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| Helen Vogelsong-Donahue / Wired: |
The gaming industry is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage — From the global RAM shortage driving up console prices to job loss in the industry, gaming is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties.
More: TheGamer, nextpit, Polygon.com, Semafor, and Android Headlines
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Takeaways from the 2026 Game Developers Conference: a high volume of job seekers amid layoffs, AI was the hot buzzword, more outsourcing than ever, and more — GDC in San Francisco this week was full of job-seekers, co-development studios and AI — Hi everyone.| The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance suspended the global launch of Seedance 2.0 amid copyright disputes with Hollywood studios and streamers; it was launched in China last month — ByteDance has put on hold the global launch of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2., due to a string of copyright disputes …
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| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Recovered notes from a lobbyist's phone outline a $5M payment structure tied to Argentine President Milei and other top officials' promotion of the Libra token — Quick Take — A document recovered from a lobbyist's phone outlines a three-part, $5 million payment structure linked …
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| Eliza Triantafillou / OCCRP: |
Intellexa's founder says his firm sells surveillance tech exclusively to governments, reviving claims of state spying in Greece after being sentenced last month — The founder of the commercial spyware firm Intellexa, recently convicted in a landmark wiretapping trial … | Clinton Nwachukwu / Ventureburn: |
Standard Kernel, which is making AI-powered GPU optimization software, raised a $20M seed led by Jump Capital, with General Catalyst and others participating — Automating the AI Hardware Stack — Standard Kernel, a startup zeroing in on AI-driven GPU software optimisation, just pulled in $20 million in seed funding.
More: Standard Kernel Co.. X: @saayanath, @dylan522p, and @anneouyang
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Tether, flush with cash, has been investing in diverse sectors ranging from sleep tech company Eight Sleep to humanoid robotics company Neura Robotics — Beyond fintech and crypto startups, Tether has now backed a mattress-maker and a humanoid robotics specialist.| Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: |
Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection, and response, raised a $22M Series A led by Sequoia — The company connects AI agents to security data lakes for interactive investigations, detection engineering, and autonomous response.
More: scanner.dev, Sequoia Capital, FinTech Global, and Ventureburn
| Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
Q&A with Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on accidents, why autonomous vehicles won't lead to job losses, plans to license Waymo tech to other companies, and more — Waymo's co-chief executive, Tekedra Mawakana, knows she needs to earn the public's trust. It won't be easy.| New York Times: |
Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the war in Iran push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication — A torrent of fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence have overrun social networks during the first weeks of the war in Iran.
More: Cyabra, Digital Journal, and Cyabra
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| Ines Ferré / Yahoo Finance: |
Drones caused a Qatari helium-producing energy hub to shutter; crucial in chipmaking, Bloomberg says the closed hub makes up ~33% of global helium production — It's not just oil. — The near-standstill in the Strait of Hormuz is raising fears of a price surge for commodities used … | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 — Unacademy, once a one of India's most valuable edtech startups, is set to be acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock deal …
More: The Economic Times, Inc42, DealStreetAsia, Times of India, Entrackr, Business Today, Hindustan Times, and Reuters. X: @gauravmunjal
| Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal: |
San Francisco's housing market is seeing a big rebound, driven by the AI boom; Apartment List says rents rose 14% YoY in February, the fastest growth in the US — After a yearslong slump, there's now a real-estate frenzy. 'It's just skyrocketed,' says one house hunter.| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-powered customer support software, for an undisclosed sum; Forethought has raised $115M — Zendesk is acquiring Forethought, a company that builds software to automate customer service interactions, the companies announced on Wednesday.
More: Zendesk, Pulse 2.0, The AI Economy, Verdict, The Next Web, Futurum, Constellation Research, and The Information. LinkedIn: Deon Nicholas
| SemiAnalysis: |
TSMC's N3 logic wafer capacity has become one of the AI industry's biggest constraints, which could push customers to explore greater foundry diversification — TSMC N3 Wafer Shortages, Memory Constraints, Datacenter Bottlenecks, Supply Chain Wars Winner — Ivan Chiam, Myron Xie, Ray Wang, and 3 others
More: Blockonomi, The Chosun Daily, The Economic Times, Tech in Asia, and Taipei Times. LinkedIn: Bill Conrades
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| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
An excerpt from the upcoming book Project Maven details how the Pentagon enlisted Silicon Valley to build AI-powered tools of war, now being used in Iran — An excerpt from the coming book Project Maven shows how the US enlisted Silicon Valley in its vision for AI warfare, now playing out in Iran.| Caroline Haskins / Wired: |
More: Futurism, The Guardian, and Politico
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