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March 31, 2026, 2:50 PM

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Socket:
A supply chain attack compromised HTTP client Axios, which has 100M weekly npm downloads, introducing a malicious dependency into specific npm releases  —  Socket Research Team … Our analysis shows the malicious package deploys a multi-stage payload, including a remote access trojan …
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Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked via a misconfigured npm package, revealing internal codenames, a “Self-Healing Memory” architecture, and more  —  Anthropic appears to have accidentally revealed the inner workings of one of its most popular and lucrative AI products …
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Iran says it will start targeting US tech companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla in the Middle East from 8PM local time on April 1  —  Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that it plans to target major U.S. technology companies across the Middle East …
Bloomberg:
Google researchers warn that quantum computers may crack elliptic-curve cryptography, which helps secure crypto wallets, with 20x fewer resources than expected  —  Google researchers warned that future quantum computers may be able to break some of the cryptography protecting Bitcoin …
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Meta unveils the $499 Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics and Scriber Optics, with swappable nosepads and compatibility with more prescription lenses, on sale April 14  —  Meta is also adding new translation and food-tracking abilities to all its frames.  —  The latest iteration of Meta's smart glasses …
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Google says all users in the US can now change their Google Account username; users are restricted to one username change every 12 months  —  Your old email will still be available as an alternate address. … Many of us have a poorly chosen email address that's laced with regret, but we're now stuck with it.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing letting Siri process multiple requests in a single query in iOS 27, and explored a Grammarly-like keyboard that expands autocorrect  —  Apple Inc. is testing a feature that would let Siri process multiple requests in a single query, according to people familiar with the matter …
Thomas Ricker / The Verge:
SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly”, following a similar incident in December; the satellite likely exploded  —  It follows a similar incident from December. … SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly.”
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Sources: Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs in its latest layoffs as the company continues to ramp AI spending; as of May 2025, Oracle employed 162,000 people  —  Software maker Oracle has started telling employees that it's conducting a round of layoffs, two people familiar with the move told CNBC.
Billy Steele / Engadget:
AirPods Max 2 review: comfortable, excellent sound quality, and lots of new features, but retains the same design, pricey, and only one hearing health feature  —  Overdue updates bring Apple's priciest AirPods on par with its best earbuds.  —  I'm honestly shocked the AirPods Max 2 even exists.
Niko Gallogly / New York Times:
Wearable maker Whoop raised $575M led by Collaborative Fund at a $10.1B valuation and says it hit $1B in ARR by 2025's end; 60% of its 2025 sales were non-US  —  With elite athletes like LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo as investors, the company, now valued at $10 billion, is courting everyday health enthusiasts.
Dana Wollman / Bloomberg:
Nvidia invests $2B in chipmaker Marvell and says the two companies plan to work on silicon photonics tech, enabling high-speed data transmission; MRVL jumps 9%+  —  Nvidia Corp. said it has invested $2 billion in Marvell Technology Inc. as part of an agreement to collaborate on silicon photonics technology …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Nvidia launches DLSS 4.5, including a 6x Multi Frame Generation feature exclusive to RTX 50-series GPUs that utilizes a second-gen transformer AI model  —  The Nvidia app beta introduces 6x Multi Frame Generation for RTX 50-series GPUs. … Nvidia has launched the next major update …
Alison Sider / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon strikes a deal to provide internet access on Delta flights via its Leo satellite business, starting with 500 aircraft in 2028, without disclosing terms  —  Amazon's Leo service will start connecting a portion of Delta's fleet in 2028; Elon Musk's Starlink has become a dominant satellite connectivity provider to airlines
Vanessa Hand Orellana / CNET:
Samsung rolls out blood pressure monitoring for Galaxy Watch 4 and newer models in the US, requiring a traditional upper-arm blood pressure cuff and a new app  —  The globally available feature is finally rolling out in the US, but you'll need to buy extra hardware to use it.
Financial Times:
The UK CMA launches an investigation into Microsoft's business software unit to assess whether it should be designated with “strategic market status”  —  CMA will assess whether US tech giant should be given ‘strategic market status’  —  The UK's competition regulator plans …
Stephen Clark / Ars Technica:
The US' GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, developed by RTX for $8B+, remains non-operational nine months after the Space Force took ownership  —  Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system …
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:
Monzo is shuttering its US operations to focus on scaling in the UK and Europe; source: it will lay off ~50 employees and close clients' accounts in June  —  Monzo Bank Ltd. is shuttering its US operations after years of failing to gain a foothold on the world's largest market …
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails from AI companies that contract with the state  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, issued an order requiring safety and privacy guardrails for artificial intelligence companies contracting with the state.
Thomas H. Ptacek / sockpuppet.org:
AI coding agents will drastically alter both the practice and the economics of exploit development, automating the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities  —  For the last two years, technologists have ominously predicted that AI coding agents will be responsible for a deluge of security vulnerabilities.

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