Palantir rallies 15% for the week as Iran war boosts prospects, muting Anthropic concern

cnbc - Palantir's stock had its best week since August and outperformed all of its large-cap tech peers after the U.S. attacked Iran.

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Oracle and OpenAI scrap deal to expand flagship Texas data centre

ft - Meta in talks to take up additional computing capacity that the ChatGPT maker will not take up

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Valve hints at Steam Machine delay… but the plot thickens

digitaltrends - Valve says memory and storage shortages may delay the Steam Machine and related hardware, while updated listings showing “Coming soon” suggest development is still progressing behind the scenes. The post Valve hints at Steam Machine delay… but the plot th…

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Nintendo is suing the U.S. government over illegal tariffs

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Mario is taking on Trump. Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over tariffs it imposed last year, as first reported by Aftermath. In a complaint to the U.S. Court of International Trade, Nintendo’s lawyers took aim at the “unlawful imp…

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Apple's 'HomePad' Now Rumored to Launch Even Later Than Expected

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple's long-rumored smart home hub device will launch in the fall of 2026, according to the leaker and prototype collector known as "Kosutami."In a new post on X, Kosutami said that the device, colloquially dubbed the "HomePad," is now set to arrive in t…

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The U.S. just unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs. Here’s how that could affect Fed interest rates, gas prices, and the Iran war

Jennifer Mattson / fastcompany - The latest U.S. jobs report is out and it isn’t pretty. The economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, missing expectations, as unemployment rose to 4.4%, according to data from the Labor Department. Economists had expected 60,000 new jobs in February.“The hea…

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Tim Sweeney Signed Away His Right to Criticize Google’s Play Store Until 2032

John Gruber / theverge - Sean Hollister, writing for The Verge: But Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. It’s right there in abinding term sheet for his settlement with Google.On March 3rd, he not only signed away Epic’s rights to sue anddisparage the company over anything cov…

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Kazakhstan's Central Bank Will Invest Up to $350 Million in Crypto Assets: Reuters

André Beganski / decrypt - The planned investments represent a sliver of its gold and foreign exchange reserves.

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Softbank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI stake

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - A $40 billion loan for a single bet on OpenAI. Softbank is taking what the AI industry has been doing for a while to its logical extreme: financing the boom on credit.The article Softbank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI stake appeared first o…

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Dubai Orders Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Stop Offering Services to Residents

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - KuCoin must stop offering its services in Dubai, the emirate's crypto regulator said this week, as it is not appropriately licensed.

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Meta allows rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe for a fee

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Meta announced it will permit general-purpose AI chatbot providers to offer their services on WhatsApp in Europe via its business API for the next 12 months. The company said this policy change is a response to the European Commission’s regulatory process…

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Hardware data platform Nominal hits $1B valuation with $80M from Founders Fund

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - US-based engineering software company Nominal has raised $80 million in new funding, bringing its valuation to $1 billion.…

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TaxDown secures €4M from BBVA Spark to enhance its AI solution

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Madrid-based TaxDown hassecured €4 million in financing from BBVA Spark. The funding is supported bythe European Union’s NextGenerationEU program and the European Investment Fund(EIF), with additional...

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Crypto Exchange OKX Debuts Social Platform Linking Posts to Trades

Sebastian Sinclair / decrypt - Orbit allows traders to disclose portfolio data and earn rewards tied to follower engagement in what OKX is touting as a transparency play.

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