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| Liv McMahon / BBC: |
Paris prosecutors raid X's French offices and summon Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino to appear at April hearings, in a probe into sexual deepfakes and more — The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation …
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X: @parquetdeParis, @globalaffairs, @prestonjbyrne, @durov, @franceintheus, @lindayax, @repdanielsingh, @nicksortor, @elonmusk, @tomtugendhat, @rnaudbertrand, @elonmusk, @tatethetalisman, @sbarrettbar, @levelsio, @stokel, @anatolium, @adamscochran, @anammostarac, @kadmitriev, @frenchresponse, @kadmitriev, @vxunderground, @curtis_yarvin, @reclaimthenethq, @ariehkovler, @frenchresponse, @frenchresponse, @gerardaraud, and @burnhamdc
Bluesky: @bradheath, @daphnek, @phileil, @nazihfares.com, @mrsbettybowers, @malwarejake, @whodat35, and @daphnek. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/Fauxmoi, r/BetterOffline, r/europe, r/UnderReportedNews, r/somethingiswrong2024, r/news, r/TrueAnon, r/worldnews, r/NewsSource, r/BoycottUnitedStates, r/Full_news, r/TheMajorityReport, r/artificial, r/inthenews, r/anime_titties, r/Destiny, r/2westerneurope4u, r/worldnews, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and Beehaw
| Financial Times: |
The UK ICO launches a new investigation into X and xAI over “serious concerns” about Grok's data use and “its potential to produce harmful sexualized” content — Tech billionaire and platform's former chief Linda Yaccarino summoned for ‘voluntary interviews’ in April
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Forums: r/news, r/unitedkingdom, and r/technews
| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
PayPal names HP CEO Enrique Lores as CEO, replacing Alex Chriss on March 1, and reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $8.68B, below estimates; PYPL closes down 20.3% — PayPal Holdings Inc. said HP Inc. Chief Executive Officer Enrique Lores will take the top job from Alex Chriss …
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| Rohan Goswami / Semafor: |
Sources: HP CEO Enrique Lores leaving to become PayPal CEO blindsided HP, whose board rushed to launch a CEO search process; Lores had worked for HP since 1989 — PayPal on Tuesday said it was booting its CEO and replacing him with its board chair Enrique Lores, sparing no ambiguity as to why … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple brings agentic coding to Xcode 26.3, allowing developers to use Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex, and integrates support for MCP — Apple is bringing agentic coding to Xcode. On Tuesday, the company announced the release of Xcode 26.3, which will allow developers to use agentic tools …
More: Apple, Anthropic, AppleInsider, MacStories, VentureBeat, CNBC, Engadget, ZDNET, The Verge, Digital Trends, Neowin, Thurrott, Redmond Pie, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada, and iClarified
X: @openaidevs, @parkerortolani, @dimillian, @mweinbach, @mweinbach, @rudrank, @rudrank, @danshipper, @christianselig, @camsoft2000, @jordanmorgan10, @dimillian, @mikeyk, @v_pradeilles, and @dimillian
Forums: r/apple, r/iOSProgramming, and r/iOSProgramming
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo reports Q3 revenue of ~$5.2B, below $5.45B est., a ~$1.03B net profit, vs. $950M est., and maintains its 19M Switch 2 sales forecast for fiscal 2026 — Nintendo maintained its full-year Switch 2 sales forecast on Tuesday allaying some fears that the flagship console was losing momentum.
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X: @serebiinet, @stealth40k, @tomwarren, @stealth40k, @stealth40k, and @nintyprime. Forums: r/fucknintendo
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
More: VideoCardz.com, Video Games Chronicle, Mashable, Game File, Game Informer, Comic Book, Thurrott, KitGuru, Screen Rant, MobileSyrup, Gameranx, XDA Developers, Polygon.com, TheGamer, Dexerto, and Game Developer
X: @wario64, @stealth40k, @bobwulff, @stealth40k, @stealth40k, @joemerrick, @genki_jpn, @stealth40k, @genki_jpn, and @getonthestiix. LinkedIn: Austin Darigo
Forums: r/gaming, r/NintendoSwitch, r/NintendoSwitch, r/nintendo, r/Games, and Slashdot
| Max Knoblauch / Sherwood News: |
Take-Two reports Q3 net bookings up 28% YoY to $1.76B, vs. $1.58B, net revenue up 25% to $1.7B, and raises its annual bookings forecast; TTWO up 5%+ after hours — “Grand Theft Auto” and “NBA 2K” maker Take-TwoTTWO $223.50 (-4.23%) reported results for its fiscal third quarter on Tuesday.| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI is prioritizing ChatGPT over long-term research, prompting senior staff departures; Sora and DALL-E teams felt neglected and under resourced — Resources at $500bn company are being redirected from long-term research towards improving the flagship chatbot
X: @swyx, @polynoamial, @markchen90, @pawlega, @thedataroom, and @thedataroom. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: r/OpenAI, r/ChatGPT, and Ars OpenForum
| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
A profile of Sam Altman, who says “we basically have built AGI, or very close to it” before dialing back his claim to “a spiritual statement, not a literal one” — As CEO of OpenAI, the 40-year-old billionaire unleashed ChatGPT, mainstreaming artificial intelligence and creating a $500 billion behemoth.| Eric Berger / Ars Technica: |
If assumptions hold, SpaceX-xAI could own a full stack of capabilities, from launch to orbital bandwidth to frontier AI models, and offer AI on demand anywhere — SpaceX has formally acquired another one of Elon Musk's companies, xAi, the space company announced on Monday afternoon.| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveil Luffu, a self-funded startup developing an AI-powered “family care system”, currently in private testing — Two years after exiting Google, the co-founders of Fitbit are launching their next act: an AI-powered service for monitoring the health of one's entire family.
More: Luffu, The Verge, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, 9to5Mac, Engadget, and Android Authority
| Variety: |
Disney names Josh D'Amaro, head of its theme parks and consumer products division, as CEO, replacing Bob Iger, effective March 18; D'Amaro joined Disney in 1998 — Dana Walden named president and chief creative officer of the company — The Walt Disney Co., after a more than two-year saga …
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LinkedIn: Seth Brady and Brett Klisch
Forums: r/boxoffice, r/popculturechat, and r/movies
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $10.3B, Data Center revenue up 39% to $5.4B, forecasts Q1 revenue below the highest projections; AMD drops 5%+ after hours — Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the main challenger to Nvidia Corp. in the market for artificial intelligence processors …
More: Advanced Micro Devices, Thurrott, CNBC, Constellation Research, and Sherwood News
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
AI agent social network Moltbook grew from 30K+ users on January 30 to 1.5M+ on February 2; researchers say some of the viral posts were likely human-scripted — Ordinary social networks face a constant onslaught of chatbots pretending to be human. A new social platform for AI agents … | Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Lotus Health, which uses AI to offer free, 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35M Series A led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins, taking its funding to $41M — A growing number of people are asking OpenAI's ChatGPT and other LLMs about their health, often discovering that the chatbots provide remarkably useful medical insights.
Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app and @emilymoin.com
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Y Combinator says it will let founders receive their customary funding allotment, typically ~$500K, in Circle-issued USDC, starting with the Spring 2026 cohort — In the latest sign of digital currencies going mainstream, Silicon Valley's most prominent startup incubator will allow …
More: The Block, TechCrunch, Bitcoin Insider, Blockchain.News, and This Week in Fintech
X: @ramxbt, @simkinstepan, @ycombinator, @izqui9, @avicimoney, @sternhenri, @shanaggarwal, @solanafndn, @brian_armstrong, and @nemild. Bluesky: @jayhawkjeff. Forums: Hacker News
| Henry Chandonnet / Business Insider: |
Grindr is testing Edge, a subscription tier with AI-powered personalized matches and insights, no ads, and more, with prices ranging from $80 to $220 per week — - Grindr is testing a new AI subscription tier called “Edge.” The pilot prices are steep, ranging from $80 to $200 a week.
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alphabet plans a new complex in Bengaluru, India, which can accommodate up to 20K extra staff, amid US visa restrictions and proposed H-1B fee hikes — Alphabet Inc. is plotting to dramatically expand its presence in India, with the possibility of taking millions of square feet …
More: Reuters and The Real Deal
| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Apptopia: ChatGPT's US market share fell from 69.1% to 45.3% between Jan. 2025 and Jan. 2026; Gemini rose from 14.7% to 25.1%, Grok rose from 1.6% to 15.2% — Google, Grok are gaining ground on ChatGPT as the chatbot market expands. — ∙ Paid — OpenAI's rivals are cutting into ChatGPT's lead.| Anu Adegbola / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft launches the Publisher Content Marketplace in partnership with Condé Nast, Hearst, AP, and others, to let publishers license content to AI companies — Table of Contents — New marketplace lets publishers set terms, track usage, and get paid when AI systems ground answers in premium, licensed content.
More: The Verge, Windows Central, Microsoft Advertising, and MediaPost
| Liz Napolitano / CNBC: |
Bitcoin dived below the $73,000 mark on Tuesday, hitting its lowest price since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes amid mounting geopolitical concerns — Bitcoin performance over the past year.
More: Bloomberg, Crypto Briefing, Bloomberg Law, crypto.news, CoinGape, CoinDesk, and NewsBTC
| Wall Street Journal: |
Software and data stocks plunge over fears that new developments in AI will supplant software; ADBE closed down 7.31%, CRM 6.85%, and Thomson Reuters 15.83% — From Legalzoom.com and Expedia to Ares and Apollo, shares of companies that sell or invest in software fell sharply on Tuesday| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
EA reports Q3 net bookings up 38% YoY to $3.05B, vs. $2.86B est., driven by strong sales of Battlefield 6, and net income of $88M, down from $293M a year ago — Electronic Arts (EA.O) beat expectations for third-quarter bookings on Tuesday, buoyed by strong sales of its new “Battlefield” …
More: GamesBeat, news.ea.com, and Variety
| Luke Kawa / Sherwood News: |
Super Micro reports Q2 net sales up 123% to $12.7B, vs. $10.43B est., and expects Q3 net sales above estimates; SMCI jumps 5%+ after hours — The AI server company just released its fiscal Q2 results. — Super Micro ComputerSMCI $31.26 (0.20%) just released its fiscal Q2 results:
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| Alicia Tang / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI names Dylan Scandinaro, who worked on AGI safety at Anthropic, as the company's head of preparedness — In December, OpenAI made headlines when it posted a job listing for a “head of preparedness” with an eye-watering base pay range of as much as $555,000 a year.| Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: the DOJ and a group of states will appeal the September 2025 ruling in the Search antitrust case in which Google dodged a forced sale of Chrome — A group of states led by Colorado will appeal a federal judge's ruling that imposed only modest limits on Alphabet Inc.'s Google contracts related … | Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg: |
Crypto.com launches prediction market platform OG ahead of the Super Bowl, following 40-fold WoW growth in its event contracts business over the past six months — Crypto.com is launching a dedicated platform, OG, for prediction markets just days before the Super Bowl, the company said Tuesday.
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