COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time
Anna Washenko / engadget - Today the US Senate unanimously passed proposed legislation known as COPPA 2.0. This measure, fully named the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new protections for younger users online, such as blocking platforms from colle…
- Across Asia: governments moving to ban under-16s on social media (5)
- On Capitol Hill: federal push for tougher kids' online rules (3)
- Privacy and household risks: broader concerns beyond regulation (2)
- Tech reality check: how age verification will actually work (2)
Across Asia: governments moving to ban under-16s on social media
On Capitol Hill: federal push for tougher kids' online rules
Privacy and household risks: broader concerns beyond regulation
Tech reality check: how age verification will actually work
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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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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
Joseph Cox / 404media - A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
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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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Pentagon says it is labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk 'effective immediately'
abcnews - The Trump administration is following through with its threat to designate artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a supply chain risk in an unprecedented move that could force other government contractors to stop using the AI chatbot Claude
- Anthropic challenges designation, promises legal battle (9)
- Industry reaction: Microsoft keeps Claude; Nvidia speaks (4)
- Other: tools, user conversations, analysis, and opinion pieces (7)
- Pentagon formally designates Anthropic a supply‑chain risk (10)
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Anthropic challenges designation, promises legal battle
Industry reaction: Microsoft keeps Claude; Nvidia speaks
Other: tools, user conversations, analysis, and opinion pieces
Pentagon formally designates Anthropic a supply‑chain risk
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Google Loses Key Legal Battle in Massive Canadian Advertising Antitrust Case
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - The Competition Tribunal just shut down Google’s attempt to use a constitutional challenge to block a major antitrust case here in Canada. The ruling, handed down on March 4, 2026, basically says Google’s claim that its rights were violated doesn’t hold w…
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Kraken's surprise Fed win may harken onslaught of crypto firms with narrow Fed access
Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - The Kansas City Fed may term this "Tier 3" access, but Kraken's entry into the vaunted Fed payments system has riled bankers and raised crypto hopes.
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OpenAI’s Pentagon deal once again calls Sam Altman’s credibility into question
Mark Sullivan / fastcompany - Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here.Familiar tensions around Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO Sam Altman voiced his s…
- Canada safety row: Altman agrees immediate AI safety steps (3)
- GPT-5.4 launch: OpenAI teases powerful model, seeks a win (22)
- OTHER: governance, tooling, and industry ripple effects (4)
- Pentagon deal fallout: Altman's credibility on the line (6)
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Canada safety row: Altman agrees immediate AI safety steps
GPT-5.4 launch: OpenAI teases powerful model, seeks a win
OTHER: governance, tooling, and industry ripple effects
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NVIDIA Stops China-Focused H200 "Hopper" GPU Production
techpowerup - NVIDIA has reportedly halted production of its China-focused H200 "Hopper" GPU at TSMC's facilities, according to multiple reports. The company has built up an inventory of 250,000 H200 GPUs, which will be available in the Chinese market for select applic…
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Anthropic Returns to Negotiations With Pentagon Over AI Guardrails
PYMNTS / pymnts - Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei has resumed discussions with the Pentagon over how the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) models can be used by the U.S. military, reopening negotiations that collapsed last week over disagreements about safety r…
- Amodei lashes out at OpenAI in leaked staff memos (3)
- Back at the table: Anthropic resumes Pentagon negotiations (4)
- Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, escalates conflict (5)
- Wider debate: AI guardrails, industry impact and lessons (3)
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Amodei lashes out at OpenAI in leaked staff memos
Back at the table: Anthropic resumes Pentagon negotiations
Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, escalates conflict
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Meta to Open Up WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots for a Fee Following EU Objections
Edith Hancock / wsj - The move come after the European Commission said it could impose a temporary injunction on the company as part of an antitrust probe into its AI policy.
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Labubu sues 3D printer maker Bambu Lab for items made by its users — MakerWorld design repository in hot water over IP theft by its users
tomshardware - While Bambu Lab builds tools to protect creators, a Chinese court case over 3D-printed Labubu fakes turns the tables on the 3DP giant.
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Apple Music Rolls Out AI Transparency Tags, But Platform-Level Oversight Still Missing
Chaitanya Kohli / medianama - Announcing the transparency tags in a newsletter to the industry partners, Apple said it is leaving it to the labels to determine what qualifies as AI content, like "genres, credits and other metadata". The post Apple Music Rolls Out AI Transparency Tags,…
- Apple unveils Transparency Tags for AI-generated music (5)
- Labels must self-declare; enforcement absent on platform (3)
- Platforms differ: Deezer and Spotify use detection tools (1)
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Apple unveils Transparency Tags for AI-generated music
Labels must self-declare; enforcement absent on platform
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The Pentagon-Anthropic feud is quietly obscuring the real fight over military AI
Caroline Orr Bueno / fastcompany - The controversy over the Pentagon’s use of Anthropic’s models has become a flashpoint in the national debate over military artificial intelligence, and sparked outrage from Washington to Silicon Valley. The Pentagon wanted to buy Anthropic’s AI models wit…
- Former officials push back — legal and governance alarm over AI (4)
- Industry feud: Anthropic accuses OpenAI of dishonesty, messaging war (2)
- Negotiations collapse: Anthropic, Pentagon clash over $200M contract (5)
- Startups race to build weapons systems Anthropic refused (3)
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Former officials push back — legal and governance alarm over AI
Industry feud: Anthropic accuses OpenAI of dishonesty, messaging war
Negotiations collapse: Anthropic, Pentagon clash over $200M contract
Startups race to build weapons systems Anthropic refused
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