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Supreme Court questions WhatsApp’s data policy; company defends encryption
WhatsApp told the Supreme Court that it does not read or share users’ personal messages, stressing that chats remain end-to-end encrypted. The court questioned its consent policy, while the platform agreed to comply with NCLAT directions on data-sharing and privacy safeguards.
First Post - Feb 24, 2026 2:58am EST
Meta executive warned Facebook Messenger encryption plan was 'so irresponsible', shows court filing
The filing contains emails, messages and briefing documents obtained in discovery for a lawsuit brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez that shed new light on what the company assessed the impact of the plan would be and how senior policy and safety executives viewed it at the time.
First Post - Feb 24, 2026 1:02am EST
Pentagon's Hegseth summons Anthorpic CEO Dario Amodei for 'not a friendly' meeting
The report says that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called Amodei to discuss the terms of Anthropic’s Claude in military use, which is the only AI model currently available for classified systems and the only one used for sensitive defence and intelligence work
First Post - Feb 24, 2026 12:47am EST
Hegseth and Anthropic CEO set to meet as debate intensifies
ABC News - Feb 24, 2026 12:47am EST
Sarvam’s Indus enters AI race against ChatGPT, Google Gemini: How to get key features
Sarvam has quietly released its Indus AI chat app, offering multilingual capabilities powered by India-built language models
First Post - Feb 24, 2026 12:27am EST
Anthropic says DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax ran industrial-scale distillation campaigns using millions of interactions with Claude to illicitly replicate its capabilities and evade US export controls
First Post - Feb 24, 2026 12:02am EST
Trump's global tariff to take effect at 10%, despite announcement of 15%
The back-and-forth underscores the uncertainty of Trump's tariffs that is once again causing confusion with markets, trading partners, and businesses large and small.
NBC News - Feb 23, 2026 10:49pm EST
As Wall Street punishes software stocks over AI concerns, Canva gets more acquisitive
Cavalry offers motion graphics tools for designers, while MangoAI could help Canva provide tools for making new video ads.
CNBC - Feb 23, 2026 10:15pm EST
Hegseth to meet with Anthropic CEO as rift grows over military use of AI
After months of friction over how the U.S. military plans to use Anthropic's AI system, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet with the company's CEO. NBC News' Brian Cheung and Jared Perlo explain the conflict.
NBC News - Feb 23, 2026 9:16pm EST
Anthropic Says Chinese AI Companies Improved Models By 'Illicitly' Copying Its Capabilities
Gizmodo - Feb 23, 2026 8:56pm EST
A robotic dog made in China gets an Indian university kicked out of an AI summit
A professor said the robot was developed at Galgotias University, but internet users quickly identified it as being commercially available from China’s Unitree Robotics.
NBC News - Feb 23, 2026 8:08pm EST
Jim Cramer says AI fears have made the stock market fragile
New research explains how the AI boom could hurt the economy and cause a 10% unemployment rate.
CNBC - Feb 23, 2026 7:02pm EST
FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling
The shipping company said it was owed refunds for any tariffs it paid under a rule the high court found exceeded the president's authority.
NBC News - Feb 23, 2026 6:24pm EST
Sam Altman: Know What Else Used a Lot of Energy? Human Civilization
Gizmodo - Feb 23, 2026 6:01pm EST
After a Near-Perfect Test, NASA's Artemis 2 Rocket Is Rolling Back to the Garage
Gizmodo - Feb 23, 2026 5:15pm EST
U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean kills 3
The attack by the military comes less than a week after the head of U.S. Southern Command visited Caracas, Venezuela.
NBC News - Feb 23, 2026 4:46pm EST
Wild Study Proposes Possible Link Between Solar Flares and Earthquakes
Gizmodo - Feb 23, 2026 4:42pm EST
IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat
COBOL is a computer language used for business data processing and IBM is a leader in that area.
CNBC - Feb 23, 2026 4:31pm EST
Peter Attia leaves CBS News contributor role amid fallout from Epstein files
The wellness influencer's name appears frequently in a cache of Epstein files the Justice Department released this month.
NBC News - Feb 23, 2026 4:28pm EST
House Democrats bringing Jeffrey Epstein survivors to Trump's State of the Union speech
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said he was bringing Haley Robson as a way of "bringing accountability to the Epstein class."
NBC News - Feb 23, 2026 4:10pm EST