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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.

More Immigrants Than Ever Are Challenging Detention
An analysis of habeas cases since 2009 shows that
immigrants have filed more challenges to their detention in the first 13 months of Trump’s second term
than in the last three administrations combined
— and the number keeps rising.
The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court
from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal,
mor…

Immigrants Who Say Their Detention Is Illegal Have Filed More Than 18,000 Cases. It’s a Historic High.
Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Trump’s first term.

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

Summit (aka Deft, aka ServerCentral):
"In our Elk Grove Village location, our CAM costs increased by 11% [...]  We will be passing this increase through [...]
We have also renewed our lease at Elk Grove Village resulting in increased costs of 30%. This renewal reflects the impact of high demand and increasing costs in the data center space.  This renewal is effective on July 1st, 2026 and we will be passing this increase through"

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

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Michaelson, Ingrid:
🎵 The Way I Am
#NowPlaying #Michaelson #Ingrid
https://jenton.bandcamp.com/track/ingrid-michaelson-the-way-i-am
https://open.spotify.com/track/2E9KlM0BvKZKcZAQRu3OWV

Anthropic says it will upgrade power grid infrastructure, generate new power, and cover consumer price increases to minimize the effects of its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/anthropi…

Anthropic to cover costs of electricity price increases from data centers
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that it will ensure consumer electricity costs remain steady as it expands its data center footprint.

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.

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