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Did a DOGE engineer copy the Social Security database? Meta is buying Moltbook and Wordle’s creator is back with a new game Mar 11, 2026

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-A whistleblower has claimed that a former software engineer from DOGE said he possessed two databases from the SSA and asked for help transferring the databases from a thumb drive "to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data.

-Meta is snapping up Moltbook, a Reddit-like social network for AI agents that has been around since January and remains completely ridiculous.

-Josh Wardle is back with a new game called Parseword.

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Anthropic sues US government over supply chain risk designation Mar 10, 2026

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Anthropic's CEO indicated last week it would fight back against the government's claims.

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Meta needs new rules for AI-generated content, Dutch intelligence warning of Russian hackers, and Uber expanding its program that helps pair women riders and drivers Mar 10, 2026

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-The Oversight Board is once again urging Meta to overhaul its rules around AI-generated content. This time, the board says Meta should create a separate rule for AI content that's independent of its misinformation policy, invest in more reliable detection tools and make better use of digital watermarks among other changes.

-The Netherlands’ military intelligence service and domestic intelligence agency have issued a join warning claiming that Russian hackers have launched "a large-scale global cyber campaign to gain access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to dignitaries, military personnel and civil servants."

-Uber has expanded its program that helps pair women riders and drivers. The Women Preferences feature is now available nationwide, after being tested in several cities.

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Meta needs new rules for AI-generated content, Dutch intelligence warning of Russian hackers, and Uber expanding its program that helps pair women riders and drivers Mar 10, 2026

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-Uber has expanded its program that helps pair women riders and drivers. The Women Preferences feature is now available nationwide, after being tested in several cities.

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UK government delays AI copyright rules amid artist outcry Mar 09, 2026

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The government is trying to decide whether copyrighted material can be used to train AI algorithms.

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NASA changed a binary asteroid's orbit around the sun, Qualcomm has a new AI-focused computer designed for robotics, and OpenAI's robotics hardware lead resigned in protest Mar 09, 2026

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-NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said that this "marks the first time a human-made object has measurably altered the path of a celestial body around the Sun."

-Qualcomm, which purchased microcontroller board manufacturer Arduino last year, just announced a new single-board computer that marries AI with robotics.

-OpenAI's robotics hardware lead is out. Caitlin Kalinowski, who oversaw hardware within the robotics division of OpenAI, posted on X that she was resigning from her role, while criticizing the company's haste in partnering with the Department of Defense without investigating proper guardrails.

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Apple Music can now flag AI content, but only if distributors elect to label it Mar 06, 2026

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New 'Transparency Tags' allow record labels to show that music was made with the help of AI.

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UK government delayed AI copyright rules, Anthropic says it will challenge the supply chain risk designation in courts, and Meta hit with a class action lawsuit Mar 06, 2026

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-The UK government is working on a controversial data bill that would allow AI companies like Google and OpenAI to train their models on copyrighted materials without consent.

-Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the company received a letter from the Defense Department, officially labeling it a supply chain risk. He said he doesn’t “believe this action is legally sound,” and that his company sees “no choice” but to challenge it in court.

-Meta is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising related to its AI glasses following reports about the company's use of human contractors to review footage captured from users' glasses.

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Google ends its 30 percent app store fee Mar 05, 2026

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Some of these changes were proposed as part of its settlement with Epic.

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Anthropic is back in talks with the DoD, tech companies agree to not ruin your electric bill, and Apple Music can now flag AI content, but only if distributors elect to label it Mar 05, 2026

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-Anthropic is reportedly trying to reach a new deal with the US Defense Department, which could prevent the government from labeling it a supply chain risk.

-The White House announced that several major players in tech and AI have agreed to steps that will keep electricity costs from rising due to data centers. Under this Ratepayer Protection Pledge, companies are agreeing to practices that are intended to protect residents from seeing higher electricity costs as more and more businesses create power-hungry data centers.

-Apple Music has now introduced "Transparency Tags" designed to show listeners if any elements were generated in whole or part by AI. The catch is that Apple is leaving it up to labels and distributors to create those tags.

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