Friday, February 27, 2026




In Detail Full day, Friday, February 27, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago


OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

Cade Metz / nytimes - The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #openai #government #supplychain #us #litigation #regulation

Anthropic fights Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' designation in court


OpenAI rushes into classified Pentagon deal, contract safety details revealed

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OTHER: background, analysis, and operational reports on Anthropic saga

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Public backlash and app-store surge as employees demand red lines

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Human Brain Cells On a Chip Learned To Play Doom In a Week

BeauHD / slashdot - Researchers at Cortical Labs used living human neurons grown on a chip to learn how to play Doom in about a week. "While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world applicatio…

#ai #gaming #biotech #ml #science #aiethics #neuroscience #deeptech #biology #technology

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US Military Accidentally Shoots Down Border Protection Drone With Laser

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a "seemingly threatening" drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, law…

#defensetech #government #aviation #aerospace #DHS #us #immigration #law #drone

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Paramount Skydance-WBD Merger Agreement Officially Announced

Stephanie Prange / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 27 announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Paramount will acquire WBD. Under the terms of the agreement, Paramount will pay $31 per share in cash for all outstandi…

#movies #streaming #entertainment #netflix #business #acquisitions #media #films #broadcasting

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Smartphone Market To Decline 13% in 2026, Marking the Largest Drop Ever Due To the Memory Shortage Crisis

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 12.9% year-on-year (YoY) in 2026 to 1.1 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This decline…

#mobiletech #semiconductors #chips #storage #supplychain #economy #manufacturing #technology #smartphone #memory

Analysts: smartphone shipments set for record plunge

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Chipmakers race to add capacity; exports surge on demand


Consumers trade in flagship phones amid buyer remorse


Memory drought squeezes devices, hikes prices and delays launches

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CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, is getting a new acting director, as reported by ABC, less than a year after Madhu Gottumukkala took charge of the agency as deputy direc…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #infosec #government #governance #DHS #us #cisa #patching #updates

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OpenAI raises $110B at $730B valuation, expands AWS and Nvidia partnerships

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - OpenAI Group PBC today announced that it has raised $110 billion in funding at a pre-money valuation of $730 billion. Nvidia Corp. and SoftBank Group PBC provided $30 billion each. The remaining $50 billion came from Amazon Web Services Inc., which has al…

#ai #vc #cloud #chips #nvidia #amazon #openai #genai #datacenter #softbank

Amazon, Nvidia and partners racing to supply OpenAI's infrastructure.

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Insider-trading claim and global rivals escalate the AI arms race.

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OpenAI faces government talks and surging ChatGPT usage.


Record $110B raise reshapes OpenAI's valuation and capital power.

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More Tech Layoffs: Jack Dorsey Cuts Block’s Workforce Nearly in Half, Blames AI

Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - Block cuts 4,000 jobs as Jack Dorsey pivots to an AI-driven model despite rising profits, signaling a broader tech shift toward smaller AI-powered teams.The post More Tech Layoffs: Jack Dorsey Cuts Block’s Workforce Nearly in Half, Blames AI appeared firs…

#ai #fintech #digitaltransformation #genai #business #jobs #payments #layoffs #technology

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Spotify’s new Audiobook Charts make it easy for you to find what’s trending

digitaltrends - Spotify has launched Audiobook Charts in the US and UK, letting you see what's trending each week.The post Spotify’s new Audiobook Charts make it easy for you to find what’s trending appeared first on Digital Trends.

#analytics #voice #streaming #entertainment #uk #us #culture #apps #media #spotify

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Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks

PYMNTS / pymnts - Burger King has equipped managers and employees with an artificial intelligence-powered tool called BK Assistant. BK Assistant providers staffers with access to operational guidelines, inventory management and compliance tracking, “enabling them to focus …

#ai #automation #voice #aiethics #genai #business #jobs #food #assistant #digitalprivacy

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Barclays Accelerates Push Into Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits

PYMNTS / pymnts - Barclays is looking to build a blockchain platform that could handle stablecoin payments and tokenized deposits, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 27), citing unnamed sources. The bank has sent a request for information to some technology suppliers that cou…

#blockchain #crypto #digitaltransformation #decentralisation #banking #finance #payments #crypto

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The Galaxy S26 is a photography nightmare

David Pierce / theverge - In many ways, Samsung's new phones are fairly normal upgrades. The S26 lines come with some useful new things - particularly the Privacy Display on the S26 Ultra, which looks like an extremely cool bit of tech and a really useful new feature - and a lot o…

#mobiletech #semiconductors #samsung #android #camera #cpus #photography #pricing #gadgets #smartphone

Accessories & features — S Pen change, Buds deals, third-party accessories

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Camera quality and AI edits — Reviewers slam photos; authenticity concerns


Pricing backlash — Price hikes provoke buyer skepticism and broader concern

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Thermals & Exynos fix — Testing shows throttling largely resolved


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Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models

Tim Fernholz / techcrunch - Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, "unifies every current AI capability into a single system."

#ai #fintech #ml #genai #business #deeptech #technology #api #perplexity

Industry races: multi-agent startups, Chinese models, and multimodal rivals

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OTHER: Model auditing reveals systematic biases across major LLMs


Perplexity unveils Computer and high-performance embeddings, orchestrating multi-model workflows

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OpenAI Discovers Mass Shooter’s Secret ChatGPT Account

eWEEK Staff / eweek - Lightning struck twice in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia earlier this month. First in the eerie stillness of a classroom where eight lives were stolen. Then, in Ottawa’s halls of power where officials demanded answers from Silicon Valley about what a cha…

#techpolicy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #canada #police #law #contentmoderation #safety

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God of War Prime Video First Look Reveals Kratos and Atreus in Production

Mufaddal Fakhruddin / tbreak - Prime Video drops the first official image of Kratos and Atreus from their upcoming God of War series, confirming production is underway. The live-action adaptation follows the 2018 Norse saga timeline, but fan reactions are already divided.

#amazon #streaming #entertainment #playstation #vfx #media #sony #videogames #tv #prime

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NASA overhauls Artemis program, delaying Moon landing to 2028

Igor Bonifacic / engadget - NASA is making major changes to its Artemis Moon program. On Friday, Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the space agency would carry out an additional flight in 2027 to test commercial lunar landers from SpaceX and/or Blue Origin. The new mission will…

#nasa #astronauts #science #government #astronomy #aerospace #us #engineering #technology

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Bitcoin options market signaling “smart money is still paying up for downside protection rather than chasing the pump”

Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy / sherwood - Bitcoin is heading toward its worst February since 2020 and its fifth consecutive month in the red.

#blockchain #crypto #stockmarket #business #bitcoin #economy #crypto

Bitcoin pullback and rebounds: volatile swings amid macro headwinds


Crackdown and caution: seizures, ATM bans, probes target crypto


Smart-money hedges: traders buy downside protection amid sell-off


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FSR 4-Derived New PSSR for PS5 Pro Unveiled; Resident Evil Requiem Is the First Game to Get It

Alessio Palumbo / wccftech - Sony has just announced that the highly anticipated new version of the PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) upscaler for PlayStation 5 Pro is ready and will roll out next month, with CAPCOM's Resident Evil Requiem (out today and already doing well…

#software #hardware #gaming #entertainment #playstation #amd #horror #performance #technology #sony

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Anthropic digs in on AI standoff with the Pentagon

Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Anthropic has pressed for assurances its Claude AI won't be engaged in mass surveillance of Americans or used in autonomous weapons without human oversight

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #openai #aiethics #genai #government #us #safety

Big-picture stakes: ethics, warfare, and AI's future in conflict


Capitol pressure and policy moves reshape Anthropic's federal contracts

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Pentagon threatens blacklist, demands 'any lawful use' access

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Rivals and staff rally, set industry red lines

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Pokémon Winds and Waves launch on the Switch 2 in 2027

Charles Pulliam-Moore / theverge - It's time to say goodbye to the Paldea region because a new generation of mainline Pokémon games are on the way. During today's big Pokémon Presents stream, Nintendo announced that Pokémon Wind and Waves are the next installments in the core game series. …

#gaming #entertainment #business #culture #media #technology #gadgets #videogames #japan

30th-anniversary merchandise and collectibles

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Event coverage and recaps

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Gen 10 reveal & Switch 2 launch

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Starters and fan reaction

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Netflix cedes Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount: “No longer financially attractive”

Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Netflix shares jumped following the announcement.

#movies #streaming #entertainment #netflix #stockmarket #business #hbomax #acquisitions #media #tv

Inside Netflix's rethink: strategic relief or missed opportunity?

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Paramount's superior bid seals deal; Netflix steps aside


Regulators and Ellison’s empire: what Paramount would control


Trading floors cheer: stocks bounce after Netflix exits WBD


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