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A profile of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who is facing a probe in France on a dozen preliminary charges and a Russian criminal case for "aiding terrorism" (Financial Times)

Financial Times : A profile of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who is facing a probe in France on a dozen preliminary charges and a Russian cri...

1 March 2026

India, home to one of the world's biggest AI user bases, should treat local datasets for AI as a strategic asset to avoid training Silicon Valley for free (Catherine Thorbecke/Bloomberg)

Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg:
India, home to one of the world's biggest AI user bases, should treat local datasets for AI as a strategic asset to avoid training Silicon Valley for free  —  India is fast becoming one of the world's biggest AI user bases.  The question now is how it can turn that scale into superpower status rather …

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Ted Sarandos interview on the scenario planning Netflix did before Paramount's final WBD bid, how if Paramount's deal closes there'll be cuts of $16B+, and more (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Ted Sarandos interview on the scenario planning Netflix did before Paramount's final WBD bid, how if Paramount's deal closes there'll be cuts of $16B+, and more  —  When Netflix Inc. dropped out of the bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on Feb. 26, the news came as a surprise to many in Hollywood.

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Block is a poster child for the lack of operational discipline common among mid-tier public tech companies that lived on the largesse of cloud, mobile, and ZIRP (Om Malik/On my Om)

Om Malik / On my Om:
Block is a poster child for the lack of operational discipline common among mid-tier public tech companies that lived on the largesse of cloud, mobile, and ZIRP  —  Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block (the company formerly known as Square), went on X (the company formerly known as Twitter …

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Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against app stores and search engines if AI services operating in Australia don't verify user ages by March 9 (Byron Kaye/Reuters)

Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against app stores and search engines if AI services operating in Australia don't verify user ages by March 9  —  Australia's internet regulator said it may push search engines and app stores to block artificial intelligence services that fail …

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Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity (Meir Orbach/CTech)

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Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity  —  The Israeli startup's platform turns employee workflows into structured knowledge for automation.  —  Guidde, a startup developing …

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Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement (New York Times)

New York Times:
Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement  —  The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence.  But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.

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Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which has 50M users and lets parents look for spouses for their children, surge as marriage rates continue to fall (Kohei Fujimura/Nikkei Asia)

Kohei Fujimura / Nikkei Asia:
Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which has 50M users and lets parents look for spouses for their children, surge as marriage rates continue to fall  —  DALIAN, China — Apps that enable parents to search for spouses for their unmarried children have become increasingly popular in China …

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Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans (Ross Andersen/The Atlantic)

Ross Andersen / The Atlantic:
Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans  —  Right up until the moment that Pete Hegseth moved to terminate the government's relationship with the AI company Anthropic …

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