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Sources: the US used Palantir's Maven Smart System, integrated with Claude, to find and prioritize 1,000 targets within the first 24 hours of the Iran strikes (www.washingtonpost.com)
2026-3-4 Iran

Eight Sleep, which sells smart mattress accessories to track sleep patterns and adjust temperatures, raised $50M at a $1.5B valuation, up from $500M in 2021 (techcrunch.com)
2026-3-4

Work, stream, multitask on this refurbished $360 HP touchscreen (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-3-4

Unlike in the West, Chinese policymakers and the public appear to be much more optimistic about AI, likely due to a focus on real-world applications of AI (www.nytimes.com)
2026-3-4 China AI

Boston-based Whoop, which makes screenless fitness bands, says it plans to grow staff by up to 75% in 2026, adding 600+ roles, ahead of a likely IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-4 IPO

X user TheGhostOfHope, one of top Call of Duty leakers, says Activision “legally demanded that I stop leaking and disseminating confidential information” (www.theverge.com)
2026-3-4

Polymarket removes long-running markets letting users bet on the chances of a nuclear weapon detonating amid the Iran strikes; a 2025 market had $1.7M in volume (www.coindesk.com)
2026-3-4 Iran

'Game of Thrones' Movie In the Works (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-3-4

Analysis: since the end of 2025, Polymarket users have rarely bet large sums on US strikes the next day; before the Iran strikes, 150+ accounts placed such bets (www.nytimes.com)
2026-3-4 Iran

Sources: Walmart-backed PhonePe targets an up to $10.5B valuation in its Indian IPO; PhonePe raised $600M from General Atlantic at a $14.5B valuation in October (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-4 India IPO Walmart

Sources: Anthropic recently surpassed $19B in run-rate revenue, up from $9B at the end of 2025 and roughly $14B a few weeks ago, driven by strong Claude usage (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-4

Visa and Stripe's Bridge plan to expand their partnership to issue stablecoin-linked cards in 100+ countries; the cards are currently live in 18 countries (fortune.com)
2026-3-4

Corning unveils Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 for smartphones, promising enhanced drop durability over multiple years, first launching on the new Motorola Razr Fold (9to5google.com)
2026-3-4

NASA Repairs Artemis 2 Rocket, Continues Eyeing April Moon Launch (science.slashdot.org)
2026-3-4 NASA

Sources: President Trump met with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on March 3 before publicly admonishing banks over the GENIUS Act, echoing Coinbase's position (www.politico.com)
2026-3-4 Trump Coinbase

An OpenAI spokesperson says Sam Altman misspoke in saying OpenAI was looking to deploy on NATO classified networks, and that it was for “unclassified networks” (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-4

Asia's smaller chip companies are joining their bigger peers in hiking prices as robust AI demand fuels capex, projected to rise 25% YoY to over $136B in 2026 (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-3-4 Asia AI

Sea's NY-listed shares fell as much as 27% on March 3, their worst intraday drop since 2023, after reporting Q4 net income up 73% YoY to $410.9M, vs. $442M est. (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-4 4Q

The UK government commits an initial £40M to an AI research lab, modeled on its DARPA-inspired ARIA, seeking breakthroughs in science, healthcare, and transport (www.ft.com)
2026-3-4 AI

Security researchers successfully prompted the AI behind a Utah prescription renewal pilot to reclassify meth as an “unrestricted therapeutic”, and more (www.axios.com)
2026-3-4 AI

Lockheed Martin to follow US federal ban on Anthropic, as government contracting attorneys say defense contractors are expected to comply with the DOD's order (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-4 Ban

10 Movie Adaptations That Ruined Everything for Some Fans (listverse.com)
2026-3-4

10 Wars That Sound Made Up (but Absolutely Happened) (listverse.com)
2026-3-4

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now In the Hands of Foreign Spies, Criminals (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-3-4 iPhone

Dario Amodei says Anthropic has a higher retention than OpenAI, emphasizing its “mission” as a way to reinforce staff loyalty and fend off competitors' offers (www.theinformation.com)
2026-3-4

TikTok won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and safety teams from reading messages if needed, saying it wants to protect young users from harm (www.bbc.com)
2026-3-4

OpenAI's red lines within its DOD agreement are built upon legal language that the NSA has redefined over decades to permit the things they appear to prohibit (www.techdirt.com)
2026-3-4

Meta is testing a shopping research feature in its Meta AI chatbot on the web for select US users, positioning it against e-commerce tools in ChatGPT and Gemini (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-4 AI chatbot

KeyCare, a virtual care platform built on the Epic EHR, raised $27.4M led by HealthX Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $55M (www.mobihealthnews.com)
2026-3-4

OpenAI Is Developing an Alternative To GitHub (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-3-4 GitHub

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