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Silicon Valley Bet on War. The Bets Are Paying Off. (Wed, 18 Mar 2026)
After years of criticism and financial risk, Palantir, Anthropic and small start-ups are generating rewards from their investments in defense tech.
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U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable’ National Security Risk (Tue, 17 Mar 2026)
In a legal filing, the government said it questioned whether the A.I. start-up could be a “trusted partner” in wartime, which led it to label the company a supply chain risk.
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Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography (Wed, 18 Mar 2026)
In the 1980s, Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard created a new kind of encryption that would be impregnable.
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China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Meta’s Acquisition of Manus (Tue, 17 Mar 2026)
The country appears to be cracking down on people linked to the acquisition of Manus, a Singapore company with Chinese roots, as President Trump prepares to visit Beijing.
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Silicon Valley Musters Behind-the-Scenes Support for Anthropic (Wed, 18 Mar 2026)
Tech companies have been reluctant to directly confront Trump administration officials over their contract feud with the A.I. start-up.
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Google Sits Pretty as A.I. Rivals Compete for Pentagon Favor (Wed, 18 Mar 2026)
The tech giant has been rebuilding its relationship with the Defense Department and is poised to benefit as it sidesteps competitors’ controversies.
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How to Follow the Game, Even When You Can’t See It Live (Wed, 18 Mar 2026)
When previous commitments keep you from catching your team on television, keep up with it using free apps that quietly deliver scores and more to your phone.
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Arizona Files Criminal Charges Against Kalshi, the Prediction Site (Tue, 17 Mar 2026)
The state accused Kalshi of operating an illegal gambling business, escalating the legal battle between states and prediction markets.
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Netanyahu Posts ‘Proof of Life’ Video as A.I. Sows Doubts About What’s Real (Tue, 17 Mar 2026)
The unusual video is the latest demonstration that artificial intelligence is undermining trust — even in footage that is authentic.
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Trapped in a Self-Driving Car During an Anti-Robot Attack (Tue, 17 Mar 2026)
In San Francisco, some passengers of autonomous taxis have experienced an unexpected hazard: being stuck in the vehicles when the cars are assaulted.
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Nvidia Debuts New A.I. Product at GTC Developer Conference (Mon, 16 Mar 2026)
At the opening of the company’s annual conference, Jensen Huang leaned on technology from a recent deal to show how artificial intelligence is changing.
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How Trump Drove a Wedge Between Florida Republicans Over A.I. (Mon, 16 Mar 2026)
A Florida bill that would have regulated artificial intelligence, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, failed to gain traction after President Trump made it clear he did not want states to rein in the technology.
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TikTok Investors Set to Pay $10 Billion Fee to Trump Administration (Fri, 13 Mar 2026)
The large fee is the latest example of the White House’s inserting itself into corporate deal making in unusual and aggressive ways.
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Adobe Settles With U.S. Over Hard-to-Cancel Subscriptions (Fri, 13 Mar 2026)
The maker of Photoshop agreed to pay $75 million to the government, which had accused it of hiding details of expensive fees.
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U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now They Are Targets. (Fri, 13 Mar 2026)
Amazon, Google and others struck deals in the Persian Gulf to foot the bill for A.I. development. Iran has now threatened attacks against the companies’ infrastructure in the region.
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A.I. Goes to War + Is ‘A.I. Brain Fry’ Real? + How Grammarly Stole Casey’s Identity (Fri, 13 Mar 2026)
“When there is an attack that kills civilians or doesn’t hit its intended target, people are going to be asking, Oh, was that a human who made that mistake or was that an A.I. system?”
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Meta Delays Rollout of New A.I. Model After Performance Concerns (Thu, 12 Mar 2026)
The tech giant pushed back the timeline after spending billions to be on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence.
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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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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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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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Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It (Fri, 13 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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