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March 31, 2026, 7:30 AM
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Socket:
A supply chain attack compromises HTTP client Axios, which has 100M weekly npm downloads, introducing a malicious dependency and deploying a multi-stage payload  —  Socket Research Team … Our analysis shows the malicious package deploys a multi-stage payload, including a remote access trojan …
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.
Qwen:
Alibaba releases its Qwen3.5-Omni omnimodal LLM with support for 10+ hours of audio input, saying the Plus variant surpasses Gemini 3.1 Pro on audio benchmarks  —  Qwen3.5-Omni is Qwen's latest generation of fully omnimodal LLM, supporting the understanding of text, images, audio, and audio-visual content.
Vaibhav Srivastav / @reach_vb:
OpenAI introduces a Codex plugin for Claude Code, letting users invoke Codex from inside Claude Code to review code or delegate tasks  —  If you already use Claude Code, this Codex plugin gives you a simple way to pull Codex into the same workflow.  It is useful for three things …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Social gaming startup Rec Room is shutting down on June 1, saying it could not find a path to profitability; Rec Room had a $3.5B valuation in December 2021  —  Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming company once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down its platform on June 1 …
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.”
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.
Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times:
UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published what it called the world's first guidance on auditor AI usage  —  Financial Reporting Council issues guidance stressing need for human oversight  —  The UK's accountancy regulator has told auditors …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta is testing an Instagram Plus subscription in a few countries, offering features including anonymous Story viewing and extended 48-hour Story durations  —  Meta has begun testing a premium subscription on Instagram in a few countries, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday.
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Quinnipiac poll: 55% of Americans say AI will do more harm than good in their day-to-day lives, and 65% oppose building data centers in their community  —  Americans are increasingly turning against artificial intelligence, with growing majorities saying they fear the fast-moving technology …

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From Mediagazer

Peter White / Deadline:
HBO Max received 122 Emmy nominations, Netflix landed 111, Disney received 111 overall, Apple scored 87, its most-ever, and Amazon landed 39 for Prime and MGM+

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Nexstar appeals a district court judge's injunction blocking its Tegna acquisition while an antitrust lawsuit proceeds and calls the injunction “overbroad”

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Prince Harry and six other prominent figures face an up to £50M legal bill after losing their phone-hacking case against Daily Mail owner Associated Newspapers

More News

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Gurman: Apple accidentally launched Apple Intelligence in China, then pulled the feature; Apple does not plan an imminent launch as it lacks regulatory approval
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Sources: US prosecutors are exploring whether some prediction market bets, including on the capture of Nicolás Maduro, violated insider trading and other laws
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to automate game marketing, raised a $30M Series B led by Greenfield Partners, bringing its total funding to $57M
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Valinor, which aims to use smart contracts to replace manual lending processes in the private credit industry, raised a $25M seed led by Castle Island Ventures

Earlier Picks

Boaz Barak / Windows On Theory:
State of AI safety: as capabilities grow and models can monitor other models, issues like adversarial robustness persist and society is still not ready for AI
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Match Group agrees to settle an FTC lawsuit claiming it illegally shared user data from the OkCupid app with facial recognition tech company Clarifai in 2014
Sujeet Indap / Financial Times:
A Delaware judge reassigns Elon Musk cases over “disproportionate media attention” after allegations she “liked” a LinkedIn post celebrating a Musk legal defeat
Sean Endicott / Windows Central:
After Copilot injected an ad into a pull request on GitHub, referencing Raycast, GitHub says it “disabled product tips entirely thanks to the feedback”
Derek Thompson:
Examining the Smartphone Theory of Everything, which blames phones for anxiety, populism, and polarization, despite harms being concentrated in the Anglosphere
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Uber agrees to acquire Berlin-based chauffeur booking app Blacklane for an undisclosed sum to bolster its Uber Elite service, set to close by the end of 2026
Jared Spataro / Microsoft 365 Blog:
Microsoft rolls out Copilot Cowork to its Frontier early access program and unveils Researcher's Critique and Council tools, which use multiple models together
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