The Incidents
Amazon banned junior and mid-level engineers from AI-assisted code changes after a "trend of incidents." The same day, the US Senate started using Copilot and Anthropic shipped a tool to review AI-generated code. Five years after Copilot wrote its first line, the question has changed from "can AI code?" to "can anyone review it?"
MacBook Neo review: premium chassis, vivid display, mechanical touchpad is clickable anywhere, and affordable, but no backlit keyboard and no USB-C port labels
The MacBook Neo looks and feels like it's expensive. That's the magic. … Why you can trust Tom's Hardware …
Anthropic sues to block the DOD from designating it a supply chain risk, saying 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 …
MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max) review: the “Super core” architecture and 40-core GPU mean beastly performance, but it has a five-year-old design and is $100+ pricier
EDITORS' CHOICE — 4.5 — Outstanding — THE BOTTOM LINE — The 2026 MacBook Pro 16-inch with M5 Max …
Google DeepMind Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and 30+ employees from OpenAI and Google file an amicus brief supporting Anthropic in its legal fight with the US DOD
Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
Pentagon official Emil Michael says Anthropic's lawsuit is an “expected reaction” and “I don't think there's a scenario where this gets resolved in that way”
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Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook for an undisclosed sum; its creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join Meta Superintelligence Labs
Meta has acquired Moltbook, a viral social network designed for AI agents, Axios has learned. … - Meta did not disclose Moltbook's purchase price.
Yann LeCun's Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs raised a $1.03B seed at a $3.5B pre-money valuation to work on world models, in Europe's largest-ever seed round
Meta's former chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun has raised more than $1bn for his new start-up in Europe's largest ever seed funding round.
Jay Graber steps down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; Bluesky names VC Toni Schneider as interim CEO
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
Filing: Microsoft files an amicus brief in support of Anthropic and advocates for a temporary restraining order to block the DOD's supply chain risk designation
Microsoft threw its support behind Anthropic on Tuesday, saying a judge should issue a restraining order that would block …
Anthropic debuts Code Review for Claude Code, which uses agents to check pull requests for bugs, and says a typical code review costs $15 to $25 in token usage
ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic launches AI agents to review developer pull requests. — Internal tests tripled meaningful code review feedback.
Epic says V-bucks will get more expensive starting March 19, with players getting 800 V-bucks for $8.99, down from 1,000 now, citing Fortnite running costs
Starting on March 19th, Fortnite players will get fewer V-bucks for their money. … For instance, players can currently …
Memo: Amazon SVP Dave Treadwell says junior and mid-level engineers now require more senior engineers to sign off any AI-assisted code changes, after outages
Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’ — Amazon's ecommerce business …
Google rolls out Gemini-powered AI capabilities across Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, including a “Help me create” tool in Docs to generate first drafts
Google announced on Tuesday that it's bringing a slew of new Gemini-powered AI capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $17.19B, vs. $16.91B est., and cloud revenue up 44% to $8.9B, vs. $8.85B est.; ORCL jumps 8%+ after hours
Oracle shares rose 8% in extended trading on Tuesday after the software vendor reported quarterly results that surpassed Wall Street projections …
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW+ of next-gen Vera Rubin chips
Multiyear partnership includes a further ‘significant’ investment from Nvidia into one-year-old AI start-up
After backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address
No apology, no overall change in direction. … They did the same to my boss Nilay Patel, my colleagues David Pierce and Tom Warren …
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 …
Sources: US Social Security's inspector general is investigating claims an ex-DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive to his new private employer
The Social Security inspector general's office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data …
After a backlash, Google adds a toggle to let Google Photos users return to the “classic” search experience instead of the newer AI-powered “Ask Photos” option
In a slight capitulation to those who don't want AI infused into their everyday apps …
Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools as part of it
Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.
Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10K writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an “empty” book to protest AI companies using their work
About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
OpenAI acquires Promptfoo, which fixes security issues in AI systems during development and is “trusted by 25%+ of Fortune 500”, to fold into OpenAI Frontier
Accelerating agentic security testing and evaluation capabilities in OpenAI Frontier
YouTube expands its likeness detection tool to select government officials, political candidates, and journalists to “manage unauthorized AI-impersonation”
YouTube is expanding a tool designed to detect impersonations to a select group of government officials, political candidates and journalists.
Sources: Apple delayed the release of its smart home display, planned for March, until around September, when the company anticipates the new Siri will be ready
Apple Inc.'s artificial intelligence struggles are rippling through its product plans, forcing the company to delay a long …
Sources: Apple made ~55M iPhones in India in 2025, up 53% YoY from 36M in 2024, or ~25% of total iPhone production, as it shifts away from China amid US tariffs
An interview with Sonos CEO Tom Conrad about Sonos' new speakers, its first consumer product since 2024, killing its set-top box plans, the app fiasco, and more
Tom Conrad's tenure as CEO of Sonos Inc. kicked off with both personal and company crises. — He had spent years as a board member …
A look at the top 100 GenAI consumer apps: ChatGPT leads but the race for the “default AI” is on, global usage is splintering by product, and AI agents are here
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In a preliminary ruling, a US judge orders Perplexity to stop using its Comet browser for purchases on behalf of users, and to destroy copies of Amazon's data
Perplexity AI Inc. must for now stop using its Comet web browser agent to make purchases on behalf of shoppers …
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 announced Copilot Cowork, built with the technology that powers Claude Cowork and bringing long-running …Jared Spataro:For organizations across industries, the first wave of AI implementatio...
MoffettNathanson: YouTube became the world's largest media company in 2025 with an estimated $62B in revenue, passing $60.9B earned by Disney's media business
The influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson suggests that the Google-owned video platform passed Disney's media business in 2025.
How AI training company Mercor, valued at $10B in 2025, uses AI interviewer Melvin and invasive monitoring software Insightful to manage its 30K+ workforce
Meta emails advertisers about “location fees” in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees
Meta Platforms is asking advertisers to cover the costs of digital services taxes, levies imposed by countries on local sales made by technology firms.
The US DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over US live events
Polymarket says it is partnering with Palantir and TWG AI to identify, prevent, and report suspicious activity in Polymarket's sports contracts
Polymarket is enlisting firms including Palantir Technologies Inc. to help police its sports contracts as prediction markets face intense scrutiny over insider trading.
Apple Studio Display XDR review: great reference picture modes, much improved camera, and 120Hz support on newer Macs, but expensive at $3,300 and only for Macs
but there's a catchMarques Brownlee /Marques Brownlee on YouTube:Apple Studio Display XDR Review: We're All Pros Now!Joe Findlay /CGMagazine:Apple Studio Display (2026) ReviewAustin Blake /iPhone in C...
NBC News poll of 1,000 registered US 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 …
Oppo and OnePlus announce price increases for existing smartphone models starting March 16, citing the rising costs of components such as high-speed storage
In the midst of frankly insane market conditions, Oppo and OnePlus have confirmed plans to raise prices of existing smartphones and other products starting next week.
Sources: Salesforce plans a record debt sale of up to $25B to fund its share buybacks; the company announced a $50B stock buyback program in February
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
Over the years I've been writing here, I've often used …Eric Zeman /PCMag:Apple iPhone 17e Review: Entry-Level Price, Premium FeelSergio Velasquez /iDrop News:iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 17e: A $200 Gap That...
Amazon raised $37B from a US dollar bond sale that sources say has drawn ~$126B of orders; the sale could swell to ~$50B with a planned euro debt offering
Amazon.com Inc. has kicked off what is likely to be one of the biggest corporate bond offerings ever, in the latest blockbuster fundraising …
Emil Michael says Google will deploy Gemini AI agents to Pentagon's 3M-strong workforce, initially on unclassified networks for tasks such as creating budgets
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is introducing artificial intelligence agents across the Pentagon's three million-strong workforce …
Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country under new security commitments, reversing a 2024 order to wind down TikTok's Canadian subsidiary
Sandbar, which is developing the Stream ring, a $249+ AI-powered wearable that transcribes audio notes, raised a $23M Series A, bringing total funding to $36M
Sandbar CEO Mina Fahmi has raised $23M in Series A funding to fuel the launch of his AI note-taking ring, called Stream.
SoftBank's stock is down ~48% since November 3, as scrutiny into the scale of its OpenAI ties grows; on March 9, it closed down 9.8% on Stargate delay reports
Japanese group has suffered from recent share falls and a negative outlook from rating agency S&P — Once fired up, Masayoshi Son's investing enthusiasm knows few bounds.
The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025
Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday to be the next leader of U.S. Cyber Command and director …
Sandbar, which is developing the Stream Ring, a $249+ AI-powered wearable that transcribes audio notes, raised a $23M Series A, bringing total funding to $36M
Sandbar, a startup by former Meta employees Mina Fahmi and Kirak Hong, attracted much attention last year when it showed off its note-taking wearable, the Stream ring.
Swedish legal AI startup Legora raised a $550M Series D led by Accel, tripling its valuation to $5.55B since its October 2025 raise, as it expands in the US
Swedish legal artificial intelligence startup Legora has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round led by Accel …
Filing: Anthropic says it had $5B+ in all-time revenue since 2023 and may lose billions after clients paused deal talks due to the supply chain risk designation
Executives at the AI startup say companies paused deal talks after the Trump administration labeled it a supply-chain risk …
Australia's online age restrictions take effect, requiring platforms to verify users are 18+ before they can access content including porn and R-rated games
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
Meta's Oversight Board calls for an AI content moderation overhaul, saying current methods are not “comprehensive enough” to handle misinformation in a conflict
The board is calling on Meta to scale AI content labeling, including C2PA.
AT&T says it plans to spend $250B+ over the next five years to expand its US networks, calling them “critical conduits” for cloud computing and the AI boom
AT&T Inc. said it will spend more than $250 billion in the next five years to build out its infrastructure in the U.S. …
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
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Niantic Spatial partners with Coco Robotics to integrate a visual positioning system trained on data from Pokemon Go and Ingress into a fleet of delivery robots
Pokémon Go was the world's first augmented-reality megahit. Released in 2016 by the Google spinout Niantic …Forums:r/TheSilphRoadForums:r/TheSilphRoad:MIT Technology Review: How Pokémon Go is giving ...
Rhoda AI, which is developing an AI model for industrial robots trained on public internet videos, raised $450M led by Premji Invest at a $1.7B valuation
Rhoda uses widely available internet video to train industrial robots for a variety of conditions — A new AI startup is betting …
Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenote's data and relational framework used to connect metadata
- To date, there hasn't been a major media copyright lawsuit that focuses on the theft of a proprietary sequence or structure behind a dataset.
Amazon expands its healthcare AI assistant Health AI to its website and app; it was previously only available on the app for One Medical
Amazon announced on Tuesday that it's expanding access to its healthcare AI assistant to its website and app. The assistant, called Health AI …
AI cybersecurity startup Armadin, started by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to build AI agents, raised ~$190M led by Accel; Google bought Mandiant for $5.4B
Four years ago Kevin Mandia agreed to sell his cybersecurity company Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion. Now he's back in the game, with Google's help.
Leaked memo: a top Senate administrator gave aides the green light to use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot for official Senate work, including preparing briefings
Nitra, which offers a platform powered by AI agents to manage medical practices, raised a $50M Series B, bringing its total funding to $205M
Tim Hwang has spent his career moving between politics, policy, and startups. He worked on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign …
Qualcomm unveils the Arduino Ventuno Q, a single-board computer for AI and robotics applications, powered by Dragonwing IQ8 processor and 16GB of RAM
Uzbek fintech and e-commerce company Uzum raised $131.5M led by Oman's sovereign funds, with $81.5M equity, at a $2.3B valuation, up from $1.5B in August 2025
Uzbekistan fintech Uzum has reached a $2.3 billion valuation — about 53% higher than just seven months ago …
Sources: the White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tools after Trump called them “woke”
The White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing the federal government to rip out Anthropic's AI from its operations, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.
US commercial satellite provider Planet Labs delays its Middle East imagery from four days to two weeks over concerns it could be used to target NATO members
HPE reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $9.3B, below $9.37B est., and Cloud and AI revenue down 2.7% YoY to $6.3B, but reports an AI server backlog of $5B
Flipkart moves its headquarters back to India, more than a decade after it moved to Singapore, as it prepares for a potential IPO in India in the coming months
Internal doc: the State Department moved its internal chatbot from Claude Sonnet 4.5 to GPT-4.1, following Trump's directive to cancel Anthropic contracts
How AI may disrupt venture capital, from making it easier and cheaper to start software companies, to agentic investors analyzing startup pitch decks and teams
Sources: General Catalyst is in talks with investors to raise about $10B; it raised $8B in capital in 2024 and had more than $40B in AUM as of last summer
General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that has recently transformed into a broader financial services company …
Slide, which develops data backup and disaster recovery tech for managed service providers, raised a $70M Series B led by GC, bringing its total funding to $95M
'We're using this additional funding to continue to put our foot on the accelerator so that we can grow the business …
Paris-based Qevlar AI, an agentic AI developer for security operations centers, raised $30M led by Partech and Forgepoint Capital International
Qevlar AI, an agentic AI developer for security operations centers, raised $30 million led by Partech and Forgepoint Capital International …
Nexperia's Chinese subsidiary says it has begun producing its own chips using 12-inch wafers, a further step toward independence from its Dutch parent
Israeli startup Jazz, which uses AI agents to tackle data loss prevention, raised $61M across seed and Series A led by Glilot and Team8, and has 15 paying users
Israel's Jazz raised $61 million in funding to create a platform that uses artificial intelligence to tackle data loss prevention.
xAI aims to build a natural gas power plant in Southaven, MS, to run its data centers; a key meeting with regulators is set on an election day ~200 miles away
Sources: PE firm EQT is exploring a sale of Linux distribution vendor SUSE in a deal that could value it at up to $6B; SUSE was valued at ~$2.96B in 2023
How “dark factories”, powered by AI and robotics and requiring essentially no human workers, are set to upend China's labor market, already stressed by tariffs
Workers who powered a tariff-defying boom tell a grim story of falling wages and vanishing jobs.
Stablecoin payments startup KAST raised an $80M Series A; sources say the raise is at a $600M valuation and KAST expects a $100M annual revenue run rate in 2026
The UK's AI drive to build data centers, touted since 2024 and featuring NScale and CoreWeave deals, is riddled with phantom investments and shaky accounting
An interview with Hinge CEO Jackie Jantos, promoted from CMO in December 2025, as the dating app hits 1.8M+ paying users, gaining ground while others struggle
Jackie Jantos defies dating app decline with focus on serious relationships: 'It's not TikTok, you need to put in effort'
Source: Spark Capital, the first VC firm to back Anthropic in 2023, is raising about $3B in new funds, 50% more than the size of funds it raised two years ago
AI networking equipment startup Eridu emerges from stealth and raised a $200M Series A led by Socratic, John Doerr, and more, taking its total funding to $230M
Drew Perkins has been inventing computer network tech and building startups since the dawn of the internet age.
Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao
Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals …
Nexthop AI, which offers specialized switches to reduce power consumption and latency for hyperscalers, raised $500M led by Lightspeed at a $4.2B valuation
Nexthop AI, an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup, has raised $500 million in a deal led by Lightspeed Venture Partners …