Freitag, 27. März 2026

13:40
China's broadening Manus review raises doubts about the “Singapore-washing” model; sources: Meta moved 100+ Manus employees to Singapore in early March
CNBC
13:06
Microsoft will lease Crusoe's 900 MW data center in Abilene, Texas, after Oracle and OpenAI reportedly withdrew, with the first building expected by mid-2027
Bloomberg
11:50
Iran-linked hacker group Handala Hack Team claims the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email and publishes some documents online
Reuters
11:35
Meta agrees to fund Entergy Louisiana's new energy infrastructure for its Louisiana data center, including seven natural gas power plants
Wall Street Journal
10:45
Sources: Aetherflux, founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt to develop orbital data centers, aims to raise $250M to $300M in a Series B at a $2B valuation
Wall Street Journal
10:05
Anthropic says it's testing an AI model that's a “step change” in performance after a draft blog in an unsecured data store revealed the Claude Mythos model
Fortune
09:35
OpenAI launches Codex plugins to standardize repeatable AI workflows, with 20+ initial integrations such as Figma, Notion, Gmail, and Slack
ZDNET
08:45
Sony says it plans to raise the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles globally beginning on April 2; the PS5 will cost $650, PS5 Digital $600, and PS5 Pro $900
The Verge
08:15
Unity plans to shut down its ironSource advertising network on April 30 and has begun the process of divesting Supersonic, its casual game publishing arm
CTech
06:50
SoftBank says it has secured a $40B bridge loan maturing in 2027 from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and other banks, to fund further investment in OpenAI
Reuters
05:40
Sources: Alibaba and ByteDance plan to order Huawei's new 950PR AI chip after tests show better CUDA compatibility; Huawei targets ~750K 950PR shipments in 2026
Reuters
02:10
Sources: Moonshot AI may scrap its Cayman structure for a China or Hong Kong entity to prepare for a Hong Kong IPO and plans to raise funding at ~$18B valuation
Wall Street Journal
01:10
Meta's Oversight Board says Community Notes aren't a proper substitute for fact checking, and warns expanding them beyond the US could pose human rights risks
Nieman Lab
00:00
Tazapay, which builds cross-border payment infrastructure for fintech and web3 firms, says it closed a Series B extension, bringing its total Series B to $36M
Cointelegraph

Donnerstag, 26. März 2026

23:35
Steno, which offers an AI-powered case transcript analysis tool for legal professionals, raised a $49M Series C led by Savano Capital Partners
SiliconANGLE
23:20
Miami-based telehealth company eMed raised a $200M Series A at a $2B+ valuation to advance its agentic AI platform and more; Tom Brady participated in the round
Reuters
22:45
Senior Trump officials say SMIC has been sending chipmaking tools to Iran for about a year; the US has sanctioned the company over alleged Chinese military ties
Reuters
22:15
NY-based Blossom Health, which makes an “AI copilot” to augment psychiatrists' clinical decisions and automate office tasks, raised $20M in seed and Series A
Fortune
21:30
Sources: SpaceX's IPO plans include investor visits to its sites, unusual lockup periods, and preferential treatment for investors in Musk's other companies
Wall Street Journal
21:05
Source: Elon Musk is discussing allocating as much as 30% of SpaceX's IPO to individual investors, at least three times the usual retail slice
Reuters
20:50
Q&A with New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez about the New Mexico and LA social media trials, Big Tech's “Big Tobacco” moment, what it means for Congress, and more
Politico
20:20
Source: Thrive Holdings has landed $1B in commitments for a new fundraising deal and is considering raising at least another $1B after strong investor interest
Bloomberg
19:25
A US judge grants Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction in its suit against the Trump administration over the DOD's decision to blacklist the company
CNBC
19:00
In an interview, David Sacks says he has relinquished his role as AI and crypto czar after using up his time as a special government employee
Bloomberg
18:35
Sources: Anthropic executives have discussed an IPO as soon as Q4, and bankers vying to take the company public expect it to raise more than $60B
The Information
18:00
OpenAI has surpassed $100M in annualized revenue from ChatGPT ads, has expanded to 600+ advertisers, and plans to launch self-serve advertiser access in April
The Information
17:45
Google releases new tools for its Gemini AI assistant that let users upload chat history and context from other AI apps, making it easier to switch from them
Bloomberg
17:15
Apple discontinues the Mac Pro and says it has no plans to offer future Mac Pro hardware
9to5Mac
17:05
Sources: Apple granted out-of-cycle bonuses worth several hundred thousand dollars to iPhone hardware designers, as OpenAI and others poach its engineers
Bloomberg
16:40
X limits X Pro access to subscribers of the $40/month Premium+ plan without notifying users in advance; it was previously available in the $8/month Premium plan
MacRumors
16:30
Xona, which aims to build a commercial alternative to GPS by launching a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation, raised a $170M Series C
SpaceNews
15:40
Meta plans to increase its investment in a data center in El Paso, Texas, to more than $10B, a significant rise from the initial $1.5B commitment
Bloomberg
15:35
Netflix raises US prices following a January 2025 hike; standard with ads rises $1 to $8.99/month; standard with no ads and premium rise $2 to $19.99 and $26.99
Variety
15:20
Sources: X let go of 20+ staffers in nontechnical roles ahead of a SpaceX IPO; X staff have been told to focus on growing revenue since xAI brought on a CRO
Wall Street Journal
14:50
Italy-based Subbyx, which builds infrastructure that lets businesses offer access-based subscriptions, raised a €30M Series A
Tech.eu
14:40
Fannie Mae will accept crypto-backed mortgages for the first time; Coinbase launches a mortgage product allowing buyers to pledge bitcoin or USDC as collateral
Wall Street Journal
14:20
Sources: Apple plans to open up Siri to run any AI service via App Store apps in iOS 27, dropping ChatGPT as an exclusive partner in Apple Intelligence and Siri
Bloomberg
14:00
The China Computer Federation calls for a boycott of AI conference NeurIPS after organizers barred submissions from US-sanctioned companies like Huawei
South China Morning Post
13:40
Google expands Search Live, its AI conversational search feature previously limited to the US and India, to all languages and regions where AI Mode is available
TechCrunch
13:05
Meta stock fell 8% on Thursday after juries in two US trials found the company failed to adequately warn or protect young users
Reuters
12:25
Cohere launches Transcribe, its first voice model; the 2B-parameter, open-source speech recognition model handles tasks like notetaking and speech analysis
TechCrunch
12:10
The US FCC opens a comment period for a proposal to help return outsourced call center jobs to the US; critics say the plan could drive companies to automation
Wall Street Journal
12:00
ByteDance launches its Dreamina Seedance 2.0 audio and video model in its CapCut editing platform, supporting clips up to 15 seconds across six aspect ratios
TechCrunch
11:50
A US federal judge dismisses X's antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers and a group of major companies of illegally boycotting X
Reuters
11:35
Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, an audio model with improved tonal understanding and lower latency for real-time dialogue, watermarked with SynthID
The Keyword
11:20
Wikipedia bans using AI for writing or rewriting articles on its English-language site, citing AI-written articles' tendency to violate “core content policies”
The Verge
10:30
Cents, which makes operating and payments software for laundromats, raised a $110M Series C, following a $40M Series B in 2024
Axios
09:30
Apple expands its American Manufacturing Program, adding Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics to make components in the US for products sold globally
CNBC
09:20
The European Parliament votes to ban nudify apps and delay EU AI Act deadlines, including pushing compliance for high-risk AI systems back to December 2027
The Verge
09:10
WhatsApp rolls out features and updates: an AI tool that suggests replies based on a user's conversations, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more
TechCrunch
08:15
Mistral launches Voxtral TTS, an open-source enterprise text-to-speech model that supports nine languages, including Hindi and Arabic, based on Ministral 3B
TechCrunch
08:05
Defense tech startup Shield AI raised $2B at a $12.7B valuation, up from $5.3B after raising $240M in March 2025; half of its business is autonomous software
New York Times
08:00
Interviews with 37 Anduril sources detail safety concerns and project challenges at Anduril's manufacturing operations; Anduril calls the claims “inaccurate”
Wired
07:45
The European Commission opens a DSA investigation into Snap for failing to protect kids on Snapchat, including whether it does enough to assess its users' ages
Politico
07:35
The EU accuses Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos of failing to protect kids from exposure to pornographic content, in preliminary DSA investigation findings
Financial Times
07:25
As US lawmakers struggle to pass online safety laws, LA and New Mexico juries take the lead, holding social media companies accountable for harming young users
New York Times
07:15
Meituan reports Q4 revenue up 4.1% YoY to ~$13.3B and a ~$2.2B adjusted net loss, vs. ~$1.9B est., amid an intense food delivery fight with Alibaba and JD.com
Bloomberg
07:05
Sources: OpenAI has shelved its erotic chatbot “indefinitely” as it refocuses on its core products after technical issues and concerns from staff and investors
Financial Times
06:55
Revolut says it aims to base ~40% of its global workforce in India by the end of 2026, increasing its local headcount to 5,500; Revolut has 12K staff globally
Reuters
06:45
Sources: Chinese chipmaker CXMT hit ~$8B in 2025 revenue, up 130% YoY, and projects ~$435M in adjusted net income, excluding one-time items, ahead of an IPO
Bloomberg
06:35
Melania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to push integrating tech into US children's educational and social lives
New York Times
06:20
Book excerpt: how Google acquired DeepMind for $650M in 2014, beating Facebook to the deal; Mustafa Suleyman used poker-style bluffing to secure a safety board
Wall Street Journal
06:10
Sources: Google's top India counsel, Bijoya Roy, quit after 16 months to start a venture, a high-profile exit in a market where Google faces regulatory issues
Reuters
06:00
Pony AI reports 2025 revenue up 20% YoY to $90M, total annual losses down 72% YoY to $76.8M, and a $75.5M net income in Q4, marking its first profitable quarter
Bloomberg
05:50
The US Army selects Carlyle and KKR to build two data centers on military bases, set to cost $2B each, as its token usage rises 8x during the US' war in Iran
Financial Times
05:40
Uber partners with China-based Pony AI and Croatia-based, Rimac-spinoff Verne to launch Europe's first commercial robotaxi service, initially debuting in Zagreb
The Verge
04:50
An oral history of Apple's earliest days told by people who lived it, including Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, Mike Markkula, and Liza Loop, as Apple turns 50
Fast Company
04:35
The $6M LA social media verdict is a win for the plaintiffs bar, not kids or society; parenting helps mitigate the harms and most kids don't face severe issues
Wall Street Journal
02:20
How Theia, a satellite imaging startup that raised $250M+ by 2020, collapsed after the US DOJ indicted its founder and four other execs on federal fraud charges
Bloomberg
01:15
Back-to-back jury verdicts holding Meta liable could spur a flood of litigation against social media companies and threaten to undermine Section 230 protections
Wall Street Journal

Mittwoch, 25. März 2026

23:55
The US DOJ charges a Chinese national and two Americans for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly $62M worth of export-controlled Nvidia A100s and H100s into China
PCMag
23:35
Deccan AI, which supplies post-training data and evaluation work, raised a $25M Series A led by A91 Partners; most of its workforce of experts is based in India
TechCrunch
23:25
Leaked memo: Meta's Reality Labs is reorganizing employees into AI-native “pods” focused on specific outcomes, as part of a shift toward a flatter organization
Business Insider
23:15
Sources: Reflection AI, which is developing open foundation models, seeks to raise $2.5B at a pre-money valuation of $25B; JPMorgan is in talks to participate
Wall Street Journal
22:30
Filing: Apple settled its June 2025 lawsuit against former Vision Pro designer Di Liu, who agreed to return confidential docs to Apple and pay monetary damages
9to5Mac
22:05
OpenRouter data: lower-cost Chinese AI models made by companies such as DeepSeek and MiniMax have overtaken their US rivals in token consumption since February
Financial Times
21:50
San Francisco became a lab for police surveillance after initially fighting it; the SFPD had a record 700 drone flights in February, up from 93 in February 2025
The San Francisco Standard
20:55
Isara, which aims to build software that can coordinate the work of thousands of AI agents, raised $94M and says OpenAI backed the startup at a $650M valuation
Wall Street Journal
19:35
Microsoft says it will use GitHub Copilot interaction data, like inputs, outputs, and code snippets, to train its AI models from April 24, unless users opt out
How-To Geek
19:05
Google sets its post-quantum cryptography migration deadline for 2029, aiming to “secure the quantum era” as “quantum frontiers may be closer than they appear”
Ars Technica
17:50
Elon Musk's lawyers ask a Delaware judge to step back from cases involving him, after she “liked” a LinkedIn post celebrating his defeat in a California case
Financial Times
17:25
Singapore-based Startale, developer of the Strium blockchain for tokenized securities and JPYSC and USDSC stablecoins, raised a $63M Series A from SBI and Sony
CoinDesk
16:05
Source: Meta on Wednesday laid off around 700 employees in the Reality Labs unit, as well as some in recruiting, sales, and Facebook
New York Times
15:45
Nintendo says its new first-party games exclusive to Switch 2 will have different prices for their physical and digital versions in the US, beginning in May
Video Games Chronicle
15:25
The ARC Prize Foundation unveils ARC-AGI-3, an AI benchmark with simple video-game-like scenarios designed to measure on-the-fly reasoning, not memory recall
Fast Company
14:50
Reddit says it will label automated accounts that are providing a service to users and will require accounts suspected of being bots to verify if they are human
TechCrunch
13:50
A jury in the Los Angeles social media trial awards the plaintiff $3M in compensatory damages and $3M in punitive damages; Meta will pay $4.2M and YouTube $1.8M
New York Times
13:35
Social media addiction trial: an LA jury finds Meta and YouTube were negligent and failed to warn users on the dangers of their platforms; both plan to appeal
CNBC
13:00
Google launches Lyria 3 Pro, a music generation model with better creative control and that lets users create three-minute tracks, up from Lyria 3's 30 seconds
TechCrunch
12:40
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduce legislation to pause new data center construction until AI safeguards are in place
Axios
12:35
Sources: cloud provider Vultr is seeking to raise $1B+ to expand its AI computing capacity, after raising $333M at a $3.5B valuation in 2024
The Information
12:20
Epic Microsystems, which designs power delivery architecture for better thermal and efficiency management of AI data centers, raised a $21M Series A
Axios
12:10
Source: as part of its Google deal, Apple has full access to the Gemini model in its own data centers and can use distillation to produce smaller models
The Information
11:35
Charlotte-based Lucid Bots, which manufactures autonomous drones for cleaning windows, raised a $20M Series B co-led by Cubit and Idea Fund
TechCrunch
11:20
Google Research details TurboQuant, a quantization algorithm that enables massive compression of LLMs and vector search engines without sacrificing accuracy
Google Research
10:40
SCOTUS rules unanimously that Cox could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online, after music labels sued the internet provider in 2018
New York Times
10:20
Glimpse, which uses AI agents to let 200+ brands automate financial deduction processes, raised a $35M Series A led by a16z, bringing its total raised to $52M
TechCrunch
10:10
Notch, which is developing an OS designed for high-compliance sectors, raised a $30M Series A led by Headline, after pivoting from being a specialty insurer
SiliconANGLE
10:05
Elon Musk says X will “pause” new creator monetization rules that would base payouts on engagement from a user's local audience, after criticism from creators
TechCrunch
09:50
Meta Platforms to Lay Off Hundreds
The Information
09:45
Normal Computing, which uses AI to help chip companies design chips more efficiently, raised $50M led by Samsung Catalyst and says it has 5+ top chip clients
Fortune
09:35
Legal AI company Harvey raised $200M led by GIC and Sequoia at an $11B valuation, up from $8B in December 2025, and reports 100K+ users at 1,300+ organizations
CNBC
09:26
Sources: AI science startup Periodic Labs, founded by ex-OpenAI VP Liam Fedus and DeepMind's Ekin Cubuk, aims to raise hundreds of millions at a ~$7B valuation
Bloomberg
09:15
President Trump names Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Jensen Huang, and others to the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, co-chaired by David Sacks
Wall Street Journal
08:35
Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure
Financial Times
08:20
Temu owner PDD reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to ~$18B and net profit down 11% YoY to ~$3.56B, below ~$4B est., as it seeks to retain merchants on its platform
Wall Street Journal
08:10
AI note taking startup Granola raised $125M led by Index Ventures at a $1.5B valuation, and plans Claude integrations and agentic AI features in the next year
Bloomberg
07:30
Meta debuts Meta Small Business, a company-wide priority to support entrepreneurship and drive AI use, led by Dina Powell McCormick and others
Axios
07:15
Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on changing Arm's culture, working with Arm owner SoftBank, developing Arm's AGI CPU data center chip fabricated by TSMC, and more
Wired
07:05
Kansas-based NoTraffic, which uses AI-driven operating systems and sensor data to optimize intersection traffic flow, raised a $90M Series C led by PSG Equity
Axios
06:50
Chinese AI company Kuaishou reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to ~$5.7B, meeting est., adjusted net income up 16% YoY, and Kling AI revenue up 13% YoY to ~$49M
Bloomberg
06:40
X says it is updating its revenue-sharing incentives to give more weight to engagement from a user's home region, hoping to “disincentivize” gaming US attention
Engadget
06:20
How internet censorship tech maker Sandvine, a vendor to repressive regimes like Egypt's, nearly collapsed before US restrictions forced new owners and a pivot
Bloomberg
06:05
US-based digital rights group Holistic Resilience launched Mahsa Alert to offer Iranians offline mapping and strike notifications, hitting 100K+ DAUs in days
Wired
05:40
OpenAI hires Kiran Mani, the CEO of Indian streaming platform JioStar, for a newly created role leading its Asia-Pacific operations, reporting to CSO Jason Kwon
Bloomberg
04:45
EQT and McKinsey study: between 2014 and 2025, European tech companies with a current combined value of ~€1.2T listed abroad or were acquired by foreign buyers
Bloomberg
04:00
Memo: Sam Altman says OpenAI's next model finished pretraining, and moves Safety to Research and Security to Scaling; Fidji Simo becomes CEO of “AGI Deployment”
Sources
02:35
How AI is helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world at high risk of landslides by analyzing data from satellites and ground-based sensors
BBC
02:05
Large US corporations are not ditching core business software for AI yet, instead seeking better vendor deals and “vibe-coding” smaller apps and customizations
Wall Street Journal
01:15
Sources: worsening supply constraints of Intel and AMD CPUs add a fresh blow to PC and server makers already hammered by an unprecedented memory chip shortage
Nikkei Asia
01:10
Sources: China bars Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as it reviews whether Meta's $2B acquisition of Manus violates FDI rules
Financial Times

Dienstag, 24. März 2026

23:35
The Trump administration settles Murthy v. Missouri from 2022, preventing the Surgeon General, CDC, and CISA from having social media companies suppress speech
Reuters
23:25
Filing: Meta offers top executives stock options for the first time since its 2012 IPO to retain talent, if it hits stock-price milestones over the coming years
Bloomberg
22:40
Thailand-based Amity, which provides generative AI tools to businesses like retail and telecom, raised $100M in a Series D, as it plans for an IPO in 2027
Bloomberg
22:10
Neal Stephenson says he no longer believes head-mounted displays are the future, citing public discomfort with the devices and a general distrust of the users
Graphomane
21:05
Sources: some Sora team employees were surprised by OpenAI's move to end Sora support, just a day after OpenAI posted a blog post about Sora safety standards
Reuters
20:40
Source: Meta's rollout of Meta Ray-Ban Display in the EU has been hampered by regulations on AI features and removable batteries, as well as supply constraints
Bloomberg
20:25
Source: SpaceX is aiming to file its IPO prospectus with regulators later this week or next week, and could try to raise $75B+, up from a previous $50B estimate
The Information
20:20
Spotify is beta testing Artist Profile Protection, which lets artists review releases before they go live to prevent AI tracks from being attributed to them
TechCrunch
20:10
SK Hynix submits a confidential filing to the US SEC for a potential listing of American Depositary Receipts in 2026; a source says SK could raise up to $14B
Reuters
19:40
Meta announces new shopping and ad features, including more affiliate marketing tools for Instagram and Facebook creators and a “buy now” button on Facebook ads
Business Insider
19:20
A US judge dismisses a lawsuit against Meta by Attaullah Baig, a former head of cybersecurity at WhatsApp and who alleged Meta ignored critical security flaws
Courthouse News Service
18:45
Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service currently used by Adobe, and acquires security startups Antimatter and SiftD
CNBC
18:40
Sources: Anduril, Palantir, and Scale AI are part of the group developing software to run President Trump's planned $185B Golden Dome antimissile shield
Wall Street Journal
18:35
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says OpenAI is raising an additional $10B from a16z, D.E. Shaw, MGX, TPG, and others, bringing its record fundraise to “north of $120B”
CNBC
18:20
Arm CEO Rene Haas projects $25B in revenue in 2031, up from $4B+ in 2025, including ~$15B from sales of Arm's first in-house chip, sold at a ~50% gross profit
CNBC
17:35
At a hearing, a US federal judge says the Pentagon's three actions toward Anthropic are “troubling” and that they look “like an attempt to cripple Anthropic”
Axios
17:15
Disney ends its three-year OpenAI licensing deal, signed in December 2025, in which it agreed to invest $1B in OpenAI and license 200+ of its characters to Sora
Variety
17:12
A New Mexico jury finds Meta violated the state's unfair practices act by not safeguarding its apps from child predators; Meta must pay $375M in civil damages
CNBC
17:10
Arm says its AGI CPU offers up to 136 Arm Neoverse V3 cores, 6GB/s of memory bandwidth per core, and more than 2x performance per rack compared with x86 systems
VideoCardz.com
16:25
Sam Altman told staff he has ceded oversight of OpenAI's safety and security teams to focus on fundraising, supply chains, and building data centers at scale
The Information
16:00
OpenAI says it will discontinue products that use its Sora models, including its consumer app, a Sora version for developers, and a video feature inside ChatGPT
Wall Street Journal
15:55
Two versions of LiteLLM, an interface for accessing LLMs, have been removed from PyPI after a supply chain attack injected them with credential-stealing code
The Register
15:30
Amazon last week acquired NYC-based Fauna Robotics, which is building a human-like, 42"-tall robot that can interact with people, walk, grip items, and dance
Bloomberg
15:20
Baltimore sues xAI, accusing it of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in deceptive trade practices by marketing Grok as generally safe
CNBC
15:15
OpenAI releases a set of prompts designed to be used with its open-weight safety model gpt-oss-safeguard that lets developers make their apps safer for teens
TechCrunch
15:05
Sources: OpenAI nears a deal to raise ~$10B from Abu Dhabi's MGX, Coatue, and Thrive, bringing its latest funding round to ~$120B at a $730B valuation
Bloomberg
15:02
Sources: Apple's Siri reboot plans include a standalone Siri app, an overhauled interface in the Dynamic Island, and “Ask Siri” and “Write with Siri” features
Bloomberg
14:20
Anthropic announces an “auto mode” that enables Claude Code to make permission-level decisions while preventing destructive commands like mass file deletion
ZDNET
13:55
OpenAI revamps ChatGPT's shopping experience by letting users upload images or describe items and include criteria like their budget
CNBC
13:40
Doss, which provides an AI-native inventory management layer that integrates with existing accounting systems, raised a $55M Series B led by Madrona and Premji
TechCrunch
13:30
Apple releases iOS 26.4, with Playlist Playground, which generates an Apple Music playlist from a prompt, eight new emojis, improved keyboard accuracy, and more
9to5Mac
13:12
Arm unveils AGI CPU, its own AI chip, a departure from its traditional role as a designer of chips for others; Meta and OpenAI are early clients; ARM jumps 10%+
Financial Times
13:00
Circle shares fell as much as 18%, and Coinbase dropped about 8%, after a draft of the US Clarity Act raised the prospect of strict limits on stablecoin yield
CoinDesk
12:25
Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its “AI for Work” initiative, which aims to drive AI adoption across its workforce, replacing Guy Rosen
Wall Street Journal
12:10
Google launches Android Automotive OS for Software-Defined Vehicles, expanding its “open infrastructure” from infotainment to non-safety internal systems
The Verge
12:05
OpenAI plans to invest $1B in AI-related causes in 2026 via the OpenAI Foundation, and names co-founder Wojciech Zaremba to lead its AI resilience initiatives
Bloomberg
11:55
Apple plans to launch Apple Business, a free platform that consolidates its business tools, on April 14, and plans Apple Maps ads in summer in the US and Canada
TechCrunch
11:50
Sources: Microsoft agrees to a deal with Crusoe to lease a data center in Abilene, Texas, representing ~700 MW of capacity, after Oracle and OpenAI walked away
Bloomberg
11:40
Finland suspends a plan to move its election platform to AWS, opting to remain on domestic servers through the 2027 general election, as trust in the US frays
Bloomberg
11:35
Ai2 launches MolmoWeb, an open-weight visual web agent available in 4B and 8B parameter sizes, operating via browser screenshots rather than parsing HTML
VentureBeat
11:20
Halter, which provides AI-powered cow collars for remote herding via audio and vibration cues, raised $220M led by Founders Fund at a $2B valuation
Bloomberg
10:50
Epic cuts 1,000+ jobs, saying it is “spending significantly more” than it is making and that the layoffs and $500M in savings put it “in a more stable place”
Bloomberg
10:40
Beehiiv now lets creators manage their accounts through AI platforms; the first iteration of Beehiiv MCP supports subscriber analysis and SEO optimization
Axios
10:15
Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves behind its USDT stablecoin
The Block
09:25
Mirage, formerly Captions, which develops an AI video editing and marketing suite, raised $75M from General Catalyst, after moving to a freemium model in 2025
TechCrunch
09:10
Amazon's Zoox plans to launch a paid robotaxi service in Las Vegas by late June, pending local approvals and an NHTSA exemption, ahead of a San Francisco launch
Financial Times
09:01
The NYSE partners with Securitize to develop the Digital Trading Platform, an alternative 24/7 trading system for tokenized stocks and ETFs on a blockchain
Wall Street Journal
08:12
Kleiner Perkins raised $3.5B for two new funds, allocating $1B to its 22nd early-stage fund and $2.5B to a growth-stage fund, taking its AUM to $21B+
Bloomberg
07:15
Russian space startup Bureau 1440 says it launched 16 broadband internet satellites, an early operational step in a low-Earth orbit network set to rival SpaceX
Bloomberg
07:00
How Palantir became a flashpoint on the US campaign trail due to its ICE work, ahead of the midterms; six lawmakers publicly refuse any further Palantir funds
Financial Times
06:41
Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month
Reuters
06:20
Xiaomi reports Q4 revenue up 7.3% YoY to ~$17B, narrowly above est., its slowest growth since 2023, as EV sales failed to make up for slumping smartphone demand
Bloomberg
06:00
In a Kleiner podcast interview, DOD official Emil Michael says he will “never forget” nor “forgive” Uber investors that ousted him and Travis Kalanick in 2017
TechCrunch
05:45
European VC firm Hummingbird raised $800M to find “misfit” founders, taking its total assets to ~$2B, after backing Kraken and AI vibe coding startup Lovable
Financial Times
05:35
London-based Revolut reports 2025 revenue up 46% YoY to £4.5B, pretax profit up 54% YoY to £1.7B, and customers up nearly 33% YoY, as it moves to become a bank
Wall Street Journal
04:40
Filing: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$8B on cutting-edge EUV lithography chipmaking tools from ASML through 2027, as it competes with Samsung to supply DRAM and HBM
Bloomberg
03:50
Q&A with Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra, who apologized for Grammarly's Expert Review feature, on impersonation, attribution, compensating creators, and more
The Verge
02:05
Filing: OpenAI petitions the UK CMA to include AI chatbots with a search function in Google's mandated Chrome and Android default search engine choice screens
Telegraph
01:20
US Senators Warren and Banks urge suspending Nvidia AI chip export licenses to China and Southeast Asia, following Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw's indictment
Financial Times
01:10
Sources: Nintendo plans to cut its Switch 2 production this quarter by 33%, from 6M to 4M units, after weaker-than-expected holiday demand, especially in the US
Bloomberg
00:45
Chinese media: Alibaba's DAMO Academy unveils the XuanTie C950, a 5nm, 3.2 GHz server chip, and claims it is “the highest performing RISC-V CPU in the world”
Reuters
00:05
Tokyo-based Sakana AI launches Sakana Chat, its first consumer chatbot and a shift from its corporate focus as competition to localize generative AI intensifies
Nikkei Asia

Montag, 23. März 2026

23:30
Munich-based Interloom, which aims to capture tacit knowledge for AI agents from businesses' operational records, raised a $16.5M seed led by DN Capital
Fortune
23:15
SoftBank says its loan-to-value ratio, a measure of net debt against the value of its holdings, could exceed its 25% limit, as it commits $30B more to OpenAI
Financial Times
22:10
How Nvidia became the AI industry's most powerful financier, investing tens of billions in startups and key customers who couldn't otherwise afford its chips
Wall Street Journal
21:25
UK-based Internet Watch Foundation says it identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos of realistic child sexual abuse in 2025, up 14% from 2024
Financial Times
21:05
The US State Department launches the Bureau of Emerging Threats to tackle current and future threats, including cyberattacks and AI weaponization by adversaries
ABC News
20:00
Bengaluru-based Swish, which offers a 10-minute food delivery service, raised a $38M Series B at a $139M post-money valuation, bringing its total raised to $54M
TechCrunch
19:15
A jury begins deliberations in New Mexico's Meta lawsuit over child safety risks, after both sides delivered closing arguments, following six weeks of testimony
Associated Press
19:00
Microsoft hires a group of top AI researchers from the Seattle-based Allen Institute for AI, including former CEO Ali Farhadi, who stepped down on March 12
GeekWire
18:35
The US FCC is banning imports of new foreign-made consumer routers over security concerns; China is estimated to control 60%+ of the US market for home routers
Reuters
18:25
A GitHub user published a newer version of iPhone exploit kit DarkSword; iVerify co-founder Matthias Frielingsdorf says the exploits “will work out of the box”
TechCrunch
18:15
Anthropic rolls out a computer use feature for Claude Cowork and the Claude Code desktop app, available in research preview on macOS for Pro and Max subscribers
CNET
17:05
Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed they accessed a support agent's account and stole the personal information of ~6.8M users
BleepingComputer
17:00
Drone delivery startup Zipline raised an additional $200M, including from Paradigm, bringing Zipline's Series H, originally announced in January, to $800M
TechCrunch
16:00
Kalshi announces new tech guardrails that preemptively block politicians, athletes, coaches, officials, and others from trading in politics and sports markets
Axios
14:35
Meta hires the team behind Dreamer, which lets users create AI agents, including Hugo Barra, former Stripe CTO David Singleton, and designer Nicholas Jitkoff
Bloomberg
14:30
The US plans to create a voluntary consortium of countries to invest $1T+ to secure supply chains for chips, energy, and minerals; the US will contribute $250M
New York Times
14:20
Doc: Kalshi's and Polymarket's CEOs are investing in an upcoming VC, led by two early Kalshi staff, that's raising up to $35M to back prediction market startups
Fortune
13:45
Q&A with Jensen Huang, who says “we've achieved AGI”, on running Nvidia, AI scaling laws, OpenClaw, China, data centers in space, the future of coding, and more
Lex Fridman
13:25
Polymarket unveils insider trading rules: no bets on stolen confidential info, illegal tips, or events where the user has a position of authority or influence
Bloomberg
13:01
Apple announces WWDC 2026 for June 8 to 12 as a free online event for developers, with an in-person event at Apple Park on June 8 for developers and students
MacRumors
13:00
Sources: Apple is preparing to introduce ads in Maps, letting retailers and brands bid for ad slots against search queries, to be announced as soon as in March
Bloomberg
12:40
Norwegian startup Lace, which is building a form of lithography that uses a helium atom beam instead of light to create chip designs, raised a $40M Series A
Reuters
12:25
Doctronic, which became the first company to use AI to write prescription refills through a pilot launched in Utah, raised $40M led by Abstract and Lightspeed
Wall Street Journal
12:15
Gimlet Labs, which says it is the first “multi-silicon inference cloud” for running AI workloads across diverse types of hardware, raised an $80M Series A
TechCrunch
12:00
Interviews with Sundar Pichai and other Google executives on being blindsided by ChatGPT's launch, Gemini, Pichai's vision of useful AI everywhere, and more
Fast Company
11:35
Source: OpenAI is in talks to buy 5 GW of electricity by 2030 from Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion, and Altman has stepped down as Helion's board chair
Axios
10:10
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review: unbelievable app performance, big price cut, and improvements over the 265K, but mediocre at gaming and large power demands
Tom's Hardware
09:50
Canal+, ITV, Sky, and other broadcasters urge the EU to designate smart TV operating systems such as Android TV and Amazon Fire OS as gatekeepers under the DMA
Reuters
09:00
London-based luxury ride-hailing app Wheely launches in NYC, aiming to compete with Uber Elite; Wheely reports ~1,250 corporate accounts and ~100K active riders
Bloomberg
08:50
Sources: OpenAI is offering private equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% and early access to new models to secure JVs, beating Anthropic's terms
Reuters
08:40
Sources: EA is selling a $15B debt package to fund its $55B take-private deal led by Saudi Arabia's PIF, including nearly $700M in projected annual cost savings
Bloomberg
08:30
Leonid Radvinsky, the reclusive billionaire owner of OnlyFans parent company Fenix, died at 43 from cancer; he acquired a majority stake in OnlyFans in 2018
Bloomberg
08:15
OpenAI hires Dave Dugan, a former top ad executive at Meta, to lead ad sales, reporting to COO Brad Lightcap; Dugan stepped down as a Meta VP earlier in March
Wall Street Journal
08:10
AI chip company Kandou AI raised $225M from SoftBank, Synopsys, and others at a $400M valuation after pivoting from consumer hardware to AI infrastructure
Bloomberg
07:45
Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduce bipartisan legislation to ban sports betting on CFTC-regulated prediction markets, such as Kalshi and Polymarket
Wall Street Journal
07:25
Sources: Sony is nearing an agreement to sell a 51% stake in its home entertainment business to Chinese rival TCL for ~$1B, to be announced as soon as in March
Bloomberg
07:15
Addison Lee CEO Liam Griffin says London cab drivers should be protected via “a minimum price” on Waymo's and Tesla's robotaxis to prevent “predatory pricing”
Financial Times
07:00
NYC-based Dash0, which offers AI agents to monitor and troubleshoot cloud, app, and infrastructure issues, raised $110M led by Balderton at a $1B valuation
Bloomberg
06:25
The EC's EU Inc. proposal is a missed opportunity, leaving national courts to interpret corporate rules, and it seems like Brussels has pre-emptively aimed low
Financial Times
06:05
South Korean AI startup Upstage says it is in talks to acquire 10K AMD MI355 chips, in a bid to “diversify to other chips” as “we have a lot of Nvidia chips”
Bloomberg
05:45
Singapore-based Grab agrees to buy Delivery Hero's Foodpanda operations in Taiwan for $600M in cash, its first foray outside of its Southeast Asian home market
Bloomberg
05:25
Indian media: Indian police arrest two CoinDCX co-founders, after a complainant alleged investment fraud tied to the exchange; CoinDCX calls the claims “false”
The Block
05:00
A profile of AWS following its 20th anniversary, covering its creation, ability to lead the market it created, response to the ChatGPT disruption, and AI bets
GeekWire
04:30
Inside Amazon's plan to bring fast delivery to rural America and reduce its reliance on USPS; Amazon aims to have 200 rural delivery hubs serving 13K zip codes
Wall Street Journal
04:05
Google signs “demand response” deals with five US electric utilities for up to 1GW in total, to reduce data center power consumption during peak grid periods
Reuters
03:50
A look at Andrej Karpathy's “autoresearch” experiment, where an AI agent runs in a recursive self-improvement loop to improve an AI model on one testable metric
Fortune
01:15
Palantir won a three-month, £30K+/week trial to access the UK FCA's intelligence data to tackle financial crime, a source says raising concerns inside the FCA
The Guardian
00:40
Samsung rolls out Apple AirDrop support to Quick Share, starting with the Galaxy S26 series in South Korea, and plans to expand to more devices and regions
CNET

Sonntag, 22. März 2026

23:00
Sources: activist investor Elliott has a multibillion-dollar stake in Synopsys and plans to engage with the company to boost its software and service profits
Wall Street Journal
21:30
Reality Labs has lost $80B+, but it still makes all of Meta's hardware, and reflects Mark Zuckerberg's wish to run a business without Google or Apple middlemen
Business Insider
20:00
A profile of John Ternus, Tim Cook's likely successor who shapes Apple's hardware portfolio, as he expands his public visibility and his influence within Apple
Bloomberg
19:10
Sources describe how Meta's employees build and use internal AI tools; a source says Mark Zuckerberg is building a CEO agent to help him get information faster
Wall Street Journal
18:45
Poste Italiane says it will launch a €10.8B cash-and-share offer to fully acquire Telecom Italia; Poste is already Telecom Italia's largest shareholder
Reuters
16:50
Tencent launches ClawBot, an OpenClaw-based agent integrated into WeChat, letting its 1B+ MAUs send and receive commands to interact with the AI agent via chat
Reuters