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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

NASA uses Mars Helicopter's SoC for rover navigation upgrade

Register UK - Feb 24, 2026 2:12am 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 accuses Chinese AI firms of illicitly extracting Claude capabilities in large-scale data theft

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

Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity

The Atlantic - Feb 23, 2026 6:58pm 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

Every day in every way, passwords are getting worse

Register UK - Feb 23, 2026 5:20pm 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

Workaholic open source developers need to take breaks

Register UK - 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