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March 12, 2026, 9:35 AM
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James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
US medtech giant Stryker confirms a global outage due to a cyberattack; Iran-linked group Handala says the hack is retaliation for a strike on a school in Iran  —  The U.S. medtech company experiences a global outage, with some staff devices remotely wiped  —  Medical technology giant Stryker …
Will Knight / Wired:
Nvidia debuts Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B-parameter hybrid MoE open-weight model; filing: Nvidia plans to spend $26B over the next five years to build open models  —  The move could position the AI infrastructure powerhouse to quickly compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.
CNBC:
Atlassian is cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~1,600 jobs, to fund investments in AI and enterprise sales; filing: the cuts will incur $225M to $236M in charges  —  Atlassian said on Wednesday that it's eliminating 10% of its workforce, or about 1,600 jobs, as the company restructures following …
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Apple updates iOS and iPadOS for older devices, including the iPhone 6s, iPad Air 2, and iPod touch (7th gen), to address the Coruna exploit disclosed last week  —  A few days ago, Google and iVerify published details on Coruna, an exploit that chained multiple vulnerabilities to target iPhones running older iOS versions.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple's foldable iPhone will feature iPad-like layouts and side-by-side apps on its iPad mini-sized inner display and a small iPhone-sized outer screen  —  Apple Inc.'s forthcoming foldable iPhone will include updates to the iOS operating system that enable iPad-like layouts and side …
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Microsoft and Meta each committed nearly $50B in additional data center leases in their most recent quarters, pushing major cloud companies' total to $700B+  —  Microsoft Corp. and Meta Platforms Inc. each committed nearly $50 billion in additional data center leases in their most recent quarters …
Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software:
Apple's MacBook Neo validates a vision that began 15 years ago with a demo of Windows on ARM, which is held back by Microsoft's commitment to x86 compatibility  —  I'm completely blown away by Mac Neo.  It made me think a lot about what we tried to accomplish with Windows 8 more than a dozen years ago.
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
The US SEC and the US CFTC enter an MOU to coordinate and collaborate where their work overlaps, including by building a combined crypto oversight framework  —  The two agencies sealed their memorandum of understanding to link the parts of their work that overlap, and coordinated crypto oversight is among the top goals.
Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal:
Uber partners with Nissan and Wayve to offer robotaxi services in Japan, its first AV partnership in the country, with a Tokyo pilot program set for late 2026  —  Uber intends to start offering the service through a licensed taxi partner in Japan  —  Uber Technologies, Nissan Motor …
Grace Kay / Business Insider:
Sources: xAI's AI agent project Macrohard has stalled as Tesla ramps up its own AI agent project Digital Optimus; Elon Musk says it is a joint xAI-Tesla project  —  Follow Grace Kay … - XAI's Macrohard project has stalled amid leadership changes and a data project pause.
Richard Nieva / Forbes:
Replit raised a $400M Series D led by Georgian Partners at a $9B valuation and says it is on track to hit $1B in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2026  —  Amjad Masad's Replit allows users to build apps together like they're doodling on a white board.  It also made the Jordanian immigrant a billionaire along the way.
The Verge:
Microsoft says the next Xbox, Project Helix, will have a custom AMD chip, and it will begin sending out “alpha versions” of Project Helix to developers in 2027  —  Microsoft announced new details about the console at the GDC Festival of Gaming.
Varsha Bansal / The Guardian:
How Amazon pushes employees to integrate AI across their workloads despite their concerns that the company's “half-baked” tools are creating more work for all  —  Corporate employees said Amazon's race to roll out AI is leading to surveillance, slop and ‘more work for everyone’.
Tom Dotan / Newcomer:
Sources: Cursor is in early talks to raise billions at a post-money valuation of up to $60B, up from $29.3B in November 2025; one source puts the round at $5B  —  Very early discussions involve a $5 billion raise at a valuation of up to $60 billion  —  Can a company be declared both passé and the next big thing?
More: Bloomberg
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Axiom Math, which uses AI and the Lean language to verify code in much the same way that mathematicians prove math problems, raised $200M at a $1.6B valuation  —  In January, a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University published a study analyzing the use of artificial intelligence technologies …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Perplexity announces Personal Computer, an OpenClaw-like AI agent initially only for macOS, and an enterprise version of its cloud-based Perplexity Computer  —  - “Personal Computer” runs locally on a dedicated device.  — “Perplexity Computer,” which was announced a few weeks ago, operates in the cloud.
Bloomberg:
Stockholm-based AI coding startup Lovable reaches $400M in ARR, up from $300M in January; rival Cursor hit $2B in annualized revenue in February, per a source  —  Swedish startup Lovable has hit $400 million in annual recurring revenue, as companies and users flock to artificial intelligence tools …
More: Tech in Asia
Laura Cress / BBC:
The UK ICO and Ofcom asked social media platforms to implement “highly effective age checks” to bar under-13 accounts, similar to tools required for adult sites  —  Major technology companies have been asked to bring in more robust age checks for under-13s in the UK …
Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times:
Bernstein: 42% of China's 20K+ humanoid robot shipments in 2025 were for learning and R&D; data collection and human-robot interaction services each made up 19%  —  Network of training farms aims to supply data needed to put ‘brains’ into machines  —  At a new 12,000 square metre facility in Wuhan …

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Selome Hailu / Variety:
Apple TV led the 2026 Emmys with 28 wins, its first time on top, followed by HBO Max with 21, Netflix with 16, and MGM+/Prime Video with 10

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen: 60 Minutes' season premiere drew 7.94M viewers, down 21% from 10.02M for last season's premiere; viewers between the ages of 25 and 54 fell 33%

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Prime Video launches a bundle with AMC+, Starz, MGM+, PBS Masterpiece, and BritBox for $29.99 per month, a savings of ~39% vs. subscribing to each individually

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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Google launches Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered conversational feature for iOS and Android in the US and India that lets users ask “complex, real-world questions”

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Caiwei Chen / MIT Technology Review:
A small cottage industry offering OpenClaw installation services and preconfigured hardware emerges in China as the tool becomes the country's latest tech craze
David Shepardson / Reuters:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr criticizes the slow pace of Amazon's satellite launches, after Amazon raised concerns about SpaceX's plan to launch up to 1M satellites
Bloomberg:
Sources: Ripple kicks off a share buyback at a $50B valuation to repurchase up to $750M in shares from investors and employees in a tender offer through April
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