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Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek says the company cut ~12% of its workforce, or ~180 roles, saying the layoffs target roles that "do not adapt" as it integrates AI (Brian Danga/The Block)

Techmeme

DHL Supply Chain says it will open 10 warehouses in 2026 across North America to serve data center operators and component suppliers, totaling 7M+ square feet (Liz Young/Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

How Rapper Afroman Scored Major Legal Win After Releasing Multiple Ohio Police Diss Tracks

The Root

How Afroman Scored Big Legal Win Against Ohio Police After Dissing Officers in Famous Songs

The Root

Ofcom fines 4chan £520K for OSA violations, including £450K for not complying with age check requirements, and gives it until April 2 to implement age assurance (Mizy Clifton/Politico)

Techmeme

The rage-bait candidate who wants to govern Florida

Vox - All

Netflix wants to send KPop Demon Hunters on tour

Polygon - All

The UN-backed World Happiness Report says passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens' mental health and heavy use disproportionately affects girls (Kati Pohjanpalo/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

TechInsights: chip manufacturing emissions will climb ~33% to 247M metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, roughly the same as Algeria's 2024 volume (Aaron Clark/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

How the Black Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect’s New Motion Could Backfire on Trump

The Root

Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 2% YoY ~$41.3B, vs. ~$42B est., and net income down 67% YoY to ~$2.4B, as it seeks to monetize AI to help offset e-commerce losses (Bloomberg)

Techmeme

An analysis of a NYT article load finds 422 network requests totaling 49MB, triggering a sprawling programmatic ad auction, an example of "hostile architecture" (Shubham Bose)

Techmeme

These Affordable Trader Joe’s Beauty Products Are Just as Dope as Their Expensive Relatives

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These Affordable Trader Joe’s Beauty Products Will Get You Together From Head to Toe

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I got hit with a surprise tariff. Now that they’re illegal, do I get a refund?

Vox - All

CISA warns US companies to follow Microsoft's recommendations for fortifying Intune, a tool that manages staff access, after a cyberattack on Stryker last week (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Filing: Samsung says it plans to spend ~$73.3B on capital expenditure and research in 2026, up from ~$60B in 2025, and pay ~$6.5B in regular dividends (Reuters)

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eternal.ag raises €8M to put autonomous harvesting robots into greenhouses

The Next Web

Sources: European chip importers are tapping backup stores and paying higher air freight costs as the US-led Iran war disrupts Middle Eastern cargo routes (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)

Techmeme

New Video Sheds Light on Deion Sanders and Karreuche Tran Romance Rumors

The Root