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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.
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.
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 …
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-$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 …
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 …
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
Richard Nieva / Forbes:
Replit raised a $400M Series D led by Georgian Partners at a $9B valuation and says it's on track to hit annual recurring revenue of $1B by the end of the year  —  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.
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 …
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?
More: Bloomberg
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 …
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  —  WhatsApp launched a new set of parent-supervised accounts for users under the age of 13 on Wednesday.
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.
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 …
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.
Bloomberg:
Amazon raised €14.5B in its euro bond market debut, the biggest ever corporate deal in the currency, following a dollar offering on Tuesday that raised $37B  —  Amazon.com Inc. raised €14.5 billion ($16.8 billion) in its euro bond market debut, the biggest ever corporate deal in the currency …
Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Nuro says it has begun testing its self-driving tech on public roads in Tokyo, marking the US-based company's first international autonomous deployment  —  U.S.-based startup Nuro said on Wednesday its self-driving vehicles are now operating on public roads in Tokyo with safety operators present …
More: TechCrunch and Bloomberg
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.
Sabrina Ortiz / The Deep View:
Anthropic says Claude for Excel and Claude for PowerPoint now share full context across open files, and skills are available inside Excel and PowerPoint add-ins  —  W  —  hile Anthropic doesn't offer a productivity suite of apps like Google or Microsoft, it is expanding its integrations with Microsoft 365 applications.
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.
More: PC Gamer
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  —  Mind Robotics is building factory robots, joining up with the electric-vehicle maker on training and testing

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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Sources: 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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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
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
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
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
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”
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