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March 27, 2026, 7:50 PM
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Sony plans to raise PlayStation 5 prices globally, starting April 2; PS5 and PS5 Digital will rise by $100 to $650 and $600; PS5 Pro will rise by $150 to $900  —  The PS5 Pro will be a $900 console as of April 2nd. … Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles globally starting April 2nd.
Reuters:
Iran-linked hacker group Handala Hack Team claims the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email and publishes some documents online  —  Iran-linked hackers have publicly claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal inbox, publishing photographs of the director and his purported resume to the internet.
TechCrunch:
The FBI confirms Iran-linked Handala breached Kash Patel's personal email but says the data accessed was “historical in nature” and involves no government info  —  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Zack Whittaker  —  A hacking group backed by the Iranian government dubbed “Handala” …
Beatrice Nolan / Fortune:
Anthropic says it's testing an AI model that's a “step change” in performance after a draft blog in an unsecured data store revealed the Claude Mythos model  —  AI company Anthropic is developing and has begun testing with early access customers a new AI model more capable …
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Tech stocks suffer their worst week in almost a year, driven by the Iran war and Meta's legal defeats; Meta fell 11%, Alphabet fell ~9%, and Microsoft fell ~7%  —  A bad week for stocks was particularly rough for tech investors, as the Nasdaq suffered its worst weekly drop since April 2025.
Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Anthropic adjusts Claude session limits and says users will hit their limits faster during peak hours, amid compute strain due to Claude's new popularity  —  Follow Brent D. Griffiths … - Anthropic adjusted Claude usage caps during peak hours.  — The changes show that the AI company is experiencing some compute strain.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Court docs: Zuckerberg texted Musk approvingly about his work with DOGE in February 2025, offering to “take down content doxxing or threatening” DOGE staffers  —  The two have a complicated history, but were apparently on friendlier terms at the start of the Trump Administration.
David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
OpenAI launches Codex plugins to standardize repeatable AI workflows, with 20+ initial integrations such as Figma, Notion, Gmail, and Slack  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Codex plugins aim to standardize repeatable AI workflows.  — Marketplace plans signal a broader ecosystem and sharing strategy.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Physical Intelligence, which is developing AI models for robotics, is discussing a new funding round of about $1B that would value it at $11B+  —  Physical Intelligence, a two-year-old robotics startup founded by AI academics and former Google DeepMind researchers …
Nicholas G. Miller / Wall Street Journal:
Meta agrees to fund Entergy Louisiana's new energy infrastructure for its Louisiana data center, including seven natural gas power plants  —  The company will fund new natural gas power plants, transmissions lines and battery energy storage  —  Meta Platforms agreed to a deal …
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
The Trump administration launches the White House app, promising news “straight from the source, no filter”, with news, live, social, and gallery sections  —  The Trump administration announced the launch of the White House app on Friday, promising news “straight from the source, no filter.”
Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Microsoft will lease Crusoe's 900 MW data center in Abilene, Texas, after Oracle and OpenAI reportedly withdrew, with the first building expected by mid-2027  —  Microsoft Corp. will occupy a data center project previously earmarked for Oracle Corp. and OpenAI, scooping up 900 megawatts …
Reuters:
Source: Elon Musk is discussing allocating as much as 30% of SpaceX's IPO to individual investors, at least three times the usual retail slice  —  Elon Musk is discussing allocating as much as 30% of SpaceX's initial public offering to individual investors — at least three times the usual retail slice …

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John Koblin / New York Times:
Paramount streaming chief Cindy Holland is leaving the company; she joined Skydance as an adviser and became Paramount's direct-to-consumer chief last year

Deadline:
Disney initiates a third round of layoffs under Josh D'Amaro, sources say impacting a couple hundred staff, largely in HR and tech, smaller than prior rounds

Wall Street Journal:
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