Let’s start with a number: 4,000. That’s how many people Jack Dorsey just told to clean out their desks at Block — the company behind Square, Cash App, and Afterpay. Forty percent of the entire workforce, gone in a memo. And here’s the kicker: the company’s business is doing just fine. Gross profit up 24% year-over-year. Stock jumped 24% on...
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The chess match for Iran’s future didn’t start Saturday. It started the moment Washington, Moscow, and Beijing each decided — separately, quietly, and with cold calculation — that whoever controls the next Iranian government controls the next chapter of Middle Eastern history. What happened on February 28, 2026 was simply the moment that calculation went loud. In the pre-dawn hours...
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Operation Epic Fury They got him. Early Saturday morning, February 28, 2026, in a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” a missile found Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his own compound in Tehran — reportedly while he was at his desk, carrying out the duties of a man who believed himself untouchable. Within hours, Iranian state TV confirmed what...
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- Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusionby Rebecca Bellan on March 4, 2026 at 2:58 pm
A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward […]
- Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple’s colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599by Amanda Silberling on March 4, 2026 at 2:57 pm
Apple is offering the MacBook Neo at a more affordable price point by using an A18 Pro chip, which is used in the iPhone 16 Pro.
- One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbotsby Rebecca Szkutak on March 4, 2026 at 2:00 pm
CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, […]
- Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore?by Tim De Chant on March 4, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Offshore wind developer Aikido will deploy a small data center beneath a floating offshore wind turbine later this year.
- Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuationby Ivan Mehta on March 4, 2026 at 11:00 am
Eight Sleep said it was free-cash-flow positive in 2025, and plans to use the new funding for new products, global expansions, and clinical […]
- Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different pricesby Marina Temkin on March 4, 2026 at 12:31 am
Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status.
- A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminalsby Zack Whittaker on March 3, 2026 at 11:27 pm
Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into iPhones have been found to be used by cybercriminals. They warned of an emerging […]
- Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI pushby Jagmeet Singh on March 3, 2026 at 11:16 pm
Reactions rippled through Alibaba's Qwen team after tech lead Junyang Lin stepped down following a major model launch.
- Just three companies dominated the $189B in VC investments last monthby Dominic-Madori Davis on March 3, 2026 at 10:38 pm
Crunchbase data shows a record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups last month, with AI startups nabbing 90% of the capital.
- TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since saleby Amanda Silberling on March 3, 2026 at 10:33 pm
TikTok experienced a similar outage just days after ByteDance divested the app's U.S. operations.
- AI companies are spending millions to thwart this former tech exec’s congressional bidby Rebecca Bellan on March 3, 2026 at 9:44 pm
A tech billionaire-backed super PAC is spending $125 million to undercut candidates pushing for AI regulation. New York's Alex Bores, a former tech […]
- ChatGPT’s new GPT-5.3 Instant model will stop telling you to calm downby Sarah Perez on March 3, 2026 at 8:20 pm
The company says the new model will reduce the "cringe" that's been annoying its users for months.