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Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been "disrupted" due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
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Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been "disrupted" due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/amazon-says-awss-bahrain-region-disrupted-following-drone-activity-2026-03-24/http://www.techmeme.com/260324/p12#a260324p12
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The US State Department launches the Bureau of Emerging Threats to tackle current and future threats, including cyberattacks and AI weaponization by adversaries (Shannon K. Kingston/ABC News)
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@Techmeme we're not weaponising AI lol that shit sucks
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Uber plans to invest $1.25B in Rivian through 2031, contingent on meeting autonomy milestones, starting with $300M at signing, to deploy 50K Level 4 robotaxis (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
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Uber plans to invest $1.25B in Rivian through 2031, contingent on meeting autonomy milestones, starting with $300M at signing, to deploy 50K Level 4 robotaxis (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)https://www.theverge.com/transportation/897105/uber-rivian-robotaxi-investment-dealhttp://www.techmeme.com/260319/p23#a260319p23
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China approves the market launch of an invasive BCI system that helps restore hand movement, the world's first approval of such a device for commercial use (Reuters)
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China approves the market launch of an invasive BCI system that helps restore hand movement, the world's first approval of such a device for commercial use (Reuters)https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/china-approves-market-launch-brain-computer-interface-medical-device-world-first-2026-03-13/http://www.techmeme.com/260313/p3#a260313p3
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The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020 (Business Insider)
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The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020 (Business Insider)https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-jobs-getting-demolished-great-recession-dot-com-era-2026-3http://www.techmeme.com/260306/p35#a260306p35
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Apple changes its CPU terminology alongside the M5 Pro and M5 Max, renaming "performance cores" to "super cores" and "efficiency cores" to "performance cores" (Jason Snell/Six Colors)
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Apple changes its CPU terminology alongside the M5 Pro and M5 Max, renaming "performance cores" to "super cores" and "efficiency cores" to "performance cores" (Jason Snell/Six Colors)https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/apple-gives-in-to-temptation-and-renames-its-cpu-cores/http://www.techmeme.com/260304/p20#a260304p20
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Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools (Wall Street Journal)
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@Techmeme Was it Claude’s idea to intentionally bomb schoolchildren?
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OpenAI fired an employee for insider trading on prediction markets like Polymarket; Unusual Whales has flagged 77 suspected insider trades around OpenAI events (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
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@Techmeme Employee doing some trades and getting a few extra bucks??! FULL FORCE OF THE SECCEOs and Senate people doing the same, but in the millions... meh.So dumb.
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An analysis of 1,000+ YouTube Shorts videos recommended to kids: the algorithm pushes bizarre, often nonsensical, AI-generated videos, and many lack disclosures (Arijeta Lajka/New York Times)
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An analysis of 1,000+ YouTube Shorts videos recommended to kids: the algorithm pushes bizarre, often nonsensical, AI-generated videos, and many lack disclosures (Arijeta Lajka/New York Times)https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/ai-videos-children-youtube.htmlhttp://www.techmeme.com/260226/p21#a260226p21
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A study finds GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash deployed tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of 21 simulated war game scenarios, and never surrendered (Chris Stokel-Walker/New Scientist)
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@Techmeme Haven't we known this since Gandhi tended to launch Nukes in the Civilization game?
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Anthropic says it will upgrade power grid infrastructure, generate new power, and cover consumer price increases to minimize the effects of its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)
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Anthropic says it will upgrade power grid infrastructure, generate new power, and cover consumer price increases to minimize the effects of its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/anthropic-cover-costs-electricity-price-increases-data-centers-rcna258554http://www.techmeme.com/260211/p45#a260211p45