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
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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
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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
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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.
March 19, 2026
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Xiaomi revealed as source of mystery AI model first suspected to be DeepSeek V4
A powerful artificial intelligence model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week and sparked speculation it was DeepSeek’s unreleased V4 system has now been identified as a Xiaomi model, according to Reuters and Xiaomi’s own AI team.
March 19, 2026
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Tennessee Minors Sue xAI, Alleging Grok Created Sexual Images Using Their Photos
Three plaintiffs from Tennessee, including two minors, have sued Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging that the company’s Grok image generator was knowingly designed in a way that allowed users to create sexually explicit images using real photos of identifiable people. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose, California, and seeks class action status for people across the United States whose likeness was used in sexualized AI generated images or videos.
March 17, 2026
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Nvidia Targets AI Inference as Chip Revenue Opportunity Reaches $1 Trillion
Nvidia said the revenue opportunity for its artificial intelligence chips could reach at least $1 trillion through 2027, as the company used its annual GTC developer conference to sharpen its push into AI inference, the fast growing segment focused on running models in real time rather than training them. Reuters reported that CEO Jensen Huang presented the new forecast as Nvidia moves to defend its dominance against rising competition from CPUs and custom AI chips from companies such as Google.
March 17, 2026
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Whistleblowers Say TikTok and Meta Put Safety at Risk in Algorithm Race
TikTok and Meta are facing fresh scrutiny after whistleblowers told the BBC that both companies made decisions that exposed users to more harmful content while competing to build more engaging recommendation systems. The allegations are featured in the BBC documentary Inside the Rage Machine, which examines how platform design choices amplified outrage, division and abuse as social media firms fought for user attention.
March 16, 2026
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China Pushes Deeper Into Advanced Chips With New 7nm Drive
China’s semiconductor push has reached a new stage, as Hua Hong Group, the country’s second largest chipmaker, is preparing to enter 7 nanometre chip production through its contract manufacturing arm, Huali Microelectronics, according to a Reuters report citing people familiar with the matter. The move would make Hua Hong only the second Chinese foundry after SMIC with domestic 7nm capability, a step seen as important for China’s effort to reduce dependence on foreign chip suppliers and strengthen local artificial intelligence supply chains.