March 22, 2026

An exclusive tour of Amazon's Trainium lab, the chip that's won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple : Shortly after Amazon announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal. Read More

Delve accused of misleading customers with 'fake compliance': An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of "falsely" convincing "hundreds of customers they were compliant" with privacy and security regulations. Read More

Amid legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada: It's the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets. Read More

Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows: The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps. Read More

Pinterest CEO calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16: Pinterest's chief compares social media to tobacco and alcohol, saying children need similar protections. Read More

US accuses Iran's government of operating hacktivist group that hacked Stryker: The U.S. Justice Department said an Iranian security ministry operates the fake activist persona known as Handala, which claimed responsibility for the destructive hack targeting medical tech giant Stryker. Read More

Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?: Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win. Read More

Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says: At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company. Read More

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Why Wall Street wasn't won over by Nvidia's big conference: Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility. Read More

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