Hypercore Secures $13.5M to Launch AI Admin Agent
Ekemini / ventureburn - Hypercore has raised $13.5 million in Series A funding to build software infrastructure for private credit funds. The funding will expand the reach of the company’s AI Admin Agent softwareThe post Hypercore Secures $13.5M to Launch AI Admin Agent appeared…
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What everyone needs to know before Apple launches the new iPhone, Mac (and possibly iPad)
Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - Apple is hosting an Experience event on March 4, where it's widely expected to unveil new Macs, an iPhone, and possibly iPads.
- Behind the curtain: March 4 Experience and product cascade. (5)
- Developers testing: iOS 26.4 betas, RCS encryption, system changes. (16)
- On the factory floor: iPhone 18 colors, cameras, production. (4)
- Side stories: Apple AI, marketing stunts and miscellaneous reports. (3)
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Behind the curtain: March 4 Experience and product cascade.
Developers testing: iOS 26.4 betas, RCS encryption, system changes.
On the factory floor: iPhone 18 colors, cameras, production.
Side stories: Apple AI, marketing stunts and miscellaneous reports.
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Global regulators say AI image tools don't get a free pass on privacy rules
Carly Page / theregister - Watchdogs warn models that can generate realistic images of people must comply with data protection laws A global coalition of privacy watchdogs has fired a warning shot at the generative AI industry, saying companies churning out realistic synthetic imag…
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on AI DoD model use
cnbc - Anthropic does not want its AI models to be used for autonomous weapons or to spy on Americans.
- Accusations of Chinese firms siphoning Claude via 'distillation' attacks (6)
- Anthropic-backed Super PAC launches AI regulation ad blitz (1)
- Claude Code launches and market shock reverberate across tech stocks (8)
- Pentagon showdown: Anthropic CEO pressed over military access limits (5)
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Accusations of Chinese firms siphoning Claude via 'distillation' attacks
Anthropic-backed Super PAC launches AI regulation ad blitz
Claude Code launches and market shock reverberate across tech stocks
Pentagon showdown: Anthropic CEO pressed over military access limits
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ASML Boosts EUV Power to 1,000W for Better Yields and Lower Chip Costs
techpowerup - ASML says it has boosted the light source power in its EUV lithography systems to 1,000 watts, up from roughly 600 W today. According to a Reuters report, the company claims the increase could enable up to 50% more chip output by the end of the decade. Mo…
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Stargate AI data centers for OpenAI reportedly delayed by squabbles between partners — sources say OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank disagreed on who would have ultimate control of the planned data centers
tomshardware - OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank have reportedly spent several months negotiating over who would have ultimate control of the data centers planned for Stargate.
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Sam Altman Would Like To Remind You That Humans Use a Lot of Energy, Too
msmash / slashdot - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pushing back on growing concerns about AI's environmental footprint, dismissing claims about ChatGPT's water consumption as "totally fake" and arguing that the fairer way to measure AI's energy use is to compare it against humans.…
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OpenAI teams up with consulting giants to boost its enterprise business
Luke Kawa, Jon Keegan / sherwood - This alliances come amid an industrywide love affair with Anthropic’s Claude Code, which has juiced the startup’s revenue projections.
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Nvidia’s Next PC Play Is an AI Laptop Chip, Not Just a Faster GPU
eWEEK Staff / eweek - Nvidia is reportedly returning to consumer laptops with SoC-style processors via MediaTek and Intel tracks, betting AI PCs will reward tighter integration and better efficiency.The post Nvidia’s Next PC Play Is an AI Laptop Chip, Not Just a Faster GPU app…
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Xbox’s new boss Asha Sharma makes three big promises
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Microsoft announced a major gaming leadership change on Friday. Phil Spencer, the Microsoft Gaming CEO, is departing the company. Sarah Bond, the Xbox President, is also leaving. Spencer will be replaced by Asha Sharma, a former executive at Instacart and…
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Samsung Announces Multi-Agent Ecosystem for Galaxy AI
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - With just days to go before the Galaxy S26 series launch event, Samsung continues to tease some big changes.The post Samsung Announces Multi-Agent Ecosystem for Galaxy AI appeared first on Thurrott.com.
- Agent research and tools: CLI, books, embodied AI experiments (3)
- Leaks, specs, and Privacy Display overshadow S26 Ultra rollout (10)
- Samsung adds Perplexity, building a multi-agent Galaxy AI ecosystem (6)
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Agent research and tools: CLI, books, embodied AI experiments
Leaks, specs, and Privacy Display overshadow S26 Ultra rollout
Samsung adds Perplexity, building a multi-agent Galaxy AI ecosystem
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'Ethereum Is Going Hard': Vitalik Buterin Backs Censorship Resistance Upgrade
Jason Nelson / decrypt - Ethereum developers scheduled a controversial upgrade for later this year. Buterin said it reinforces the network’s cypherpunk principles.
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Anthropic released Claude Code Security as research preview
Erin / testingcatalog - What's new? Anthropic introduced Claude Code Security for security teams and maintainers to spot code gaps; it uses Claude Opus 4.6 with layered checks and patch proposals;
- Developer ecosystem — Claude expands into tools: compilers, IDEs, PowerPoint (7)
- Market reaction — Traders dump cybersecurity stocks after Anthropic demo (4)
- Pentagon friction — Defense confronts Anthropic over safeguards and military use (2)
- Security risks — Vulnerability scanning raises misuse and real-world exploit concerns (2)
Developer ecosystem — Claude expands into tools: compilers, IDEs, PowerPoint
Market reaction — Traders dump cybersecurity stocks after Anthropic demo
Pentagon friction — Defense confronts Anthropic over safeguards and military use
Security risks — Vulnerability scanning raises misuse and real-world exploit concerns
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America's Peace Corps Announces 'Tech Corps' Volunteers to Help Bring AI to Foreign Countries
EditorDavid / slashdot - Over 240,000 Americans volunteered for Peace Corps projects in 142 countries since the program began more than half a century ago. But now the agency is launching a new initiative — called Tech Corps. "It's the Peace Corps, but make it AI," explains Engad…
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OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030
/u/Possible-Shoulder940 / reddit - submitted by /u/Possible-Shoulder940 [link] [comments]
- AI compute demand shakes chipmakers, data-center financings and stocks (5)
- Altman defends AI energy use, mocks space data-centers claim (7)
- ChatGPT ads, pricing shifts, usage trends and safety issues (6)
- OpenAI warns $600B compute bill, revenue and accounting questions (8)
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AI compute demand shakes chipmakers, data-center financings and stocks
Altman defends AI energy use, mocks space data-centers claim
ChatGPT ads, pricing shifts, usage trends and safety issues
OpenAI warns $600B compute bill, revenue and accounting questions
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InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting
Marina Temkin / techcrunch - The startup, founded by accountants who worked at Flexport, Miro, Hopin and Thrive Global, automates the difficulties of prepping financial statements.
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Major Shake-Up at Xbox: Phil Spencer Reitres, Sarah Bond Resigns, and Asha Sharma to Become the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming
David Carcasole / wccftech - A new report from IGN reveals that Microsoft's gaming division and Xbox are going through a major leadership shake-up. Phil Spencer will retire this coming Monday, February 23, 2026, after first joining Microsoft all the way back in 1988 as an intern. He'…
- Content shake-up, Matt Booty promoted; consoles prioritized (4)
- Longtime Xbox leaders step down; successor announced (13)
- New CEO Asha Sharma’s AI stance and vision for Xbox (9)
- OTHER: layoffs, memos, and community reaction (1)
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Content shake-up, Matt Booty promoted; consoles prioritized
Longtime Xbox leaders step down; successor announced
New CEO Asha Sharma’s AI stance and vision for Xbox
OTHER: layoffs, memos, and community reaction
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AMC and Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre are pulling this AI-generated film from theaters after social media outcry over ‘hot garbage’
Jude Cramer / fastcompany - When word started circling that AMC Theaters was screening an AI-generated short film, the internet’s cinephiles took it personally.On Wednesday, some social media users reported that the short was playing in the pre-show before trailers at select AMC loc…
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AI Safety Meets the War Machine
Steven Levy / wired - Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major military contract.
- DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence (2)
- On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback (7)
- OTHER (2)
- Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks (6)
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DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence
On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback
OTHER
Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks
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Amazon Service Was Taken Down By AI Coding Bot
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon's cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own AI tools [non-paywalled source], leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant's push to roll out these coding assi…
- Amazon response and blame - Company says 'user error', misconfigured access controls (3)
- Internal skepticism and rollout concerns - Engineers worry about autonomous AI assistants' risks (5)
- Kiro delete-and-recreate incident - Bot deleted and recreated environment, causing 13-hour outage (6)
Amazon response and blame - Company says 'user error', misconfigured access controls
Internal skepticism and rollout concerns - Engineers worry about autonomous AI assistants' risks
Kiro delete-and-recreate incident - Bot deleted and recreated environment, causing 13-hour outage
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