• Paris-based digital health insurance startup Alan raised €100M led by Index Ventures at a €5B valuation, up from €4B after raising €173M in September 2024 (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
• Anthropic debuts Anthropic Institute, an internal think tank led by co-founder Jack Clark combining its societal impacts, red team, and economic research teams (Hayden Field/The Verge)
• Nintendo's stock jumps 8%+, its steepest climb since April 2025, after Pokémon Pokopia, a Switch 2 exclusive released on March 5, sold out at major US retailers (Alice French/Bloomberg)
• Anduril agrees to acquire missile defense modeling company ExoAnalytic for an undisclosed sum and says the deal will grow its space unit staff from 120 to ~250 (Sana Pashankar/Bloomberg)
• Chinese Gen Z day traders, who prefer tech stocks and increasingly use AI chatbots for investment advice, fuel the country's latest tech investment craze (Bloomberg)
• A profile of Sachin Katti, who joined OpenAI from Intel in November 2025 as head of industrial compute, as he helps guide OpenAI's infrastructure efforts (Bloomberg)
• Indian AI lab Lossfunk's prompting method lets LLMs generate Tulu language text without prior training; the method may expand to other low-resource languages (The Economic Times)
• The AI-assisted overhaul of a Python character encoding detection library raises questions about software relicensing and derivative versions of the original (Thomas Claburn/The Register)
• Applied Materials partners with Micron and SK Hynix to develop next-gen memory chips for AI and HPC at its new EPIC center, part of a planned $5B R&D investment (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
• Sources: Chinese state enterprises and agencies move to curb in-office OpenClaw use over potential security risks as users across China experiment with OpenClaw (Bloomberg)
• Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand, and adds support for over 50 additional languages, including Hindi, French, and Spanish (Charmaine D'Silva/The Keyword)
• Sources: OpenAI plans to launch Sora AI in ChatGPT soon to help boost weekly active users, now at 920M, short of the 1B goal the company targeted last year (The Information)
• A look at Aaru, a startup founded by teens that uses AI agents to simulate human responses for product development, polling, and more, recently valued at $1B (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)
• A look at the rise and fall of Chen Zhi, an alleged online scam kingpin whom the US and UK accused of laundering billions; he was extradited to China in January (Bloomberg)
• Intel unveiled its Heracles chip at ISSCC in February, saying it accelerates fully homomorphic encryption tasks up to 5,000x faster than top Intel server CPUs (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum)
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• Trump Administration Won’t Rule Out Further Action Against Anthropic
• Pete Hegseth Is Pushing Defense Employees to Volunteer With DHS
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• Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Has Another Surprise: It’s Full of Alcohol
• DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders
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• A Trumpworld Events Company Is Raking In Millions in Federal Contracts
• GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps
• I Used Google’s New Gemini-Powered ‘Help Me Create’ Tool in Docs. It’s Great at Corporate-Speak
• Apple MacBook Neo Review: Delicious, Low-Hanging Fruit
• What’s the Best iPhone to Buy or Avoid Right Now? (2026)
• Some People Are Too Sleepy to Make Fancy Coffee. For Them, There’s the Keurig K-Cafe
• 8 Best Cheap Phones (2026), Tested and Reviewed
• The Best Streaming Bundles and Streaming Deals of March 2026
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• Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
• Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform
• ‘Flying Cars’ Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer
• Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions
• OpenAI and Google Workers File Amicus Brief in Support of Anthropic Against the US Government
• Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
• Your Espresso Machine Doesn’t Have to Be Fancy to Make Good Coffee
• Our Favorite Wireless Headphones Are $60 Off
• Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation
• Best Base Layers (2026): Merino Wool, Synthetic, and More
• Feeld Was a Dating App for the Freaks. Now Some People Call It ‘Normie Hell’
• Apple iPhone 17e Review: MagSafe Makes a Difference
• Best Sonos Speakers (2026): Soundbars, Headphones, Dolby Atmos, and More
• Hatch’s Sale Has the Restore 3, Rest, and Rest+ All Discounted
• Don’t Expect Big Surprises in the Government’s Alien Files
• Are Smart Beds Worth It? A Certified Sleep Science Coach Weighs In (2026)
• Why RFK’s CDC Is Endorsing ‘Shared Decisionmaking’ for Vaccines
• Can AI Kill the Venture Capitalist?
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• How to Run Ethernet Cables to Your Router and Keep Them Tidy
• Force Your MacBook to Only Charge up to 80 Percent (and Why You Should)
• Fender Mix Headphones Review: Modular Over-Ears
• The Moka Pot Is the Best Way to Brew Coffee (2026)
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| • Google starts rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users in Canada, India and New Zealand
• Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases
• Metadata company Gracenote is the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
• Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite's V-Bucks currency
• Amazon wins a temporary injunction against Perplexity's Comet browser
• Wordle’s creator is back with a new game, and it’s a real chin scratcher
• Here's the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
• ChatGPT will now generate interactive visuals to help you with math and science concepts
• Yoshi and the Mysterious Book will be released for Switch 2 on May 21
• Google to Provide Pentagon with Gemini-powered AI agents
• Live Nation settlement avoids breakup with Ticketmaster
• NVIDIA is reportedly working on its own open-source AI agent platform
• GeForce Now adds GOG syncing and 90fps game streaming in VR headsets
• Meta is buying Moltbook, the ridiculous social network populated by AI bots
• Google brings Gemini-powered content creation tools to Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive
• A Resident Evil Requiem story expansion is in the works
• The Sonos Play puts the best parts of the Era 100 in a portable speaker
• MacBook Neo review: Apple puts every $600 Windows PC to shame
• X says it suspended 800 million accounts in 2024 over spam and manipulation
• Shark's ChillPill puts a mister, fan and cold-plate in one portable package
• The best robot vacuums on a budget for 2026
• You can now use ChatGPT to open Shazam instead of... just opening Shazam
• FAA opens up real world testing for air taxi startups
• The Morning After: The new iPad Air M4 is Apple's best overall tablet
• The Oversight Board says Meta needs new rules for AI-generated content
• TikTok can continue its operations in Canada after agreeing to enhanced security measures
• Rode’s Rodecaster Video Core makes livestreaming even cheaper
• You can (sort of) block Grok from editing your uploaded photos
• Dutch intelligence services warn of Russian hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp
• Bluesky's CEO is stepping down after nearly 5 years
• Apple reportedly delays its planned smart display launch to fall
• Uber expands its program that helps pair women riders and drivers
• Samsung promises 120 games will be playable via its glasses-free 3D monitor tech by the end of the year
• EA laid off staffers across Battlefield studios to 'better align' its teams
• Hyper Light Drifter studio workers form union after rounds of layoffs
• Anthropic sues US government over supply chain risk designation
• Amazon’s Zoox will test its robotaxis in Dallas and Phoenix
• iPad Air M4 review: Still Apple's best overall tablet, with a few caveats
• iPhone 17e review: The economical choice
• The 10 best sleep apps and gadgets for a better night's sleep in 2026
• The best air purifier for 2026
• Qualcomm's new Arduino Ventuno Q is an AI-focused computer designed for robotics
• NetEase is reportedly pulling funding for Yakuza creator's studio
• Apple is reportedly looking into 3D printing aluminum iPhones and Apple Watches
• OpenAI's robotics hardware lead resigns following deal with the Department of Defense
• OpenAI is reportedly pushing back the launch of its 'adult mode' even further
• NASA's DART spacecraft changed a binary asteroid's orbit around the sun, in a first for a human-made object
• Indonesia announces a social media ban for anyone under 16
• Roblox introduces real-time AI-powered chat rephraser for inappropriate language
• Engadget review recap: Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy Buds 4, Dell XPS 14 and more
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