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Sources: DOD told Anthropic it will invoke the Defense Production Act or label Anthropic a “supply chain risk”, if not given unfettered Claude access by Friday — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday evening to give the military unfettered access …
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Bluesky: @nickharkaway.com, @bardel, @villaverde4nc, @seldo.com, @ob1rebel, @timkellogg.me, @zhugeex.com, @bwjones, @coachfinstock, @cara.city, @hammancheez, @surcomplicated, @bencollins, @niceandinnocent, @brockmeyer, @ajaxsinger, @bartenderhemry, @maxberger, @vitalik.ca, @peark.es, @shoe, @self.agency, @mariabustillos.com, @neutral.zone, @dillo.media, @lajacq, @emptywheel, @henrysnow, @tcarmody, @socdoneleft, @joedunman, @jtlg, @regimecpa, @dburbach, @darinself.com, @jm-mcgrath, @marypcbuk, @tonystark, @thinkyparts, @caseynewton, and @sashat. Mastodon: @munin@infosec.exchange
| David Jeans / Reuters: |
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Forums: r/singularity, r/politics, r/ArtificialInteligence, and r/Military
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri says Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI use Workday tools and “no amount of vibe coding” could replace them; WDAY is down about 40% YTD — Workday Inc. Chief Executive Officer Aneel Bhusri said leading AI companies like Anthropic — which investors fear …
More: Reuters. X: @brodyford_, @bamabonds, @_seandavid, and @buccocapital. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Chris Stokel-Walker / New Scientist: |
A study finds GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash deployed tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of 21 simulated war game scenarios, and never surrendered — Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: MacBook Pros with touch screens, due this fall, will have a Dynamic Island and a refreshed, dynamic UI optimized for touch or point-and-click input — Apple Inc.'s long-awaited foray into touch-screen laptops will bring major changes to the Mac interface, including the addition …
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Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Stripe, which is privately held, has expressed preliminary interest in a potential PayPal acquisition or buying its assets; PYPL closed up 6.7% — Payment processing firm Stripe Inc. is considering an acquisition of all or parts of PayPal Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/wallstreetbets, and r/ValueInvesting
| Reuters: |
Diplomatic cable: US officials order diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate how US tech companies handle foreigners' data, citing risks to AI services — President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling …
More: TechCrunch and Modern Diplomacy
Bluesky: @0x0.stonking.com and @raphae.li
Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange and @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social
Forums: Hacker News and r/europe
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
Discord says it won't roll out age verification globally in March as previously planned, delaying the change until H2 2026 after it adds verification options — Now it will hold off on expansion until it adds more verification options, vendor transparency, and other changes.
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X: @discord, @mapleprism, @autismcapital, @azeharad, @splitmaude, @therealjchubby, @thestefansmith, @sparquah, @pettylupone, @notodigitalid, @ohnoitsalexx, @f4micom, @vara_dark, @discordpreviews, @ozpardo1, @rickcsong, @usa_polling, @omarsbigsister, @valourapp, @livebeef, @deephumor, @taylorlorenz, @shitpostrock, @loamyvt, and @grummz. LinkedIn: Rick Song
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Adobe updates Firefly to add Quick Cut, a new AI tool to edit footage and B-roll to create a first draft of the final video based on user prompts — The video editor in Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage and B-roll to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions.
More: 9to5Mac, The Adobe Blog, The Verge, Thurrott, CNET, and The AI Economy
| Billy Perrigo / Time: |
Anthropic updates its Responsible Scaling Policy, including separating the safety commitments it will make unilaterally and its industry recommendations — Anthropic, the wildly successful AI company that has cast itself as the most safety-conscious of the top research labs … | Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Apple starts blocking users in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and the UK from downloading 18+ rated apps without age assurance, and rolls out new developer tools — Apple is rolling out new age assurance tools for developers in regions including Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and parts of the US …
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Forums: r/technology, r/technews, and r/apple
| Claude / @claudeai: |
Anthropic starts rolling out Remote Control for Claude Code, letting users control a session begun in the terminal from the Claude mobile app or the web — New in Claude Code: Remote Control. Kick off a task in your terminal and pick it up from your phone while you take a walk or join a meeting. Claude keeps running on your machine, and you can control the session from the Claude app or https://claude.ai/code [video]
More: Help Net Security, Digital Trends, TechRadar, and VentureBeat
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Forums: Hacker News and r/ClaudeAI
| Financial Times: |
London-based self-driving startup Wayve raised a $1.2B Series D at an $8.6B post-money valuation, with Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Nissan among investors — Self-driving group valued at $8.6bn as it gears up to launch robotaxi service in London this year
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba Cloud releases a cheap AI coding tool built on open-source models like Alibaba's Qwen 3.5, as well as Zhipu, Moonshot, and MiniMax models — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese e-commerce player that has become a leader in artificial intelligence, is stepping up a push …
More: Benzinga
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
HP says memory now accounts for 35% of its PC bill of materials, up from 15% to 18% in Q4 2025, and expects RAM's share to rise through 2026 — HP Inc. has revealed that memory now accounts for 35 percent of the cost of materials it needs to build a PC, up from between 15 and 18 percent last quarter.| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of US teens: 57% use AI chatbots to search for info, 54% use them to do schoolwork, 47% for fun or entertainment, 12% for emotional support, and more — Just over half of U.S. teens say they have used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they've gotten emotional support.
More: Fortune, Implicator.ai, Washington Post, Pew Research Center, Courthouse News Service, CBS News, and PCMag
Bluesky: @edtechprof, @janerosenzweig, @smcgrath.phd, and @pewresearch.org
| Reuters: |
Sources: General Atlantic is selling a stake in ByteDance in a deal that values it at $550B, up 66% since September 2025, the first divestment since its US sale — Investment firm General Atlantic is selling an equity stake in ByteDance in a deal that values the Chinese social media giant at $550 billion …
More: South China Morning Post, PYMNTS.com, Livemint, Tech Funding News, Tech in Asia, and Sharecast
| Jane Ruffino / Wired: |
A look at TAT-8, the first transoceanic fiber-optic cable, which went into service in 1988, was retired in 2002, and is now being pulled up for recycling — History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor.
More: Tom's Hardware, Wikipedia, Nikkei Asia, Hackaday, and Politico
X: @wired. LinkedIn: Jane Ruffino. Bluesky: @janeruffino, @harmancipants, @karrieurbanist, @wired.com, and @janeruffino
Mastodon: @AAKL@infosec.exchange and @leyrer@23.social
| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Stablecoin operator Circle reports Q4 revenue up 77% YoY to $770M, vs. $747M est., and $133.4M net income; USDC ended 2025 with ~$75B in circulation, up 72% YoY — World's second-biggest stablecoin grew in late 2025, defying crash in bitcoin, other digital assets| Greg Otto / CyberScoop: |
A US judge sentences ex-L3Harris executive Peter Williams to 7+ years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in 2025 to theft of trade secrets and selling exploits — Additionally, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Russian zero-day brokerage that Peter Williams sold the exploits to. — Learn more.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker Operation Zero, its founder Sergey Zelenyuk, and others for acquiring and reselling stolen US defense exploits — The U.S. government announced on Tuesday sanctions against two companies that acquire and resell zero-day exploits …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube updates its $7.99-per-month Premium Lite subscription to let users download videos for offline access and play videos in the background — YouTube is expanding its more affordable, $7.99 per month Premium Lite subscription service with new features, including the ability to download videos …
More: YouTube Official Blog, PCMag, PCWorld, Moneycontrol, Pocket-lint, The Mac Observer, The Verge, Android Central, SammyGuru, and Digit. Forums: r/NowInTech
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: China's top chipmakers, with strong government backing, aim to increase advanced chip production capacity fivefold to 100K wafers within two years — TAIPEI/HONG KONG — China's top chip manufacturers, with strong government backing, are racing to produce several times …
More: Tom's Hardware, Benzinga, The Chosun Daily, and DigiTimes
| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: overseas investors bought a net $2.77B of Taiwan equities on February 24, the most since December 2005, signaling confidence in an AI driven chip boom — Global funds snapped up Taiwanese stocks in their biggest one-day buying spree in two decades, signaling confidence that chipmakers … | Wall Street Journal: |
A look at how both small and large companies are tracking and enforcing employees' AI usage and considering it during performance reviews — From small startups to giants including Meta and Google, tech companies are factoring AI use into performance reviews and trying to track productivity gains| Payton Turkeltaub / Variety: |
Sensor Tower: EA led all publishers in 2025 with 200M+ PC and console downloads, ahead of its $55B deal to go private; Fortnite had the top console player base — Soon-to-be privately-owned game publisher and developer Electronic Arts saw the most PC/console game downloads of the year …
More: Sensor Tower
| Richard Valdmanis / Reuters: |
SOTU: Trump says he told tech companies to build their own plants to power data centers; sources say the White House expects to formalize the effort in March — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday during his State of the Union address that his administration has told major technology companies … | Bloomberg: |
Gambit Security: an unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150GB of Mexican government data, including 195M taxpayer records, in December 2025 and January 2026 — A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC's artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies …
More: ~this week in security~
| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Insurance brokerage Harper, which uses AI to automate submission routing and follow-up, raised $46.8M in combined Series A and seed led by Emergence Capital — Dakotah Rice is stepping back into the founder's seat. On Wednesday, he announced that his new company, the AI-native insurance brokerage Harper …
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