NZXT Dredges Up H1 PCIe Riser Debacle to Reassure H2 Flow Buyers: "It Cannot Happen Again"
techpowerup - If you were in or around the PC building space in 2020, you'd have at least heard about the fire risk related to the PCIe riser cable on the original NZXT H1 mini ITX case, which eventually resulted in a recall and replacement PCIe riser kits being sent o…
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OpenAI Fires an Employee For Prediction Market Insider Trading
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: OpenAI has fired an employee following an investigation into their activity on prediction market platforms including Polymarket, WIRED has learned. OpenAI CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, disclosed the termi…
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Paramount Skydance-WBD Merger Agreement Officially Announced
Stephanie Prange / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 27 announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Paramount will acquire WBD. Under the terms of the agreement, Paramount will pay $31 per share in cash for all outstandi…
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More Tech Layoffs: Jack Dorsey Cuts Block’s Workforce Nearly in Half, Blames AI
Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - Block cuts 4,000 jobs as Jack Dorsey pivots to an AI-driven model despite rising profits, signaling a broader tech shift toward smaller AI-powered teams.The post More Tech Layoffs: Jack Dorsey Cuts Block’s Workforce Nearly in Half, Blames AI appeared firs…
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Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks
PYMNTS / pymnts - Burger King has equipped managers and employees with an artificial intelligence-powered tool called BK Assistant. BK Assistant providers staffers with access to operational guidelines, inventory management and compliance tracking, “enabling them to focus …
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Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models
Tim Fernholz / techcrunch - Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, "unifies every current AI capability into a single system."
- Industry races: multi-agent startups, Chinese models, and multimodal rivals (4)
- OTHER: Model auditing reveals systematic biases across major LLMs (1)
- Perplexity unveils Computer and high-performance embeddings, orchestrating multi-model workflows (7)
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Industry races: multi-agent startups, Chinese models, and multimodal rivals
OTHER: Model auditing reveals systematic biases across major LLMs
Perplexity unveils Computer and high-performance embeddings, orchestrating multi-model workflows
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Bitcoin options market signaling “smart money is still paying up for downside protection rather than chasing the pump”
Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy / sherwood - Bitcoin is heading toward its worst February since 2020 and its fifth consecutive month in the red.
- Bitcoin pullback and rebounds: volatile swings amid macro headwinds (5)
- Crackdown and caution: seizures, ATM bans, probes target crypto (3)
- Smart-money hedges: traders buy downside protection amid sell-off (3)
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Bitcoin pullback and rebounds: volatile swings amid macro headwinds
Crackdown and caution: seizures, ATM bans, probes target crypto
Smart-money hedges: traders buy downside protection amid sell-off
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Pokémon Winds and Waves launch on the Switch 2 in 2027
Charles Pulliam-Moore / theverge - It's time to say goodbye to the Paldea region because a new generation of mainline Pokémon games are on the way. During today's big Pokémon Presents stream, Nintendo announced that Pokémon Wind and Waves are the next installments in the core game series. …
- 30th-anniversary merchandise and collectibles (4)
- Event coverage and recaps (3)
- Gen 10 reveal & Switch 2 launch (7)
- Starters and fan reaction (3)
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30th-anniversary merchandise and collectibles
Event coverage and recaps
Gen 10 reveal & Switch 2 launch
Starters and fan reaction
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Netflix cedes Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount: “No longer financially attractive”
Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Netflix shares jumped following the announcement.
- Inside Netflix's rethink: strategic relief or missed opportunity? (3)
- Paramount's superior bid seals deal; Netflix steps aside (3)
- Regulators and Ellison’s empire: what Paramount would control (2)
- Trading floors cheer: stocks bounce after Netflix exits WBD (6)
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Inside Netflix's rethink: strategic relief or missed opportunity?
Paramount's superior bid seals deal; Netflix steps aside
Regulators and Ellison’s empire: what Paramount would control
Trading floors cheer: stocks bounce after Netflix exits WBD
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Japan Injects $1.7 Billion Into Rapidus, Retains Veto Power Over Chip Startup
Harkaram Grewal / implicator - Japan secures veto power over Rapidus with golden share as $1.7B funding round from 32 companies exceeds targets for 2nm chip venture.
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Duolingo shares plunge 23% after weak 2026 bookings forecast
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Duolingo forecast first-quarter and full-year bookings below analyst estimates as it shifts strategy toward faster user growth, a move it said will weigh on bookings growth and profitability this year. The company’s shares dropped more than 23% in after-h…
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Apple says it has "a big week ahead." Here's what we expect to see.
Andrew Cunningham / arstechnica - Apple is taking an "ain't broke/don't fix" approach to most of its gadgets.
- Apple teases 'big week'; low-cost MacBook and launches incoming. (5)
- Other: Mac mini AI use and macOS downgrade guidance. (2)
- Studio Display refresh rumors hint at Pro model, higher specs. (3)
- Touchscreen MacBook debate revives Jobs' objections amid design fixes. (2)
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Apple teases 'big week'; low-cost MacBook and launches incoming.
Other: Mac mini AI use and macOS downgrade guidance.
Studio Display refresh rumors hint at Pro model, higher specs.
Touchscreen MacBook debate revives Jobs' objections amid design fixes.
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eBay Announces Workforce Reduction of 800 Employees Amid Strategic Overhaul
Trader Edge / parameter - eBay eliminates 800 positions in restructuring effort while acquiring Depop for $1.2B and reporting Q4 revenue growth of 15% to $2.97 billion.The post eBay Announces Workforce Reduction of 800 Employees Amid Strategic Overhaul appeared first on Parameter.
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OpenAI closes $110 billion funding round with backing from Amazon, Nvidia, Softbank
cnbc - OpenAI's latest funding round is even bigger than its prior financing, which was a record amount for private tech companies.
- Breaking: OpenAI says it closed $110B mega‑round (15)
- On-site: Amazon/NVIDIA deals, Trainium and compute commitments (6)
- OTHER: user metrics and market reaction (2)
- Scrutiny: conditional tranches, installments, skeptical reporting (5)
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Breaking: OpenAI says it closed $110B mega‑round
On-site: Amazon/NVIDIA deals, Trainium and compute commitments
OTHER: user metrics and market reaction
Scrutiny: conditional tranches, installments, skeptical reporting
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Meta signs multibillion-dollar deal to rent Google TPUs for AI training
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Meta Platforms has signed an agreement to rent Google’s tensor processing units through Google Cloud to develop new AI models. The deal marks a major expansion of Google’s TPU commercialization strategy, which previously restricted the chips to its own in…
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Block cuts nearly half its workforce as Dorsey credits AI, but the real reasons predate the hype
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Jack Dorsey blames AI for cutting nearly half of Block's workforce. But a closer look at the company's history of overhiring and structural problems tells a different story.The article Block cuts nearly half its workforce as Dorsey credits AI, but the rea…
- Breaking: Block slashes staff 40%, Dorsey defends AI pivot (7)
- Corporate fallout: CFOs and finance teams rethink operations (1)
- Critics: ‘AI excuse’ covers COVID-era overhiring and restructuring (7)
- Markets roar: stock surges, futures fall, analysts upgrade (4)
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Breaking: Block slashes staff 40%, Dorsey defends AI pivot
Corporate fallout: CFOs and finance teams rethink operations
Critics: ‘AI excuse’ covers COVID-era overhiring and restructuring
Markets roar: stock surges, futures fall, analysts upgrade
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ISPTech Raises €5.5M Seed To Improve In-Orbit Mobility
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - InSpacePropulsion Technologies (ISPTech), a German space technology company focused on fast and agile in-orbit manoeuvring, has raised €5.5 million to accelerate deployment of its non-toxic propulsion systems for operational missions. The funding round wa…
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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.
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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 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)
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AI hardware prices spike; DGX Spark rises $700
Chip crunch threatens budget PCs and phones
DRAM price surge: suppliers hike quotes and contracts
IDC warns record 13% smartphone slump in 2026
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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…
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