Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI |

In Brief Posted: 3:09 PM PDT · March 19, 2026 Jeff Bezos is reportedly seeking $100 billion for a new fund, the likes of which…

Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant |

When we think about the existential threats of new technology, we’re usually thinking about something like the recent negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon over…

Polymarket continues its partnership spree with a Major League Baseball deal |

In Brief Posted: 12:46 PM PDT · March 19, 2026 Prediction platform Polymarket has been on a partnership spree — a trend that continued this…

Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says |

Bots are taking over the web, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. In an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin this week, he said…

Geothermal startup Fervo catapults itself over the ‘valley of death’ |

In Brief Posted: 11:26 AM PDT · March 19, 2026 Enhanced geothermal has had a promising few years, nudged forward by data centers’ insatiable demand…

Meta rolls out new AI content enforcement systems while reducing reliance on third-party vendors |

Meta on Thursday announced that it’s starting to roll out more advanced AI systems to handle content enforcement as it plans to cut back on…

Google introduces a new way for users to sideload Android apps that still protects against scams |

After settling its lengthy antitrust battle over the Android app ecosystem earlier this month, Google said Thursday it will make it easier to install Android…

DoorDash launches a new 'Tasks' app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI |

9:14 AM PDT · March 19, 2026 DoorDash announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new, stand-alone “Tasks” app that will allow the company to…

Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all |

According to an Instagram post from Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth, Meta is not shutting down VR support for Horizon Worlds after all, which should come…

FBI seizes pro-Iranian hacking group's websites after destructive Stryker hack |

The FBI seized and took down two websites linked to the pro-Iranian hacktivist group Handala, which last week claimed responsibility for a destructive cyberattack against…