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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4, saying it is its “most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work” and its first with native computer use capabilities — The latest model comes with native computer use capabilities, allowing it to take on jobs across your device and applications.
More: OpenAI, PCWorld, Gizmodo, CNET, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Fortune, Blockchain.News, OpenAI, Implicator.ai, TechRadar, OpenAI, and Crypto Briefing
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, r/programare, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
More: OpenAI, Decrypt, Thurrott, The Decoder, Dataconomy, Tom's Guide, eWeek, The Hans India, Nate's Substack, and iClarified. X: @dejavucoder
| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
A senior US defense official says the Pentagon formally told Anthropic that the startup and its products “are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately” — The Pentagon said it has formally notified Anthropic PBC that it's determined the company and its products pose …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic says Claude's free active users grew 60%+ and daily signups grew 4x since the start of the year, with Monday being its strongest day ever — The Claude maker gains new traction with everyday users while its enterprise business is under pressure — Anthropic is gaining ground … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
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Forums: r/politics, r/singularity, r/technology, and Slashdot
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Forums: r/ClaudeAI, r/singularity, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and r/Anthropic
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google's Epic settlement term sheet prohibits Tim Sweeney from criticizing Google's app practices until at least September 2032 and mandates that he praise them — Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. … Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world.
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Forums: r/AndroidGaming, r/fuckepic, Slashdot, and Slashdot
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Microsoft's new gaming CEO, Asha Sharma, teases the next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, saying it “will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games” — The new Xbox boss Asha Sharma revealed the codename as one of her first big announcements.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs as soon as March, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort — Oracle Corp. is planning to ax thousands of jobs, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google expands its Canvas workspace to everyone in the US using Google Search's AI Mode so they can get the latest info to organize plans, draft docs, and more — Canvas in AI Mode now supports tasks related to creative writing and coding, too. … Google is bringing Canvas to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search.
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| Sander Lutz / Decrypt: |
The FBI arrests the son of a federal contractor who managed critical services and charges him with stealing ~$46M in crypto from the US Marshals Service — John Daghita was publicly accused of the crime by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT in January. — In brief| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix acquires InterPositive, a 16-person startup founded by Ben Affleck that builds AI models based on a production's dailies for later use in postproduction — In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.
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Forums: r/television and r/DC_Cinematic
| Courtenay Brown / Axios: |
Anthropic launches an early-warning system for potential AI-driven destruction of white-collar jobs, says it shows “limited evidence” of AI-led job loss so far — - An occupation's specific tasks; — An estimate of which of those tasks can be performed by large language models.
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
AWS launches Amazon Connect Health, an agentic AI tool that automates clinical documentation, billing and procedure coding, and patient identity verification — Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud unit is launching AI tools for medical practices, the company's latest effort to broaden the reach … | Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
Roblox launches “real-time chat rephrasing”, an AI feature that replaces banned words with “more respectful language”, instead of showing profanities as “####” — Real-time chat rephrasing removes or alters banned words and phrases in messages.| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Apple's MacBook Neo is a serious threat to OEMs like HP, Lenovo, and Dell, as their $599 laptops seem inferior and Windows 11's reputation is at an all-time low — MacBook Neo is official. It's $599, with an efficient A18 Pro SoC that offers M1-level performance in an affordable package that prioritizes style above all else.
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| Reuters: |
China's new five-year blueprint introduces an “AI+ action plan”, mentions AI 50+ times, and outlines investments in quantum computing, 6G, embodied AI, and more — China's new five-year policy blueprint laid out its ambitions to aggressively adopt artificial intelligence throughout …
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Forums: r/ArtificialInteligence and r/tech
| Zeyi Yang / Wired: |
Apple implemented geoblocking in January 2026 to prevent US-based users from downloading or updating ByteDance's Chinese apps, even with a Chinese Apple account — In January, after TikTok announced a deal to transfer its US operations, Apple began blocking people in the US from downloading … | Reuters: |
Staff memo: Alibaba says it is setting up a new task force to accelerate foundation model development, after the resignation of its Qwen AI head Lin Junyang — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) said on Thursday it would set up a new task force to accelerate foundation model development …
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, The Information, South China Morning Post, KrASIA, Blockonomi, and TechCrunch
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| Jared Perlo / NBC News: |
Richard Branson, Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, and others are among the broad coalition of leaders signing the Future of Life Institute's Pro-Human AI Declaration — An eclectic group including Steve Bannon, Glenn Beck, Richard Branson, Ralph Nader, Susan Rice and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu signed the letter.
More: Human Statement, The Verge, The National Pulse, and TechCrunch
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Bluesky: @rweingarten, @annakornbluh, @anildash.com, and @yoshuabengio
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
NYSE parent company ICE invests in crypto exchange OKX at a $25B valuation, without sharing the investment's size or terms, and will take a seat on OKX's board — Last summer, Haider Rafique flew out to Atlanta to meet with the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.
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LinkedIn: John Mannino and Yuri Mushkin
| Sydney Bradley / Business Insider: |
Meta says it hired the engineering team from Atma Sciences, the startup that makes the vibe coding app Gizmo, earlier in 2026 to join its Superintelligence Labs — - Meta hired the engineers behind the vibe-coding app Gizmo. — The app lets people use AI to create and share interactive content, like mini apps or games.| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: US officials propose expanding AI chip export controls globally, requiring Commerce Department approval for Nvidia and AMD shipments for each country — Nvidia Corp. has long been the world's AI kingmaker. Now, the Trump administration is considering taking a formal role …
More: Tom's Hardware, Axios, TechCrunch, Reuters, The Information, TheStreet, Sharecafe, Forbes, Newsmax, and Capital Brief
Forums: r/worldnews, r/wallstreetbets, and r/StockMarket
| The Information: |
Sources: Together AI is in talks to raise ~$1B at a $7.5B pre-money valuation, up from $3.3B in 2025; its annualized revenue has hit ~$1B, up 3x+ from mid-2025 — Together AI, one of several up-and-coming cloud providers renting out Nvidia chip servers to AI developers …
More: Benzinga
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: soaring NAND prices threaten Nintendo's software sales; the average games purchased per console came to 2.18 in December 2025, vs. 3.88 in March 2018 — Demand for Nintendo Co.'s profit-earning game software is under threat from soaring prices for data storage …
More: Tom's Guide, Tom's Hardware, Tech4Gamers, and iPhone in Canada
X: @nintyprime and @6d6f636869
Forums: r/nintendo, r/Handhelds, and r/Games
| Sri Muppidi / The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI hit $25B annualized revenue by February's end, up from $21.4B at 2025's end; OpenAI annualizes by multiplying the last four weeks' revenue by 12 — OpenAI topped $25 billion in annualized revenue as of the end of last month, according to a person familiar with the figure.
More: Fortune, Benzinga, RTÉ, Gulf Business, and Reuters
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X revamps its Creator Subscriptions with exclusive threads, a refreshed subscriptions paywall, a new dashboard, a shareable subscriptions card, and more — Elon Musk-owned X announced on Thursday that it's revamping the social network's Creator Subscriptions offering with a number of new features … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Iran's state media says Iran targeted Amazon's Bahrain data center on March 1 because of the company's support of “US military and intelligence activities” — Amazon's data center in Bahrain was targeted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the company's support of the U.S. military …
Forums: r/worldnews, r/politics, and Slashdot
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
A Europol-coordinated law enforcement operation disrupts Tycoon2FA, a phishing-as-a-service platform linked to tens of millions of phishing messages each month — An international law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol has disrupted Tycoon2FA, a major phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) …
More: Europol, Microsoft, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Microsoft Security Blog, The Hacker News, The Record, Help Net Security, TrendAI, Trend Micro, CyberInsider, and Infosecurity
X: @virusbtn, @msftsecintel, and @msftsecintel
LinkedIn: Rishi Kant and Kieran McCorry
| Reuters: |
Sage, whose AI tools scan for distress and alert caregivers in nursing homes, raised a $65M Series C, bringing its total funding to $124M — Sage, a senior care technology firm, secured $65 million in new funding. This capital will fuel the expansion of its artificial intelligence platform.
More: AlleyWatch, FinSMEs, HIT Consultant, Axios, Pulse 2.0, and MobiHealthNews
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