HR service Rippling sues Deel, accusing its rival of hiring a mole in its Dublin office to comb through trade secrets, uncovered via a “honeypot” Slack channel
A lawsuit by Rippling accuses a top competitor, Deel, of placing a mole in its ranks — which it uncovered via a “honeypot” trap on Slack.
Open letter: ~100 EU companies urge EU lawmakers to take “radical action” to shrink the reliance on foreign infrastructure by fostering a so-called “Euro stack”
A broad coalition drawn from across the ranks of Europe's tech industry is calling for “radical action” …
Roblox open sources Cube 3D, the first version of its AI foundation model for generating 3D objects, trained on licensed and public datasets and its own data
The model, Cube 3D, creates 3D models from a text prompt. … Roblox is launching and open-sourcing Cube 3D …
Crypto exchange OKX says it has “temporarily” suspended its DEX aggregator services, used to launder the $1.5B Bybit hack, after reported EU scrutiny under MiCA
Digital-asset exchange OKX has suspended a service used by hackers to launder proceeds from a $1.5 billion heist …
Bumble rolls out new ID verification in the US, the UK, Australia, France, India, and six other markets, as founder Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as its CEO
Bumble Inc. is adding ID verification to its dating app alongside other new features, an attempt to court safety-conscious younger users …
Zoom unveils AI Companion 2.0, which adds agentic AI features, including calendar management, meeting tools, and document creation, rolling out by July 2025
Zoom became a household name during the pandemic as remote work became the norm nearly overnight.
Alphabet spins off laser-based internet company Taara from its X “moonshot” incubator; Taara, which raised new funding, has its origins in Loon, closed in 2021
Taara start-up aims to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink to connect remote areas to the internet using light beams
Discord launches a Social SDK to let developers offer friends lists, cross-platform messaging, voice, and more, with console and mobile support “coming soon”
An easier way to connect with Discord friends. … Discord is launching a way for developers to directly integrate …
Sources: Intel's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan has considered restructuring Intel's AI approach and cutting staff to address a slow and bloated middle management layer
Intel's incoming CEO Lip-Bu Tan has considered significant changes to its chip manufacturing methods and artificial intelligence strategies ahead …
Carl Lundstrom, who financed file sharing service The Pirate Bay, died in a small plane crash in Slovenia; The Pirate Bay once had an estimated 20M+ users
Michael Levenson / New York Times :
How Elon Musk targeted 18F, as former employees say the GSA group focused on increasing bureaucratic efficiency through tech, similar to what DOGE claims to do
Rightwing campaign propelled by tech billionaire accuses General Services Administration's 18F of being a far-left cell Bluesky: @montgomery , @angelacolter , @ronbronson.com , @metacurity.com , and @...
Ofcom will enforce rules under the UK's Online Safety Act, designed to protect internet users from illegal content and harmful activity online, from March 17
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times :
Walmart's OnePay says Klarna will replace Affirm to offer buy-now-pay-later to US shoppers later in 2025, and OnePay can buy a Klarna stake; AFRM drops 10%+
Hugh Son / CNBC :
An interview with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Snap's fifth-generation smart glasses, unveiled in September 2024, competing with Apple and Meta, Snap OS, and more
The new Spectacles can project augmented-reality imagery onto the lenses. — Evan Spiegel sees something others don't …
Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similarly to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5, both free
And Costs Half As Much: ‘Excellent Multimodal Understanding Ability’ Nisha Gopalan / Yahoo Finance : China's Baidu Takes on DeepSeek With New AI Model Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : Baidu debuts its f...
Some developers say licenses for “open” AI models like Google's Gemma and Meta's Llama have limits that restrict commercial use without fear of legal reprisal
This week, Google released a family of open AI models, Gemma 3, that quickly garnered praise for their impressive efficiency.
Robinhood partners with Kalshi to launch a prediction markets hub in the US for retail traders, starting with bets on the federal funds rate and March Madness
Paige Smith / Bloomberg :
South Korea's Trade Ministry: chip sales to China fell 31.8% YoY in February, after a 22.5% drop in January, amid US tariffs and controls and weak global demand
Sam Kim / Bloomberg :
Sources: Turkey plans new EU-style rules to rein in major US tech companies, in a bill created by the ruling party and antitrust authority, risking a US clash
Firat Kozok / Bloomberg :
Sources: Google plans to partner with Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek to design and produce its next-gen TPUs, set for 2026, but will still work with Broadcom
Qianer Liu / The Information :
A profile of Chetan Nayak, who leads Microsoft's Station Q team trying to build a quantum computer; source: Microsoft spends ~$300M annually on quantum research
Jameson Lopp Yuval Boger / The Quantum Insider : Konstantinos Karagiannis, Quantum Computing Services Leader, Protiviti
Crusoe, a startup helping build the first data center for Stargate, says it secured a deal with a gas turbine owner to generate 4.5 gigawatts of energy by 2027
Anissa Gardizy / The Information :
CoreWeave's upcoming IPO in a soft IPO market will serve as a bellwether for both the tech industry and how the public market perceives AI in the years ahead
Rachyl Jones / Semafor :
Sources detail Alibaba's pivot to AI, quietly led by Jack Ma after ChatGPT's 2022 debut, but question whether it can establish a lead in the competitive AI race
Financial Times :
A look at “coachbots”, AI virtual coaches like CoachHub's Aimy and Valence's Nadia that advise on salary talks, discuss work habits, and role-play conversations
Emma Jacobs / Financial Times :
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