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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China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Call to do better with chips and put AI everywhere is more than rhetoric because China’s scientists are sprinting ahead China’s government has again made reducing reliance on imported digital technology a major goal.…
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Tech Giants Pledge to Power Their Own AI Data Centers
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI have signed a White House pledge committing to generate their own electricity for new AI data centers.The post Tech Giants Pledge to Power Their Own AI Data Centers appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL) Stock: Q4 Revenue Hits $2.2B Record as AI Demand Drives 42% Annual Growth
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Marvell hits $2.22B Q4 revenue record as AI data center demand soars. GAAP net income rises to $396M; non-GAAP reaches $685M in Q4. Fiscal 2026 revenue jumps 42% to $8.2B on strong AI chip growth. CEO highlights record design wins fueling future AI i…
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X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.
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Crypto billionaire Justin Sun settles US fraud case for US$10 million
scmp - The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to settle its civil fraud case against Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, with one of Sun’s companies paying a US$10 million penalty, a court filing showed on Thursday.The SEC sued Sun and …
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Tens of thousands report Amazon outages
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - If you’ve been having issues with Amazon right now, you’re not alone. Since around 2:30 p.m. ET, more than 20,000 people reported outages on Downdetector. On the site, some people report being unable to sign in or view the correct prices, while others say…
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