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A look at Alibaba’s Accio, an AI-powered sourcing tool that helps small online sellers connect with manufacturers, including in China; it exceeded 10 million MAU in March (Caiwei Chen/MIT Technology Review)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Next Elusive Hit The Big Technology…

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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…

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A look at Coinbase One and other insurance plans for crypto users that typically exclude coverage for many types of account takeovers, including phishing scams (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 29, 2026

Bloomberg: A look at Coinbase One and other insurance plans for crypto users that typically exclude coverage for many types…

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PayPal is expanding access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

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Palantir software demonstrations and DOD recordings show how the military can use AI chatbots, including the types of queries and data used to generate responses (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI Backlash Intensifies, Nvidia GTC Preview, Embarrassing Meta Delay The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

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Docs: Binance investigators found accounts including those of Chinese VIP traders and an alleged Iranian gold trafficker helped move $1 billion to Iran-linked groups (Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 13, 2026

Fortune: Docs: Binance investigators found that accounts including those of Chinese VIP traders and a suspected Iranian gold trafficker helped…

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A look at countries that have moved to ban social media for children in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain and Indonesia (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The Most Successful AI Company You’ve Never Heard Of | Qasar Younes Interviews with world-class product…

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As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate, take a look at some alternatives to GPS, including the use of supersensitive quantum-based magnetic sensors (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 8, 2026

Christophe Mims / Wall Street Journal: As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate, consider some alternatives to GPS, including the use…

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Thrive deck leak: $26.8 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2025, deal value peaked in Q4 2021, positive DPI for first four funds, including 2.4x for 2016’s Thrive V, more (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

Eric Newcomer / Newcomer: Thrive Deck Leak: $26.8B in AUM as of June 30, 2025, Deal Value Peaked in Q4…

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Gambit Security: Unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150 GB of Mexican government data, including 195 million taxpayer records, in December 2025 and January 2026 (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

Bloomberg: Gambit Security: An unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150 GB of Mexican government data, including 195 million taxpayer…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

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

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Some shareholders question whether Sam Altman should lead OpenAI through the turbulence of an IPO and have proposed Bret Taylor as successor (Wall Street Journal)

About 40% of U.S. data centers planned for 2026 face delays, with major sites from Microsoft, OpenAI and others likely more than three months behind schedule (Financial Times)

Physical Intelligence says its new model, π0.7, can direct robots toward tasks they haven’t been trained for, a "early sign" generalization, surprising researchers (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

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A look at Alibaba’s Accio, an AI-powered sourcing tool that helps small online sellers connect with manufacturers, including in China; it exceeded 10 million MAU in March (Caiwei Chen/MIT Technology Review)

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)

A look at Coinbase One and other insurance plans for crypto users that typically exclude coverage for many types of account takeovers, including phishing scams (Bloomberg)

PayPal is expanding access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Palantir software demonstrations and DOD recordings show how the military can use AI chatbots, including the types of queries and data used to generate responses (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

Docs: Binance investigators found accounts including those of Chinese VIP traders and an alleged Iranian gold trafficker helped move $1 billion to Iran-linked groups (Fortune)

A look at countries that have moved to ban social media for children in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain and Indonesia (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate, take a look at some alternatives to GPS, including the use of supersensitive quantum-based magnetic sensors (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Thrive deck leak: $26.8 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2025, deal value peaked in Q4 2021, positive DPI for first four funds, including 2.4x for 2016’s Thrive V, more (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)

Gambit Security: Unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150 GB of Mexican government data, including 195 million taxpayer records, in December 2025 and January 2026 (Bloomberg)