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The White House app is just as weird and unnecessary as you'd expect

March 30, 2026 • 6 mins
It's a one-stop shop for the latest announcements from the Trump administration, cherry-picked statistics and even reporting people to ICE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Austria pursuing a social media ban for kids under 14, Bluesky's next product is an AI assistant, and Project Hail Mary is Amazon MGM's highest-grossing film ever

March 30, 2026 • 6 mins
-A vice chancellor and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Austria said the government's efforts would include the new age restriction, improved media literacy and clear rules for social media platforms. Austrian lawmakers didn't detail what the upcoming rules would be, but the country is likely to follow in the footsteps of many others who have or are pursuing similar bans. -Bluesky's chief innovation officer Jay Graber said...
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Wikipedia has banned AI-generated articles

March 27, 2026 • 6 mins
The technology can still be used to translate and refine, as long as there's human oversight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A bill has been introduced to pause US data center construction, Google began rolling out Search Live globally, and Apple discontinued the Mac Pro

March 27, 2026 • 8 mins
-Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act. -Google has begun rolling out Search Live globally, a tool allows you to point your phone's camera at an object or scene and ask questions about what you see in front of you. -Apple has confirmed to Engadget that the Mac Pro, the desktop tower-shaped computer that was last updated in 2023, has been discont...
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Meta is letting creators fill their Reels with shopping links

March 26, 2026 • 7 mins
Creators can tag up to 30 products per video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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OpenAI shelved plans to release an adult chatbot, Spotify testing a tool to help real artists deal with AI slop, and a jury rules against Meta and YouTube in social media addiction case

March 26, 2026 • 9 mins
-OpenAI has "indefinitely" abandoned plans to release an a erotic chatbot for adults following concerns from employees and investors, the company confirmed to The Financial Times. -Spotify is testing a new tool to help real artists exercise more control over their profiles. The platform's Artist Profile Protection feature lets musicians review releases before they go live and become associated with their profiles. This should prev...
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Ultrahuman has opened US pre-orders for Ring Pro

March 25, 2026 • 7 mins
The company has been in a legal tussle with rivals Oura. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Baltimore sues xAI over Grok deepfakes, X is changing its revenue-sharing policy, and Sony and Honda is killing its Afeela EVs

March 25, 2026 • 7 mins
-Baltimore began a municipal lawsuit against xAI, arguing that Elon Musk's businesses violated the city's Consumer Protection Ordinance. -Starting Thursday, X will update its revenue-sharing incentives to give more weight to engagement from a user’s home region. -Sony Honda Mobility, the automotive venture from two of Japan’s most storied companies, has axed its EV project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
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Wheely, an on-demand chauffeur app, makes its US debut in NYC

March 24, 2026 • 6 mins
The London-based company has plans to expand to five major cities in the US in the next three years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers, Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app, and Wing is expanding its drone delivery service to the Bay Area

March 24, 2026 • 6 mins
-The Federal Communications Commission has released a notice today designating any consumer routers manufactured outside the US as a security risk. -This potential ad revenue from Apple's Map App could seriously bolster Apple's services business, which currently generates $100 billion a year for the company. This division accounts for around 25 percent of annual revenue but faces challenges in both the short-term and long-term -T...
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Elon Musk claims Terafab project will be the 'largest chip manufacturing facility ever'

March 23, 2026 • 7 mins
The Terafab project in Austin, Texas will be a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX and xAI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Reddit is looking for methods to combat its bot problem, team work makes the dream work for Plastic Eating Bacteria, and the Crimson Desert developer promised to replace the game’s AI-generated art

March 23, 2026 • 7 mins
-According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. -In Cheyenne MacDonald’s Science column over the weekend, she wrote about how researchers in Germany have identified a trio of bacteria that can digest a common plastic additive, but only when working together. -The developer behind the open-world RPG Crimson Desert has issued an official apol...
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Meta's metaverse app will stick around after all

March 20, 2026 • 7 mins
Horizon Worlds for Quest will stick around for the "foreseeable future," according to the company's CTO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Amazon acquired autonomous robotics startup Rivr, OpenAI is putting ChatGPT, its browser and code generator into one desktop app, and DoorDash will start paying gig workers for creating content to train AI models

March 20, 2026 • 6 mins
-Rivr is based in Zurich and was valued at $110 million in a funding round from August 2024, which both Amazon and its CEO's Bezos Expeditions participated in. -An OpenAI spokesperson told the publications that OpenAI Chief of Applications Fidji Simo will lead the application revamp with assistance from OpenAI President Greg Brockman. -DoorDash has launched a new option for its gig economy workers to earn some extra cash. Learn m...
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Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June

March 19, 2026 • 6 mins
The company shared that it would go "all-in" on the mobile version of the platform in February. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Meta agentic AI sparked a security incident, a Tennessee senator introduced the first draft of a federal AI bill, and the FBI confirmed it's buying Americans' location data

March 19, 2026 • 8 mins
-A Meta employee used an in-house agentic AI to analyze a query from a second employee on an internal forum. The AI agent posted a response to the second employee with advice even though the first person did not direct it to do so. The second employee took the agent's recommended action, sparking a domino effect -Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) shared a discussion draft for codifying the executive order signed by President Donald ...
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Apple and Nike team up for a new Powerbeats Pro 2 colorway

March 18, 2026 • 6 mins
The Nike Special Edition gives the earphones a shoe-inspired paint job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Arizona’s AG is suing Kalshi, the DoD says Anthropic poses an 'unacceptable risk' to national security, and Apple is releasing its first Background Security Improvement

March 18, 2026 • 6 mins
-Arizona's Attorney General Kris Mayes said Kalshi may brand itself as a 'prediction ⁠market,' but what it's actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation ​and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate Arizona law. -The Department of Defense said giving Anthropic continued access to its warfighting infrastructure would “introduce unacceptable risk” to its supply chains in a court filing submitted in respons...
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Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI

March 17, 2026 • 6 mins
The encyclopedia company's lawsuit also said ChatGPT cannibalizes traffic to the Britannica and Merriam-Webster websites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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xAI is being sued by teenagers, US senators told ByteDance to shut down Seedance 2.0 'immediately', and Krafton must rehire fired Subnautica director

March 17, 2026 • 10 mins
-Three teenagers, who allege that photos of them were used by Grok to generate child exploitation material, have filed a class action lawsuit against xAI in California. -Senators Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch wrote in a letter, "Seedance 2.0 poses a direct threat to the American intellectual property system and, more broadly, to the constitutional rights and economic livelihoods of our creative community." -Krafton must reins...
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