MrBeast’s company buys Gen Z-focused fintech app Step
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app.
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This free YouTube Music feature just vanished behind a paywall
Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - YouTube Music no longer wants you to look at lyrics for free.
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Riot Games is laying off half of the 2XKO development team
Anna Washenko / engadget - Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it's Riot Games with the announcement that it's cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game 2XKO. For context, a representative from Riot confirmed to Game Developer that about 80 people are being cut, o…
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New study finds AI doesn’t reduce work — it intensifies it
Jon Keegan / sherwood - Researchers observing how workers used AI found that productivity increased, but so did their responsibilities. The use of generative AI made workers feel they were doing more, but the work crept into breaks...
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AI.com sells for $70 million in record-breaking domain deal
Wayne Williams / betanews - AI.com has been sold for $70 million, setting a new record for domain name transactions. The sale more than doubles the previous $30 million benchmark and reflects the growing value placed on short, category-defining internet addresses tied to artificial …
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ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials
Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Monday, hours after Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials mocked the idea. The $8 billion loss explains why.
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Workday CEO Eschenbach departs, with co-founder Aneel Bhusri returning as CEO
Rebecca Szkutak / techcrunch - Bhusri said in a statement that the company's next chapter would be focused on AI.
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Yes, backsies: Crypto exchange Bithumb claws back $40B in accidental payments to users
Connor Jones / theregister - New users promised $68, but briefly saw multi-million-dollar balances Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it recovered nearly all of the more than $40 billion worth of funds it mistakenly handed out to customers as part of a promotional campaign.…
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Eli Lilly (LLY) Stock Acquires Orna Therapeutics for Up to $2.4 Billion
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Eli Lilly (LLY) announced a deal to buy Orna Therapeutics for up to $2.4 billion in cash to expand its cell therapy capabilities. Orna’s lead asset ORN-252 uses circular RNA technology to create CAR-T therapies inside patients’ bodies for autoimmune …
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Taiwan says 'impossible' to move 40 percent chip capacity to US
techxplore - Taiwan's top tariffs negotiator said it would be "impossible" to shift 40% of its semiconductor production capacity to the United States as she rejected claims that the island's chip industry would relocate.
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YouTube TV Launches a Raft of New Streaming Packages From $55 a Month
Kourtnee Jackson / cnet - Every plan comes with unlimited DVR, too.
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Uber to buy delivery arm of Turkey’s Getir
Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The deal will see Uber paying $335 million at the outset to purchase Getir's food delivery business. Uber will also pay $100 million for a 15% stake in Getir's grocery, retail and water delivery business.
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HBO Max Launching in U.K., Ireland on March 26
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - HBO Max is set to launch in the U.K. and Ireland on March 26, priced from £4.99 ($6.80) per month. Already available in over 110 territories worldwide, streamers in the U.K. and Ireland will be able to stream the exclusive content from HBO, Warner Bros. P…
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SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says
EditorDavid / slashdot - "Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a 'self-growing city' on the moon," reports Reuters, "which could be achieved in less than 10 years."SpaceX still intends to start on Musk's long-held ambition of a city on Mars withi…
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WtEnergy raises €10M to decarbonise Europe’s cement and chemicals
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Heavy industries in Europe, such as cement, paper, and chemicals, are under increasing pressure to reduce emissions and…
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Lyft debuts teen accounts more than two years after Uber
cnbc - CEO David Risher also addressed the company's autonomous vehicle strategy amid rising competition from Waymo, Uber and Tesla.
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YouTube Music implements paywall for full song lyrics
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Google has rolled out a paywall for lyrics on YouTube Music, restricting free users to five songs per month after initial testing in September limited the feature to Premium subscribers. YouTube Music accounts now face this limitation based on multiple us…
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Memory & NAND Prices Surged Over 90% In Q1 2026 & Another 20% Hike Expected In Q2
Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Q1 2026 has so far seen memory and NAND prices surge by over 90%, and another 20% hike is expected in the coming quarter of Q2. Both PC & Server Memory+NAND Prices Shot Over 90% In Q1 2026 (So Far), & Latest Reports Suggest Even More Hikes For Q2 Accordin…
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AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeks
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UK- and Spain-based sustainability data platform Dcycle acquires Germany’s ESG-X to accelerate DACH expansion
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Dcycle, a UK and Madrid-based sustainability data management platform, today announced the acquisition of ESG-X, a Munich-based software company specialising in AI-powered sustainability reporting solutions, to expand its presence in the DACH region. The …
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