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March 31, 2026, 9:20 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 …
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.”
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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.
New York Times:
Instagram reaches an agreement with the MPA to cease using the PG-13 trademark in its Teen Accounts marketing, after a C&D letter, and will add a disclaimer  —  The social media giant, under legal pressure from the Motion Picture Association, has retreated from its use of the movie rating in its marketing.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Tether cuts two senior precious metals traders who joined from HSBC just months ago in its push to build “the best trading floor for gold in the world”  —  Tether Holdings SA has cut two senior precious metals traders who had joined from HSBC Holdings Plc just months ago …
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Sarasota-based Tenex, which offers an AI-enabled managed cybersecurity detection and response service, raised $250M led by Crosspoint at a $1B+ valuation  —  The funding round values the cybersecurity startup at more than $1 billion.  —  Tenex.ai, an artificial intelligence cybersecurity startup …
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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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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Finya Swai / The Hill:
In an unprecedented move, Reporters Without Borders calls for impeachment of FCC Chair Brendan Carr, accusing him of politically tinged investigations and more

Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Mary Hager, senior executive producer of CBS News' Face the Nation and executive editor of politics, is leaving after over three decades at the network

Bloomberg:
Sources: iHeartMedia explores selling part or all of its podcast unit, which reported Q3 revenue of $174M, up 24% YoY; an iHeart spokesperson denies the plans

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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
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
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
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
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”
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