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The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Apple refreshes the 14" and 16" MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max: up to 4x faster LLM prompt processing, up to 2x faster SSD speeds, and 1TB/2TB base storage (Apple)

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A UK trial by the National Grid, Nvidia, and others finds AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, adjusting consumption when asked (Eamon Farhat/Bloomberg)

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Elliott injects $1B into Pinterest to fund stock buybacks, buying convertible senior notes with an initial conversion price of $22.72 per share, a 30% premium (Nicholas G. Miller/Wall Street Journal)

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's and Trump's actions against Anthropic have serious legal issues, and its designation exceeds what the statute authorizes (Lawfare)

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Grow Therapy, which connects patients with therapists covered by their insurance, raised a $150M Series D at a $3B valuation and hits $1B+ in annual revenue (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)

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Iranian cryptoasset outflows reached ~$10.3M between February 28 and March 2 amid US and Israeli airstrikes; in 2025, Iran's crypto ecosystem was worth $7.78B+ (Chainalysis)

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Sources: in the EU, US criticism over censorship has been met with disbelief and anger, and some Big Tech lobbyists acknowledge US accusations are overstated (Financial Times)

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Google unveils Home updates to fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies, and debuts Live Search to let Gemini analyze and describe live camera feeds (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)

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Sources: Samsung Foundry has frequently delayed the timeline for its plant in Taylor, Texas, with its mass production plans moving from early 2026 to early 2027 (Lee Jae-Lim/Korea Joongang Daily)

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Investigation: Sama data annotators in Nairobi say they view private videos from Ray-Ban Meta glasses, like bathroom visits; ex-Meta staff say faces are blurred (SvD)

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Senator Ron Wyden, the Senate Finance Committee's top Democrat, vows to "pull out all the stops" to fight back after Trump barred Anthropic from government work (Steven T. Dennis/Bloomberg)

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Sam Altman says the DOD affirmed that OpenAI's tools wouldn't be used by agencies like the NSA, and services to them would need a further contract modification (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

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A look at the US DOJ's December 2025 lawsuit that alleged a smuggling ring illegally exported or tried to export $160M+ in advanced Nvidia AI chips to China (Eliot Chen/The Wire China)

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Sam Altman says that "the democratic process must stay in control, and we must democratize AI" and that no private company should decide the fate of the world (Sam Altman/@sama)

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Sam Altman says OpenAI amended its DOD contract to ensure "the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of US persons and nationals" (George Hammond/Financial Times)

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Sam Altman says rushing the DOD deal on Friday "looked opportunistic and sloppy" but OpenAI was "trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome" (Katherine Li/Business Insider)

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Ayar Labs, which aims to replace the copper wiring in semiconductors with fiber optics, raised a $500M Series E led by Neuberger Berman at a $3.8B valuation (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

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Meta is testing a shopping research feature in its Meta AI web browser for select US users, positioning it against e-commerce tools in ChatGPT and Gemini (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

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AWS says its facilities in the Middle East are facing power and connectivity issues after drones "directly struck" its infrastructure in the UAE and Bahrain (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

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Bengaluru-based Pronto, which offers on-demand home-help services like cooking and cleaning, raised a $25M Series B led by Epiq Capital at a $100M valuation (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

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