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Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on the daily lives of a production for use in post-production (Todd Spangler/Variety)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 5, 2026

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based…

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Bluesky integrates Germ DM, an E2E encrypted messaging app based on the AT protocol, making it the first private messaging available natively within the Bluesky app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 19, 2026

Sarah Pérez / TechCrunch: Bluesky integrates Germ DM, an E2E encrypted messaging application based on the AT protocol, making it…

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Former NPR host David Greene sues Google for allegedly reproducing his voice in NotebookLM without permission; Google says the voice is based on a paid actor (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 15, 2026

Will Oremus / Washington Post: Former NPR host David Greene sues Google for allegedly reproducing his voice in NotebookLM without…

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After speaking with around 40 people at Anthropic, a look at its “Yes, and…” culture where every idea is welcomed and judged based on its vibrations, like a hive mind (Steve Yegge)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Software In Shambles, OpenAI vs. Anthropic Super Brawl, Amazon’s Struggles The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Anthropic details how it used 16 parallel Claude Opus 4.6 agents to build a 100,000-line C compiler based on Rust, costing about $20,000 in API costs over 2,000 sessions (Anthropic)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Jeff Bezos was in love with the Washington Post. What happened? Media and technology…

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The Pentagon is partnering with xAI to integrate the company’s frontier AI systems, based on the Grok family of models, directly into GenAI.mil beginning in early 2026 (Bonny Chu/Fox News)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 23, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: How brands stay visible when AI decides | James Cadwallader, CEO Deep Grit explores what it takes…

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Surveillance tools exported by China, based on American technology and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal, are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (Associated Press)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 21, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI’s potential, Google’s fast model and co-pilot encounter turbulence The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

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Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that sends a personalized daily “Your Day Ahead” email update based on users’ emails and calendar (Robert Hart/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Uncapped with Jack Altman: Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners Conversations with people I admire about things that really…

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Spotify will begin testing a feature that allows a user to write a prompt for a playlist and receive a unique set of songs based on the user’s past behavior (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 10, 2025

Sarah Pérez / TechCrunch: Spotify will begin testing a feature that allows a user to write a prompt for a…

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A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with just a zip code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs” (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 6, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI Device Wars heats up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix acquires Warner Brothers The Big Technology Podcast…

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free Asia

Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free Asia

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

How Kodak is trying to recover from the brink of bankruptcy

Private jet companies battle for biggest spending customers at Masters

Amazon Launches Masters Golf Coverage as Fourth Media Partner

American Airlines Makes Baggage Fees Even More Expensive for Basic Economy

DOJ investigates NFL over media rights, antitrust issues

Trump and MAGA see their future as Viktor Orbán is eliminated in Hungarian elections

Trump says gas prices could be even higher by midterm elections

Eric Swalwell needs to go now

Democrats will act to force Pete Hegseth out

Epstein survivors denounce Melania Trump’s performative press conference

Ornn Compute Price Index: Hourly rent for Nvidia Blackwell GPUs reached $4.08, up 48% from $2.75 two months ago, driven by demand for agentic AI (Wall Street Journal)

Anthropic releases Claude for Word in beta, which adds AI editing tools and clickable quotes, targeting document-heavy workflows, for Team and Enterprise users (Tristan Anthony/Business Insider)

Police report: Sam Altman’s home appears to have been the target of a second attack after a gun was fired at his home from a car early Sunday (Jonah Owen Lamb/The San Francisco…)

As weather bets surge in forecast markets, climate experts question whether they improve forecasts by aggregating knowledge or whether it’s simply a zero-sum game (Bloomberg)

UK regulators plan to warn banks, insurers and exchanges about security risks exposed by Claude Mythos Preview at a meeting in the next two weeks (Martin Arnold/Financial Times)

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Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on the daily lives of a production for use in post-production (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Bluesky integrates Germ DM, an E2E encrypted messaging app based on the AT protocol, making it the first private messaging available natively within the Bluesky app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Former NPR host David Greene sues Google for allegedly reproducing his voice in NotebookLM without permission; Google says the voice is based on a paid actor (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

After speaking with around 40 people at Anthropic, a look at its “Yes, and…” culture where every idea is welcomed and judged based on its vibrations, like a hive mind (Steve Yegge)

Anthropic details how it used 16 parallel Claude Opus 4.6 agents to build a 100,000-line C compiler based on Rust, costing about $20,000 in API costs over 2,000 sessions (Anthropic)

The Pentagon is partnering with xAI to integrate the company’s frontier AI systems, based on the Grok family of models, directly into GenAI.mil beginning in early 2026 (Bonny Chu/Fox News)

Surveillance tools exported by China, based on American technology and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal, are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (Associated Press)

Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that sends a personalized daily “Your Day Ahead” email update based on users’ emails and calendar (Robert Hart/The Verge)

Spotify will begin testing a feature that allows a user to write a prompt for a playlist and receive a unique set of songs based on the user’s past behavior (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with just a zip code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs” (Andy Greenberg/Wired)