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March 9, 2026, 4:00 PM

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Jack Queen / Reuters:
Anthropic sues to block the DOD from designating it a supply chain risk, says the designation is unlawful and violates its free speech and due process rights  —  Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Jay Graber is stepping down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; VC Toni Schneider is named interim CEO  —  Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
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Charles Lamanna / Microsoft 365 Blog:
Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork, integrating Anthropic's Claude Cowork tech into Microsoft 365 Copilot and using Work IQ to ground its actions in work data  —  AUDIENCE  —  Try Microsoft 365 Copilot  —  Available on desktop and mobile devices  —  If you have used Copilot …
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Microsoft launches E7, which bundles Office tools and Copilot, for $99/user/month, a 65% jump; of its 450M+ business users in January, ~3% also paid for Copilot  —  Microsoft Corp. is launching a new bundle of workplace software with the aim of getting more people to use its artificial intelligence tools for the office.
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
iPhone 17e review: MagSafe, 256GB of base storage, and the camera are great, but no always-on display and 60Hz makes the iPhone 17 a better deal for $200 more  —  The iPhone 17E is a better value than the 16E was when it arrived, but that should matter to basically nobody.
Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:
iPad Air (M4) review: M4 is powerful, iPadOS 26 improves multitasking, and the hardware is robust, but its screen could be better, no Face ID, and can be pricey  —  The iPad Air is extremely powerful and portable, but it's past time for it to have a nicer screen.
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
UK data center developer Nscale raised a $2B Series C led by Aker and 8090 Industries at a $14.6B valuation and adds Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board  —  Nscale, a UK developer for artificial intelligence data centers, has raised $2 billion in funding and added a trio …
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Nasdaq partners with Kraken to develop a framework for 24/7 tokenized stock trading, targeting a 2027 launch, focusing on corporate governance like proxy voting  —  Nasdaq sought approval in September to let investors trade tokenized versions of its listed stocks and other exchange-traded products
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Qualcomm unveils the Arduino Ventuno Q, a single-board computer for AI and robotics applications, powered by Dragonwing IQ8 processor and 16GB of RAM  —  It marries a Qualcomm processor with a microcontroller and comes with 16GB of RAM.  —  Qualcomm, which purchased microcontroller board …
Bloomberg:
OpenClaw mania hits China: AI labs launch tools to help users deploy OpenClaw, a Shenzhen district drafts a policy encouraging free OpenClaw services, and more  —  Chinese software shares surged Monday after local government agencies joined tech leaders such as Tencent Holdings Ltd …
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
The DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over live events in the US  —  Justice Department lawyers announced Monday that they'd reached a settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster …
Jake Angelo / Fortune:
NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters: just 26% had a positive view of AI, while 46% had a negative view, the third worst net negative score of all topics  —  Artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every part of daily American life.  It's being adopted across the professional sphere …

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