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Fokus auf die Mittelklasse: Nothing Phone (4) kommt 2026 nicht
Das Londoner Startup Nothing wird 2026 keinen Nachfolger des Topmodells Phone (3) auf den Markt bringen. Im Fokus stehen die Mittelklasse und neue Kopfhörer.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Nothing:
🎵 toothless coal
#Nothing
https://nothing.bandcamp.com/track/toothless-coal
https://open.spotify.com/track/4P1mMgITKDwL54lRxebGul

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and crypto evangelist Tim Draper plan to spend millions this year on an effort to elect moderate California legislators (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/poli

California Crypto Billionaires Plan to Spend Tens of Millions on Moderate Candidates
Chris Larsen and Tim Draper, two outspoken Silicon Valley leaders, are planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to elect moderate state lawmakers this year.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Nothing:
🎵 toothless coal
#Nothing
https://nothing.bandcamp.com/track/toothless-coal
https://open.spotify.com/track/4P1mMgITKDwL54lRxebGul

Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/technology/anthropic-defense-dept-openai-talks.…

How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart
The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.

A global WTO ban on taxing digital streaming and downloads across national borders expired on March 30; negotiations are set to continue in Geneva this spring (Ana Swanson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/business/economy/digita…

Global Ban on Digital Duties Expires After Stalled Talks at W.T.O.
A prohibition on taxing digital downloads expired, after members of the World Trade Organization concluded their annual meeting without an agreement.

How India's outsourcing industry, which employs 6M people and is worth nearly $300B, is racing to adapt as AI promises to automate white-collar work (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/technology/india-technology-jobs-ai.html

India Built the World’s Back Office. A.I. Is Starting to Shrink It.
Artificial intelligence promises to automate the white-collar work that made India a tech powerhouse. The country is racing to adapt before it’s too late.

Instagram reaches an agreement with the MPA to cease using the PG-13 trademark in its Teen Accounts marketing, after a C&D letter, and will add a disclaimer (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/arts/instagram-pg-13-rating-mpa-meta-t…

How Instagram’s ‘PG-13’ Branding for Teens Unraveled
The social media giant, under legal pressure from the Motion Picture Association, has retreated from its use of the movie rating in its marketing.

Indonesia lifts its ban on Grok after receiving a letter from X "outlining concrete steps" to prevent misuse; Indonesia was the first country to ban Grok (Jin Yu Young/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/asia/indonesia-lift-grok-ban.h…

Indonesia Lifts Ban on Grok After New Assurances From X Corp
Indonesia joined Malaysia and the Philippines in reversing its restrictions, weeks after it blocked the chatbot because it was used to generate sexually explicit images of real people.

Tests of 12 AI-detection tools show many capable of spotting basic fakes, but struggle with complex images; few analyze video, and most identified fake audio (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/…

Can A.I. Detection Tools Really Spot Fake Images and Videos?
Artificial intelligence detectors are increasingly used to check the veracity of content online. We ran more than 1,000 tests and found several strengths and plenty of weaknesses.