Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Adobe will pay a $75M fine and provide $75M in free services to users to resolve a US government lawsuit accusing it of concealing termination fees, and more (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Techmeme

Peacock adds a new feature to its app that uses AI to curate personalized vertical video playlists, narrated by a generative AI avatar of host Andy Cohen (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Techmeme

Banking, manufacturing, and other EU businesses warn "tech sovereignty" could hit profits and competitiveness as Brussels aims to cut reliance on US tech giants (Financial Times)

Techmeme

Uber is relaunching a robotaxi service with Hyundai-backed Motional in Las Vegas; the service will have a safety driver behind the wheel until the end of 2026 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

STMicro says it will retrain workers and deploy humanoid robots in its older chip plants for repetitive and physically demanding tasks, aiming to avoid closures (Nathan Vifflin/Reuters)

Techmeme

Sources: HSBC and Standard Chartered are set to be among the first licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, as the city pushes to become a crypto hub (Bloomberg)

Techmeme

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)

Techmeme

Alex Karp says AI disrupts the economic power of "humanities-trained, largely Democratic voters" and strengthens that of "working-class, often male voters" (Kelby Vera/HuffPost)

Techmeme

Docs: Binance investigators found accounts, including of a VIP Chinese trader and a suspected Iranian gold smuggler, that helped move $1B to Iran-linked groups (Fortune)

Techmeme

Source: the perpetrators of the wiper attack on Stryker appear to have used Microsoft Intune to issue a "remote wipe" command against all connected devices (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

Techmeme

Sources: ByteDance is working with Aolani Cloud to deploy ~500 Nvidia Blackwell systems in Malaysia, totaling ~36,000 B200 chips; the hardware could cost $2.5B+ (Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

The European Commission says "X has submitted remedies in relation to its blue check mark" in the EU and the commission will now "assess the proposed remedies" (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

A survey of US adults: 75% say they have heard a lot or a little about data centers; 39% say they are bad for the environment, and 38% bad for home energy costs (Pew Research Center)

Techmeme

Developers on AI coding: many are enthusiastic and now feel more like architects than construction workers, some say software jobs openings may grow, and more (Clive Thompson/New York Times)

Techmeme

Apple is lowering its commission for its App Store in mainland China from 30% to 25%, starting on March 15, "following discussions with the Chinese regulator" (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Telus Digital confirms a security incident after ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen nearly 1PB of data from the Canadian BPO giant in a multimonth breach (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Techmeme

Sources: Qualified Health, which helps health care organizations assess and orchestrate AI tools, is raising a ~$100M Series A from NEA, SignalFire, and others (Erin Brodwin/Axios)

Techmeme

Social media addiction trial: the plaintiff, Meta, and YouTube make their closing arguments; jurors begin deliberations on the liability for harms to children (Associated Press)

Techmeme

Sources: UK-based cloud provider Nscale is in talks to buy a major data center site in West Virginia; Amazon and Meta have also expressed interest in the site (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)

Techmeme

A US appeals court voids much of a March 2025 injunction blocking California's online child safety law, while keeping some of the law's provisions blocked (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Techmeme