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South Korean memory chipmakers have sufficient helium stocks until at least June, and a South Korean minister has ruled out any supply disruptions in the first half of 2026 (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Featured Podcasts Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: Ryan Roslansky: Turning AI anxiety into skills for the future of work…

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Supply chain attack compromises Axios HTTP client with 100 million weekly npm downloads, introducing malicious dependency and deploying multi-stage payload (Socket)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Sergey Levine – Creating LLMs for the physical world The leading destination for learning…

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Official data shows that Indian smartphone exports reached $11 billion in the first half of fiscal 2026, up 55% year-on-year; analysts warn Iran war could trigger 22-25% decline in coming weeks (Quratulain Rehbar/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Quratulain Rehbar / Nikkei Asia: Official data shows that Indian smartphone exports reached $11 billion in the first half of…

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AI coding agents will radically change both the practice and economics of exploit development, automating the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities (Thomas H. Ptacek/sockpuppet.org)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You’re Going to Have Trouble”, with Christina Warren The director’s commentary track…

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Social gaming startup Rec Room will shut down its service on June 1, saying it couldn’t find a path to profitability; it was valued at $3.5 billion as of December 2021 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Social gaming startup Rec Room will shut down its service on June 1, saying it couldn’t…

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Median base salary offers for U.S. software engineers at venture-backed startups have increased 25% to $200,000 since 2022; total compensation increased only 18% (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You’re Going to Have Trouble”, with Christina Warren The director’s commentary track…

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Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to automate game marketing, raised a $30 million Series B led by Greenfield Partners, bringing its total funding to $57 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You’re Going to Have Trouble”, with Christina Warren The director’s commentary track…

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ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of more than $800 million, bringing its total funding to more than $210 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Meir Orbach / CTech: ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight…

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Finnish startup IQM Quantum Computers has raised 50 million euros from BlackRock to accelerate its global growth, ahead of a dual IPO in the United States and Helsinki later in 2026 (Anne Kauranen/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You’re Going to Have Trouble”, with Christina Warren The director’s commentary track…

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A look at Amazon’s major push into rural America, including building 24-hour delivery distribution centers in recent years, encroaching on Walmart’s turf (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Bloomberg: A look at Amazon’s major push into rural America, including building 24-hour delivery distribution centers in recent years, encroaching…

‘Seismic shift’ to Australia’s orbit likely under new Solomon Islands PM – Radio Free Asia

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

5 years later – The diplomat

Transnational repression against Hong Kongers in the UK is worrying – The Diplomat

Chinese electric vehicles are coming to Canada and dealers are eager to sell them

Family Investors Turn to Old Economy Companies to Avoid AI Disruption

Starbucks to lay off 300 US employees, close some regional offices

Detroit automakers cut more than 20,000 U.S. payroll jobs as AI looms

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

Trump doesn’t have enough votes to get his ballroom money

The war in Iran broke Trump

China humiliated Trump and now he’s in a damage control frenzy

HUD Secretary’s BDS is completely closed

JD Vance Compares Himself to Child Abandoned at Deranged White House Event

Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Ofcom says X committed to implementing tougher protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hateful content within 24 hours, following an investigation (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

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South Korean memory chipmakers have sufficient helium stocks until at least June, and a South Korean minister has ruled out any supply disruptions in the first half of 2026 (Reuters)

Supply chain attack compromises Axios HTTP client with 100 million weekly npm downloads, introducing malicious dependency and deploying multi-stage payload (Socket)

Official data shows that Indian smartphone exports reached $11 billion in the first half of fiscal 2026, up 55% year-on-year; analysts warn Iran war could trigger 22-25% decline in coming weeks (Quratulain Rehbar/Nikkei Asia)

AI coding agents will radically change both the practice and economics of exploit development, automating the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities (Thomas H. Ptacek/sockpuppet.org)

Social gaming startup Rec Room will shut down its service on June 1, saying it couldn’t find a path to profitability; it was valued at $3.5 billion as of December 2021 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Median base salary offers for U.S. software engineers at venture-backed startups have increased 25% to $200,000 since 2022; total compensation increased only 18% (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to automate game marketing, raised a $30 million Series B led by Greenfield Partners, bringing its total funding to $57 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of more than $800 million, bringing its total funding to more than $210 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Finnish startup IQM Quantum Computers has raised 50 million euros from BlackRock to accelerate its global growth, ahead of a dual IPO in the United States and Helsinki later in 2026 (Anne Kauranen/Reuters)

A look at Amazon’s major push into rural America, including building 24-hour delivery distribution centers in recent years, encroaching on Walmart’s turf (Bloomberg)