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Today β€” 19 March 2026TechCrunch

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take their place

19 March 2026 at 00:30
Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user's behalf.
Yesterday β€” 18 March 2026TechCrunch

Patreon CEO calls AI companies’ fair use argument β€˜bogus,’ says creators should be paid

18 March 2026 at 21:54
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says AI companies should pay creators for training data, arguing their fair use defense falls apart when they license content from major publishers.

Rebel Audio is a new AI podcasting tool aimed at first-time creatorsΒ 

18 March 2026 at 21:15
Rebel Audio is a new all-in-one podcasting tool that allows creators to record podcasts, edit, clip content for social, and publish episodes, all without ever leaving the platform.Β 

The Gemini-powered features in Google Workspace that are worth using

18 March 2026 at 20:43
From summarizing emails, drafting content, organizing data, and tracking meetings, here are all the best Gemini features in Google Workspace.

The leaderboard β€œyou can’t game,” funded by the companies it ranks

18 March 2026 at 20:30
Artificial intelligenceΒ models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the bestΒ β€” and who decides that?Β Arena, formerly LM Arena, hasΒ emergedΒ as the de facto public leaderboard for frontier LLMs, influencing funding, launches, and PR cycles. In just seven months, the startup went from aΒ UCΒ Berkeley PhD research […]

Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack

18 March 2026 at 18:37
Fintech company Marquis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that hackers stole their personal and financial information, including their Social Security numbers.
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Stryker says it’s restoring systems after pro-Iran hackers wiped thousands of employee devices

17 March 2026 at 19:52
The hack, which brought ongoing widespread disruption to the company's operations, is thought to be the first major cyberattack in the United States in response to the Trump administration's war in Iran.

Oura enters India’s smart ring market with the Ring 4

17 March 2026 at 19:14
Finnish smart ring maker Oura is finally launching in India, taking on local rivals such as Ultrahuman in a relatively young smart ring market that is becoming price-sensitive thanks to an influx of low-cost options.

Gamma adds AI image-generation tools in bid to take on Canva and Adobe

17 March 2026 at 17:00
The company's new product, called Gamma Imagine, will let users employ text prompts to create brand-specific assets like interactive charts and visualizations, marketing collateral, social graphics, and infographics.

Amazon adds 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options in the US

17 March 2026 at 15:34
The e-commerce giant is making more than 90,000 items available via this new delivery system. If an item can be delivered to a user within one or three hours, they'll see a label saying so next to that item on the Amazon app.

Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks

17 March 2026 at 00:58
Sen. Elizabeth Warren noted that Grok, xAI's controversial chatbot, has created harmful outputs for users and poses a potential national security risk.

Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries

17 March 2026 at 00:00
GridBeyond's hardware and software coordinates several gigawatts of supply and demand to help balance the flow of electricity on the grid. The idea has attracted investors like Samsung Ventures.

Nvidia’s DLSS 5 uses generative AI to boost photorealism in video games, with ambitions beyond gaming

16 March 2026 at 23:12
Nvidia’s new DLSS 5 uses generative AI and structured graphics data to make video games more realistic. CEO Jensen Huang says the approach could eventually spread to other industries.

Netflix’s β€˜Frankenstein’ wins three Oscars, β€˜KPop Demon Hunters’ wins two

16 March 2026 at 06:27
β€œFrankenstein” won for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while β€œKPop Demon Hunters” won for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.

Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks

15 March 2026 at 22:49
AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.

How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote β€”Β and what to expect

16 March 2026 at 18:30
GTC is Nvidia's flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically announces new products, partnerships, and its vision for the future of computing. Huang's keynote will focus on Nvidia's role in the future of computing and AI.
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