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Iran physically damaged AWS infrastructure in Bahrain. For a decade, security experts warned that the internet's physical layer — submarine cables, data centers, power grids — was vulnerable to military attack. The cloud companies expanded into the Middle East anyway. Now the warnings are live fire.
Sources: SpaceX has filed confidentially for an IPO, putting it on track for a June listing; it could reportedly seek a valuation of $1.75T+ and raise ~$75B
SpaceX has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter …
OpenAI closed $122B in committed capital led by SoftBank, a16z, and others at an $852B post-money valuation, after previously saying the round would total $110B
OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it closed a record-breaking funding round at a post-money valuation of $852 billion.
Claude Code's source code for debugging leaked via a misconfigured npm package, revealing internal codenames, a “Self-Healing Memory” system, and more
Anthropic appears to have accidentally revealed the inner workings of one of its most popular and lucrative AI products, the agentic AI harness Claude Code, to the public.
Intel agrees to pay $14.2B to repurchase Apollo's 49% stake in the Fab 34 joint venture in Ireland, and plans to issue $6.5B in new debt to fund it; INTC up 10%
Intel Corp., the chipmaker aiming to restore its manufacturing prowess, agreed to pay $14.2 billion to buy back half of a plant …
Source: AWS' operation in Bahrain was damaged after an Iranian strike; Bahrain earlier said the civil defence force was “extinguishing a fire in a facility”
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Secondary share marketplaces say OpenAI shares have fallen out of favor, in some cases becoming difficult to unload, as investors pivot quickly to Anthropic
OpenAI shares have fallen out of favor on the secondary market — in some cases becoming almost impossible to unload …
Iran says it will target US companies, including Apple, Google, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Tesla, in the Middle East from April 1 at 8pm IRST
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that it plans to target major U.S. technology companies across the Middle East …
Raspberry Pi raises prices by between $11.25 and $150, citing higher memory costs after December and February hikes, and unveils a 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $83.75
Prices are going up by over $100 in some cases thanks to those AI fools. … As of today, the price of the 16GB version …
Anthropic confirms it accidentally leaked part of Claude Code's source code, calling it “a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach”
Anthropic leaked part of the internal source code for its popular artificial intelligence coding assistant, Claude Code, the company confirmed on Tuesday.
Franklin Templeton agrees to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital to form Franklin Crypto, which will offer strategies designed for institutional investors
Money manager's crypto investment unit will offer strategies designed for institutional investors
Anthropic is racing to contain the fallout after accidentally leaking Claude Code's source code, issuing a copyright takedown request to remove 8,000+ copies
Developer issues copyright takedown request in bid to prevent competitors from cloning coding tool's features
Solana-based DeFi platform Drift warns users about an “active attack” on its protocol; Arkham data said over $250M had moved from Drift to an interim wallet
The platform halted deposits while it investigates suspicious activity and urges users to proceed with caution.
Sources: Paradigm, a major investor in Kalshi, is building its own prediction markets trading terminal that will cater to professional traders and market makers
One of the most influential investors in crypto wants a bigger slice of the burgeoning prediction markets space.
As Apple turns 50, a look at how a management course in postwar Japan paved the way for Steve Jobs' obsession with quality and its dominance in the iPhone era
How a little-known yet highly influential management course in postwar Japan paved the way for Steve Jobs' obsession with quality.
Apple says it will release rare “backported” patches to protect iOS 18 users from DarkSword, a hacking technique that silently takes over iPhones running iOS 18
As a DarkSword takeover technique spreads, Apple tells WIRED it will release fixes for millions of iPhone owners …
A suspected Baidu system failure caused a number of robotaxis to stop across Wuhan, trapping passengers and reportedly causing traffic disruptions and crashes
A suspected system failure froze Baidu's robotaxis across Wuhan, trapping passengers and reportedly causing traffic disruptions and crashes.
Microsoft says it is on track to invest $5.5B in cloud and AI infrastructure in Singapore through 2029, a day after announcing plans to invest $1B+ in Thailand
The investment will also go toward ongoing operations, it said — Microsoft is on track to invest $5.5 billion in cloud …
Google attributes the supply chain attack on open-source HTTP client Axios to a suspected North Korean threat actor it tracks as UNC1069
A suspected North Korean hacker has hijacked and modified a popular open source software development tool to deliver malware that could put millions of developers at risk of being compromised.
Sources: the FBI has declared a recent China-linked hack of a system, which contained pen register and trap and trace surveillance returns, a “major incident”
The determination suggests the hackers successfully compromised swathes of sensitive data stored directly on FBI systems …
Sources: OpenRouter is in talks to raise $120M led by CapitalG at a $1.3B post-money valuation; it now has $50M+ in annualized revenue, up from $10M+ in Oct.
As more AI apps and agents shift to using multiple AI models, startups that help developers choose the right ones are gaining traction.
Cognichip, which is building an AI model for chip design, raised a $60M Series A led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from new board member Lip-Bu Tan
The most advanced silicon chips have accelerated the development of artificial intelligence. Now, can AI return the favor?
OpenAI says it is generating $2B in monthly revenue, with enterprise accounting for 40%+ of it, and is on track to reach parity with consumer by the end of 2026
Today, we closed our latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital at a post money valuation of $852 billion.
Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw pleads not guilty to US federal charges of helping smuggle billions of dollars' worth of Nvidia-powered servers to China
Super Micro Computer Inc. co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw pleaded not guilty Wednesday in New York to charges …
Sona, which uses AI to help companies with scheduling, HR, payroll, and other workflows, raised a $45M Series B led by N47, bringing its total funding to $100M+
Sona, which helps companies with workforce management, raised a $45 million Series B led by N47, co-founders Steffen Wulff Petersen …
Sources: Amazon's “sponsored prompts” for its Rufus AI shopping assistant are driving significantly lower traffic than its traditional ads, but they cost less
The early batch of ads running on OpenAI's ChatGPT has drawn a lot of attention in recent weeks.
The EU's main institutions, the Commission, Parliament, and Council, ban their staff from using fully AI-generated videos and images in official communications
BRUSSELS — The European Union's main institutions have banned staff from using artificially generated videos and images in official communications.
Google says all users in the US can now change their Google Account username; users are restricted to one username change every 12 months
Your old email will still be available as an alternate address. … Many of us have a poorly chosen email address that's laced with regret, but we're now stuck with it.
Meta unveils the $499 Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics and Scriber Optics, with swappable nosepads and compatibility with more prescription lenses, on sale April 14
Meta is also adding new translation and food-tracking abilities to all its frames. — The latest iteration of Meta's smart glasses …
Global VC investment hit a record $297B in Q1 2026, up 150% YoY, with AI startups capturing 81%; OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo raised 64% of the total
The first quarter of 2026 was unlike any other for venture investment, driven by unprecedented spending on AI compute and frontier labs.
US kid safety groups say they didn't know OpenAI had entirely funded the Parents & Kids Safe AI Coalition to promote CA legislation until after it was announced
In mid-March, organizers for child safety groups across the country received emails from an organization called …
SEC filing: Hasbro confirms a cyberattack and says it may take “several weeks” before the incident is resolved, after it detected an intrusion on March 28
American toy-making giant Hasbro has confirmed a cyberattack, and the company says it may take “several weeks” before the incident is resolved.
India says its General Anti-Avoidance Rules do not apply to foreign investment gains made before 2017, after a court required Tiger to pay $1.6B on a 2018 sale
India said it would not apply its strict tax evasion rules on foreign investments made before April 2017, easing concerns among global investors …
Austin-based Coder, which helps developers build and run code from local devices to the cloud, raised a $90M Series C led by KKR, after raising $35M in 2024
Coder, a startup making software for developers to build and run code from local devices to the cloud, raised $90 million …
How a small German state's bid to replace Microsoft with open-source alternatives like Linux and Kamailio faces issues, as the EU pushes “digital sovereignty”
Schleswig-Holstein's radical tech overhaul offers Europe a live experiment in ending dependence on US Big Tech
Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in data center financing decisions
Malta is opposing EU plans to centralize crypto supervision under ESMA, seeing it as a politically motivated assault on its success in attracting crypto firms
Europe's financial supervision battles are usually fought diplomatically. A tersely worded statement here, a veiled signal there.
South Korean trade data: chip shipments hit a record-high value of $32.83B in March 2026, up 151.4% YoY, pushing total exports to a record $86.13B, up 48.3% YoY
The LA and New Mexico jury verdicts accepted that Meta's and YouTube's products have design defects, distinctive from what Section 230 was created to protect
The verdicts in last week's social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it's possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech
A profile of Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib, who has used crypto diplomacy to help Pakistan win over President Trump
Pakistan's new role as mediator between the US and Iran followed a long courtship of World Liberty Financial, Trump's crypto venture.
Q&A with Galen Buckwalter, a 69-year-old BCI recipient in a Caltech brain implant study, on his recent ability to use the implant to produce musical tones
Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be successful.
Analysis: 50% of Asia's 10 most volatile stocks are recent AI IPOs, such as Chinese companies Moore Threads and MiniMax, driven by thin institutional ownership
Chinese artificial-intelligence firms have emerged as one of the most volatile pockets of Asia's equity markets …
Grab, in partnership with WeRide, launches a robotaxi service in Singapore, becoming Southeast Asia's first ride-hailing provider to start a driverless service
Kestra, an open-source workflow orchestration startup, raised a $25M Series A led by RTP Global, as Kestra looks to expand its go-to-market strategy
Depthfirst, which aims to build a “general security intelligence” for finding and fixing company vulnerabilities, raised an $80M Series B at a $580M valuation
Sources: Microsoft is in talks with Chevron and investment fund Engine No. 1 over a ~$7B Texas power plant that would initially generate 2.5 GW of electricity
Samsung launches Hearapy, a free Android app for combating motion sickness via a 100Hz sine wave tone; a 60-second session can provide up to two hours of relief
A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Perplexity shared its users' data with Meta and Google even in its Incognito mode, violating California's privacy laws
Perplexity AI Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of surreptitiously sharing the personal information of its users with Meta Platforms Inc …
Mercor confirmed it was affected by a supply chain attack involving open-source project LiteLLM; hacker group Lapsus$ claims it accessed and stole Mercor's data
Mercor, a popular AI recruiting startup, has confirmed a security incident linked to a supply chain attack involving the open-source project LiteLLM.
Yupp, which raised a $33M seed led by a16z crypto in 2024 for a crowdsourced AI model picker, shuts down, saying it didn't reach strong product-market fit
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani lets city employees use TikTok, with some security guardrails, reversing a 2023 ban his predecessor enacted over data security concerns
The @nycmayor handle had been inactive since 2023 when former Mayor Eric Adams banned TikTok from being used on city government devices due …
Sources: AT&T agreed last week to a deal worth up to $2B to upgrade the FirstNet emergency cellular network it runs for the US Commerce Department
Source: Google plans to release a screenless Fitbit band later in 2026 that will include basic features and require a subscription to unlock more functionality
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is developing its own fitness band, aiming to compete with screenless wearable devices from upstarts like Whoop Inc. and Oura Health Oy.
Salesforce announces 30+ new Slack features, including meeting transcription and note-taking and an operator mode to complete multistep tasks on users' desktops
For years, Slack has been where teams go to communicate. Now, it's setting its sights on something bigger: replacing …
Letters to Senator Markey: six autonomous vehicle companies say remote assistants don't drive their vehicles; Tesla says its operators are authorized to do so
Google researchers warn that quantum computers may crack elliptic-curve cryptography, which helps secure crypto wallets, with ~20x fewer resources than expected
Google researchers warned that future quantum computers may be able to break some of the cryptography protecting Bitcoin …
Austin-based Saronic, which builds military autonomous ships, raised a $1.75B Series D led by Kleiner at a $9.25B valuation, up from $4B in February 2025
PrismML, which says its 1-bit LLM achieves radical compression without sacrificing performance, comes out of stealth with $16.25M in SAFE and seed funding
An excerpt from the book The Infinity Machine details how DeepMind's early governance battles with Google changed Demis Hassabis from an idealist into a realist
The inside story of how DeepMind's experiments in AI safety governance transformed Demis Hassabis from an idealist into a realist
Sources: threat actors stole Cisco source code by breaching its internal development environment using credentials from a recent Trivy supply chain attack
Cisco has suffered a cyberattack after threat actors used stolen credentials from the recent Trivy supply chain attack to breach …
Samsung rolls out blood pressure monitoring for Galaxy Watch 4 and newer models in the US, requiring a traditional upper-arm blood pressure cuff and a new app
Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, which is <50% of Veo 3.1 Fast's price and meant for “high-volume video applications”, and recommits to video generation tools
Following OpenAI's Sora exit last week, Google today said it's committed to offering video generation while announcing Veo 3.1 Lite.
Iranian media: Iran arrested 46 people allegedly in a network selling Starlink terminals and seized 139 terminals; there are an estimated 50K terminals in Iran
Sources: Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs in its latest layoffs, as the company continues to ramp AI spending; as of May 2025, Oracle employed 162,000 people
Software maker Oracle has started telling employees that it's conducting a round of layoffs, two people familiar with the move told CNBC.
Nvidia invests $2B in chipmaker Marvell and says the two companies plan to work on silicon photonics tech, enabling high-speed data transmission; MRVL jumps 9%+
Sources: Apple is testing letting Siri process multiple requests in one query as of iOS 27, and has explored a Grammarly-like keyboard that expands autocorrect
Apple Inc. is testing a feature that would let Siri process multiple requests in a single query, according to people familiar with the matter …
Microsoft stock plunged 23% in Q1, a steeper drop than any of its tech peers or the Nasdaq, and its steepest quarterly drop since the 2008 financial crisis
Sequoia says Doug Leone is returning in a newly created chairman role, after he announced he was stepping aside in April 2022 from his role as “senior steward”
Snap's stock closed up 14.43% on March 31 after activist investor Irenic outlined steps to boost its value 7x, like cutting staff by 21% and shutting down Specs
OpenAI taps retail investors for the first time, raising $3B+ as part of a $122B round, through a trio of banks and ETFs managed by ARK Invest, ahead of an IPO
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Anthropic's Claude Code leak reveals its “Kairos” updates, including letting Claude work in the background and using a “dream mode” to consolidate its memories
Anthropic's cybersecurity employees have probably spent the past week scolding their colleagues.