Security
US Sanctions on a Ransomware VPN Took Telegram's t.me Domain Offline for 24 Hours
OFAC listed a Telegram group link in sanctions against First VPN. The .me registry suspended all of t.me as a result - every invite link broke for 24 hours.
AI
Google Images Turns 25 With a Pinterest-Style Redesign and Nano Banana Image Generation in Search
Google Images turns 25 with a redesign: a personalized "For You" gallery, collections, and Nano Banana image generation built into AI Overviews on Search.
Apps
WhatsApp Is Building Its Own Cloud Backup for iPhone - With Encryption iCloud Does Not Force On You
WhatsApp is developing its own cloud backup for iPhone. Backups on WhatsApp servers use mandatory end-to-end encryption - iCloud makes that optional.
Industry
General Fusion Lists on Nasdaq. Its Machine Has Already Hit 8.4 Million Degrees Celsius.
General Fusion began trading on Nasdaq today as GFUZ, the first publicly listed fusion company. LM26 has already reached 8.4 million degrees Celsius toward a 10 million degree target.
Apps
X Fixed a Ranking Bug That Was Hiding Your Friends in Replies
X pushed a ranking change Monday that boosts mutual followers in replies. Nikita Bier says mutual-follow data was simply missing from the X algorithm entirely.
Industry
Apple Quietly Acquired SigScalr, the Startup Behind Open-Source Observability Tool SigLens
Apple acquired assets and employees from SigScalr, the maker of open-source observability tool SigLens. Deal closed March 12. No financial terms disclosed.
AI
Meta Doubles Hyperion to 5GW in Louisiana. Add the Chips and Bloomberg Gets to $250 Billion.
Meta Hyperion data center in Richland Parish grows from 2GW to 5GW. Construction tops $50 billion. Add the hardware and Bloomberg's count exceeds $250 billion.
AI
Waze Adds Motorcycle Mode and Personalized Navigation in a Five-Feature Gemini Push
Waze motorcycle mode launches today alongside personalized navigation, a quieter voice option, and two new Gemini tools. Seven countries get motorcycle routing.
Hardware
Samsung Yongin Chip Factory Moves to 2029 as AI Memory Demand Pulls Timeline Forward
Samsung confirmed its Yongin chip factory will open in 2029, one to two years ahead of schedule. South Korea plans to double memory output within five years.
Hardware
Intel Commits €5 Billion to Ireland to Scale Xeon 6 on Intel 3
An Intel Ireland investment of €5 billion targets Xeon 6 and next-gen Xeon production on the Intel 3 node at the Leixlip campus in County Kildare.
Security
Surfshark Review 2026: Unlimited Devices, $2.49 Intro, and a Renewal That Triples
Surfshark review: unlimited devices, $2.49/month intro, and a new Dausos protocol built for post-quantum threats. Read the renewal math before buying.
AI
OpenAI Cut GPT-5.6 Sol's Thinking Budget 87% - Four Days After Launch
OpenAI cut the GPT-5.6 Sol thinking budget across all tiers four days after launch. Sol max fell from 960 to 128. Terra and Luna were not affected.