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- The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeingby Russell Brandom on March 4, 2026 at 5:20 pm
As the U.S. continues its aerial attack on Iran, Anthropic models are being used for many targeting decisions.
- X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Moneyby Sarah Perez on March 4, 2026 at 4:34 pm
42 X users donated to William Shatner’s charity in exchange for an early invite to X Money beta.
- Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week in Bostonby TechCrunch Events on March 4, 2026 at 4:00 pm
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- TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report saysby Aisha Malik on March 4, 2026 at 3:15 pm
The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.
- Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusionby Rebecca Bellan on March 4, 2026 at 2:58 pm
A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack.
- Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple’s colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599by Amanda Silberling on March 4, 2026 at 2:57 pm
Apple is offering the MacBook Neo at a more affordable price point by using an A18 Pro chip, which is used in the iPhone 16 Pro.
- One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: Crowdsource the chatbotsby Rebecca Szkutak on March 4, 2026 at 2:00 pm
CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time.
- Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore?by Tim De Chant on March 4, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Offshore wind developer Aikido will deploy a small data center beneath a floating offshore wind turbine later this year.
- Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuationby Ivan Mehta on March 4, 2026 at 11:00 am
Eight Sleep said it was free-cash-flow positive in 2025 and plans to use the new funding for new products, global expansions, and clinical validation.
- Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different pricesby Marina Temkin on March 4, 2026 at 12:31 am
Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status.
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- Google Pixel 10a review: The sidegradeby Ryan Whitwam on March 4, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
- Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts?by Martha Muir, Financial Times on March 4, 2026 at 2:54 pm
Data center operators to sign pledge to supply their own power instead of relying on grid.
- The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple’s long-awaited colorful, lower-cost MacBookby Andrew Cunningham on March 4, 2026 at 2:18 pm
Cute, colorful laptop takes the place of the old $599 M1 MacBook Air.
- No fooling: NASA targets April 1 for Artemis II launch to the Moonby Stephen Clark on March 3, 2026 at 10:54 pm
“Engineers are assessing what allowed the seal to become dislodged to prevent the issue from recurring.”
- Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service-provider Accenture in $1.2B dealby Scharon Harding on March 3, 2026 at 10:20 pm
Accenture plans to buy Ookla, which also includes RootMetrics and Ekahau.
- FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger “a lot cleaner” than defunct Netflix dealby Jon Brodkin on March 3, 2026 at 10:05 pm
FCC to review foreign debt, but Carr indicates it will be a formality.
- What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipesby Jennifer Ouellette on March 3, 2026 at 8:23 pm
Multispectral imaging, proteomics, historical texts yield new insights into 16th-century medical manuals.
- There are plenty of great choices if you want to spend less than $15K on an EVby Jonathan M. Gitlin on March 3, 2026 at 7:58 pm
There’s a lot of good Hyundai and Kia EVs in this price bracket, plus the Bolt and i3.
- M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Siliconby Andrew Cunningham on March 3, 2026 at 6:41 pm
Apple is using more chiplets and three types of CPU cores to make the M5 family.
- New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting pricesby Andrew Cunningham on March 3, 2026 at 3:58 pm
New Airs leave more room underneath for the rumored low-cost MacBook.







