uber app in Las Vegas later this year, the two companies announced Wednesday.
Bloomberg:
A look at the rise and fall of Chen Zhi, an alleged online scam kingpin whom the US and UK accused of laundering billions; he was extradited to China in January  —  Chen Zhi developed a sprawling network of politicians and banks while he built a global fortune and alleged “pig butchering” scam hubs.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MoffettNathanson: YouTube became the world's largest media company in 2025 with an estimated $62B in revenue, passing the $60.9B made by Disney's media business  —  The influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson suggests that the Google-owned video platform passed Disney's media business in 2025.
Bloomberg:
Amsterdam-based Nebius says Nvidia plans to invest $2B in the startup as it plans to build AI data centers and deploy 5GW+ of Nvidia systems by the end of 2030  —  Nvidia Corp. will invest $2 billion in Nebius Group NV as part of a strategic partnership to develop and build artificial …
Maria Varenikova / New York Times:
How Ukraine is working to make drones with as few components from China as possible, prioritizing self-sufficiency in producing a crucial battlefield weapon  —  The country has prioritized self-sufficiency in producing a crucial battlefield weapon, though weaning itself fully off cheaper Chinese components is difficult.
Barbara Booth / CNBC:
How age-verification laws to enhance online child safety are raising surveillance concerns for adults; ~50% of US states have enacted or are advancing such laws  —  New U.S laws designed to protect minors are pulling millions of adult Americans into mandatory age-verification gates to access online content …

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Financial Times:
The High Court in London rules against Prince Harry and six other claimants in the privacy lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Early Nielsen numbers show 30M people watched the US-Belgium World Cup match through Fox, clearing the record for an English-language soccer telecast in the US

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A US district court judge dismisses Trump Media and Technology Group's $3.8B defamation lawsuit filed in 2023 against WaPo; TMTG is considering an appeal

More News

The Economic Times:
Indian AI lab Lossfunk's prompting method lets LLMs generate Tulu language text without prior training; the method may expand to other low-resource languages
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Applied Materials partners with Micron and SK Hynix to develop next-gen memory chips for AI and HPC at its new EPIC center, part of a planned $5B R&D investment

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Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Mississippi regulators authorize xAI to build a power plant with 41 natural gas-burning turbines in Southaven to power its data centers
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Filing: Microsoft files an amicus brief in support of Anthropic and advocates for a temporary restraining order to block the DOD's supply chain risk designation
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $17.19B, above $16.91B est., net income up 27% YoY to $3.72B, and cloud revenue up 44% YoY to $8.9B; ORCL jumps 10%+
Washington Post:
Sources: the US Social Security inspector general is investigating claims that an ex-DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive to his private employer
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
After social media backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address
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