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March 15, 2026, 2:00 AM
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Reuters:
Sources: Meta plans sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, amid mounting AI infrastructure costs; it had ~79,000 employees as of Dec. 31  —  Meta (META.O) is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters …
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Caroline Haskins / Wired:
Palantir software demos and DOD records show how the military may be using AI chatbots, including the kinds of queries and the data used to generate responses  —  Software demos and Pentagon records detail how chatbots like Anthropic's Claude could help the Pentagon analyze intelligence and suggest next steps.

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From Mediagazer

Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Memo: the BBC says it will cut 550 jobs including in its news and content divisions by the start of FY 2027-2028 in the first phase of a plan to save $670M

Thomas Escritt / Bloomberg:
Viktor Orban's media empire collapses two months after his election defeat; about 400 journalists at Mediaworks outlets have been given notices of termination

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Silk White, whose movies and TV shows, which have grossed ~$2M in the year to February, are distributed by Filmhub to online platforms like Tubi

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Bloomberg:
$TRUMP memecoin surged as much as 60% after its promoters announced a gala luncheon at Mar-a-Lago with Trump; the White House hasn't confirmed his attendance
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the Trump administration is set to receive a ~$10B fee from investors in TikTok's US business for the government's role in brokering the TikTok US deal
Karandeep Singh Oberoi / Android Police:
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
Financial Times:
Sources: Elon Musk pushed out two more xAI co-founders after getting frustrated with xAI's coding product progress and brought in “fixers” from SpaceX and Tesla
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Adobe will pay a $75M fine and provide $75M in free services to users to resolve a US government lawsuit accusing it of concealing termination fees, and more
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