• Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, collecting a $2.8B termination fee and driving up the price and debt load of the Paramount-WBD merger (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)
• Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on new roles with AI tools' assistance, and engineers are now required to complete technical writing tasks (Financial Times)
• Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI work automation, adds to growing angst among white-collar workers over AI's potential for job disruption (Chip Cutter/Wall Street Journal)
• Sources: Commands around the world, including the US Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic's Claude AI tool for a range of military operations (Wall Street Journal)
• Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
• OpenAI says it does not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and it has made its position on this clear to the Pentagon (@openai)
• OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and "has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's" (OpenAI)
• AI coding agents are fueling productivity panic among executives and engineers, as a UCB study finds those offloading work to AI are also working longer hours (Issie Lapowsky/Bloomberg)
• An interview with Amazon's AI chief Peter DeSantis on plans to use in-house chips, Trainium and Inferentia, to develop AI models more cheaply, and more (Wall Street Journal)
• China faces a dilemma as it looks to balance productivity gains from AI with labor displacement risks due to automation, which could trigger an economic spiral (Bloomberg)
• Xiaomi launches the €999 Xiaomi 17, the €1,499 17 Ultra, and the €1,999 Leica-branded Leitzphone, all featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, in Europe (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
• Xiaomi launches the €15 Xiaomi tag, an AirTag-like device that works with both Apple Find My and Android Find Hub, and the €300 Xiaomi Watch 5, in Europe (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
• Claude became the #1 free app in the US App Store on Saturday, after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk; it hovered in the top 20 for much of February (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
• Sources: Israel hacked BadeSaba, a popular Iranian prayer app with 5M+ installs on Google Play, to send messages urging Iranian military personnel to defect (Wall Street Journal)
• Q&A with Reiner Pope, a former Google TPU architect and CEO of MatX, which designs specialized chips for LLMs, on the limitations of current AI chips, and more (John Collison/Cheeky Pint)
| • X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran
• NASA Is Making Big Changes to Speed Up the Artemis Program
• Hacked Prayer App Sends ‘Surrender’ Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli and US Strikes
• This Is the System That Intercepted Iran’s Missiles Over the UAE
• Review: Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Leitzphone Pack Leica Magic Into a Flagship Phone
• 14 Best Travel Toiletry Bags, Tested Over Many Miles (2026)
• The Best MicroSD Cards for Your Camera, Switch, and More
• The Best Laptop Cooling Pad and Why You Should Buy One
• Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums
• EveryPlate’s Meal Kit Offers Affordable Vegetarian Options
• Which Water Filter Pitchers Filter PFAS? How to Check
• This Ruroc Helmet Ruined My Ski Holiday
• US and Israel Launch Strikes Against Iran
• Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a ‘Supply Chain Risk’
• 18 Best Wireless Chargers, All Tested and Reviewed (2026)
• These Deals Can Have You Zipping Around on a New E-Scooter This Spring
• Trump Moves to Ban Anthropic From the US Government
• The Best Roku Is $20 Off
• What's an E-Bike? California Wants You to Know
• OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading
• Everything Larry and David Ellison Will Control If Paramount Buys Warner Bros.
• Wall Street Has AI Psychosis
• Aventon Soltera 3 Electric Bike Review: A Fun Hybrid Single-Speed
• Huxe Will Give You a Personalized, Daily Audio Summary Powered by AI
• Aktiia Hilo Blood Pressure Monitor Review: Cuffless BP Tracking
• ‘Love Is Blind’ Embraces the Manosphere
• Tin Can Is a Dumb Phone for Kids. Can Someone Teach Them How to Use It?
• Best Red Light Therapy for Hair Growth: WIRED-Approved (2026)
• Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
• 6 Great Power Bank Deals for Your Thirsty Phone Battery
• Preorder Google’s Newest Phone and Get a Free $100 Gift Card
• Lowe’s Promo Codes and Deals: Up to $300 Off Appliances
• KitchenAid Promo Codes and Discounts: Save Up To 20%
• The Latest Repair Battlefield Is the Iowa Farmlands—Again
• These Are Our Absolute Favorite Android Earbuds, and They're Below $200
• Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google’s AI Image Generator
• ‘Uncanny Valley’: Pentagon vs. ‘Woke’ Anthropic, Agentic vs. Mimetic, and Trump vs. State of the Union
• This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue
• How Chinese AI Chatbots Censor Themselves
• Are You ‘Agentic’ Enough for the AI Era?
• OpenAI Announces Major Expansion of London Office
• Best Tested Ski Clothes (2026): Shells, Jackets, Wool Socks
• Who’s Your Daddy? A Chatbot
• The Best Headphones I’ve Tried (and Why I'd Buy Them All)
• Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die
• Factor Offers High-Protein Meal Delivery Options (2026)
• TurboTax Service Codes: Up to 20% Off | February 2026
• Paramount Plus Coupon Codes and Deals: 50% Off
• Everyone Speaks Incel Now
• Riley Walz, the Jester of Silicon Valley, Is Joining OpenAI
| • This retro-inspired handheld comes with Banjo-Kazooie and Battletoads built in
• Everything announced at MWC 2026: The new Leica Leitzphone by Xiaomi, Honor's ultra-thin MagicPad 4 and more
• Alaska could be the next state to crack down on AI-generated CSAM and restrict kids' social media use
• Shuttered studio Bluepoint reportedly pitched a Bloodborne remake, but it got shot down by FromSoftware
• Leica’s Leitzphone by Xiaomi has a huge 1-inch camera sensor and a stylish new design
• Xiaomi 17 Ultra hands-on: Incredible cameras, but maybe hard to get
• Steam Next Fest, a different flavor of The Witcher and other new indie games worth checking out
• OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models
• Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic services amid Pentagon feud
• FCC approves the merger of cable giants Cox and Charter
• Paramount agrees to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, pays Netflix $2.8 billion for breakup
• The PS5 Pro is getting upgraded upscaling tech in March
• Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter in ‘solidarity’ with Anthropic
• Here’s your first look at Kratos and Atreus in Amazon’s upcoming God of War TV adaptation
• OpenAI secures another $110 billion in funding from Amazon, NVIDIA and SoftBank
• NASA overhauls Artemis program, delaying Moon landing to 2028
• Celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary with this Game Boy-shaped music player
• Pokémon Winds and Waves are coming to Switch 2 in 2027
• The Morning After: The Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display is pretty cool
• Engadget Podcast: Xbox's leadership shakeup and Samsung's Galaxy S26
• A cheap MacBook is the perfect way for Apple to win over Windows users
• Ultrahuman’s new Pro ring comes with 15 days battery life
• OpenAI will notify authorities of credible threats after Canada mass shooter's second account was discovered
• Google Maps will finally be usable in South Korea
• The best Wi-Fi extenders in 2026
• Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth's threats
• Netflix backs out of Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war
• iFi's new GO Link 2 DAC is a cheap way to reap the lossless benefits of your Spotify plan
• Block, the parent of Square and Cash App, is laying off over 4,000 people
• Guitar Hero vets RedOctane reveal their new music game
• Meta sues advertisers in Brazil and China over 'celeb bait' scams
• NATO approves the iPhone and iPad for classified use
• An AI-generated Resident Evil Requiem review briefly made it on Metacritic
• The new $25 action game from the creator of Just Cause arrives on April 8
• Apple and Netflix are teaming up to share Formula 1 programming
• eBay will lay off 800 workers, or 6 percent of its staff
• Everything you need to know about streaming F1 on Apple TV
• Ambient Dreamie bedside companion review: The best sleep I've had in years
• Everything announced at Samsung Unpacked: The Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy Buds 4 and more
• Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'
• Like so many other retirees, Claude Opus 3 now has a Substack
• The astronaut whose illness forced an early return from the ISS was Mike Fincke
• Google's Nano Banana 2 is a faster version of Nano Banana Pro
• Tim Cook confirms a week of Apple product reveals
• AI robotics company started by Alphabet is joining Google proper
• NVIDIA updates Shield TV after pledging further support
• Watch the trailer for Louis Theroux's new documentary 'Inside the Manosphere'
• The best budget cameras for 2026
• NY AG: Valve's loot boxes can get kids hooked on gambling
• Instagram will alert parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm content
|