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James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
US medtech giant Stryker suffers a global outage after 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 investment 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 …
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.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: the foldable iPhone will feature an iPad-like interface for its iPad mini-sized inner display and have an outer screen the size of a small iPhone  —  Apple Inc.'s forthcoming foldable iPhone will include updates to the iOS operating system that enable iPad-like layouts and side …
Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software:
Apple's MacBook Neo validates a vision that began with Windows on ARM, which to this day is still 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.
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Apple updates iOS and iPadOS for older devices, including 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.
Bloomberg:
Meta unveils four new chips, the MTIA 300, MTIA 400, MTIA 450, and MTIA 500, set to launch by the end of 2027; the MTIA 300 is in production for content ranking  —  Meta Platforms Inc. plans to deploy four new generations of its in-house artificial intelligence chips by the end of 2027 …
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.
Abhijith M B / Windows Latest:
Microsoft says that Windows 11 Xbox mode, a controller-first, full-screen gaming interface, will begin rolling out in April and work across all PC form factors
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
The US SEC and CFTC announce an agreement to coordinate operations where their duties overlap, including 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.
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.
Tom Dotan / Newcomer:
Sources: Cursor is in early talks to raise billions in a new funding round at a post-money valuation of up to $60B; one source puts the round size 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?
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  —  Ripple has kicked off a share buyback that would value the company at $50 billion, cementing it as one of the most valuable digital-asset firms …
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  —  The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission dismissed criticism from Amazon.com (AMZN.O) of Elon Musk's SpaceX plan …
Chris Kerr / Game Developer:
Valve says 5,863 games made $100K+ on Steam in 2025, up from ~3,000 titles that reached that mark in 2020, and Steam passed 42M peak concurrent users last month  —  The PC platform also passed 42 million peak concurrent users a few weeks ago.  —  Valve has revealed that 5,863 games released on Steam earned over $100,000 in 2025.
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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 …
Olivia Poh / Bloomberg:
Sources: Alibaba-backed PixVerse, which develops AI video generation tools, raised a $300M Series C led by CDH; the company says the round values it at $1B+  —  PixVerse has raised $300 million in fresh funding, people familiar with the matter said, elevating the startup backed …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Perplexity announces Personal Computer, an OpenClaw-like AI agent that can run on a Mac, and an enterprise version of Perplexity Computer  —  - “Personal Computer” runs locally on a dedicated device.  — “Perplexity Computer,” which was announced a few weeks ago, operates in the cloud.
Financial Times:
Revolut says it has secured a full banking license from UK regulators after a four-year wait, allowing the company to expand lending to its 13M UK customers  —  Permit is crucial to growth strategy of Europe's most valuable fintech  —  Revolut has secured a full banking licence from UK regulators …
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  —  Feng Qingyang had always hoped to launch his own company, but he never thought this would be how—or that the day would come this fast.

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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Sources: the DOD barred press photographers from briefings on the Iran conflict after they published photos of Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed “unflattering”

Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
Google's AI Futures Fund invests $1M into Animaj, an AI animation studio focused on making high-quality videos for children on YouTube

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A look at Newpress, a production company and community platform for “creator journalists”, which helps them build shows on platforms including YouTube

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Miles Klee / Wired:
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
WhatsApp adds parent-managed accounts for users under the age of 13 and says the accounts will not get access to features like Meta AI, Channels, or Status
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's Mind Robotics, which is building AI-powered factory robots, raised $500M led by Accel and a16z, source says at a $2B valuation
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
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
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
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