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Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba ending near-total blockade Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba ending near-total blockade Reviewed by swadu on March 31, 2026 Rating: 5
Google attributes the supply chain attack on HTTP client Axios to a suspected North Korean threat actor it calls UNC1069 (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch) Google attributes the supply chain attack on HTTP client Axios to a suspected North Korean threat actor it calls UNC1069 (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on March 31, 2026 Rating: 5
Shock, sadness and relief in town at centre of Australia's seven-month manhunt for Dezi Freeman Shock, sadness and relief in town at centre of Australia's seven-month manhunt for Dezi Freeman Reviewed by swadu on March 30, 2026 Rating: 5
A look at Coinbase One and other insurance-like plans for crypto users that typically exclude coverage for many kinds of account hacks, including phishing scams (Bloomberg) A look at Coinbase One and other insurance-like plans for crypto users that typically exclude coverage for many kinds of account hacks, including phishing scams (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on March 29, 2026 Rating: 5
Frosting, sprinkles and layers of fun: Giant cake picnic hits Sydney Frosting, sprinkles and layers of fun: Giant cake picnic hits Sydney Reviewed by swadu on March 29, 2026 Rating: 5
Expectant mothers in Cuba struggle under fuel blockade Expectant mothers in Cuba struggle under fuel blockade Reviewed by swadu on March 28, 2026 Rating: 5
Sources: Google nears a deal to help finance Nexus Data Centers' Texas campus that is leased to Anthropic, as Google deepens its partnership with the AI startup (Financial Times) Sources: Google nears a deal to help finance Nexus Data Centers' Texas campus that is leased to Anthropic, as Google deepens its partnership with the AI startup (Financial Times) Reviewed by swadu on March 27, 2026 Rating: 5
Is Trump's pause on attacking Iranian energy for diplomacy or an escalation? Is Trump's pause on attacking Iranian energy for diplomacy or an escalation? Reviewed by swadu on March 27, 2026 Rating: 5
Senegal to parade Afcon trophy despite title being stripped Senegal to parade Afcon trophy despite title being stripped Reviewed by swadu on March 26, 2026 Rating: 5
ARC Prize Foundation unveils ARC-AGI-3, an AI benchmark with simple video-game-like scenarios designed to measure on-the-fly reasoning rather than memory recall (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company) ARC Prize Foundation unveils ARC-AGI-3, an AI benchmark with simple video-game-like scenarios designed to measure on-the-fly reasoning rather than memory recall (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company) Reviewed by swadu on March 25, 2026 Rating: 5
Reddit says it will label automated accounts that provide a service to users and will require accounts suspected of being bots to verify they are human (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reddit says it will label automated accounts that provide a service to users and will require accounts suspected of being bots to verify they are human (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on March 25, 2026 Rating: 5
What are the US and Iran's proposals for peace? What are the US and Iran's proposals for peace? Reviewed by swadu on March 25, 2026 Rating: 5
Sources: OpenAI nears a deal to raise ~$10B from Abu Dhabi's MGX, Coatue, and Thrive, bringing its latest funding round to ~$120B at a $730B valuation (Bloomberg) Sources: OpenAI nears a deal to raise ~$10B from Abu Dhabi's MGX, Coatue, and Thrive, bringing its latest funding round to ~$120B at a $730B valuation (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on March 24, 2026 Rating: 5
Anthropic announces an "auto mode" that enables Claude Code to make permission-level decisions while preventing destructive actions like mass file deletion (David Gewirtz/ZDNET) Anthropic announces an "auto mode" that enables Claude Code to make permission-level decisions while preventing destructive actions like mass file deletion (David Gewirtz/ZDNET) Reviewed by swadu on March 24, 2026 Rating: 5
Colombian Air Force plane crashes with scores of soldiers on board Colombian Air Force plane crashes with scores of soldiers on board Reviewed by swadu on March 23, 2026 Rating: 5
OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43 OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43 Reviewed by swadu on March 23, 2026 Rating: 5
Nigerian police arrest 15 after viral videos of alleged sexual assault at festival Nigerian police arrest 15 after viral videos of alleged sexual assault at festival Reviewed by swadu on March 23, 2026 Rating: 5
Watch: Inside the Palestinian home attacked by settlers Watch: Inside the Palestinian home attacked by settlers Reviewed by swadu on March 23, 2026 Rating: 5
Pop megastars BTS electrify historic centre of Seoul with comeback concert Pop megastars BTS electrify historic centre of Seoul with comeback concert Reviewed by swadu on March 22, 2026 Rating: 5
Qatari and Turkish citizens die in military helicopter crash Qatari and Turkish citizens die in military helicopter crash Reviewed by swadu on March 22, 2026 Rating: 5
Watch: Thick smoke billows from South Korea car parts plant in deadly fire Watch: Thick smoke billows from South Korea car parts plant in deadly fire Reviewed by swadu on March 21, 2026 Rating: 5
Social media accounts showing AI-generated women as pro-Trump soldiers, truckers, and cops have gone viral, with thousands appearing to believe they are real (Drew Harwell/Washington Post) Social media accounts showing AI-generated women as pro-Trump soldiers, truckers, and cops have gone viral, with thousands appearing to believe they are real (Drew Harwell/Washington Post) Reviewed by swadu on March 21, 2026 Rating: 5
Microsoft acknowledges complaints about Windows 11, promising a reduction of "unnecessary" Copilot integrations, more control over updates, and more (Ed Bott/ZDNET) Microsoft acknowledges complaints about Windows 11, promising a reduction of "unnecessary" Copilot integrations, more control over updates, and more (Ed Bott/ZDNET) Reviewed by swadu on March 20, 2026 Rating: 5
Memo: Roblox is planning to take a share of revenue from sponsorships in its games and is overhauling advertising policies beginning May 4 (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) Memo: Roblox is planning to take a share of revenue from sponsorships in its games and is overhauling advertising policies beginning May 4 (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on March 20, 2026 Rating: 5
Bluesky raised a $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto in April 2025, following a $15M Series A in 2024 and an $8M seed in 2023; it now has over 43M users (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Bluesky raised a $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto in April 2025, following a $15M Series A in 2024 and an $8M seed in 2023; it now has over 43M users (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on March 19, 2026 Rating: 5
Google moved some staffers working on Project Mariner, its AI agent that can navigate Chrome and complete tasks on a user's behalf, to higher-priority projects (Maxwell Zeff/Wired) Google moved some staffers working on Project Mariner, its AI agent that can navigate Chrome and complete tasks on a user's behalf, to higher-priority projects (Maxwell Zeff/Wired) Reviewed by swadu on March 19, 2026 Rating: 5
Meta makes its Meta Lab NYC pop-up on Fifth Avenue a permanent flagship location after signing a 10-year lease; it opened its first flagship store in LA in 2025 (Kanika Talwar/WWD) Meta makes its Meta Lab NYC pop-up on Fifth Avenue a permanent flagship location after signing a 10-year lease; it opened its first flagship store in LA in 2025 (Kanika Talwar/WWD) Reviewed by swadu on March 18, 2026 Rating: 5
US judge orders Trump administration to reopen Voice of America US judge orders Trump administration to reopen Voice of America Reviewed by swadu on March 18, 2026 Rating: 5
At an all-hands, Andy Jassy said he expects AI to help AWS reach $600B in annual sales by 2036, double his prior estimate; AWS had revenue of $128.7B in 2025 (Greg Bensinger/Reuters) At an all-hands, Andy Jassy said he expects AI to help AWS reach $600B in annual sales by 2036, double his prior estimate; AWS had revenue of $128.7B in 2025 (Greg Bensinger/Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on March 17, 2026 Rating: 5
US west coast prepares for 'dangerous' heatwave in early spring US west coast prepares for 'dangerous' heatwave in early spring Reviewed by swadu on March 17, 2026 Rating: 5
Candex, which helps large companies pay small, one-time, or irregular vendors, raised a $40M Series C, bringing its total funding to more than $120M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) Candex, which helps large companies pay small, one-time, or irregular vendors, raised a $40M Series C, bringing its total funding to more than $120M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) Reviewed by swadu on March 17, 2026 Rating: 5
UN receives reports alleging torture of detainees in Venezuela continues UN receives reports alleging torture of detainees in Venezuela continues Reviewed by swadu on March 16, 2026 Rating: 5
Nvidia unveils DLSS 5, which uses a real-time neural rendering model to add photorealistic lighting to game frames, arriving this fall to RTX 50-series GPUs (Richard Leadbetter/Digital Foundry) Nvidia unveils DLSS 5, which uses a real-time neural rendering model to add photorealistic lighting to game frames, arriving this fall to RTX 50-series GPUs (Richard Leadbetter/Digital Foundry) Reviewed by swadu on March 16, 2026 Rating: 5
Ecuador deploys 75,000 soldiers and police to combat drug gangs Ecuador deploys 75,000 soldiers and police to combat drug gangs Reviewed by swadu on March 16, 2026 Rating: 5
Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection, and response, raised a $22M Series A led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek) Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection, and response, raised a $22M Series A led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek) Reviewed by swadu on March 15, 2026 Rating: 5
'Gruesome' war bets fuel calls for crackdown on prediction markets 'Gruesome' war bets fuel calls for crackdown on prediction markets Reviewed by swadu on March 15, 2026 Rating: 5
Why has the US targeted Iran's Kharg Island? Why has the US targeted Iran's Kharg Island? Reviewed by swadu on March 14, 2026 Rating: 5
MacBook Neo teardown: most repairable MacBook in ~14 years, with no parts pairing issues, a screwed-down battery, and relatively easy keyboard replacement (Elizabeth Chamberlain/iFixit News) MacBook Neo teardown: most repairable MacBook in ~14 years, with no parts pairing issues, a screwed-down battery, and relatively easy keyboard replacement (Elizabeth Chamberlain/iFixit News) Reviewed by swadu on March 13, 2026 Rating: 5
Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 now offer a 1M context window at standard pricing; it is the default for Claude Code Max, Team, and Enterprise users on Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 now offer a 1M context window at standard pricing; it is the default for Claude Code Max, Team, and Enterprise users on Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) Reviewed by swadu on March 13, 2026 Rating: 5
Meta updates a support page to say that end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after May 8 (Karandeep Singh Oberoi/Android Police) Meta updates a support page to say that end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after May 8 (Karandeep Singh Oberoi/Android Police) Reviewed by swadu on March 13, 2026 Rating: 5
'What if we're left with ruins?': Doubts creep in for Iranians who supported war 'What if we're left with ruins?': Doubts creep in for Iranians who supported war Reviewed by swadu on March 12, 2026 Rating: 5
Emil Michael says Anthropic's Claude models would "pollute" the DOD's supply chain because they have "a different policy preference" that is baked in (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) Emil Michael says Anthropic's Claude models would "pollute" the DOD's supply chain because they have "a different policy preference" that is baked in (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) Reviewed by swadu on March 12, 2026 Rating: 5
WordPress debuts my.WordPress.net, which lets users run WordPress entirely in the browser to set up a private workspace not accessible from the public internet (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) WordPress debuts my.WordPress.net, which lets users run WordPress entirely in the browser to set up a private workspace not accessible from the public internet (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on March 11, 2026 Rating: 5
Ukraine says it has hit Russian 'missile component' plant Ukraine says it has hit Russian 'missile component' plant Reviewed by swadu on March 11, 2026 Rating: 5
Sources: Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenote's data and relational framework used to connect metadata (Sara Fischer/Axios) Sources: Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenote's data and relational framework used to connect metadata (Sara Fischer/Axios) Reviewed by swadu on March 10, 2026 Rating: 5
BBC visits key Dubai port in Iran's firing line BBC visits key Dubai port in Iran's firing line Reviewed by swadu on March 10, 2026 Rating: 5
Jay Graber is stepping down as Bluesky CEO, saying a "seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution" is needed; VC Toni Schneider is named interim CEO (Kate Knibbs/Wired) Jay Graber is stepping down as Bluesky CEO, saying a "seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution" is needed; VC Toni Schneider is named interim CEO (Kate Knibbs/Wired) Reviewed by swadu on March 09, 2026 Rating: 5
NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters: just 26% had a positive view of AI, while 46% had a negative view, the third worst net negative score of all topics (Jake Angelo/Fortune) NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters: just 26% had a positive view of AI, while 46% had a negative view, the third worst net negative score of all topics (Jake Angelo/Fortune) Reviewed by swadu on March 09, 2026 Rating: 5
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