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Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict. (Thu, 12 Mar 2026)
Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has already been decided.
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A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully. (Thu, 12 Mar 2026)
Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.
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Silicon Valley’s Image Takes a Dark Turn in Pop Culture (Thu, 12 Mar 2026)
In television and movies, depictions of nihilistic billionaires and amoral opportunists are replacing the quirky strivers of older shows like HBO’s “Silicon Valley.”
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A.I. Writes Buggy Code. A Silicon Valley Start-Up Wants to Fix It. (Thu, 12 Mar 2026)
Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes.
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Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It (Thu, 12 Mar 2026)
In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
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They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE (Wed, 11 Mar 2026)
Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.
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Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network Just for A.I. Bots (Tue, 10 Mar 2026)
Matt Schlicht, the site’s creator, helped kick off Silicon Valley’s obsession with artificial intelligence agents. Two months later, he is joining the Meta Superintelligence Lab.
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A.I. Incites a New Wave of Grieving Parents Fighting for Online Safety (Wed, 11 Mar 2026)
Blaming chatbots, they are joining an earlier push for better protections by parents who say social media contributed to their children’s deaths.
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Boeing Says Wiring Issue Will Delay Some 737 Max Deliveries (Tue, 10 Mar 2026)
The aerospace company said the delay would not prevent it from meeting its 2026 sales goal of about 500 Max jets.
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How Do You Use A.I. for Daily Life? (Tue, 10 Mar 2026)
We want to hear how artificial intelligence helps you with tasks like meal prep, translation and planning a trip.
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YouTube Adds Tool to Help Public Figures Report Fake Videos (Tue, 10 Mar 2026)
Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.
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Former Meta A.I. Chief’s Start-Up Is Valued at $3.5 Billion (Tue, 10 Mar 2026)
Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs, founded by Yann LeCun and other ex-Meta researchers, has raised more than $1 billion from investors.
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U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean Energy (Tue, 10 Mar 2026)
More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.
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Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over ‘Supply Chain Risk’ Label (Mon, 09 Mar 2026)
The artificial intelligence company filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense, saying it was being punished on ideological grounds.
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For OpenAI and Anthropic, the Competition Is Deeply Personal (Sat, 07 Mar 2026)
A fight over Pentagon contracts shows how the leaders of Silicon Valley’s two most important A.I. start-ups are feuding over the future of the tech industry.
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Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s Dance With the Pentagon: What to Know (Sat, 07 Mar 2026)
Negotiations, threats and amended contracts have left plenty of questions. Here are some answers.
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‘Designed to Wreak Havoc’: The Cheap Drones Shaping the War With Iran (Sat, 07 Mar 2026)
Iran has launched waves of Shahed drones to menace Persian Gulf nations. The U.S. has unleashed its own copycat on Iran. It’s a sign of how war is changing.
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Are A.I.-Generated Videos Changing How We See Animals? (Wed, 11 Mar 2026)
By manipulating animals to do wonderful things, we may become numb to their real wonder.
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From 2017: Frances Gabe, Creator of the Only Self-Cleaning Home, Dies at 101 (Tue, 10 Mar 2026)
Equal parts quixotic dreamer and accomplished visionary, Ms. Gabe made the house do its own scrubbing.
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OpenAI’s Fog of War + Betting on Iran + Hard Fork Review of Slop (Fri, 06 Mar 2026)
“The Pentagon and OpenAI are saying to the public, You’re just going to have to trust us. And the public is saying, Well, we don’t.”
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Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’ (Thu, 05 Mar 2026)
Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.
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