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| Apple: |
Apple refreshes the 14" and 16" MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max: up to 4x faster LLM prompt processing, up to 2x faster SSD speeds, and 1TB of base storage — The world's best pro laptop raises the bar again with blazing-fast CPU and GPU performance, plus up to 2x faster SSD speeds and 1TB of starting storage
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils the M5 MacBook Air in 13" and 15" sizes, boosting its starting price by $100 to $1,099 and doubling base storage to 512GB, shipping from March 11 — Apple has officially announced the new M5 MacBook Air. While the starting price has increased by $100, it now comes with double …
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| Apple: |
Apple updates the $1,599+ Studio Display and unveils a $3,299+ 27" 5K Studio Display XDR, with a 120Hz refresh rate, a mini-LED backlight, and up to 2,000 nits — Studio Display XDR is the world's best pro display, featuring a 27-inch 5K Retina XDR display with a mini-LED backlight …
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| Apple: |
Apple unveils the M5 Pro and M5 Max, offering a new Apple-designed Fusion Architecture, a next-generation up-to-40-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, and more — Built using the new Apple-designed Fusion Architecture, M5 Pro and M5 Max feature an advanced CPU, a next-generation GPU with Neural Accelerators …
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| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI amended its DOD contract to ensure “the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of US persons and nationals” — Sam Altman says company is working with defence department on provisions covering mass surveillance
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| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
Sam Altman says the DOD affirmed that OpenAI's tools wouldn't be used by agencies like the NSA, and services to them would need a further contract modification — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday that the company “shouldn't have rushed” its recent deal with the U.S. Department of Defense and outlined revisions to the agreement.
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| Maria Curi / Axios: |
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| Lawfare: |
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| Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: |
| The Keyword: |
Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, which it says delivers “enhanced performance” at a fraction of the cost of larger models and outperforms 2.5 Flash — Get best-in-class intelligence for your highest-volume workloads. … Today, we're introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite …
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI releases GPT-5.3 Instant, which it says delivers more accurate answers and better-contextualized results when searching the web, for all ChatGPT users — Today, we're releasing an update to ChatGPT's most-used model that makes everyday conversations more consistently helpful and fluid.
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| Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai: |
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
AWS warns of “unpredictable” Middle East operations after drones “directly struck” two UAE facilities and a drone strike near one of its Bahrain facilities — Amazon Web Services said late Monday two of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates and a facility …
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| Chainalysis: |
Iranian cryptoasset outflows reached ~$10.3M between February 28 and March 2 amid US and Israeli airstrikes; in 2025, Iran's crypto ecosystem was worth $7.78B+ — TL;DR — On-chain data shows a sharp increase in activity from major Iranian exchanges in the hours following the February 28 …
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| SvD: |
Investigation: Sama data annotators in Nairobi say they view private videos from Ray-Ban Meta glasses, like bathroom visits; ex-Meta staff say faces are blurred — Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta's new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce …
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Google adds new Android features, including custom calling cards, real-time location sharing in Google Messages, and luggage tracking with partner airlines — Google will let users of its Android mobile operating system set up custom calling cards and share their live location in messages …
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| Andre Revilla / Engadget: |
X announces a policy change suspending users from Creator Revenue Sharing for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict without disclosure — The new policy is the platform's first rule requiring any kind of AI content disclosure. — X will suspend creators …
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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta is creating a new applied AI engineering organization that will have an ultra-flat structure and help bolster Meta's superintelligence efforts — New teams will have ‘flat structure’ with up to 50:1 ratio of individual contributors to managers| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Google plans to move Chrome to a two-week release cycle, instead of the current four, starting with the Chrome 153 stable release on September 8 — The browser is moving from a four-week release cycle to two in September. … Starting in September, Google is moving its Chrome browser …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft moves Build from Seattle back to San Francisco, scheduled for June 2-3, instead of May, and invites 2,500 developers, down from the usual 3,000-5,000 — Microsoft Build will be a little smaller this year and more focused on developers. … Microsoft is moving its annual Build … | Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Audible launches a cheaper, $8.99/month streaming tier in the US, vs. $14.95/month for its premium plan, to rival Spotify; the plan includes ad-free podcasts — - New plan costs $8.99 in US versus $14.95 for premium offering — Offering includes ad-free podcasts available on Wondery+ app| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Yahoo sold tech news site Engadget to Static Media in a deal that was signed in early February and is scheduled to close later in March — The consolidation of iconic internet publishing brands continues, as Static Media takes over another site. … Engadget, the long-running tech news website, has a new owner.
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JetStream Security, which offers an “AI Blueprints” tool that provides real-time mapping of AI agent activity, raised a $34M seed led by Redpoint — Last month, an agentic AI assistant called OpenClaw that promised to manage your calendar, check you in for flights, respond to emails, and organize your files went viral.| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic says voice mode for Claude Code is now live for about 5% of users, with a broader rollout planned in the coming weeks — Anthropic is bringing Voice Mode to Claude Code, the company's AI coding assistant for developers. The launch of voice mode marks a significant step toward more hands-free … | Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Google unveils Google Home updates to fix many annoyances and idiosyncrasies, and debuts Live Search to let Gemini describe what it sees in live camera feeds — 'Hey Google, is there a car in the driveway? … Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran announced several updates to the smart home platform …
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