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OpenClaw mania: Chinese tech giants race to adopt the most-starred AI gateway project (4)

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Mirai Robotics secures €3.6M to build autonomous maritime systems and vessels AI (4)

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Nscale raises $2 billion Series C at $14.6 billion valuation as Nvidia backs AI (9)

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Iran strikes push oil to $116, sparking global market sell-off and crypto slide (19) hot

Seoul market rout and KRX trading disruption
Oil supply shock: prices, G7 response and regional attacks
Crypto tumble: Bitcoin and exchanges hit by oil-driven volatility
OTHER: EU official questions Iran regime-change policy

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Treasury urges Congress to let crypto platforms freeze suspicious funds while noting mixers’ privacy (6)

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Apple prepares a new “Ultra” product tier across iPhone, Mac, AirPods and MacBook (11) hot

Reporter: MacBook Ultra — OLED touchscreen laptop aimed at ultra-premium buyers
Reporter: Ultra-tier iPhone, AirPods and more—Apple chasing super-premium market
Reporter: Naming and pricing strategy—'Ultra' branding and premium positioning

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Apple explores 3D-printing aluminum iPhone and Apple Watch enclosures (7)

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Apple delays Mac mini M5; iMac color refresh and Mac Studio M5 timing revealed (9)

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Microsoft readies pricey Project Helix hybrid gaming PC-console targeting hardcore enthusiasts (4)

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Google awards Sundar Pichai $692M pay package tied to Waymo and Wing performance (7)

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NASA's DART mission proves kinetic impact can change an asteroid's orbit (5)

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OpenAI head of robotics quits in protest over new Department of Defense deal (22) hot

Resignation: OpenAI robotics chief quits over Pentagon deal
Ethics debate: surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns
Company response: OpenAI statements and policy explanations
Other: community posts and short submissions

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Sony tests dynamic pricing on PlayStation Store, raising concerns for gamers and developers (5)

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Apple’s MacBook Neo delivers impressive value with budget $599 option and big gains (24) hot

Neo's performance and value vs older Macs
Industry shock: Windows, OEMs, TAM, and Apple's roadmap
Design, sustainability, colors, and Gen Z marketing
Other: executive moves, opinion column

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Indonesia announces nationwide ban on social media accounts for under-16s (8)

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OpenAI delays ChatGPT adult mode rollout for verified users yet again (7)

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AMD VP builds Radeon Linux driver using Anthropic's Claude Code AI (24) hot

Executives, teams use Claude Code to write and debug code
Claude finds many Firefox bugs; Anthropic partners with Mozilla
Researchers flag costs, adoption gaps, and governance implications
Other: policy, breakthroughs, and Pentagon-related stories

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Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket pursue $20 billion valuations in funding talks (8)

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U.S.-Iran strikes roil markets and satellite imagery firms amid fresh attacks (59) hot

Satellite firms pause imagery to prevent battle-damage assessment
Defense tech, AI contractors surge as targeting aids strikes
Markets reel: oil above $100, stocks plunge, bitcoin tumbles
Legal fights, covert options and cyber fallout

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Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity (19) hot

Stargate expansion collapses; Oracle and OpenAI back out
Oracle braces for layoffs as data-center costs bite
Markets and suppliers reel — Bloom Energy, cooling firms impacted
Power, cooling and reuse debate for stranded datacenter capacity

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MWC 2026 in Barcelona spotlights robots, modular phones and AI concepts (22) hot

AI and robots dominate: companion bots, humanoids and network visions
Wild modular phones and bold concept devices take big swings
Conflict and supply crunch shadow MWC attendance and deals
Other: product updates, carrier plans and regional show notes

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OpenClaw Mania Sweeps AI World as Chinese Tech Giants Race for the Next AI Gateway

pandaily - OpenClaw’s explosive rise—now the most-starred project on GitHub—has triggered a scramble among Chinese tech giants like Xiaomi and Tencent to capture the next major AI agent gateway.

#ai #cloud #ml #opensource #china #community #technology #developertools #research #openclaw

Alibaba (BABA) Stock: Cloud OpenClaw Installations Gain Momentum Across China

2 hrs / parameter / Newton Kitonga

WiFi Signals Used to Track Human Movements Through Walls by Mapping Body Keypoints

2 hrs / cyberpress / AnuPriya

OpenClaw Mania Sweeps AI World as Chinese Tech Giants Race for the Next AI Gateway

7 hrs / pandaily

“Lobster” Mania Sweeps the AI World — Even Lei Jun Joins the Hype

8 hrs / pandaily

Italy’s AI robotics startup Mirai Robotics raises €3.6 million to build autonomous systems for maritime operations

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Mirai Robotics, a Puglia-based physical AI and robotics startup building autonomous systems and information intelligence platforms for maritime operations, has closed a €3.6 million ($4.2 million) pre-Seed equity round to accelerate technology development…

#ai #startups #robotics #automation #hardware #selfdriving #business #environment #europe

Mirai Robotics raises $4.2M Pre-Seed to build autonomous dual defence maritime systems

1 hr / tech / Cate Lawrence

Italy’s Mirai Robotics Raises €3.6M To Develop Autonomous Maritime Systems

1 hr / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Italy’s AI robotics startup Mirai Robotics raises €3.6 million to build autonomous systems for maritime operations

2 hrs / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Mirai Robotics snaps $4.2M to bring autonomous ships and AI to Europe’s ‘blue economy’

3 hrs / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Nscale Raises $2 Billion in Series C Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Nscale, a London, UK-based provider of an AI infrastructure and cloud platform, raised $2 Billion in Series C funding, at $14.6 Billion valuation. Backers included Astra Capital Management, Citadel, Dell, Jane Street, Lenovo, Linden Advisors, Nokia, NVIDI…

#ai #startups #vc #cloud #ml #nvidia #genai #business #datacenter

Nscale Secures $2 Billion in Series C Funding Before IPO Launch

1 hr / parameter / Trader Edge

European record $2bn Series C round for Nscale

1 hr / siliconrepublic / Tim Barnwell

Nvidia-backed Nscale raises $2BN, appoints Sheryl Sandberg, Nick Clegg to board

1 hr / tech / John Reynolds

Nscale Raises $2 Billion Funding In Series C Round

1 hr / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Nscale sets European record: 2 billion raised in funding round

1 hr / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Nscale raises $2bn as investor fervour for AI defies pressures facing sector

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Nscale Raises $2 Billion in Series C Funding

1 hr / finsmes / FinSMEs

Nscale rockets to $14.6bn valuation with $2bn Series C

2 hrs / sifted

Nvidia backs AI data center startup Nscale as it hits $14.6 billion valuation

2 hrs / cnbc

Oil Spike to $116 Hammers Bitcoin and Stock Markets Amid Iran Tensions

Trader Edge / parameter - Oil prices surge past $116 after Iran strikes, wiping $2T from stocks and pushing Bitcoin below $66K. Key inflation data looms as markets brace for impact.The post Oil Spike to $116 Hammers Bitcoin and Stock Markets Amid Iran Tensions appeared first on Pa…

#crypto #oil #stockmarket #business #finance #treasury #globalism #asia #crypto

Crypto tumble: Bitcoin and exchanges hit by oil-driven volatility (6)
Oil supply shock: prices, G7 response and regional attacks (5)
OTHER: EU official questions Iran regime-change policy (1)
Seoul market rout and KRX trading disruption (7)

Treasury Urges Congress to Give Crypto Platforms Power to Freeze Suspicious Funds

Vince Dioquino / decrypt - The proposal would give exchanges legal cover to temporarily freeze suspicious crypto while investigators move to secure warrants.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #government #treasury #cybercrime #privacy #law #regulation #crypto

Clarity Act will benefit banks more than crypto, former CFTC chair says

2 hrs / coindesk / Omkar Godbole

CLARITY Act’s April Deadline Looms: Critical Details for Banks and Crypto Markets

3 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

Post-Quantum Shift Could Force Crypto Exchanges to Rethink Wallet Security

4 hrs / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

Treasury Urges Congress to Give Crypto Platforms Power to Freeze Suspicious Funds

5 hrs / bsky / @decrypt.co / decrypt.co

Treasury Urges Congress to Give Crypto Platforms Power to Freeze Suspicious Funds

7 hrs / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

Treasury tells Congress mixers have valid privacy uses, recommends ‘hold law’ for suspicious crypto

11 hrs / theblock / Zack Abrams

Apple Planning 'Ultra' Tier Devices Across iPhone, Mac, AirPods and More

iclarified - Apple is preparing a major push into the super-premium hardware market, expanding its product lineup to include a new tier of "Ultra" devices across several key categories.Continue ReadingSpotlight Deal:Apple AirPods 4 (ANC) Back On Sale for $119 [Deal]Sh…

#hardware #apple #iphone #pricing #macbook #technology #airpods #gadgets #oled #smartphone

Reporter: MacBook Ultra — OLED touchscreen laptop aimed at ultra-premium buyers (6)
Reporter: Naming and pricing strategy—'Ultra' branding and premium positioning (1)
Reporter: Ultra-tier iPhone, AirPods and more—Apple chasing super-premium market (4)

Reporter: MacBook Ultra — OLED touchscreen laptop aimed at ultra-premium buyers

Apple to launch touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro with M6 chip

1 hr / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Apple Prepares New MacBook Ultra with OLED Touchscreen and Dynamic Island

3 hrs / techpowerup

Apple MacBook Ultra with OLED touchscreen won't replace MacBook Pro, is said to be more expensive

9 hrs / reddit / /u/Forsaken_Arm5698

OLED M6 MacBook Pro Launch Won’t Force The Discontinuation Of M5 Pro & M5 Max Models, As Apple Is Planning An Even Higher Price Bracket Later This Year

10 hrs / wccftech / Omar Sohail

MacBook Ultra with OLED and touchscreen rumored for 2026

13 hrs / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

Apple Planning 'MacBook Ultra' With Touchscreen and Higher Price

19 hrs / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Reporter: Naming and pricing strategy—'Ultra' branding and premium positioning

Expect more 'Ultra' products from Apple, if not by name

15 hrs / appleinsider

Reporter: Ultra-tier iPhone, AirPods and more—Apple chasing super-premium market

Apple is going high-end with new ‘Ultra’ products next

16 hrs / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

Apple Planning 'Ultra' Tier Devices Across iPhone, Mac, AirPods and More

17 hrs / iclarified

Report Says More High-End ‘Ultra’ Apple Products Are On Their Way

17 hrs / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Apple Could Launch Three New 'Ultra' Devices This Year

21 hrs / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple is reportedly looking into 3D printing aluminum iPhones and Apple Watches

Jackson Chen / engadget - There could be even more 3D-printed Apple products coming in the future. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is exploring ways to 3D print aluminum to make the manufacturing processes for iPhones and Apple Watches more efficient.Gurman reported th…

#hardware #apple #iphone #supplychain #3dprinting #engineering #manufacturing #gadgets #applewatch

Apple is eyeing a new kind of aluminum material for its smartwatches

13 hrs / digitaltrends

Apple Leak: 3D-Printed Aluminum Coming to Future iPhones and Watches

15 hrs / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Apple Exploring 3D-Printed Aluminum for Future Apple Watch and iPhone

16 hrs / iclarified

Apple Hoping to 3D-Print More Products

17 hrs / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple is reportedly looking into 3D printing aluminum iPhones and Apple Watches

18 hrs / engadget / Jackson Chen

Apple Hoping to 3D-Print More Products

20 hrs / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

A 3D printed iPhone is possible if Apple overcomes challenges with aluminum

21 hrs / appleinsider

A long wait: New iMac colors, Mac mini update expected much later in 2026

appleinsider - Consumers will probably be we waiting until the September to October Apple release season until they can buy a Mac mini with M5, but at least they'll be accompanied by some new iMac colors.The rear of the 24-inch iMacThe update to Apple's desktop Mac line…

#semiconductors #apple #chips #supplychain #cpus #macos #technology #gadgets #memory #arm

Apple Planning iMac Refresh With New Colors Later This Year [Report]

10 hrs / iclarified

iMacs with bigger screen and faster chips aren’t yet dead at Apple

12 hrs / digitaltrends

2026 iMac Rumored to Come in New Colors

20 hrs / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

After fleshing out its MacBook lineup, attention turns to desktop Macs, with the Mac Studio update now expected in the middle of 2026.

20 hrs / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Apple Still Has More New Macs Planned for 2026

21 hrs / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

A long wait: New iMac colors, Mac mini update expected much later in 2026

21 hrs / appleinsider

2026 iMac Rumored to Come in New Colors

22 hrs / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Mac Studio set to get its M5 update next this summer

22 hrs / appleinsider

Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage

23 hrs / ycombinator

Project Helix: Microsoft's expensive gaming PC-console targets niche market, it's going to be expensive

Mufaddal Fakhruddin / tbreak - Microsoft's rumored Project Helix ditches traditional Xbox console design for a Windows-based gaming PC hybrid. The premium-priced device targets dedicated Xbox fans rather than mainstream audiences, potentially launching in 2027.

#hardware #gaming #windows #microsoft #pricing #xbox #performance #technology #gadgets

PlayStation won the console war, but Microsoft’s Project Helix is the plot twist

18 hrs / digitaltrends

‘It’s Basically a PC That Uses The Windows Full Screen Experience’: Xbox Project Helix Reportedly Will Only ‘Emulate’ A Console Experience

23 hrs / wccftech / Francesco De Meo

Project Helix: Microsoft's expensive gaming PC-console targets niche market, it's going to be expensive

31 hrs / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

A $1,000 Xbox might actually make sense, if Project Helix gets it right

34 hrs / digitaltrends

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

Connie Loizos / techcrunch - Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture.

#google #selfdriving #stockmarket #business #alphabet #aviation #performance #automotive #drone

Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock: Pichai Could Join Highest-Paid Executives if Targets Met

2 hrs / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package Discussion

14 hrs / bsky / @hn100.bsky.social / hn100.bsky.social

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

16 hrs / ycombinator

Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock Dips Following Sundar Pichai’s $692M Compensation Approval

20 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture.

32 hrs / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

33 hrs / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

35 hrs / techcrunch / Connie Loizos

A First for Humanity Confirmed: NASA's DART Mission Slowed the Asteroid's Orbit

EditorDavid / slashdot - NASA heralded a new study published Friday documenting a first for humanity — "the first time a human-made object has measurably altered the path of a celestial body around the Sun." It was 2022's DART mission where NASA crashed a spacecraft into an aster…

#innovation #defensetech #nasa #astronomy #aerospace #engineering #physics #technology #research

NASA’s asteroid defence mission slowed targets by 1.7 inches per hour

5 hrs / theregister / Simon Sharwood

NASA successfully deflected a small asteroid with its DART rocket, kinetic strike ejected a significant amount of debris from the asteroid — impact nudges the orbit of the small astronomical body, affecting the larger cosmic object as well

13 hrs / reddit / /u/Cute-Guarantee-1676

19 hrs / tomshardware

A First for Humanity Confirmed: NASA's DART Mission Slowed the Asteroid's Orbit

35 hrs / slashdot / EditorDavid

NASA's DART spacecraft changed a binary asteroid's orbit around the sun, in a first for a human-made object

38 hrs / engadget / Cheyenne MacDonald

OpenAI's head of robotics resigns following deal with the Department of Defense

Jackson Chen / engadget - OpenAI is going to need to find a new head of robotics. Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's now-former head of robotics, posted on X that she was resigning from her role, while criticizing the company's haste in partnering with the Department of Defense without …

#robotics #techpolicy #defensetech #openai #aiethics #government #business #jobs #us

Company response: OpenAI statements and policy explanations (3)
Ethics debate: surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns (5)
Other: community posts and short submissions (2)
Resignation: OpenAI robotics chief quits over Pentagon deal (6)
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Company response: OpenAI statements and policy explanations

OpenAI robotics lead quits over Department of Defense deal

51 min / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

OpenAI's Head of Robotics Resigns, Says Pentagon Deal Was 'Rushed Without the Guardrails Defined'

37 hrs / slashdot / EditorDavid

OpenAI's head of robotics resigns following deal with the Department of Defense

39 hrs / engadget / Jackson Chen

Ethics debate: surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns

News Ticker: OpenAI, the Pentagon, and the AI Defense Debate

7 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us

16 hrs / reddit / /u/gdelacalle

OpenAI's hardware and robotics chief quits over military deal she says lacked enough deliberation

26 hrs / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract

31 hrs / reddit / /u/FervidBug42

There Was Just an Unusually Unsettling Pentagon-Related Resignation at OpenAI

38 hrs / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Other: community posts and short submissions

OpenAI Robotics head resigns after deal with Pentagon

38 hrs / reddit / /u/esporx

OpenAI Robotics head resigns after deal with Pentagon

38 hrs / reddit / /u/Shogouki

Resignation: OpenAI robotics chief quits over Pentagon deal

OpenAI Robotics lead quits citing ethics concerns

1 hr / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

OpenAI's robotics lead exits over Pentagon deal

1 hr / therundown / Zach Mink

OpenAI Robotics Head Quits Over Pentagon Partnership

12 hrs / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about Pentagon AI deal

14 hrs / npr / Willem Marx

Caitlin Kalinowski: I resigned from OpenAI

36 hrs / ycombinator

OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal

39 hrs / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

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Caitlin Kalinowski, who served as a member of technical staff focused on robotics and hardware, posted on social media that she had stepped down on "principle" after the company revealed plans to make its AI systems available inside secure Defen

11 hrs / bsky / @barbisblue.bsky.social / barbisblue.bsky.social

Why she quit over the Pentagon deal: "surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got." www.npr.org/2026/03/08/n...

11 hrs / bsky / @gainvestigate.bsky.social / gainvestigate.bsky.social

OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about Pentagon AI deal www.npr.org/2026/03/08/n...

11 hrs / bsky / @rockymountviews.bsky.social / rockymountviews.bsky.social

Caitlin Kalinowski, a member of technical staff focused on robotics and hardware, posted on social media that she had stepped down on "principle" after the company revealed plans to make its AI systems available inside secure Defense Department

11 hrs / bsky / @normsmusic.bsky.social / normsmusic.bsky.social

There Was Just an Unusually Unsettling Pentagon-Related Resignation at OpenAI https://gizmodo.com/there-was-just-an-unusually-unsettling-pentagon-related-resignation-at-openai-2000731036

35 hrs / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

This seems ominous if you care about the rise of fully autonomous robots used for killing people

35 hrs / bsky / @paleofuture.bsky.social / paleofuture.bsky.social

Sony appears to be testing dynamic pricing on PlayStation games

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - A site called PSprices has been tracking prices on Sony's digital game store and noticed something unusual: some games were being offered at different prices to different users. What's more, those offers are tracked in the PlayStation API with experiment …

#ecommerce #gaming #playstation #business #pricing #ux #sony #algorithm #digitalprivacy

Yet another state makes moves to end dynamic pricing

18 hrs / mashable

Oh, this sucks www.theverge.com/games/891085...

38 hrs / bsky / @gigawattconduit.bsky.social / gigawattconduit.bsky.social

Sony may be testing dynamic pricing on the PlayStation Store

38 hrs / digitaltrends

Sony may be experimenting with dynamic pricing for its PlayStation Store

40 hrs / mashable

Sony appears to be testing dynamic pricing on PlayStation games

41 hrs / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

MacBook Neo Towers Over The M1 MacBook Air In Value, As Cheaper $599 Package Gives Up To 43% Better Performance In CPU Tests

Omar Sohail / wccftech - Apple’s ambitious plan to cater to every price bracket has led the company to bring forth the MacBook Neo, and as soon as the announcement concluded, comparisons were immediately drawn with the technology giant’s first portable Mac to lead the in-house si…

#hardware #apple #business #cpus #pricing #macbook #performance #technology #gadgets #arm

Design, sustainability, colors, and Gen Z marketing (5)
Industry shock: Windows, OEMs, TAM, and Apple's roadmap (9)
Neo's performance and value vs older Macs (6)
Other: executive moves, opinion column (2)
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Design, sustainability, colors, and Gen Z marketing

MacBook Neo Pre-Orders Hit Amazon Canada: Get the $799 Laptop Even Faster

15 hrs / iphoneincanada / IIC Deals

How Apple Built the $599 MacBook Neo Without Resorting to Plastic

36 hrs / iclarified

Apple explains how MacBook Neo is its most recycled material product ever

37 hrs / digitaltrends

Apple's Strange MacBook Neo TikTok Videos Capturing Gen Z's Attention

38 hrs / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Forget the Specs. Which MacBook Neo Color Is Best? CNET Weighs In

39 hrs / cnet / Adrian Marlow

Industry shock: Windows, OEMs, TAM, and Apple's roadmap

Apple isn’t done yet as a new wave of Macs is lined up for 2026

12 hrs / digitaltrends

Apple’s MacBook Neo Sets Up an Ultra Mac Era – and Keeps the iMac Relevant in 2026

17 hrs / tbreak / Abbas Jaffar Ali

Apple launches $599 MacBook Neo, threatening Windows PC market

18 hrs / techxplore

Apple Doubling Down On High-End “Ultra” Products Even If The MacBook Neo Proves To Be A Success

19 hrs / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

MacBook Neo 2 Could Feature Touchscreen

20 hrs / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

The MacBook Neo is a $500 Wake-Up Call for the Entire PC Industry

22 hrs / techspot

How will the Windows world respond to the $599 Macbook Neo?

32 hrs / reddit / /u/PastaPandaSimon

Apple Just Doubled Its Mac-Related TAM With The MacBook Neo Even As Split Opinion Persists

41 hrs / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

With the $599 Macbook Neo and the ongoing RAM crisis, what happens to Framework now?

41 hrs / reddit / /u/BigBangBoomerang

Neo's performance and value vs older Macs

M5 MacBook Air’s SSD Speeds Beat M4 Pro Models, Obtains An Impressive 229.96% Performance Increase Over M4 MacBook Air Lineup

15 hrs / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Apple’s MacBook Neo makes sense if you’re one of these 3 kinds of users

16 hrs / digitaltrends

MacBook Neo vs M1 MacBook Air: you decide - M4 lite or M1 plus

18 hrs / appleinsider

Apple’s MacBook Neo Outperforms The $13,000 28-Core Mac Pro By 3x, But There Is A Huge Catch

19 hrs / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple’s cheap laptop looks like a winner

46 hrs / theverge / David Pierce

MacBook Neo Towers Over The M1 MacBook Air In Value, As Cheaper $599 Package Gives Up To 43% Better Performance In CPU Tests

47 hrs / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Other: executive moves, opinion column

Reboot: Downgrades, gaming, and opera house doodles

12 hrs / appleinsider

Apple Adds Three Executives to Leadership Page

36 hrs / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

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MacBook Neo 2 Could Feature Touchscreen

17 hrs / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

The MacBook Neo is a $500 Wake-Up Call for the Entire PC Industry You Had Me at "No Bloatware" www.techspot.com/article/3100...

20 hrs / bsky / @techspot.bsky.social / techspot.bsky.social

Indonesia announces a social media ban for anyone under 16

Jackson Chen / engadget - Following in the footsteps of Australia, Indonesia will be the latest country to limit social media usage for children under 16. Meutya Hafid, Indonesia's communication and digital affairs minister, announced that a new government regulation will require …

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #social #government #internet #asia #law #censorship #contentmoderation #regulation

EFF, Ubuntu and Other Distros Discuss How to Respond to Age-Verification Laws

3 hrs / slashdot / EditorDavid

Beijing warns of more chip supply worries after Nexperia China claims it was cut off from SAP

9 hrs / theregister / Simon Sharwood

www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/s...

17 hrs / bsky / @oldredsubby.bsky.social / oldredsubby.bsky.social

Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16

19 hrs / mashable

Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled

20 hrs / cnbc

Social media ban for kids under consideration in online harms bill: Carney

41 hrs / reddit / /u/EmbarrassedHelp

Indonesia announces a social media ban for anyone under 16

42 hrs / engadget / Jackson Chen

Indonesia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16

46 hrs / slashdot / BeauHD

OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again

Anthony Ha / techcrunch - The feature, which will give verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content, had already been delayed from December.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #contentmoderation #digitalid #safety

OpenAI is delaying its adult mode for ChatGPT

3 hrs / digitaltrends

ChatGPT and Gemini are nudging users towards illegal gambling, says investigation

4 hrs / digitaltrends

AI chatbots that are fit only for adults are still appearing in kids toys

36 hrs / digitaltrends

OpenAI is reportedly pushing back the launch of its 'adult mode' even further

38 hrs / engadget / Jackson Chen

AI Went Rogue and Mined Crypto

39 hrs / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again

42 hrs / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

OpenAI is delaying its adult mode for ChatGPT

42 hrs / mashable

AMD VP uses AI to create Radeon Linux userland driver in Python — senior AI engineer says he "didn't open the editor once"

tomshardware - AMD's VP of AI software vibe coded the driver entirely using Claude Code, but it's meant for testing, not for deployment to users.

#ai #cloud #anthropic #genai #linux #amd #python #developertools

Claude finds many Firefox bugs; Anthropic partners with Mozilla (5)
Executives, teams use Claude Code to write and debug code (6)
Other: policy, breakthroughs, and Pentagon-related stories (3)
Researchers flag costs, adoption gaps, and governance implications (8)
All Other Stories

Claude finds many Firefox bugs; Anthropic partners with Mozilla

Anthropic'c Claude found 22 vulnerabilities in Firefox in just two weeks

23 hrs / reddit / /u/jferments

Anthropic research says AI can mass expose of anonymous internet accounts

36 hrs / digitaltrends

How Anthropic's Claude Helped Mozilla to Improve Firefox's Security

39 hrs / slashdot / EditorDavid

Mozilla Partners with Anthropic to Better Secure Firefox

41 hrs / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Mozilla says Claude AI uncovered over 100 Firefox bugs in just two weeks, including 14 high-severity flaws

42 hrs / techspot

Executives, teams use Claude Code to write and debug code

100 production-ready AI agent configs that actually run (not demos, not concepts)

6 hrs / reddit / /u/mergisi

Will Claude Code ruin our team?

32 hrs / ycombinator

‘npx workos’

36 hrs / workos / John Gruber

Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

42 hrs / reddit / /u/gdelacalle

AMD VP uses AI to create Radeon Linux userland driver in Python — senior AI engineer says he "didn't open the editor once"

43 hrs / tomshardware

Show HN: Argus – VSCode debugger for Claude Code sessions

44 hrs / ycombinator

Other: policy, breakthroughs, and Pentagon-related stories

Claude Opus 4.6 Solves Open Combinatorics Problem That Stumped Knuth for Weeks

5 hrs / implicator / Maria Garcia

Donald Knuth on Claude Opus Solving a Computer Science Problem

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38 hrs / reddit / /u/Shogouki

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17 hrs / ycombinator

Position paper on AI oversight quality as a training signal — written with Claude, by an actuary. Feedback welcome on whether the mechanism holds.

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Codex for Open Source

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Mayor Sadiq Khan invites embattled AI firm Anthropic to expand in London

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Kalshi, Polymarket seeking $20 billion valuations in fundraising talks: WSJ

Francisco Rodrigues / coindesk - Kalshi, approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was last valued at $11 billion, while Polymarket was valued at $9 billion.

#startups #vc #fintech #techpolicy #business #economy #law #polymarket #crypto

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Kalshi and Polymarket each exploring fundraising at $20 billion valuations, double previous rounds: WSJ

41 hrs / theblock / Zack Abrams

Kalshi, Polymarket seeking $20 billion valuations in fundraising talks: WSJ

43 hrs / coindesk / Francisco Rodrigues

Prediction Market Leaders Eye Double Valuation in Upcoming Funding Talks

2 days / parameter / Oliver Dale

Palantir rallies 15% for the week as Iran war boosts prospects, muting Anthropic concern

cnbc - Palantir's stock had its best week since August and outperformed all of its large-cap tech peers after the U.S. attacked Iran.

#semiconductors #defensetech #politics #government #stockmarket #business #aerospace #us #satellite

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Defense tech, AI contractors surge as targeting aids strikes

Claude helped select targets for Iran strikes, possibly including school

8 hrs / ycombinator

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42 hrs / wsj / Daniel Michaels

This American Fighter Jet Has Never Lost An In-Air Battle, But Was Just Shot Down

44 hrs / slashgear

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Palantir and Anthropic AI helped the US hit 1k Iran targets in 24 hours

46 hrs / ycombinator

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2 days / wired / Dana Alomar

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2 days / ycombinator

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2 days / nytimes / Paul Mozur and Adam Satariano

Palantir rallies 15% for the week as Iran war boosts prospects, muting Anthropic concern

2 days / cnbc

Legal fights, covert options and cyber fallout

Iran is the first out-loud cyberwar the US has fought

9 hrs / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

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12 hrs / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Strike on girls' school that killed 150 in Iran 'likely' carried out by US

24 hrs / ycombinator

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28 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

U.S. weighs sending special forces to seize Iran's nuclear stockpile

31 hrs / axios / Barak Ravid

Kalshi customers who bet on the death of Iran’s Ayatollah won’t get any of the $54 million wagered, company says

43 hrs / reddit / /u/mepper

Prediction Market 'Kalshi' Sued for Not Paying $54 Million for Bets on Khamenei's Death

44 hrs / slashdot / EditorDavid

Polymarket and Kalshi’s CEOs Hate Each Other

44 hrs / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

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46 hrs / cnbc

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2 days / tomshardware

Binance Denies Senate Claims of Direct Crypto Transfers to Iranian Entities

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Markets reel: oil above $100, stocks plunge, bitcoin tumbles

US gas prices surge, with prediction markets implying >$4 per gallon by the end of March

7 hrs / sherwood / Luke Kawa

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7 hrs / coindesk / Sam Reynolds

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7 hrs / sherwood / Luke Kawa

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7 hrs / theblock / Danny Park

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8 hrs / co / Kang Jae-eun

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8 hrs / co / Kang Yoon-seung

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9 hrs / co / Kang Yoon-seung

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10 hrs / co / Kang Yoon-seung

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10 hrs / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Seoul shares open sharply lower on market volatility over Iran; crude oil prices surge

10 hrs / co / Kang Yoon-seung

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10 hrs / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

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10 hrs / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Gov't urges oil refiners to refrain from excessive price hikes amid Middle East crisis

10 hrs / co / Kim Na-young

Bitcoin tumbles below $66,000 as oil prices explode nearly 20% higher

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Russia looks for benefits from extended Iran war

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Strikes hit Gulf water resources, oil output

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Huge sign Aussies struggling to buy petrol

14 hrs / news.com.au

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21 hrs / coindesk / Omkar Godbole

Military GPS Jamming is Interfering with the Navigation Systems of Commercial Ships

41 hrs / slashdot / EditorDavid

‘It means missile defence on data centres’: drone strikes raises doubts over Gulf as AI superpower | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian

2 days / reddit / /u/Nunki08

Intel (INTC) Stock: Plunge 5% Despite AT&T Vote of Confidence in Cloud RAN

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Satellite firms pause imagery to prevent battle-damage assessment

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Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on U.S bases | Planet Labs wants to prevent “adversarial actors” from using images for “Battle Damage Assessment” purposes.

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Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases

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The Mideast war is causing escalating damage to oil supplies. https://sherwood.news/markets/spy-qqq-futures-oil-100-wti-brent-recession-iran-war/

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Oil shorts on Hyperliquid get wiped out as crude surges 30% on Iran escalation

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www.axios.com/2026/03/08/u...

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26 hrs / bsky / @marcus-schuler.com / marcus-schuler.com

This tracks

29 hrs / bsky / @avishaybsg.bsky.social / avishaybsg.bsky.social

Weird. I was told it was obliterated last June.

29 hrs / bsky / @allmylovesteph.bsky.social / allmylovesteph.bsky.social

Nothing like the element of surprise... www.axios.com/2026/03/08/i...

29 hrs / bsky / @cheffinney.bsky.social / cheffinney.bsky.social

Military GPS Jamming is Interfering with the Navigation Systems of Commercial Ships https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/07/0521211/military-gps-jamming-is-interfering-with-the-navigation-systems-of-commercial-ships?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&ut

38 hrs / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Oracle and OpenAI scrap deal to expand flagship Texas data centre

ft - Meta in talks to take up additional computing capacity that the ChatGPT maker will not take up

#ai #cloud #meta #nvidia #openai #genai #business #datacenter #technology #oracle

Markets and suppliers reel — Bloom Energy, cooling firms impacted (2)
Oracle braces for layoffs as data-center costs bite (4)
Power, cooling and reuse debate for stranded datacenter capacity (3)
Stargate expansion collapses; Oracle and OpenAI back out (8)

Markets and suppliers reel — Bloom Energy, cooling firms impacted

KKR eyes multibillion-dollar sale of data centre cooling company

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Oracle braces for layoffs as data-center costs bite

Oracle may slash up to 30k jobs to fund AI data-centers as US banks retreat

19 hrs / ycombinator

Oracle Layoffs: Tech giant to slash 30,000 jobs as banks pull out from financing AI data centers

24 hrs / reddit / /u/gdelacalle

Oracle reportedly set to axe thousands of jobs and freeze hiring as AI data center bets ignite financial perfect storm — cuts in cloud division to be backfilled with AI

46 hrs / tomshardware

Oracle plans thousands of job cuts as data center costs rise, Bloomberg News reports

2 days / reddit / /u/Moonskaraos

Power, cooling and reuse debate for stranded datacenter capacity

US startup plans to build data centers inside ocean-based wind turbines, servers water cooled via chilly North Sea — each leg houses a data center, firm set to launch three-legged prototype in Norway’s North Sea this year

20 hrs / tomshardware

What can all the AI datacenters be repurposed for if the AI bubble bursts?

34 hrs / reddit / /u/nidorancxo

How tech giants with data centers to power AI can reduce consumers' electricity bills

47 hrs / npr / Scott Simon

Stargate expansion collapses; Oracle and OpenAI back out

OpenAI's massive Stargate data center canceled as firm can't reach terms with Oracle, operator struggles with reliability issues — Meta said to be interested in snatching excess capacity

18 hrs / tomshardware

Oracle and OpenAI drop Texas data center expansion Stargate plan

39 hrs / reddit / /u/DazzlingpAd134

OpenAI and Oracle stop expanding their flagship data center in Texas over power supply delays

2 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI and compute partner Oracle have reportedly abandoned a planned expansion of their flagship Stargate datacenter, after negotiations were stalled by financing and Sam Altman's apparent fear of commitment.

2 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Oracle and OpenAI's Texas Stargate datacenter expansion reportedly on the skids

2 days / theregister / Tobias Mann

Oracle and OpenAI scrap deal to expand flagship Texas data centre

2 days / ft

Oracle drops after report that it and OpenAI scrapped plans to expand a data center site in Texas

2 days / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Oracle and OpenAI drop Texas data center expansion plan

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MWC 2026 Live: All the Robots, Phones, Concepts, AI and Labubu-Like Bots We Saw

Mike Sorrentino / cnet - Mobile World Congress has ended. We saw phones like Xiaomi's Leica Leitzphone, radical new designs like Honor's Robot Phone, AI-powered comfort robots, a concept hypercar and so many gadgets.

#ai #robotics #innovation #genai #camera #manufacturing #gadgets #telecommunications #smartphone #foldable

AI and robots dominate: companion bots, humanoids and network visions (8)
Conflict and supply crunch shadow MWC attendance and deals (3)
Other: product updates, carrier plans and regional show notes (5)
Wild modular phones and bold concept devices take big swings (6)

AI and robots dominate: companion bots, humanoids and network visions

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HPE flexes some Juniper muscle at MWC26

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At MWC 2026, the telecom industry pivoted from 5G to AI-powered 6G

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The Future of Phones Is Weird video

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Robots that refuse to fail: AI evolves 'legged metamachines' that reassemble and withstand injury

47 hrs / techxplore

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Uncovering innovation amidst the noise of MWC

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Conflict and supply crunch shadow MWC attendance and deals

How War in the Middle East Impacted the World's Largest Mobile Phone Show

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Orange iPhone 17 Pro Impersonators Were Out in Droves at MWC 2026

25 hrs / cnet / David Lumb

Middle East crisis, global memory crunch dim AI smartphone buzz at MWC 2026

31 hrs / scmp

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Nothing Phone (4a) vs (4a) Pro: Which One Should You Buy in the UAE?

22 hrs / tbreak / Abbas Jaffar Ali

Time’s running out to get a free gift card when you preorder a new MacBook

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New Android Update Finally Turns Your Phone Into A Portable PC

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Oura Buys Gesture-Navigation Startup DoublePoint

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Wild modular phones and bold concept devices take big swings

Jolla to Offer a Linux-Based European Phone in 2026

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Samsung’s smart glasses are coming, and they’ve got Meta in their sights

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2026 MWC Publisher Award Roundup: The 9 Innovations That Stole The Show

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MWC Is Where Cutting-Edge Phones Shine. Too Bad You'll Probably Never Buy Them

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This Tiny Smartphone Packs a Pocket-Friendly Physical Keyboard

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