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Bill Gates-backed TerraPower begins nuclear reactor construction

Anna Washenko / engadget - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted approval to TerraPower to begin construction of a reactor in Wyoming. The project is the first new US commercial nuclear reactor in about a decade, according to The New York Times. TerraPower was founded by Bi…

#innovation #science #energy #government #business #environment #us #engineering #technology #regulation

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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 20156 / 9 stories in 2 days


US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools

Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - Authorities say LeakBase was "one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals," and maintained an archive of hacked databases containing hundreds of millions of passwords.

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #government #internet #cybercrime #us #hack #police #law #eu

Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 20155 / 7 stories in 2 days


US military uses Anthropic's Claude for AI-driven strike planning in Iran war

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - In the war against Iran, the US military is using generative AI at scale for target selection and strike planning for the first time. Of all models, it's the one from the company Washington just banned.The article US military uses Anthropic's Claude for A…


Boardroom battle sparks industry churn and partner defections

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Claude driving US targeting and strike planning in Iran


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Pentagon bans Claude; supply‑chain label spurs resumed talks

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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 20143 / 30 stories in 2 days


The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds

abcnews - A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters

#climate #government #environment #economy #regulation #research

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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 20130 / 3 stories in 2 days


Kraken First Digital Asset Bank to Gain Fed Payment Rail Access

PYMNTS / pymnts - Kraken says its digital asset bank has been granted a Federal Reserve master account. This approval, announced by the crypto exchange Wednesday (March 4), means that Kraken Financial is the first bank of its kind given access to the Fed’s payment system, …

#fintech #crypto #techpolicy #banking #government #finance #payments #regulation #crypto

Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 20126 / 6 stories in 2 days


UK government to launch new £40m AI research lab

Oscar Hornstein / uktech - The British government is launching a new UK AI research lab backed by up to £40m to host new breakthroughs. Part of its ambition to elevate and maintain the country’s position in global AI, the lab will see researchers invited to pitch ideas, secure proj…

#ai #innovation #techpolicy #genai #government #uk #deeptech #research

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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 9:22 am / permalink 20123 / 3 stories in 2 days


A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals

Andy Greenberg / wired - A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.


Coruna's 23-exploit chains compromised tens of thousands


From spies to thieves: Coruna fuels espionage and crypto theft

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Tracing Coruna: likely US‑government roots, contractor fingerprints

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Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 6:20 pm / permalink 20094 / 13 stories in 3 days


OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal As Sam Altman Admits It Looks 'Sloppy'

BeauHD / slashdot - OpenAI is amending its Pentagon contract after CEO Sam Altman acknowledged it appeared "opportunistic and sloppy." On Monday night, Altman said the company would explicitly restrict its technology from being used by intelligence agencies and for mass dome…


Consumer backlash: 'Cancel ChatGPT' surge and rival gains users

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Contract revisions: OpenAI explicitly bars U.S. domestic surveillance


Internal fallout: Altman defends deal, staff express concern

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NATO push: OpenAI eyes unclassified NATO deployments


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Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 3:22 pm / permalink 20081 / 14 stories in 3 days


Oil prices surge to 18-month high as Middle East conflict escalates. Here’s what it means for your gas prices

Sam Becker / fastcompany - Oil prices are on the rise, hitting an 18-month high as of Tuesday as the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran continues. The war against Iran, which started in earnest over the past weekend, has disrupted oil and gas shipments in the Midd…


Bitcoin holds as investors flock to crypto amid market chaos


Cyberwar escalates: hacks, ops, and warnings reverberate

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Markets rout, FX swings, and Asian market collapses

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Oil shock and shipping fears jolt global energy markets


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Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 20076 / 57 stories in 3 days


OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal to Ban Domestic Surveillance

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has updated its Pentagon contract to explicitly ban mass domestic surveillance after employee backlash. Sam Altman called the original deal "sloppy."The post OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal to Ban Domestic Surveillance appeared first on WinBuzzer.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #defensetech #openai #aiethics #genai #government #us #altman #safety

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Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 20050 / 12 stories in 3 days


US Senate’s anti-CBDC housing bill advances with bipartisan support

Danny Park / theblock - The bill includes a provision prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC through the beginning of 2031.

#blockchain #crypto #techpolicy #banking #politics #government #treasury #law #regulation #crypto

Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 10:20 pm / permalink 20037 / 5 stories in 4 days


Intelligence Sharing and Counterterrorism Preparedness at the Local Level

Peter Simpson / hstoday - In the early morning hours of February 28, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against targets in Iran, raising existing concerns about threats to homeland security — including the potential for retaliatory terror attacks…


Cloud infrastructure under fire — AWS data centers hit, outages widespread

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Crypto exodus from Iran — Traders scramble for liquidity, withdrawals spike


Energy and defense market surge — Oil and satellite stocks rally


Regional escalation and logistics strain — Drones, munitions shortages, shipping disruptions

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Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 4:22 pm / permalink 20027 / 64 stories in 4 days


Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death Sparks Revolt Among Kalshi Customers

Kate Knibbs / wired - How Kalshi decided to settle a market tied to Iran’s supreme leader prompted anger among traders who felt the rules weren’t clear.


Insider trades probe — Congress probes mysterious big winners after timed Iran bets

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Kalshi settlement revolt — On the trading floor: traders revolt over settlement


Mainstream uptake — Nasdaq and AP court regulators to legitimize outcome-based markets


Regulatory crackdown — Lawmakers and courts press prediction markets for oversight and limits


Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 3:22 pm / permalink 20019 / 11 stories in 4 days


Iran's cyberwar has begun

Jessica Lyons / theregister - 'Expect elevated activity for the foreseeable future' Iranian hackers have launched spying expeditions, digital probes, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the US and Israel launching missile strikes over the weekend, and secur…


AI and phishing threats — weaponized agents, rising scams, deepfakes

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Iran-linked cyber operations — espionage, DDoS, app propaganda


Maritime and infrastructure disruptions — GPS, AWS outages, internet cuts


OTHER — warnings, VPN workarounds, industry hires, communications advice


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Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 3:22 pm / permalink 20018 / 28 stories in 4 days


OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared

James O'Donnell / technologyreview - On February 28, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal that will allow the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. CEO Sam Altman said the negotiations, which the company began pursuing only after the Pentagon’s public reprimand of Ant…


OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract

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Other: defense tech and tangential AI analysis

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Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines


Users flee ChatGPT; Claude surges in app stores

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Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 20006 / 41 stories in 4 days


Inside the Anthropic-Pentagon breakdown: mass surveillance, autonomous weapons, and a rival deal waiting in the wings

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - New reports from the New York Times and the Atlantic paint a detailed picture of the final hours of negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon. At the center: bulk data collection on American citizens, a rejected cloud workaround, and a parallel Open…


Acquisition news and opinion essays not central to Pentagon clash


Inside tense talks: surveillance, autonomous weapons, OpenAI deal looms


Users cheer, corporations push back as Claude tops app charts

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Wall Street watches as Anthropic faces supply-chain, valuation threats


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Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19992 / 17 stories in 4 days


The digital front: Iran’s internet down for second day amid reports of U.S.-Israel cyberattacks

cnbc - Iran is facing widespread internet disruptions following the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes over the weekend.


Cloud and data-centre hits: AWS outages and regional tech disruptions

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Internet blackout and cyber ops: prayer app weaponized nationwide

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Markets shock: oil, gold, bitcoin swing as war rattles investors


Military strikes and regional fallout: leadership killed, Gulf on edge

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Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 19975 / 67 stories in 4 days


OpenAI’s Altman says Pentagon set ‘scary precedent’ binning Anthropic

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Signs a deal with Washington anyway, says he’s kept control of killer robots by allowing only cloudy AI, with guardrails OpenAI has signed a deal with the United States Department of War (DoW) that allows use of its advanced AI systems in classified envir…


Altman and OpenAI defend Pentagon deal amid optics firestorm

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Anthropic's Pentagon standoff: refused surveillance, tangled in Iran reports


Regulatory power play: lobbying and corporate responsibility in AI


Users revolt: ChatGPT cancellations fuel Claude's App Store surge


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Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 12:20 am / permalink 19966 / 16 stories in 5 days


South Korea’s tax office apologizes for leaking seed phrase to seized crypto

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Went from triumph at having busted tax dodgers to embarrassment at losing the proceeds South Korea’s National Tax Service has apologized after it leaked passwords to a stash of stolen crypto, which parties unknown used to make off with the digi-cash.…

#blockchain #cybersecurity #crypto #government #finance #asia #police #law #wallet #crypto

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Back to Top / Sunday, March 1, 2026, 7:20 pm / permalink 19964 / 6 stories in 5 days


Bitcoin nears $63,000 as U.S. and Israel launch strikes on Iran

Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - The drop extends a pattern where bitcoin sells off on geopolitical shocks before recovering, as the token's 24/7 liquidity makes it one of the few large assets traders can exit over the weekend.


Crypto market turbulence — Traders flee risk as rockets and tweets roil crypto.

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Military operations and political fallout — Strikes target Iran's leadership; region braces for wider retaliation.

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Oil, markets, and regional disruption — Oil spikes, markets jitter as Gulf trade and flights halt.

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OTHER — Collateral fallout: media, travel, datacenters, and betting controversies.

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Back to Top / Saturday, February 28, 2026, 2:20 am / permalink 19932 / 123 stories in 6 days


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SoftBank seeks massive $40B loan to back OpenAI investment, courting big risk

SoftBank is reportedly seeking up to a $40 billion loan to finance its planned stake in OpenAI, an audacious use of leverage to double down on the AI boom. The move would be one of the largest single‑company financing gambits in recent memory, raising questions about balance‑sheet strain versus potential upside. More...


Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity

Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand a flagship Texas data center, leaving substantial compute capacity up for grabs. Nvidia reportedly brokered interest from Meta to take the unused slots as OpenAI downscales that particular buildout, a move that rattled markets and highlights shifting demand for large-scale on-prem AI infrastructure. More...


Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply‑chain risk; company vows legal fight

The Pentagon has designated Anthropic and its products as a “supply‑chain risk,” prompting the company to announce a court challenge. Experts warn the move could chill collaboration and talent flows into AI, while Anthropic insists it will contest the determination to protect its operations and customers. More...


OpenAI launches Codex Security agent to automatically detect software vulnerabilities

OpenAI rolled out Codex Security, an AI agent that scans codebases to find complex vulnerabilities, suggests actionable fixes, and uses sandbox testing to limit false positives. The tool has already flagged issues in major projects and aims to compete with traditional application security tooling by automating deep, contextual code review. More...


Google releases Workspace CLI enabling AI agents to access Gmail, Drive, Calendar

Google has shipped an open-source Workspace CLI that gives AI agents like OpenClaw programmatic access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar and other Workspace services via a built-in MCP server. The tool standardizes agent integration, making it easier — and slightly creepier — for automated assistants to act on users’ behalf across core productivity apps. More...



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