The Wire
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19:36
SpaceX Hits 33-Flight Booster Record as Vulcan Faces National Security Launch Pause
The U.S. Space Force halted Vulcan Centaur missions after recurring solid rocket booster anomalies, while SpaceX extends its reusability lead and Blue Origin struggles with…
19:30
NASA Pivots Artemis Timeline to 2028 as China Lunar Ambitions Escalate Space Race
Administrator Isaacman announces two potential crewed landings in 2028, accelerating timelines amid strategic pressure from Beijing's 2030 target.
19:21
CoreWeave Secures $8.5 Billion in Meta-Backed Debt as AI Infrastructure Arms Race Intensifies
The specialized GPU cloud provider's massive loan — the largest AI infrastructure financing of 2026 — signals both surging demand for compute and growing anxiety…
19:09
BMW Completes 11-Month Humanoid Robot Trial as Manufacturing Automation Race Accelerates
Figure AI's robots handled 90,000 parts in BMW's Spartanburg plant, marking the first sustained deployment of general-purpose humanoids in high-volume automotive production.
18:46
RetroTick Brings Windows 95-Era Gaming to the Browser Without Installation
Open-source x86 emulator launches with drag-and-drop support for classic executables, targeting gap between DOS emulators and full retro consoles.
18:33
Trump Media Explores Truth Social Spin-Off as Stock Languishes 89% Below Peak
The social media platform could become an independent public company following a complex merger with fusion energy firm TAE Technologies.
18:18
California’s Operating System Age Gate Goes Live in Ten Months
AB 1043 requires Windows, macOS, and Linux to collect user age during setup and transmit signals to every app—no ID required, but enforcement on open-source…
18:01
Tech Stocks Face Worst Month in Nearly a Year as Geopolitics and AI Doubts Converge
February's triple threat—US-Iran crisis, rising oil prices, and mounting AI valuation concerns—delivers a reality check to markets after 2025's exuberance.
11:35
Pentagon Threatens to Blacklist Anthropic in Escalating AI Safety Standoff
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given the AI company until Friday to remove restrictions on Claude's military use or face designation as a supply chain…
11:34
Trump Forces Tech Giants to Bankroll Their Own Power as Grid Strains Under AI Demand
White House event on March 4 will formalize pledges from Amazon, Google, Meta, and others to build or buy their own electricity supply for data…
11:29
Denmark’s MitID Outage Exposes Single-Point Failure Risk for 5.8 Million Users
A 25-minute service disruption on February 27 locked millions out of banking, government services, and digital payments—illustrating the fragility of countries dependent on monopolistic digital…
11:02
Seoul Ends 19-Year Standoff, Grants Google Maps Access Under US Trade Pressure
South Korea conditionally approved Google's export of high-precision map data after rejecting similar requests in 2007 and 2016, as Washington linked the restrictions to tariff…
09:46
PayPal Denies Stripe Acquisition Talks as Stock Plunges 6% Following Retraction
The payments giant confirmed it is not in discussions to be acquired, contradicting reports that sent shares soaring earlier this week and exposing deeper vulnerability…
09:20
CoStar Launches Homes AI as Real Estate Bets on Domain-Specific Intelligence
CEO Andy Florance positions voice-enabled assistant as data-moat play against generic AI tools—and a wedge against Zillow, Redfin in proptech arms race.
08:52
Rajan Dismisses AI Doomsday Scenario for India’s $224 Billion IT Sector
Former RBI chief calls disruption real but manageable, pushes back on Citrini Research forecast warning of economic collapse by 2028.
08:30
Block Slashes 40% of Workforce in AI-Driven Restructuring as Markets Reward Dorsey’s Efficiency Play
Jack Dorsey's fintech cuts 4,000 employees from strong position as stock surges 23% on bet that AI tools replace human labor at scale.
08:25
IonQ Shares Surge 20% After Q4 Revenue Blows Past Estimates, Signaling Quantum’s Commercial Tipping Point
The trapped-ion quantum computing company reported revenue of $61.9 million for the quarter—53% above consensus—and guided 2026 to $225–$245 million, underscoring accelerating enterprise and government…
22:53
Smartphone Market Faces 13% Contraction as Memory Crisis Ruptures Supply Chain
IDC projects shipments will plunge 140 million units in 2026 as DRAM and NAND shortages driven by AI infrastructure demand force manufacturers to raise prices…
22:09
Global Smartphone Market Faces Historic 12.9% Collapse as Memory Crisis Triggers Supply Chain Shock
AI infrastructure boom drains memory chip supply, forcing IDC to project worst industry contraction on record—worse than COVID—as prices surge and 171 million budget devices…
21:59
Apple’s iPhone Becomes First Consumer Device Cleared for NATO Classified Data
iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 receive NATO approval to handle restricted-level information without specialized software, marking a watershed moment for commercial security and government procurement.