The Resignation
In 2018, a dozen Google employees resigned over a Pentagon AI contract and killed it. In 2026, OpenAI's head of robotics resigned over a Pentagon AI contract and nothing changed. The employees didn't lose their conscience. They lost their leverage.
Thoughts on MacBook Neo, as Apple also expands its superpremium tier via “Ultra” products; sources: Apple wants to use aluminum 3D-printing for Watch and iPhone
Apple has taken the wraps off its $599 MacBook Neo, entering new territory in a way that could shake up the computer market.
Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and robotics, resigns over concerns about domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons after OpenAI's DOD contract
Caitlin Kalinowski, who had been leading hardware and robotic engineering teams at OpenAI since November 2024, announced she has left the company.
Samsung's consumer device chief TM Roh says it is “open to strategic co-operation” with more AI groups, having recently added Perplexity to its mobile OS
Korean giant's device chief says its future Galaxy devices will host multiple models as users mix and match AI tools
A profile of Emil Michael, who made his name as an aggressive dealmaker for Uber, as he takes a leading role in the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic
Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup — Uber Technologies Inc. …
Documents show two DOGE employees used ChatGPT to identify National Endowment for the Humanities grants, worth over $100M, to be cut for being related to DEI
Documents show how A.I. was used to cancel most previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities as the agency embraced President Trump's agenda.
A study finds LLMs from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI can help with academic fraud, specifically helping non-researchers submit fabricated papers to arXiv
- Elizabeth Gibney — Search author on: — PubMed Google Scholar — All major large language models (LLMs) …
A look at countries that moved to ban social media for kids in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain, Indonesia
Over the past few months, several countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens.
The US and Israel are using AI to wage war on Iran with unprecedented speed and precision in attacks, even as the cost of ill-informed decisions remains high
Intelligence, targeting and damage assessments are accelerating thanks to military versions of software now remaking business and daily life
ZyG, whose software coordinates AI agents across SEO, marketing, and more for DTC brands, raised a $58M seed co-led by Bessemer, Viola Ventures, and Lightspeed
When it comes to product innovation, global brands have an enormous advantage over smaller companies thanks to their massive scale …
How Circle, Stripe, Coinbase, and others are building stablecoin-based agentic payments infrastructure that makes microtransactions between AI agents economical
Circle Internet Group Inc. and Stripe Inc. are racing to build payments systems for a world that doesn't exist yet …
A study of ~1,500 US workers finds AI use can reduce burnout but also cause “AI brain fry”, a mental fatigue from using AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity
On New Year's Day, programmer Steve Yegge launched Gas Town, an open-source platform that lets users orchestrate swarms …
Luma AI debuts Uni-1, an image model that combines image understanding and generation in a single architecture, topping Nano Banana 2 on logic-based benchmarks
Ask about this article... Like Google's Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image 1.5, Uni-1 is built on an autoregressive transformer …
As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate, a look at some alternatives to GPS, including using supersensitive, quantum-based magnetic sensors
The proliferation of cheap, powerful GPS jammers has airline operators, shipping firms and militaries alike scrambling for navigation alternatives
Iran targeting commercial datacenters in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare and raises doubts over the Gulf as a global AI hub
Iran's targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare
German quick grocery delivery startup Flink raised $100M led by Prosus, a source says at a $900M valuation; Flink was reportedly valued at $5B in May 2022
Flink SE raised funds in a round that values the firm at $900 million, in a sign that the grocery delivery startup has stabilized …
Guild.ai, which helps companies develop, deploy, and observe AI agents, raised a $14M seed and $30M Series A, both led by GV, and is now valued at $300M
Guild.ai, a startup helping companies develop AI agents, has raised $44 million in a seed and Series A and is now valued at $300 million …
Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir
NEW YORK CITY — Alex Bores had known for a while that a political operation called Leading the Future, funded …
Sources: Palmer Luckey's ModRetro, which wants to sell updated versions of 1990s consoles like the Nintendo 64, is in talks to raise funding at a $1B valuation
From AI weapons to Game Boys, defence tech billionaire is in talks to raise funds for new gaming venture ModRetro
Google's TIG documented 90 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in 2025, up from 78 in 2024; commercial spyware vendors and China-linked groups led the abuse
China's commerce ministry warns of global chip shortages due to “new conflicts” between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and its Chinese subsidiary
China's commerce ministry on Saturday raised the possibility of another global semiconductor supply chain crisis due to “new conflicts” …
Financial figures shared with prospective investors: Anduril expects its revenue to grow 100% in 2026 to ~$4.3B, and its operating loss to rise by ~50% to $1.2B
Weapons maker Anduril expects to roughly double revenue this year to about $4.3 billion, while its operating loss would rise …
A profile of Simile, which offers “agentic twins” modeled on real people to provide answers for polling and market research for companies like CVS and Gallup
AI startup Simile offers ‘agentic twins’ modeled on real people to provide answers for polling and market researchLinkedIn:Mike Volpi,Sri Narasimhan,Joon Sung Park, andAllegra Pedretti
Alphabet gives Sundar Pichai a new three-year pay deal worth up to $692M, with stock incentives worth as much as $350M linked to the growth of Waymo and Wing
A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models
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Roblox says it paid out $1.5B to game creators in 2025 and the top 1,000 earned $1.3M on average; 50%+ of creators list high school as their highest education
A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, who have competing visions for how prediction markets should grow
There's one word Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour is loath to say: Polymarket. — Like a politician swiping his never-to-be-spoken …
Sources: online DTC luxury brand Quince is in talks to raise funding at a $10B+ valuation, up from $4.5B in July; its annualized revenue run rate has hit ~$2B
The Trump administration debuts its cyber strategy, outlining priorities including promoting offense operations, securing AI tech, and streamlining regulations
China's smartphone market is seeing one of its widest price hikes as memory chip crunch deepens; Meizu announces it will suspend developing new mobile hardware
US investors are pushing Asian fund managers to create special vehicles so they can invest in Asia while avoiding US investment restrictions on Chinese tech
The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020
- Tech industries are losing their strength. — One economist said tech job losses outpaced the past two recessions. — Still, there is weakness in other areas of the job market.
The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force
They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …
Sources: Kalshi and Polymarket are each eyeing valuations of ~$20B in fundraising talks; Kalshi was valued at $11B in December and Polymarket at $9B in October
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