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My first article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉
https://technology.inquirer.net/146003/anthropic-the-mythos-of-cybersecurity
Here I give my take on

Anthropic: The mythos of cybersecurity
In 2009, centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility began behaving abnormally, damaging equipment and setting back Iran’s uranium enrichment program. The culprit was a computer worm

Paris-based digital health insurance startup Alan raised €100M led by Index Ventures at a €5B valuation, up from €4B after raising €173M in September 2024 (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/health-insurance-startup-alan-reaches-e5b…

Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation | TechCrunch
French health insurance startup Alan is now valued at €5 billion — approximately $5.83 billion, up from $4.5 billion in 2024.

A forest #monk
https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail

Meet the monk camping along Yellowknife’s Ingraham Trail
Life's Better at the Cabin

Troy Aikman Sends Incredibly Blunt Message to Dallas Cowboys https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/troy-aikman-sends-incredibly-blunt-message/

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement arm
is requesting unfettered access to what is considered to be the most comprehensive government database of people in the United States
and their most private information,
including sensitive details about individual children, according to six current and former federal officials.
It is called the "Federal Parent Locator Service", and it’s meant for finding people who owe child support.
Granting acc…

DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases
The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims of domestic violence.

Court rebukes Trump administration for denying immigration detainees access to lawyers - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/12/court-trump-administration-denying-immigration-lawyers-00779762

Spotify says artists from 75 countries made $500K in royalties in 2025, up from 66 in 2024; ~50% of an average artist's streams came from outside their country (Ethan Millman/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/mu…

Artists From 75 Different Countries Made at Least $500,000 On Spotify Last Year
"The takeaway here is that music has become increasingly borderless," Spotify's Joe Hadley says of the company's latest loud and clear report released Wednesday

Connecticut Jewish leaders and synagogues have signed on to a national letter denouncing new prohibitions on recipients of a federal security grant,
which would ban nonprofits — including faith-based organizations — from conducting equity or “DEI” programming, staging some boycotts or helping undocumented immigrants.
The new language would also require such institutions to cooperate with immigration enforcement.
The letter was signed by Temple Beth El in Stamford, the Men…

CT Jewish leaders denounce new rules for federal security grants
Recipients of the nonprofit security grant will be prohibited from DEI programming, staging some boycotts or helping undocumented immigrants.

'Likely not reviewable': Trump admin wins district court victory over 'fast-track' efforts to deport Somali immigrants | Law & Crime
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/likely-not-reviewable-trump-admin-wins-district-court-victory-over-fast-track-efforts-to-deport-somali-immigrants/