Meta and Google found liable in landmark US child safety verdict
A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and Google liable for designing social media platforms in ways that harmed a young user, in a closely watched verdict expected to shape thousands of similar lawsuits moving through California courts. The jury awarded a total of $6 million in damages, with Meta ordered to pay $4.2 million and Google $1.8 million.
March 26, 2026
Read More →OpenAI discontinues Sora in major AI product pivot
OpenAI is shutting down Sora, its viral AI video app, in an abrupt move that ends one of the company’s highest profile consumer experiments and points to a broader shift toward business software, coding tools, robotics, and other areas seen as more strategic ahead of a possible stock market debut. The company announced the decision in a short public message, telling users it was “saying goodbye to the Sora app” and promising more details on how they could preserve their work.
March 25, 2026
Read More →Microsoft backed Lace raises $40 million for next generation chipmaking technology
Lace, a Norway based semiconductor equipment startup backed by Microsoft’s venture arm, has raised $40 million in Series A funding to develop a new chipmaking technology that uses a helium atom beam instead of light, a method the company says could push semiconductor manufacturing far beyond the limits of today’s lithography systems. The round was led by Atomico, with participation from M12, Linse Capital, the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation, and Nysnø.
March 24, 2026
Read More →ZYT readies driving AI it says can outdrive its CEO on Shenzhen roads
Chinese autonomous driving startup ZYT is preparing to unveil a new artificial intelligence system that its chief executive says already handles Shenzhen’s crowded streets better than he does, in a sign of how quickly competition is intensifying in China’s race to build next generation driving software. The company plans to present what it calls a “mobility foundation model” at the Beijing auto show in April.
March 24, 2026
Read More →OpenAI sweetens pitch to private equity as enterprise battle with Anthropic intensifies
OpenAI is offering private equity firms unusually generous financial terms as it competes with Anthropic to build joint ventures aimed at spreading enterprise AI tools across large buyout portfolios, according to people familiar with the talks. The proposed partnerships are designed to bring in fresh capital, speed up corporate adoption, and deepen long term customer ties in one of the most competitive parts of the AI market.
March 24, 2026
Read More →Pentagon designates Palantir’s Maven AI as core US military program, memo says
The Pentagon is moving to make Palantir’s Maven Smart System an official program of record, a step that would lock the battlefield AI platform into long term use across the US military and give it steady funding through the normal defense budget process. The move was laid out in a March 9 memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg and is expected to take effect by the end of the current fiscal year in September.
March 21, 2026
Read More →US disrupts global botnet operation linked to more than 3 million infected devices
US authorities said they joined coordinated action with Germany and Canada to disrupt infrastructure used by four major botnets that infected more than 3 million devices worldwide, including hundreds of thousands in the United States. The operation targeted the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets, which prosecutors said were used to launch massive distributed denial of service attacks against victims around the world.
March 20, 2026
Read More →Tesla plans massive solar manufacturing push with proposed $2.9 billion China deal
Tesla is in talks to buy about 20 billion yuan, or roughly $2.9 billion, worth of solar manufacturing equipment from Chinese suppliers as Elon Musk pushes a major expansion of solar panel and cell production in the United States, according to people familiar with the matter. The companies linked to the discussions include Suzhou Maxwell Technologies, Shenzhen S.C New Energy Technology and Laplace Renewable Energy Technology.
March 20, 2026
Read More →China likely to set post quantum cryptography standards within three years, expert says
China is likely to develop national standards for post quantum cryptography within the next three years, according to Wang Xiaoyun, a leading cryptography expert at Tsinghua University, as Beijing steps up investment in quantum research and pushes the field higher on its national technology agenda. Reuters reported that Wang made the remarks during the annual meetings of China’s National People’s Congress in Beijing.