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A look at WhatsApp's E2E encryption and whether it protects from metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users' private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts ...)

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If assumptions hold, SpaceX-xAI could own a full stack of capabilities, from launch to orbital bandwidth to frontier AI models, and offer AI on demand anywhere (Eric Berger/Ars Technica)

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Staff memo: xAI says both xAI and SpaceX will maintain their separate branding and the joint venture is continuing to prepare for a possible IPO in 2026 (Grace Kay/Business Insider)

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Leaked email: as part of the xAI-SpaceX deal, xAI shares will be converted into 0.1433 shares of SpaceX stock, and employees will have the option to cash out (Wall Street Journal)

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Crunchyroll is raising its US prices by $2 per month; the cheapest tier gets its first price increase since 2019 and now offers offline downloads on one device (Isaac Rouse/Polygon.com)

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Elon Musk's SpaceX-xAI merger further intermingles his companies, creates the world's most valuable private company, and provides a financial lifeline to xAI (New York Times)

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My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder

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Trump unveils a $12B critical minerals stockpile, called Project Vault, to minimize reliance on China, with participation from 12+ companies, including Google (Bloomberg)

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Adobe plans to discontinue its 2D animation software Animate on March 1; enterprise customers can receive support until March 2029, and others until March 2027 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Oracle says the Nvidia-OpenAI deal has "zero impact" on its financial relationship with OpenAI and it is "highly confident in OpenAI's ability to raise funds" (@oracle)

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Adobe Animate is shutting down next month

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SpaceX Acquires xAI for $250 Billion (The Information)

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Waymo raises $16 billion to take its robotaxi business ‘global’

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Codex App

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DFU Port on the 16-Inch MacBook Pro

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iOS 26.3: Limit Carrier Location Tracking

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Apple and Kakao Pay Fined Over Privacy

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Waymo raised $16B led by Sequoia, DST Global, and Dragoneer at a $126B valuation and plans a rapid expansion across the US and into the UK this year (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)

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Here are the best Apple Watch deals available right now

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Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI (and X)

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