Daniel Kuhn / The Block:
Coinbase rolls out Agentic Wallets, a wallet infrastructure that lets AI agents make autonomous crypto transactions “without human intervention”  —  Quick Take  — Agentic Wallets builds on the x402 protocol developed to enable autonomous crypto payments “without human intervention.”

Reuters:
Applied Materials reaches a $252M settlement with the US Commerce Department, resolving allegations it illegally shipped chipmaking equipment to SMIC in China  —  The U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday announced a $252 million settlement with Applied Materials (AMAT.O) …

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
Disney agrees to pay $2.75M to settle California AG Rob Bonta's 2024 lawsuit alleging Disney violated CCPA by failing to honor consumers' data opt-out requests  —  “Consumers shouldn't have to go to infinity and beyond to assert their privacy rights,” Rob Bonta says

Michael Acton / Financial Times:
US FTC chair urges Tim Cook to review Apple News' terms and curation after a study claimed the app promoted “leftist outlets” and suppressed conservative ones  —  US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show

Reuters:
Sources: the Pentagon is pushing OpenAI, Anthropic, and others to make their AI tools available on classified networks without the standard user restrictions  —  The Pentagon is pushing the top AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic to make their artificial-intelligence tools available …