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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, Crypto Briefing, TechRadar, and OpenAI
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Forums: Hacker News, r/programare, r/OpenAI, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
OpenAI says GPT-5.4 produces presentations with stronger, more varied aesthetics and makes more effective use of its image generation tools — OpenAI is releasing a new model today, and like GPT-5.2 before it, GPT-5.4 is all about professional work. OpenAI is calling GPT-5.4 …
More: The Information
| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
More: OpenAI, Decrypt, Thurrott, eWeek, The Decoder, iClarified, Tom's Guide, Dataconomy, The Hans India, Nate's Substack, and Digit. 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 …
More: Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Law, Reuters, TechCrunch, The Information, Gizmodo, CNBC, Politico, CBS News, Benzinga, and Proactive
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Dario Amodei has been holding talks with the DOD's Emil Michael in a bid to iron out a contract governing the Pentagon's access to Anthropic's models — Dario Amodei is meeting deputy to Pete Hegseth to reach a compromise on military use of the technology
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Forums: r/ClaudeAI, r/singularity, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and r/Anthropic
| The Information: |
More: The Information, TechCrunch, Breitbart, The Guardian, Northeastern Global News, Fast Company, Futurism, Quartz, Telegraph, The Indian Express, The Decoder, Axios, and Financial Times
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Forums: r/politics, r/singularity, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
| 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.
More: Engadget, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PCMag, Engadget, Silicon Canals, and Bloomberg
X: @timsweeneyepic, @anthonyronning, @halfbakedsteve, @gamedevmicah, and @maxrovensky. Bluesky: @gateklons
Forums: r/AndroidGaming, r/fuckepic, Slashdot, and Slashdot
| 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.
More: Reuters, DatacenterDynamics, The Information, Proactive, Techstrong IT, NewsMax.com, Blockonomi, ZeroHedge News, Morningstar, and Barchart.com
Forums: r/employeesOfOracle, r/wallstreetbets, and r/technology
| 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.
More: The Keyword, Android Headlines, iPhone in Canada, The Nation Newspaper, The Decoder, WinBuzzer, Nairametrics, eWeek, and Digital Trends
X: @wesroth, @glenngabe, @google, and @google
| 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| 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.
More: Windows Central, Thurrott, Dexerto, Screen Rant, Tech4Gamers, Push Square, Pure Xbox, 9to5Toys, TheGamer, DayOne, and Gamereactor UK
X: @asha_shar and @tomwarren
| 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.
More: About Netflix, Engadget, The Verge, Reuters, The A.V. Club, Los Angeles Times, BANG Showbiz, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Benzinga, Boston.com, Bloomberg, iPhone in Canada, Forbes, Deadline, Fast Company, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Screen, and Blockonomi
X: @andrewcurran_ and @andrewcurran_
Forums: r/television and r/DC_Cinematic
| 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 …
More: Gizmodo, BBC, On my Om, South China Morning Post, GOV.CN, The Quantum Insider, Tom's Hardware, The Guardian, Financial Times, and Reuters
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Forums: r/ArtificialInteligence and r/tech
| 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 … | 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.
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, Wired, Cult of Mac, The Independent, Android Headlines, O'Grady's PowerPage, Trusted Reviews, CNET, GameRevolution, and Bloomberg
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| 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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| 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.| 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.| 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: Microsoft, Europol, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Cybersecurity Dive, The Hacker News, Microsoft Security Blog, Help Net Security, The Record, Silicon Republic, TrendAI, CyberInsider, and Infosecurity
X: @virusbtn, @msftsecintel, and @msftsecintel
LinkedIn: Rishi Kant and Kieran McCorry
| 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
| 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.
More: OKX United States, Benzinga, Business Wire, DL News, Barron's Online, Blockonomi, CoinDesk, CoinGape, crypto.news, Bitcoin News, Bitcoin Magazine, The Crypto Times, The Information, The Block, Coinpedia Fintech News, Reuters, Fast Company, Bitcoin Insider, Blockchain.News, CryptoPotato, Decrypt, Ledger Insights, and Bloomberg
LinkedIn: John Mannino and Yuri Mushkin
| 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 … | 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: @annakornbluh, @rweingarten, @anildash.com, and @yoshuabengio
| 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, iPhone in Canada, Tom's Hardware, and Tech4Gamers
X: @nintyprime and @6d6f636869
Forums: r/nintendo, r/Handhelds, and r/Games
| 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
| 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.
More: Anthropic
| 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, TheStreet, Forbes, Newsmax, and Capital Brief
Forums: r/worldnews, r/StockMarket, and r/wallstreetbets
| Keely Quinlan / StateScoop: |
A New York bill would ban chatbots from impersonating licensed professionals like doctors and lawyers and giving “substantive response, information, or advice” — A bill under consideration in New York would provide a private right of action, allowing people to file lawsuits against chatbot owners who violate the law.
More: Law360 and Reason
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| The Information: |
OpenAI is scaling back shopping directly inside ChatGPT via Instant Checkout by having checkouts instead take place in the specific apps that plug into ChatGPT — OpenAI is scaling back its plan to introduce shopping directly inside ChatGPT, marking a change in its high-profile effort to put checkouts inside the chatbot.
More: Mobile Dev Memo, The Aisle, and The Decoder
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Match eliminates the role of COO, putting Hesam Hosseini out of a job after 18 years with the dating app giant, as part of changes under CEO Spencer Rascoff — Tinder-owner Match Group announced on Thursday that it will eliminate the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) … | 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, MobiHealthNews, Axios, and Pulse 2.0
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