US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools
Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - Authorities say LeakBase was "one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals," and maintained an archive of hacked databases containing hundreds of millions of passwords.
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US military uses Anthropic's Claude for AI-driven strike planning in Iran war
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - In the war against Iran, the US military is using generative AI at scale for target selection and strike planning for the first time. Of all models, it's the one from the company Washington just banned.The article US military uses Anthropic's Claude for A…
- Boardroom battle sparks industry churn and partner defections (12)
- Claude driving US targeting and strike planning in Iran (4)
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- Pentagon bans Claude; supply‑chain label spurs resumed talks (5)
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Claude driving US targeting and strike planning in Iran
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The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds
abcnews - A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters
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Kraken First Digital Asset Bank to Gain Fed Payment Rail Access
PYMNTS / pymnts - Kraken says its digital asset bank has been granted a Federal Reserve master account. This approval, announced by the crypto exchange Wednesday (March 4), means that Kraken Financial is the first bank of its kind given access to the Fed’s payment system, …
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UK government to launch new £40m AI research lab
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - The British government is launching a new UK AI research lab backed by up to £40m to host new breakthroughs. Part of its ambition to elevate and maintain the country’s position in global AI, the lab will see researchers invited to pitch ideas, secure proj…
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A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals
Andy Greenberg / wired - A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.
- Coruna's 23-exploit chains compromised tens of thousands (3)
- From spies to thieves: Coruna fuels espionage and crypto theft (3)
- Tracing Coruna: likely US‑government roots, contractor fingerprints (5)
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Coruna's 23-exploit chains compromised tens of thousands
From spies to thieves: Coruna fuels espionage and crypto theft
Tracing Coruna: likely US‑government roots, contractor fingerprints
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OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal As Sam Altman Admits It Looks 'Sloppy'
BeauHD / slashdot - OpenAI is amending its Pentagon contract after CEO Sam Altman acknowledged it appeared "opportunistic and sloppy." On Monday night, Altman said the company would explicitly restrict its technology from being used by intelligence agencies and for mass dome…
- Consumer backlash: 'Cancel ChatGPT' surge and rival gains users (3)
- Contract revisions: OpenAI explicitly bars U.S. domestic surveillance (4)
- Internal fallout: Altman defends deal, staff express concern (2)
- NATO push: OpenAI eyes unclassified NATO deployments (2)
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Consumer backlash: 'Cancel ChatGPT' surge and rival gains users
Contract revisions: OpenAI explicitly bars U.S. domestic surveillance
Internal fallout: Altman defends deal, staff express concern
NATO push: OpenAI eyes unclassified NATO deployments
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Oil prices surge to 18-month high as Middle East conflict escalates. Here’s what it means for your gas prices
Sam Becker / fastcompany - Oil prices are on the rise, hitting an 18-month high as of Tuesday as the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran continues. The war against Iran, which started in earnest over the past weekend, has disrupted oil and gas shipments in the Midd…
- Bitcoin holds as investors flock to crypto amid market chaos (14)
- Cyberwar escalates: hacks, ops, and warnings reverberate (6)
- Markets rout, FX swings, and Asian market collapses (26)
- Oil shock and shipping fears jolt global energy markets (4)
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Bitcoin holds as investors flock to crypto amid market chaos
Cyberwar escalates: hacks, ops, and warnings reverberate
Markets rout, FX swings, and Asian market collapses
Oil shock and shipping fears jolt global energy markets
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OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal to Ban Domestic Surveillance
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has updated its Pentagon contract to explicitly ban mass domestic surveillance after employee backlash. Sam Altman called the original deal "sloppy."The post OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal to Ban Domestic Surveillance appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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US Senate’s anti-CBDC housing bill advances with bipartisan support
Danny Park / theblock - The bill includes a provision prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC through the beginning of 2031.
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Intelligence Sharing and Counterterrorism Preparedness at the Local Level
Peter Simpson / hstoday - In the early morning hours of February 28, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against targets in Iran, raising existing concerns about threats to homeland security — including the potential for retaliatory terror attacks…
- Cloud infrastructure under fire — AWS data centers hit, outages widespread (8)
- Crypto exodus from Iran — Traders scramble for liquidity, withdrawals spike (6)
- Energy and defense market surge — Oil and satellite stocks rally (17)
- Regional escalation and logistics strain — Drones, munitions shortages, shipping disruptions (14)
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Cloud infrastructure under fire — AWS data centers hit, outages widespread
Crypto exodus from Iran — Traders scramble for liquidity, withdrawals spike
Energy and defense market surge — Oil and satellite stocks rally
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Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death Sparks Revolt Among Kalshi Customers
Kate Knibbs / wired - How Kalshi decided to settle a market tied to Iran’s supreme leader prompted anger among traders who felt the rules weren’t clear.
- Insider trades probe — Congress probes mysterious big winners after timed Iran bets (2)
- Kalshi settlement revolt — On the trading floor: traders revolt over settlement (4)
- Mainstream uptake — Nasdaq and AP court regulators to legitimize outcome-based markets (3)
- Regulatory crackdown — Lawmakers and courts press prediction markets for oversight and limits (2)
Insider trades probe — Congress probes mysterious big winners after timed Iran bets
Kalshi settlement revolt — On the trading floor: traders revolt over settlement
Mainstream uptake — Nasdaq and AP court regulators to legitimize outcome-based markets
Regulatory crackdown — Lawmakers and courts press prediction markets for oversight and limits
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Iran's cyberwar has begun
Jessica Lyons / theregister - 'Expect elevated activity for the foreseeable future' Iranian hackers have launched spying expeditions, digital probes, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the US and Israel launching missile strikes over the weekend, and secur…
- AI and phishing threats — weaponized agents, rising scams, deepfakes (8)
- Iran-linked cyber operations — espionage, DDoS, app propaganda (4)
- Maritime and infrastructure disruptions — GPS, AWS outages, internet cuts (4)
- OTHER — warnings, VPN workarounds, industry hires, communications advice (4)
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AI and phishing threats — weaponized agents, rising scams, deepfakes
Iran-linked cyber operations — espionage, DDoS, app propaganda
Maritime and infrastructure disruptions — GPS, AWS outages, internet cuts
OTHER — warnings, VPN workarounds, industry hires, communications advice
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OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared
James O'Donnell / technologyreview - On February 28, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal that will allow the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. CEO Sam Altman said the negotiations, which the company began pursuing only after the Pentagon’s public reprimand of Ant…
- OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract (15)
- Other: defense tech and tangential AI analysis (1)
- Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines (10)
- Users flee ChatGPT; Claude surges in app stores (10)
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OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract
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Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines
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Inside the Anthropic-Pentagon breakdown: mass surveillance, autonomous weapons, and a rival deal waiting in the wings
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - New reports from the New York Times and the Atlantic paint a detailed picture of the final hours of negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon. At the center: bulk data collection on American citizens, a rejected cloud workaround, and a parallel Open…
- Acquisition news and opinion essays not central to Pentagon clash (2)
- Inside tense talks: surveillance, autonomous weapons, OpenAI deal looms (4)
- Users cheer, corporations push back as Claude tops app charts (5)
- Wall Street watches as Anthropic faces supply-chain, valuation threats (3)
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Acquisition news and opinion essays not central to Pentagon clash
Inside tense talks: surveillance, autonomous weapons, OpenAI deal looms
Users cheer, corporations push back as Claude tops app charts
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The digital front: Iran’s internet down for second day amid reports of U.S.-Israel cyberattacks
cnbc - Iran is facing widespread internet disruptions following the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes over the weekend.
- Cloud and data-centre hits: AWS outages and regional tech disruptions (4)
- Internet blackout and cyber ops: prayer app weaponized nationwide (5)
- Markets shock: oil, gold, bitcoin swing as war rattles investors (23)
- Military strikes and regional fallout: leadership killed, Gulf on edge (11)
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Cloud and data-centre hits: AWS outages and regional tech disruptions
Internet blackout and cyber ops: prayer app weaponized nationwide
Markets shock: oil, gold, bitcoin swing as war rattles investors
Military strikes and regional fallout: leadership killed, Gulf on edge
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OpenAI’s Altman says Pentagon set ‘scary precedent’ binning Anthropic
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Signs a deal with Washington anyway, says he’s kept control of killer robots by allowing only cloudy AI, with guardrails OpenAI has signed a deal with the United States Department of War (DoW) that allows use of its advanced AI systems in classified envir…
- Altman and OpenAI defend Pentagon deal amid optics firestorm (3)
- Anthropic's Pentagon standoff: refused surveillance, tangled in Iran reports (3)
- Regulatory power play: lobbying and corporate responsibility in AI (2)
- Users revolt: ChatGPT cancellations fuel Claude's App Store surge (5)
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Altman and OpenAI defend Pentagon deal amid optics firestorm
Anthropic's Pentagon standoff: refused surveillance, tangled in Iran reports
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South Korea’s tax office apologizes for leaking seed phrase to seized crypto
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Went from triumph at having busted tax dodgers to embarrassment at losing the proceeds South Korea’s National Tax Service has apologized after it leaked passwords to a stash of stolen crypto, which parties unknown used to make off with the digi-cash.…
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Bitcoin nears $63,000 as U.S. and Israel launch strikes on Iran
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - The drop extends a pattern where bitcoin sells off on geopolitical shocks before recovering, as the token's 24/7 liquidity makes it one of the few large assets traders can exit over the weekend.
- Crypto market turbulence — Traders flee risk as rockets and tweets roil crypto. (27)
- Military operations and political fallout — Strikes target Iran's leadership; region braces for wider retaliation. (33)
- Oil, markets, and regional disruption — Oil spikes, markets jitter as Gulf trade and flights halt. (22)
- OTHER — Collateral fallout: media, travel, datacenters, and betting controversies. (7)
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Crypto market turbulence — Traders flee risk as rockets and tweets roil crypto.
Military operations and political fallout — Strikes target Iran's leadership; region braces for wider retaliation.
Oil, markets, and regional disruption — Oil spikes, markets jitter as Gulf trade and flights halt.
OTHER — Collateral fallout: media, travel, datacenters, and betting controversies.
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US court blocks landmark law limiting social media use for children
ft - Judge rules Virginia does not have right to restrict ‘minors’ access to constitutionally protected speech’
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