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YC-backed Escape raises €15.4 million Series A led by Balderton for its AI offensive security engineering platform
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Paris-founded Escape, an offensive security engineering platform, has raised €15.4 million ($18 million) in Series A funding to automate the entire security lifecycle with AI agents. The round was led by Balderton with participation from Uncorrelated Vent…
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Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models
Anna Heim / techcrunch - AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation.
- AMI Labs funding and LeCun's vision (5)
- Embodied AI tooling, datasets, and rival funding (2)
- Nvidia and open-source agent push (industry reaction) (3)
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AMI Labs funding and LeCun's vision
Embodied AI tooling, datasets, and rival funding
Nvidia and open-source agent push (industry reaction)
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AI Is One of the Least-Liked Things in America, According to New NBC Poll
Macy Meyer / cnet - The poll finds that AI is viewed less positively than ICE and President Donald Trump, and only more positively than Iran and the Democratic Party.
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Apple's iPhone 17E vs. iPhone 17, Air, Pro, Pro Max: Comparing the Full Lineup
Nicole Lee / cnet - How Apple's lower-cost iPhone 17E matches up with its more-expensive sibling phones.
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Intel Releases Official XeSS 3.0 Software Development Kit
techpowerup - Intel has launched its official XeSS 3.0 software development kit (SDK), which allows game developers to incorporate the latest binaries into their games and integrate XeSS 3.0 into game engines. Interestingly, Intel has released this version as a binary,…
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Apple Studio Display XDR Reviews: The 120Hz 5K Dream Is Finally Here
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Apple’s new Studio Display XDR officially hits stores this Wednesday, March 11, and the first wave of reviews published today confirms that it is the most significant leap for Mac monitors in years. While the high price tag remains a focal point (starting…
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Anthropic sues the Pentagon over supply chain risk designation
J.D. Capelouto / semafor - The action marks the latest chapter in the feud between the Trump administration and the AI startup.
- AI engineers rally, filing briefs to defend Anthropic (5)
- Lawsuit filings trigger scrutiny of Anthropic's revenue claims (2)
- New Claude tools and marketplace signal product push (4)
- Startup sues DoD after 'supply‑chain risk' blacklisting (8)
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AI engineers rally, filing briefs to defend Anthropic
Lawsuit filings trigger scrutiny of Anthropic's revenue claims
New Claude tools and marketplace signal product push
Startup sues DoD after 'supply‑chain risk' blacklisting
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OpenAI to acquire Promptfoo to expand AI application testing capabilities
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - OpenAI Group PBC announced today that it had entered an agreement to acquire testing and security evaluation platform for artificial intelligence applications startup Promptfoo Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2024, Promptfoo began as an open-sou…
- Agents being hacked; defenders racing to plug security holes (6)
- OpenAI acquisition: Promptfoo to bake security into Frontier (5)
- Platform race: Nvidia and others building open-source agent frameworks (1)
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Agents being hacked; defenders racing to plug security holes
OpenAI acquisition: Promptfoo to bake security into Frontier
Platform race: Nvidia and others building open-source agent frameworks
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X finally lets you block Grok AI from modifying your photos, but the fix falls short
digitaltrends - X’s new Grok edit blocker promises more control over your photos, but the feature only prevents AI edits triggered by tagging @Grok in replies.The post X finally lets you block Grok AI from modifying your photos, but the fix falls short appeared first on …
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Intel Launches Bartlett Lake & Panther Lake CPUs For Edge: Up To 12 P-Cores At 5.9 GHz
Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Intel has launched its brand new Bartlett Lake & Panther Lake CPUs aimed at Edge applications with up to 12 P-Cores. Intel Finally Brings 12 P-Cores With Its Bartlett Lake CPUs, Panther Lake For Edge Also Launched Intel is expanding its Edge AI offerings …
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Zcash Open Development Lab raises $25 million from leading crypto investors Paradigm, a16z and others
Daniel Kuhn / theblock - Zcash Open Development Lab is developing the Zodl wallet, using the popular Zashi wallet codebase, and other Zcash-related tech.
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Oracle hits back at Stargate data center cancellation reports — claims 4.5GW Oracle-OpenAI agreement still on track
tomshardware - In a statement posted to X today, Oracle said it and developer Crusoe are “operating in lockstep” to deliver one of the world’s largest AI data centers at the Abilene campus.
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Apple's Foldable iPhone Just Got Its Most Convincing Leak Yet
Vanessa Hand Orellana / cnet - A new render shows exactly what an iPhone Fold could look like.
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M5 Max MacBook Pro Review: Preeminent Power In the Same Old Shell
Kyle Barr / gizmodo - Apple’s enormously expensive M5 Max MacBook Pro has more power than the laptop can handle, literally.
- Benchmarks and chip deep dives: cores, scores, GPUs (5)
- Blistering power, chassis and thermals fight back (3)
- Roundups: SSD speed, battery life, pricing, same design (4)
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Benchmarks and chip deep dives: cores, scores, GPUs
Blistering power, chassis and thermals fight back
Roundups: SSD speed, battery life, pricing, same design
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Kate Knibbs / wired - Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
- Breaking: Graber steps down; CIO role created (5)
- Context: Bluesky's origins, growth and timing of change (3)
- Interim CEO Toni Schneider takes helm to scale Bluesky (4)
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Breaking: Graber steps down; CIO role created
Context: Bluesky's origins, growth and timing of change
Interim CEO Toni Schneider takes helm to scale Bluesky
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Apple's Smart Home Hub Won't Launch Until September as Siri Remains Unfinished
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple is postponing the launch of its planned smart home hub until September 2026, reports Bloomberg. Apple has pushed back the debut of the home hub multiple times due to ongoing issues with the revamped version of Siri. The hub has a heavy AI focus and …
- Apple TV and HomePod launches tied to Siri readiness (3)
- Hardware leaks: HomePad J490 design and MagSafe mount (1)
- Siri overhaul delays Apple's smart home hub launch (8)
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Apple TV and HomePod launches tied to Siri readiness
Hardware leaks: HomePad J490 design and MagSafe mount
Siri overhaul delays Apple's smart home hub launch
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Apple Has Apparently Already Finalized iPhone 18e
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has already finalized plans for next year's entry-level "iPhone 18e" model, according to a known leaker.According to a new post from the Weibo user known as "Fixed Focus Digital," Apple has now locked in plans for the iPhone 18e. This is despite the…
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Study warns of "AI Brain Fry" as workers hit cognitive limits overseeing AI agents
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - A BCG study of nearly 1,500 workers shows that simultaneously overseeing too many AI tools triggers cognitive exhaustion. The consequences are measurable, from higher error rates to increased intent to quit.The article Study warns of "AI Brain Fry" as wor…
- Builders craft agent tooling: memory, code context, and data connectors (4)
- Firms secure agents: acquisitions and security reshape enterprise agent deployment (5)
- Workers overwhelmed: managing multiple AI agents causes measurable cognitive overload (6)
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Builders craft agent tooling: memory, code context, and data connectors
Firms secure agents: acquisitions and security reshape enterprise agent deployment
Workers overwhelmed: managing multiple AI agents causes measurable cognitive overload
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Apple reportedly releasing a ‘MacBook Ultra’ with a touchscreen
Julian Stewart / mobilesyrup - Apple is reportedly planning the release of a new MacBook Ultra. According to reliable Apple reporter Mark Gurman, the new laptop is still a rumour, but is reportedly planned to sit above the current MacBook Pro models. Apple has used the Ultra branding i…
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Uber expands options for drivers, riders to opt out of men
mashable - Uber is expanding its gender preference option for drivers and riders, now available in cities across the U.S.
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EA laid off staffers across Battlefield studios to 'better align' its teams
Jackson Chen / engadget - EA axed an undisclosed number of employees across the game studios behind the Battlefield franchise. As first reported by IGN, EA told affected employees that the layoffs were part of a "realignment" across the Battlefield studios, which include Dice, Cri…
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