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March 26, 2026, 7:35 PM
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
A US judge grants Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction in its suit against the Trump administration over the DOD's decision to blacklist the company  —  A federal judge in San Francisco granted Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to open up Siri to run any AI service via App Store apps in iOS 27, dropping ChatGPT as exclusive partner in Apple Intelligence and Siri  —  Apple Inc. plans to open Siri to outside artificial intelligence assistants, a major move aimed at bolstering the iPhone as an AI platform.
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple discontinues the Mac Pro and says it has no plans to offer future Mac Pro hardware  —  It's the end of an era: Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro is being discontinued.  It is being removed from Apple's website as of Thursday afternoon.  The “buy” page on Apple's website …
Wall Street Journal:
The $6M LA social media verdict is a win for the plaintiffs bar, not kids or society; parenting helps mitigate the harms and most kids don't face severe issues  —  The verdict against Meta and YouTube is a victory for the plaintiffs bar, not for children or society.
Reuters:
Meta stock fell 8% on Thursday after juries in two US trials found the company failed to adequately warn or protect young users  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) shares dropped 7% on Thursday after two verdicts holding it liable for harm to young users sparked fears the social media giant …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
As US lawmakers struggle to pass online safety laws, LA and New Mexico juries take the lead, holding social media companies accountable for harming young users
Wall Street Journal:
Back-to-back jury verdicts holding Meta liable could spur a flood of litigation against social media companies and threaten to undermine Section 230 protections
Valeria Wu / The Keyword:
Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, an audio model with improved tonal understanding and lower latency for real-time dialogue, watermarked with SynthID  —  Our latest voice model has improved precision and lower latency to make voice interactions more fluid, natural and precise.
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI has shelved its erotic chatbot “indefinitely” as it refocuses on its core products after technical issues and concerns from staff and investors  —  Decision follows staff and investor concerns about sexual AI content  —  OpenAI has shelved plans to release an erotic chatbot …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix raises US prices following a January 2025 hike; standard with ads rises $1 to $8.99/month; standard with no ads and premium rise $2 to $19.99 and $26.99  —  Netflix, for the second time in a little over a year, is raising prices for its three plans in the U.S. The new pricing …
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
A US federal judge dismisses X's antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers and a group of major companies of illegally boycotting X  —  A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed X Corp's antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers and a group …
Wall Street Journal:
Fannie Mae will accept crypto-backed mortgages for the first time; Coinbase launches a mortgage product allowing buyers to pledge bitcoin or USDC as collateral  —  New offering from Better Home & Finance and Coinbase allows home buyers to pledge bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies when making a down payment
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Apple expands its American Manufacturing Program, adding Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics to make components in the US for products sold globally  —  Apple announced a significant expansion of its American Manufacturing Program on Thursday, bringing four new partners — Bosch …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
X limits X Pro access to subscribers of the $40/month Premium+ plan without notifying users in advance; it was previously available in the $8/month Premium plan  —  Social network X is now limiting X Pro access to customers who subscribe to the X Premium+ plan, which is priced at $40 per month (or $33/month when paid annually).
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
WhatsApp rolls out features and updates: an AI tool that suggests replies based on a user's conversations, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more  —  WhatsApp is rolling out a slew of new features and updates, including one that generates AI-powered suggested replies based on your conversations.
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Defense tech startup Shield AI raised $2B at a $12.7B valuation, up from $5.3B after raising $240M in March 2025; half of its business is autonomous software  —  The company, which develops autonomous military technology, also plans to buy a maker of simulation software as interest in next-generation defense soars.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Wikipedia bans using AI for writing or rewriting articles on its English-language site, citing AI-written articles' tendency to violate “core content policies”  —  Wikipedia editors can only use AI for basic copy editing or translations. … Wikipedia will no longer allow editors to write or rewrite articles using AI.
Bloomberg:
In an interview, David Sacks says he has relinquished his role as AI and crypto czar after using up his time as a special government employee  —  White House adviser David Sacks said Congress could pass bipartisan artificial intelligence legislation within months, a move …
Eliza Gkritsi / Politico:
The European Commission opens a DSA investigation into Snap for failing to protect kids on Snapchat, including whether it does enough to assess its users' ages  —  Investigation comes amid growing scrutiny of the impact and liability of technology platforms towards kids.
Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu:
Italy-based Subbyx, which builds infrastructure that lets businesses offer access-based subscriptions, raised a €30M Series A  —  Subbyx will use the funding to expand its subscription infrastructure platform, supporting businesses in transitioning from ownership to access-based models …
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The Information:
Sources: Anthropic executives have discussed an IPO as soon as Q4, and bankers vying to take the company public expect it to raise more than $60B  —  Anthropic executives have discussed an initial public offering of the AI firm's shares as soon as the fourth quarter this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
An oral history of Apple's earliest days told by people who lived it, including Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, Mike Markkula, and Liza Loop, as Apple turns 50  —  Before there was an iPod, an iPhone, an iPad, or an Apple Watch—before there was a Macintosh or Apple II or even an Apple-1 …

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN and CBS are set to resume pool duties today; a note to TV pool subscribers stressed the networks could modify their plans

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The FT Group's unaudited global results show 2025 revenue up 5% YoY and operating profit up 23% to £51.8M; UK filings report 1.47M digital subscribers, up 9%

Todd Spangler / Variety:
The judge in the Paramount-WBD antitrust case holds off on approving a settlement until parties respond to concerns outlined in a letter by Senator Cory Booker

More News

Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post:
The China Computer Federation calls for a boycott of AI conference NeurIPS after organizers barred submissions from US-sanctioned companies like Huawei
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Mistral launches Voxtral TTS, an open-source enterprise text-to-speech model that supports nine languages, including Hindi and Arabic, based on Ministral 3B

Earlier Picks

Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Melania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to push integrating tech into US children's educational and social lives
Michael Kan / PCMag:
The US DOJ charges a Chinese national and two Americans for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly $62M worth of export-controlled Nvidia A100s and H100s into China
Corbin Davenport / How-To Geek:
Microsoft says it will use GitHub Copilot interaction data, like inputs, outputs, and code snippets, to train its AI models from April 24, unless users opt out
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