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Thursday, February 26, 2026

8 days

Bitcoin miner MARA pivots to AI data centers with Starwood partnership (5)

8 days

IDC warns smartphone sales could fall 13% in 2026 due to RAM shortage (13) hot

IDC warns record 13% smartphone slump in 2026
Chip crunch threatens budget PCs and phones
DRAM price surge: suppliers hike quotes and contracts
AI hardware prices spike; DGX Spark rises $700

8 days

Intel Foundry head departs for Qualcomm; leadership reshuffle underway (6)

8 days

Burger King trials AI headsets and chatbots to monitor employee friendliness (6)

8 days

Google launches Nano Banana 2 image model with speed and quality gains (14) hot

On-site: Nano Banana 2 — faster, higher-fidelity, 4K-capable model
Rolled out: integration across Gemini, Search, Lens, and regions
Reaction: hands-on takes and market moves after launch

8 days

Razer unveils MagSafe-compatible 16-inch laptop sleeve with wireless charging (6)

8 days

Dell posts blockbuster quarter as AI demand drives revenue surge (6)

8 days

Sam Altman’s World ID inks consumer brand deals to scale eyeball-based verification (4)

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Anthropic refuses Pentagon demands, declines unrestricted military and surveillance access (46) hot

Anthropic refuses Pentagon demands, CEO: 'cannot in good conscience'
Pentagon escalates: deadlines, $200M contract threat, supply-chain risk
Industry and lawmakers react — Congress, Google workers, policy debate
OTHER

8 days

Apple pushes visionOS 26.3.1 to fix Vision Pro Sports MultiView flicker (4)

8 days

Firefox 148 adds an AI kill switch so users can opt out of the AI circus (5)

8 days

CoreWeave posts strong revenue growth yet stock falls on profitability worries (7)

8 days

Samsung explains Galaxy S26 design choices as new S26 features arrive (10) hot

8 days

Instagram will notify parents when teens repeatedly search self-harm terms (9)

8 days

Apple confirms “big week” of product reveals starting Monday (7)

8 days

Warner Bros. Discovery says Paramount’s $31 offer is superior, gives Netflix four days to respond (39) hot

Board rules Paramount's $31 offer superior; four-day counteroffer window
Netflix declines to match — exits bidding war under pressure
Paramount poised to win — acquisition, market reaction, regulatory questions
Voices from social and analysis: speculation, memes, investor takes

8 days

Block cuts nearly half its workforce as Jack Dorsey pivots to ‘smaller, flatter’ AI play (25) hot

AI-driven mass layoffs — Dorsey's companywide reset
Market rallies: stock surge after layoffs announced
Costs, earnings, banking growth: business impact
OTHER: comments, reposts and miscellaneous coverage

8 days

Nvidia posts record $68.1B quarter as AI demand surges, stocks react (12) hot

On the floor: Nvidia's record $68.1B AI quarter
Investors balk as Nvidia stock tumbles post-earnings
Markets wobble: tech slump and crypto give back gains

8 days

Nvidia pulls GeForce 595.59 driver after fan and stability complaints (7)

8 days

Anthropic “retires” Claude 3 Opus and gives the model a Substack retirement blog (12) hot

Retired Claude writes Substack essays, blurring PR and personhood
CEO resists Pentagon demands; contract fight over safeguards
Anthropic upgrades Claude: better vision, scheduled tasks, education research

8 days

Apple and Netflix swap Formula 1 content in surprise streaming partnership (5)

In Detail Full day, Thursday, February 26, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

MARA Shares Rise After Bitcoin Miner Strikes AI Data Center Deal

Vince Dioquino / decrypt - The Bitcoin miner moved to convert U.S. sites into AI-ready campuses, though analysts say confirmed tenants will be key.

#ai #blockchain #cloud #crypto #stockmarket #business #datacenter #bitcoin

Mara Holdings (MARA) Stock: Revenue Climbs, Losses Spike and New AI/HPC Strategy Sparks Investor Interest

7 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

MARA Holdings Shares Soar 17% Following Starwood AI Data Center Partnership

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

MARA Shares Rise After Bitcoin Miner Strikes AI Data Center Deal

8 days / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

MARA swings to $1.7 billion Q4 loss on bitcoin markdown, shares jump 15% after Starwood AI deal

8 days / theblock / Kyle Baird

Bitcoin Miner MARA jumps 17% after striking a deal with Starwood to build AI data centers

8 days / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

Smartphone Sales to Plummet 13% in 2026 Due to RAM Crisis, Says IDC

Jeff Carlson / cnet - AI-fueled memory scarcity is hitting the phone market hard this year, particularly for inexpensive, low-end devices.

#ai #mobiletech #semiconductors #chips #business #datacenter #supplychain #manufacturing #smartphone #memory

AI hardware prices spike; DGX Spark rises $700 (2)
Chip crunch threatens budget PCs and phones (3)
DRAM price surge: suppliers hike quotes and contracts (3)
IDC warns record 13% smartphone slump in 2026 (4)
All Other Stories

7 days / cnbc

Smartphone Sales to Plummet 13% in 2026 Due to RAM Crisis, Says IDC

8 days / cnet / Jeff Carlson

Smartphone Mkt to Decline 13% in '26, Largest Drop Ever Due to Memory Shortage

8 days / ycombinator

Smartphone sales could be in for their biggest drop ever

8 days / theverge / Emma Roth

All Other Stories

Memory Price Hikes Will Kill Off Budget PCs and Smartphones, Analyst Warns https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/02/27/008259/memory-price-hikes-will-kill-off-budget-pcs-and-smartphones-analyst-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

7 days / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Intel Foundry Manager Kevin O'Buckley Departs for Qualcomm

techpowerup - The head of Intel Foundry, Kevin O'Buckley, is leaving the company to join Qualcomm. He will take on the role of Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Supply Chain at Qualcomm, effective March 2, 2026. At Qualcomm, O'Buckley will oversee globa…

#semiconductors #chips #business #jobs #supplychain #intel #manufacturing #technology #qualcomm

Latest Intel exit sees Foundry lead Kevin O’Buckley joining Qualcomm

7 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Intel Shares Slide 3% as Foundry Leader Jumps Ship to Qualcomm

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Intel Foundry boss leaves for Qualcomm

7 days / ycombinator

Intel Foundry Manager Kevin O'Buckley Departs for Qualcomm

8 days / techpowerup

Intel Foundry Services Head Leaves For Qualcomm Supply Chain Post

8 days / reddit / /u/-protonsandneutrons-

Intel Foundry boss leaves for Qualcomm — Naga Chandrasekaran takes charge of the unit

8 days / tomshardware

Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

bbc - The fast-food chain is testing OpenAI-powered headsets that monitor staff interactions with customers.

#voice #openai #aiethics #genai #business #chatgpt #jobs #food #assistant #digitalprivacy

Meet ‘Patty,’ Burger King’s new AI assistant that lives in employees’ headsets

7 days / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

Burger King testing AI headsets to track if employees say ‘please’ or ‘thank you’

7 days / reddit / /u/Fcking_Chuck

Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

8 days / reddit / /u/CabinetCalm1970

Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'

8 days / reddit / /u/kin20

Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

8 days / bbc

Burger King Cooks Up 'Patty,' an AI Chatbot to Monitor Employees

8 days / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Google Launches Nano Banana 2 Model With Faster Image Generation

BeauHD / slashdot - Google has launched Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), a faster, more realistic image generation model that becomes the default across Gemini, Search, Lens, and Flow. TechCrunch reports: The new Nano Banana 2 retains some of the high-fidelity charact…

#ai #ml #computervision #google #genai #photography #creativity #api #developertools #gemini

On-site: Nano Banana 2 — faster, higher-fidelity, 4K-capable model (6)
Reaction: hands-on takes and market moves after launch (3)
Rolled out: integration across Gemini, Search, Lens, and regions (2)
All Other Stories

On-site: Nano Banana 2 — faster, higher-fidelity, 4K-capable model

Nano Banana 2 rolls out: Is it Gemini’s fastest image model?

7 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Google launches Nano Banana 2 with 4K resolution and character consistency

7 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Google upgrades Gemini image generation to Nano Banana 2 with 4K support

7 days / techspot

Google’s Nano Banana 2 promises to end the AI text rendering problems

7 days / digitaltrends

[AINews] Nano Banana 2 aka Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview: the new SOTA Imagegen model

8 days / latent / Latent.Space

Google launches Nano Banana 2 with speed, image quality improvements

8 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Reaction: hands-on takes and market moves after launch

The new top banana in AI image generation

7 days / therundown / Zach Mink

Google (GOOGL) Stock: Gains on Nano Banana 2 Launch with Faster 4K Image Output

7 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google’s AI Image Generator

8 days / wired / Reece Rogers

Rolled out: integration across Gemini, Search, Lens, and regions

Nano Banana 2 Launches in UAE with 4K AI Image Generation

7 days / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Google Launches Nano Banana 2 Model With Faster Image Generation

8 days / slashdot / BeauHD

All Other Stories

6 Best Nano Banana 2 Prompts in 2026: How to Generate Smarter AI Images

7 days / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

Google’s latest image model, Nano Banana 2, is a powerful AI photo editor that punctures reality. Well, sometimes. www.wired.com/story/google...

8 days / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

come for the old @thiccreese.bsky.social stay for the cold @thiccreese.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/google...

8 days / bsky / @boone.bsky.social / boone.bsky.social

Razer Launches MagSafe-Compatible Laptop Sleeve for Charging Your iPhone and AirPods

Juli Clover / macrumors - Razer today introduced a new 16-inch laptop sleeve that has an integrated wireless charging feature for smartphones and other small devices like earbuds. Priced at $130, the sleeve includes two MagSafe-compatible wireless charging zones, so it can charge …

#hardware #gaming #apple #iphone #wireless #macbook #technology #airpods #gadgets

Razer’s pricey new laptop sleeve is a wireless charging mat in disguise

7 days / digitaltrends

Razer Launching 16-inch MagSafe Laptop Sleeve For Charging iPhone and AirPods

7 days / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Razer launches $130 laptop sleeve featuring two wireless charging pads — Base variant with no tech costs $80, supports up to 16-inch devices

7 days / tomshardware

Razer Launches MagSafe-Compatible Laptop Sleeve for Charging Your iPhone and AirPods

8 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

(PR) Razer Elevates Everyday Carry with the Laptop Sleeve 16-inch with Wireless Charging

8 days / techpowerup

Razer’s new laptop sleeve wirelessly charges other devices

8 days / theverge / Andrew Liszewski

Dell’s stock pops as soaring AI demand drives stellar 39% revenue increase

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Data center hardware and personal computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. easily beat Wall Street’s expectations today as it posted its latest financial results, benefiting from surging artificial intelligence demand. The company reported fourth-quarter ear…

#ai #cloud #hardware #enterprise #stockmarket #earnings #business #datacenter #technology

Dell shares climb 19% on earnings beat as company navigates rising memory costs

7 days / cnbc

Dell shares hold post-earnings gains as analysts applaud "exceptional beat+raise"

7 days / sherwood / Matt Phillips

Dell Technologies (DELL) Shares Soar 13% Following Exceptional Q4 Performance

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Dell’s stock pops as soaring AI demand drives stellar 39% revenue increase

8 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

(PR) Dell Technologies Delivers Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Fiscal 2026 Results

8 days / techpowerup

Dell soars after beating expectations for Q4 sales and EPS

8 days / sherwood / Matt Phillips

Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

PYMNTS / pymnts - Tools for Humanity, the iris-scanning company co-founded by Sam Altman, is partnering with well-known brands to promote its World ID, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Feb. 26). “I think we’re right at the precipice right now of the moment where …

#startups #cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #business #privacy #altman #digitalid #digitalprivacy #advertising

The global infrastructure of digital ID is being built right now — and nobody voted for it

7 days / siliconcanals / Justin Brown

Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Verification Service Is Coming to a Gap Store Near You

8 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Sam Altman’s ‘Human Verification’ Startup Leans on Consumer Brands

8 days / wsj / Patrick Coffee

Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

Hayden Field / theverge - Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense's demands for unrestricted access to its AI. It's the culmination of a dramatic exchange of public statements, social media post…

#ai #dataprivacy #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #politics #government #us

Anthropic refuses Pentagon demands, CEO: 'cannot in good conscience' (21)
Industry and lawmakers react — Congress, Google workers, policy debate (8)
OTHER (1)
Pentagon escalates: deadlines, $200M contract threat, supply-chain risk (6)
All Other Stories

Anthropic refuses Pentagon demands, CEO: 'cannot in good conscience'

Anthropic Stands Firm Against Pentagon’s AI Weapon Demands as Deadline Approaches

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Anthropic holds firm in DoD face-off over military AI

7 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Anthropic CEO rejects Pentagon ultimatum on unrestricted AI use

7 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

What to know about the showdown between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon

7 days / npr / A Martínez

Anthropic sticks to Claude guardrails despite Pentagon pressure

7 days / techzine / Mels Dees

Anthropic CEO Says AI Company 'Cannot In Good Conscience Accede' To Pentagon

8 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Anthropic to Pentagon: Autonomous weapons could hurt US troops and civilians

8 days / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Anthropic rejects Pentagon’s AI demands

8 days / reddit / /u/BeautyInUgly

Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards

8 days / bbc

Anthropic rejects latest Pentagon offer: ‘We cannot in good conscience accede to their request’

8 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Anthropic Rejects Pentagon's Final AI Offer, Says Compromise Would Gut Safeguards

8 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic Won’t Lift AI Safeguards Amid Ongoing Pentagon Dispute: CEO

8 days / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Anthropic Tells Pete Hegseth to Take a Hike

8 days / gizmodo / Matt Novak

Anthropic CEO says company cannot accede to Pentagon's request in AI safeguards dispute

8 days / reddit / /u/Accurate_Cry_8937

Anthropic Refuses Pentagon’s Proposal to Loosen AI Guardrails

8 days / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon’s threats ‘do not change our position’ on AI

8 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

8 days / theverge / Hayden Field

Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms

8 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Anthropic says company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands

8 days / ycombinator

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

8 days / reddit / /u/Brilliant_Version344

Anthropic rejects Pentagon's requests in AI safeguards dispute, CEO says

8 days / reddit / /u/runbape

Industry and lawmakers react — Congress, Google workers, policy debate

Anthropic Says No. Google Gives It Away. Congress Says Nothing.

7 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Who really sets AI guardrails? How CIOs can shape AI governance policy

7 days / informationweek / Madeleine Streets

Debatable: AI at the Pentagon

7 days / semafor / Morgan Chalfant

OPINION: Anthropic Drew the Line. Congress Should Have Drawn It First.

8 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Google Workers Seek 'Red Lines' on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic

8 days / ycombinator

Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic

8 days / nytimes / Tripp Mickle

The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived

8 days / platformer / Casey Newton

Why Congress Should Step Into the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute

8 days / techpolicy

OTHER

Perplexity Gets Samsung’s OS Keys

8 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Pentagon escalates: deadlines, $200M contract threat, supply-chain risk

Anthropic rejects Pentagon AI demands, risks first-ever US military blacklist

7 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Anthropic holds firm against Pentagon on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance as deadline looms

7 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth's threats

7 days / engadget / Steve Dent

Anthropic Rejects Latest Pentagon Offer, Escalating AI Feud

8 days / reddit / /u/bloomberg

Anthropic, Pentagon Locked in $200 Million Standoff Over AI Ethics

8 days / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Deadline looms as Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands it remove AI safeguards

8 days / npr / Geoff Brumfiel

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Anthropic holds firm in DoD face-off over military AI www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

7 days / bsky / @semafor.com / semafor.com

Altman Says OpenAI Is Working on Pentagon Deal Amid Anthropic Standoff

7 days / wsj / Keach Hagey

Anthropic Won’t Lift AI Safeguards Amid Ongoing Pentagon Dispute, CEO Says

7 days / hstoday / Homeland Security Today

Anthropic faces lose-lose scenario in Pentagon conflict as deadline for policy change looms

7 days / cnbc

Big Tech workers press bosses to back Anthropic in Pentagon clash

7 days / ft

“Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic More than 100 Google A.I. employees sent a letter to Jeff Dean, a chief scientist, opposing Gemini’s use for U.S. surveillance and some autonomous weapons.” ==> more of this please w

7 days / bsky / @maxshields.bsky.social / maxshields.bsky.social

When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagon’s promise to use AI “lawfully” mean almost nothing. The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived www.platformer.news/anthropic-pe...

8 days / bsky / @caseynewton.bsky.social / caseynewton.bsky.social

When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagon’s promise to use AI “lawfully” mean almost nothing. The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-pentagon-authoritarian-ai/

8 days / bsky / @caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy / caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Outstanding @caseynewton.bsky.social analysis (of course) of the Anthropic/DOD fight. www.platformer.news/anthropic-pe...

8 days / bsky / @lizzieohreally.bsky.social / lizzieohreally.bsky.social

Anthropic Tells Pete Hegseth to Take a Hike

8 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Apple Releases visionOS 26.3.1 With MultiView Sports Flickering Fix [Download]

iclarified - Apple has released visionOS 26.3.1 for the Vision Pro headset, rolling out a targeted bug fix aimed at users streaming live sports.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Newsl…

#mixedreality #apple #streaming #sports #spatialcomputing #gadgets #patching #updates #bugs #operatingsystems

Apple Releases visionOS 26.3.1 to Fix Multiview Flicker Issue in Apple TV App

8 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Releases visionOS 26.3.1 With MultiView Sports Flickering Fix [Download]

8 days / iclarified

Apple Vision Pro owners get sports-related fix to keep F1 & MLS streams looking crisp

8 days / appleinsider

Apple Releases visionOS 26.3.1 to Fix Multiview Flicker Issue in Apple TV App

8 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click

msmash / slashdot - Mozilla has released Firefox 148 for Windows, macOS and Linux, bringing a new AI Settings section that lets users disable all of the browser's AI-powered features in one click and then selectively re-enable the ones they actually want, such as the local t…

#ai #dataprivacy #browsers #aiethics #genai #ux #updates #digitalprivacy

Ring Ends SearchParty Feature, New Firefox AI Controls, Planet Parade in View This Week | Tech Today video

7 days / cnet / Kara Tsuboi

New Firefox “AI controls” allow users to block all future AI features

7 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Firefox Has New AI Features. Here's How to Disable Them

8 days / cnet / Julian Dossett

Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click

8 days / slashdot / msmash

Firefox adds AI kill switch for users who are sick and tired of AI-everything

8 days / mashable

CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock: Slides Despite 110% Revenue Growth and Major AI Wins

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR CoreWeave tops revenue, but losses deepen and shares slide after hours. 110% growth isn’t enough as margins slip and profitability misses hit the stock. Debt climbs past $21B as CoreWeave scales power and absorbs rising costs. Backlog jumps to $66.8B…

#ai #startups #vc #cloud #genai #stockmarket #earnings #business #datacenter

MARA and Block jump double digits in pre-market trading while CoreWeave sinks

7 days / coindesk / James Van Straten

TeraWulf posts higher revenue, wider loss in 2025 as AI, HPC pivot accelerates

8 days / theblock / Timmy Shen

CoreWeave earnings today are vindication for everything I’ve been saying. Somehow this company made more revenue than ever and its operating margin got worse. Remember it has the literal best clients in AI compute, and apparently they pay like shit. Wash

8 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

CoreWeave’s stock drops on mixed results and plans to scale up AI spending

8 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

CoreWeave tumbles on weaker-than-expected Q4 adjusted EBITDA

8 days / sherwood / Luke Kawa

CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock: Slides Despite 110% Revenue Growth and Major AI Wins

8 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

CoreWeave beats revenue projections as backlog swells to nearly $67 billion

8 days / cnbc

Why no magnets in Galaxy S26? Samsung R&D chief explains

Sean Hollister / theverge - Magnet rings have changed my life. I grip and mount and satisfyingly snap awesome accessories on and off my phone all day. Even Samsung sells neat ones like these folding magnetic mirrors. But unlike Apple and Google, Samsung refuses to put the magnets in…

#ai #software #hardware #samsung #android #camera #ux #gadgets #smartphone #updates

Samsung MX division COO says S Pen is here to stay

7 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Fizz Samsung Galaxy S26 Deal: Get 70% Off Your Plan and an Exclusive $300 Discount

7 days / iphoneincanada / iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

Galaxy S26 Ultra Camera Specifications Don’t Tell The Whole Story Because Samsung Has Added A Feature That Negates The Use Of A Gimbal

7 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Samsung unsure about making another Galaxy Edge to rival the iPhone Air

7 days / digitaltrends

This Galaxy S26 Ultra pre-order deal is the one to beat: 512GB plus a $200 gift card

8 days / digitaltrends

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs. Galaxy S25 Ultra, S24 Ultra: How the Ultras Stack Up

8 days / cnet / Nicole Lee

This Galaxy S26 Ultra pre-order deal is the one to beat: 512GB plus a $200 gift card

8 days / digitaltrends

Why no magnets in Galaxy S26? Samsung R&D chief explains

8 days / theverge / Sean Hollister

Samsung Galaxy S26 Interview, Apple predictions, Resident Evil 9 review: The Shortcut Live Ep. 30

8 days / theshortcut / Matt Swider

Galaxy S26 brings improved Gallery search to help you instantly find key moments in videos

8 days / digitaltrends

Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide

Bruce Gil / gizmodo - The new safety feature comes as social media platforms face growing legal pressure over how they affect minors.

#techpolicy #digitalhealth #meta #government #privacy #mentalhealth #contentmoderation #instagram #safety

Instagram will now tell parents about teen searches about self-harm

7 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide

8 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

gizmodo.com/instagram-wi...

8 days / bsky / @djnoneya.bsky.social / djnoneya.bsky.social

Instagram Will Alert Parents if Teens Repeatedly Search for Self-Harm and Suicide Terms

8 days / cnet / Meara Isenberg

Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide

8 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Woman Suing Meta, YouTube Testifies It’s ‘Too Hard to Be Without’ Social Media

8 days / wsj / Laura J. Nelson

In Landmark Trial, Plaintiff Says Social Media Harm Started at Age 6

8 days / nytimes / Eli Tan and Ryan Mac

Meta to Notify Parents of Risky Teen Search Behaviour

8 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Instagram to Alert Teens’ Parents of Repeated Self-Harm Searches

8 days / wsj / Mauro Orru

Tim Cook Confirms Apple Will Announce New Products Starting on Monday

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed today that the company has "a big week ahead", with a first product reveal coming on Monday, March 2.The post Tim Cook Confirms Apple Will Announce New Products Starting on Monday appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#hardware #mobiletech #apple #business #ipad #technology #gadgets #updates #timcook

New Low-Cost iPad Coming Next Week: What to Expect

8 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

What's Coming in the M5 MacBook Air

8 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Will the $699 MacBook Be Apple’s New Budget King or a String of Sacrifices?

8 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Apple teases ‘big week ahead’ amid reports of several hardware launches

8 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

New Low-Cost iPad Coming Next Week: What to Expect

8 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Tim Cook Confirms Apple Will Announce New Products Starting on Monday

8 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Meta dips a toe back into crypto

8 days / paymentsdive / Justin Bachman

WBD Calls Paramount’s New Bid ‘Superior’ to Netflix’s Accepted Offer, Gives Streamer Four Days to Submit Counter Bid

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 26 announced that its board, following consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, confirms that Paramount Skydance’s revised $110.9 billion all-cash offer for the entire company is superior to the existing …

#streaming #entertainment #netflix #stockmarket #business #us #acquisitions #media #tv

Board rules Paramount's $31 offer superior; four-day counteroffer window (4)
Netflix declines to match — exits bidding war under pressure (17)
Paramount poised to win — acquisition, market reaction, regulatory questions (12)
Voices from social and analysis: speculation, memes, investor takes (1)
All Other Stories

Board rules Paramount's $31 offer superior; four-day counteroffer window

Warner Bros. Discovery Finds Paramount's Latest Bid 'Superior' to Netflix

8 days / cnet / Kourtnee Jackson

WBD Calls Paramount’s New Bid ‘Superior’ to Netflix’s Accepted Offer, Gives Streamer Four Days to Submit Counter Bid

8 days / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Warner Bros. board deems Paramount’s $31-per-share offer a superior deal, starting four-day countdown for Netflix response

8 days / sherwood / Max Knoblauch

Warner Bros says Paramount’s bid is ‘superior’ to Netflix offer

8 days / ft

Netflix declines to match — exits bidding war under pressure

Netflix is no longer interested in bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery

7 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Netflix Dumps Warner Bros. After Paramount Sweetens $111 Billion Bid

8 days / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Netflix backs out of Warner Bros. bidding war after Paramount raises offer

8 days / siliconangle / James Farrell

Netflix Drops Bid for Warner Bros.

8 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for Paramount Takeover

8 days / nytimes / John Gruber

Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount

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8 days / ycombinator

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WBD deems Paramount’s offer superior; Netflix exits talks

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7 days / advanced-television / Nick Snow

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8 days / reddit / /u/CrispyMiner

Paramount wins Warner Bros deal as Netflix walks away

8 days / mumbrella / Nathan Jolly

Netflix backs down, Paramount now likely to acquire Warner Bros.

8 days / appleinsider

Paramount wins the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery as Netflix drops out

8 days / qz / Quartz Staff

Voices from social and analysis: speculation, memes, investor takes

Per last week, this was always the endgame. But unclear what Netflix will do now. They should probably walk at this point – there's too much negativity and nonsense. Take the $3B and be rid of the headache. But... they already talked themselves into it...

8 days / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

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7 days / spyglass / M.G. Siegler

Paramount is now on track to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery, as Netflix has announced it will not provide a competing offer to purchase the studio.

8 days / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix has lost.

8 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Paramount’s deal includes a clause stipulating that it would pay the $2.8 billion cancellation fee WBD could end up owing Netflix. https://sherwood.news/markets/warner-bros-board-deems-paramounts-usd31-per-share-offer-a-superior-deal/

8 days / bsky / @sherwood.news / sherwood.news

Seems a great deal for Netflix quite frankly: $2.5bn to *not* overpay for WB. Great deal for WB shareholders too. For Paramount and WB:

8 days / bsky / @stephenkb.bsky.social / stephenkb.bsky.social

Block Inc slashes 40% of its staff as Jack Dorsey pushes ‘smaller, flatter’ AI strategy

Jason Shubnell / theblock - Block is reducing its staff from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000, Dorsey said in a note to the company.

#ai #fintech #genai #stockmarket #business #jobs #payments #layoffs #technology

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7 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

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Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same

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Layoffs at Block

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In a lengthy post on X, Dorsey stated that he made the decision to cut jobs after realising how small teams and intelligence tools have enabled a “new way of working” that “fundamentally changes” things.

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Jack Dorseys Block lays off nearly half of workforce due to AI

7 days / mashable

block cuts nearly half of its staff in ai gamble, citing need for "artificial general intelligence" https://www.theverge.com/tech/885710/jack-dorsey-block-layoffs-job-cuts-ai

8 days / bsky / @kcurry.bsky.social / kcurry.bsky.social

Nvidia posts $68.1 billion quarter as AI demand surges worldwide

Camila Nogueira / betanews - Nvidia reported record financial results on Wednesday, delivering $68.1 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure continued to accelerate. The quarterly figure rose 73% from a year earlie…

#ai #cloud #semiconductors #nvidia #gpu #stockmarket #earnings #business #datacenter #technology

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Markets wobble: tech slump and crypto give back gains (5)
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NVIDIA Pulls GeForce 595.59 WHQL Game Ready Driver After Widespread Bug Reports

techpowerup - NVIDIA has officially pulled its latest GeForce 595.59 WHQL Game Ready driver from the downloads page as user reports of stability issues continue to pile up. Reportedly, users are experiencing fan detection issues on their GPU coolers, with only a single…

#software #hardware #gaming #nvidia #gpu #techsupport #performance #patching #updates #bugs

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8 days / bsky / @techpowerup.com / techpowerup.com

Nvidia rolls back its latest driver update — Game Ready Driver 595.59 reportedly causes fan issues on RTX 3000, 4000, and 5000-series GPUs

8 days / reddit / /u/PaiDuck

NVIDIA “unlaunches” its GeForce 595.59 driver after reports of fan and clock issues - VideoCardz.com

8 days / reddit / /u/rstune

Nvidia rolls back its latest driver update — Game Ready Driver 595.59 reportedly causes fan issues on RTX 3000, 4000, and 5000-series GPUs

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8 days / techpowerup

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Anthropic can't stop humanizing its AI models, now Claude Opus 3 gets a retirement blog

Jonathan Kemper / the-decoder - Anthropic is retiring its Claude Opus 3 AI model and letting it publish weekly essays on Substack. The company says it conducted "retirement interviews" to ask the model about its wishes, and it "enthusiastically" agreed. The move is a prime example of ho…

#ai #digitalmarketing #anthropic #aiethics #genai #business #culture #media #technology #advertising

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Anthropic upgrades Claude: better vision, scheduled tasks, education research

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8 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

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8 days / ycombinator

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Retired Claude writes Substack essays, blurring PR and personhood

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"“These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” Amodei wrote in a blog on Thursday." www.ft.com/content/11d2...

8 days / bsky / @vcarchidi.bsky.social / vcarchidi.bsky.social

Apple and Netflix announce a Formula 1 content swap

Max Knoblauch / sherwood - Apple TV will allow Netflix to simulcast the F1 Canadian Grand Prix in May. Netflix, in turn, will allow Apple to carry its popular “Drive to Survive” docuseries.

#apple #streaming #entertainment #netflix #sports #canada #media #films #tv #broadcasting

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