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Q&A with Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak on building a general-purpose brain for robots, standing out among big tech's robotics efforts, the path to AGI, and more (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/skild-ai-ceo-robotics-brain-davos

Skild AI's CEO on building one brain for every robot
My full Sources Live interview with Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak from Davos.

🪨 Diversifying lithium-rich mineral sources with petalite
#lithium

Diversifying lithium-rich mineral sources with petalite
Demand for lithium is surging, as the world transitions to renewable energy and adopts new technologies. Lithium-ion batteries play a central role in this shift, powering everything from cars to portable electronics. To meet the increasing demand, companies are recycling lithium from old batteries and also looking for new sources and better ways to extract it. While recycling supports a circular economy, experts agree that recycled lithium alone will not meet projected future needs.

Sources: Johnson to Titans in latest Jets trade https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48043185/sources-jets-trade-jermaine-johnson-titans-tvondre-sweat

Trump Iranian missile claim unsupported by U.S. intelligence, say sources (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/trump-iranian-missile-claim-unsupported-by-us-intelligence-say-sources-2026-02-27/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p13#a260227p13

Sources: DE Crosby expected to need surgery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47427162/sources-raiders-star-maxx-crosby-expected-need-knee-surgery

Bills promote offensive coordinator Joe Brady to take over as head coach, AP sources say https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/nfl/bills-promote-offensive-coordinator-joe-brady-to-take-over-as-head-coach-ap-so…

Sources: CNBC is planning an overhaul which will result in nearly a dozen layoffs, including the website's managing editor, and the introduction of a paywall (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Jets, OC Engstrand parting ways, sources say https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47745686/jets-oc-tanner-engstrand-parting-ways-sources-say

Sources: South Korean authorities suspect North Korean hacking group Lazarus of the $30M Upbit hack, which used methods resembling those of a 2019 Upbit theft (Kang Yoon-seung/Yonhap News Agency)
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20251128003952320?section=national/nation…

How are source racks for industrial irradiators built/installed/handled?
Like, when you're dealing with dozens if not hundreds of "drop and run" level sources how do you get it from the reactor where it was initially irradiated to the water tank or wherever it's kept when not in the raised position? Are the sources installed on the rack before it's irradiated (potentially also neutron activating the rack itself) or is the rack installed at the site then the source…

Congress authorized the SAVE program to help states ensure eligibility for public benefits applications
-- not to block American citizens from voting.
With substantial new changes to the SAVE program,
there is even more reason for election officials to exercise caution when using the system and interpreting its results.
SAVE is a tool for verifying citizenship.
Like other large-scale data sources,
it has flaws, exacerbated by an aggressive overhaul.
T…

Homeland Security’s “SAVE” Program Exacerbates Risks to Voters
Bad data and a politicized overhaul could spread election fraud lies and disenfranchise voters.

Joe Burrow trade chatter, a few Titans coaching candidates and what sources are saying around the NFL

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/joe-bur

Sources: US semiconductor companies face worsening rare earth shortages, as shipments still rarely make it to the US despite an October 2025 detente with China (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace

"How sewage can be used to heat and cool buildings"
#Sewage #Heating #Energy

Buildings turn sewer pipes into heating and cooling solution
Wastewater flushed down the drain can be used to heat and cool homes and buildings in a sustainable way and climate experts say it's an untapped source of energy due to its stable temperature of approximately 70°F. Pipes that transport sewage are already built, making it a low-cost, widely available resource, reducing the need for heating and cooling from polluting energy sources. The wastewater doesn't come into contact with the building’s water supply and there's no smell. The U.S. Departm…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Aisha Vaughan:
🎵 Garden Of Falling Light
#AishaVaughan
https://sources-live.bandcamp.com/track/garden-of-falling-light
https://open.spotify.com/track/6qD86XDGXApslSABimJFJ5

White House event with Trump, sports commissioners is delayed by snow: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7000510/2026/01/26/white-house-event-with-trump-sports-commissioners-is-delayed-by-snow-sources/<…

ego_social: Ego networks in social media (2012)
Ego networks associated with a set of accounts of three social media platforms (Facebook, Google , and Twitter). Datasets include node features (profile metadata), circles, and ego networks, and were crawled from public sources in 2012.
This network has 1034 nodes and 26749 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

Sources: WaPo lost $100M in 2025, after losing ~$100M in 2024 and $77M in 2023; its publisher told staff that expenses surpassed revenue between 2022 and 2025 (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/m…

https://theonion.com/bullshit-newborn-not-even-christ/

Titans set to hire Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6997205/2026/01/27/brian-daboll-titans-offensive-coordinator-giants/

Sources: Broncos fire OC after falling short of SB https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47747655/sources-broncos-fire-oc-joe-lombardi-afc-title-game-loss

Trump claimed Iran is building missiles that could soon hit the US. Sources say that's not backed up by US intelligence. (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/02/27/politics/iran-missiles-trump-intelligence-nuclear
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p91#a260227p91

Russia sources German Infineon transistors for combat drones despite sanctions, Ukraine’s military intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/russia-sources-german-infineon-transistors.html

Sources: Bari Weiss plans to announce new CBS contributors, including existing Free Press writers like conservative historian Niall Ferguson, at an all-hands (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/27/bari-weiss-cbs-contributors

Bari Weiss adds new podcasters and writers as CBS contributors
Weiss is importing an upstart newsroom model into a legacy media organization, prioritizing independent voices with built-in, loyal followings.

Sources: PayPal isn't in talks to sell itself, to Stripe or anyone, and has been preparing for months for a potential activist campaign or unwanted takeover bid (Rohan Goswami/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/26/2026/paypal-stripe-not-currently-…

Exclusive: Paypal, Stripe not currently in talks
PayPal has been working with bankers for months to prepare for a potential activist campaign or unwanted takeover bid.

Sources: Belichick not a 1st-ballot Hall of Famer https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47747076/belichick-not-first-ballot-hall-famer

Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/alex-pretti-protesters-minneapolis-invs
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p65#a260127p65

Sources: Meta last week scrapped the most advanced AI chip it was developing, after struggling with the design, and shifted its focus to a less complicated chip (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/metas-internal-chip-design-effo…

Meta’s Internal Chip Design Efforts Hit Roadblocks
As Meta Platforms strikes new chip supply deals with AMD and Nvidia, it has been running into problems with AI chips it is designing internally, according to six people with direct knowledge of the matter. Meta last week scrapped the most advanced chip it was developing for training AI models, ...

Sources: WaPo is laying off up to 300 employees, including over 100 staffers in the sports, metro, and foreign teams; the sports desk may be shuttered entirely (Natalie Korach/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-jeff-bezos

Post Parting Depression
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

Jets reached out to Jon Gruden about joining Aaron Glenn's coaching staff: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7003090/2026/01/27/new-york-jets-jon-gruden/

The FBI
-- at the direction of Director Kash Patel
-- has fired at least a half-dozen agents tied to the 2022 search of Donald Trump's home in Florida,
six people familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Three of the sources said at least 10 employees overall were dismissed,
-- from support personnel to agents and supervisors.

Kash Patel fires at least 6 FBI agents tied to Mar-a-Lago search
The dismissals come as the FBI director said his phone records were obtained by authorities during the Biden administration in connection with Trump probes.

Controversial Border Patrol chief and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, sources say (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/26/politics/gregory-bovino-minnneapolis-exit-ice
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p124#a260126p124

Sources: two members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team, Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak, left the startup and have been working at Meta for a few weeks (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/thinking-machines-lab-loses-2-fo…

Thinking Machines Lab loses 2 founding members to Meta
Thinking Machines Lab, led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, sees key members depart to Meta, highlighting talent retention challenges.

Sources: WaPo is reversing course on its plans not to send any sports staffers to cover the Winter Olympics in Italy and now expects to send four journalists (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/business/media/washi…

Washington Post Reverses Decision on Olympics Coverage
The newspaper will send a small team of reporters to cover the Olympics after it informed sports journalists on Friday that the paper would not send a group.

Sources: Apple is in talks with Visa, Mastercard, and Indian banks ICICI, HDFC, and Axis as it plans to launch Apple Pay in India around mid-2026 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-26/apple-in-talks-with-…

Sources: Amazon plans to invest up to $50B in OpenAI, $35B of which could hinge on an IPO or AGI milestone; OpenAI is discussing custom models for Amazon (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazons-50-billion-investment-openai-…

Amazon’s $50 Billion Investment in OpenAI Could Hinge on IPO, AGI
Amazon’s decision to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI could hang on whether OpenAI goes public or reaches a loosely defined milestone known as artificial general intelligence, which generally refers to AI that is on par with human abilities, according to three people involved who have ...

Sources: Cowboys' Smith has minor knee surgery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48023285/sources-cowboys-tyler-smith-knee-ready-april

Northern Ireland's police and the Metropolitan police admit to unlawfully obtaining BBC correspondent Vincent Kearney's communications data to identify sources (Harry Davies/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/f

Sources: the interim director of CISA, Madhu Gottumukkala, triggered automated security warnings last summer by uploading sensitive documents to ChatGPT (John Sakellariadis/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00…

Sources: Steelers plan to hire McCarthy as coach https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47715749/sources-steelers-planning-hire-mike-mccarthy-head-coach

Sources: Anthropic is set to raise about $20B led by Singapore's GIC and Coatue, double the amount it had targeted, at a $350B valuation (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5e6ee0d4-a313-452c-baac-27b45f5f2de5

Anthropic doubles VC fundraising to $20bn on surging investor demand
Company in talks to raise new funds from Coatue, GIC, Iconiq and Sequoia at $350bn valuation

ICE has been entering homes without judicial warrants since last summer, sources say (Julia Ainsley/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-entering-homes-judicial-warrants-last-summer-sources-say-rcna255619
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p92#a260123p92

Lions add Mike Kafka to offensive coaching staff: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7000362/2026/01/26/lions-hire-mike-kafka-offense-giants/

Sources: SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $30B more in OpenAI; SoftBank is already one of OpenAI's largest shareholders after investing $22.5B in December (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/so…

Philip Rivers removes himself from Bills coaching consideration: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6999091/2026/01/26/philip-rivers-bills-coaching-candidacy/

Sources: the US DOT plans to use Gemini to draft federal regulations, cutting the process to just 30 days; the DOT used it to draft a still-unpublished FAA rule (Jesse Coburn/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-artifi…

Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”

Sources: SAG-AFTRA "is building a war room to oppose" the WBD-Netflix merger, including plans for a potential strike (James Franey/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/media/hollywood-actors-union-could-strike-over-ne…

Exclusive | Hollywood actors' union secretly plotting possible strike over Netflix-WBD merger: sources
Hollywood actors could go on strike over the planned Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery tie-up, with their trade union secretly plotting a possible work stoppage in the New Year over fears the merger c…

DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources (Carol Leonnig/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/news/doj-sought-to-probe-renee-good-for-criminal-liability-even-after-her-death-sources
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p115#a260123p115

Colts QB Anthony Richardson requests trade after disappointing tenure: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7073147/2026/02/26/anthony-richardson-colts-trade-request-nfl-news/

Sources: Samsung enters the final qualification phase to supply its HBM4 chips to Nvidia, and targets mass production in February; Samsung's shares jumped 3.2% (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: NY-based Tandem, which uses AI to automate the paperwork for writing and receiving medical prescriptions, raised a $100M Series B at a $1B valuation (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Jets, Aaron Glenn change course and part ways with offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6952099/2026/01/27/tanner-engstrand-fired-new-york-jets/

Exclusive: U.S. eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker, sources say (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-eyes-additional-coast-guard-assets-seize-fleeing-tanker-sources-say-2025-12-24/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251223/p110#a251223p110

Sources: SoftBank halts talks about a ~$50B acquisition of US data center operator Switch, a setback to Masayoshi Son's goal to roll out Stargate infrastructure (Bloomberg)

Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B in assets (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/tec…

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.

Sources: Jasmine Crockett ejected an Atlantic reporter from an event and called police on a CNN reporter; the Atlantic's editor called the ejection unacceptable (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/24/2026…

Exclusive: Crockett escalates her war on the press
The Texas Senate hopeful’s operation ejected one reporter from an event and called the Capitol Police on another, sources told Semafor.

Sources: Vietnam's recent Huawei and ZTE 5G equipment deals bolster its ties with China following US tariffs, but could undermine US trust in Vietnam's networks (Francesco Guarascio/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/huawei

Sharyn Alfonsi, Scott Pelley's jobs are on the line after pushing back against Bari Weiss' CBS News shakeups: sources (Alexandra Steigrad/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/22/media/sharyn-alfonsi-scott-pelleys-jobs-are-on-the-line-after-pushing-back-against-bari-weiss-cbs-news-shakeups-sources/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p40#a260123p40

Demis Hassabis says there aren't "any plans" to put ads in Gemini and, in response to OpenAI testing ads, says "maybe they feel they need to make more revenue" (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/googles-ai-boss-no-plans-for-ads

Google's AI boss: No plans for ads in Gemini
During our convo in Davos, Demis Hassabis and I chatted about ads in AI, Google's new deal with Apple, humanoids, and Gemini 4.

Sources: DeepSeek did not share its upcoming V4 model with US chipmakers, including AMD and Nvidia, but granted early access to Chinese companies like Huawei (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/deepseek-w…

Sources: Bills interviewing ex-QB Rivers for coach https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47706170/bills-interviewing-philip-rivers-coaching-job-sources-say

Sources: General Atlantic is selling a stake in ByteDance in a deal that values it at $550B, up 66% since September 2025, the first divestment since its US sale (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/byteda

Sources: Netflix's Ted Sarandos plans to attend White House meetings Thursday, amid the WBD bid battle and after Trump's demand that Netflix fire Susan Rice (Yasmin Khorram/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/netflix-sarandos-white…

Chiefs QB Minshew avoids ACL tear, sources say https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47391618/chiefs-qb-gardner-minshew-avoids-acl-tear-sources-say

Sources: in a draft funding agreement, the Trump administration seeks to limit editorial freedom safeguards for two US-funded overseas news outlets (Minho Kim/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/trump-radio-free-europe.html

Trump Officials Seek to Break Editorial ‘Firewall’ at U.S.-Funded News Agencies
Two federally funded newsrooms received a draft funding agreement that could give President Trump’s appointees the power to veto their new hires for editors in chief and chief executives.

Sources: Giants exec Abrams leaves after 27 years https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47688708/giants-senior-executive-kevin-abrams-leaving-27-years-sources-say

Sources: Ali Javanmardi, VOA's Persian-language service advisor, is accused of censoring coverage of Iran's exiled crown prince due to a personal political bias (Laura Kelly/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5701358-voa-persian…

Scott Myers, the head of Snap's AR glasses subsidiary Specs, leaves after six years; sources say Myers left after a "blow-up" with Evan Spiegel over strategy (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/figmas-answer-to-the-ai-software

Figma's answer to the AI software sell-off
My chat with CEO Dylan Field ahead of today's earnings call. Also: Snap loses its head of Specs right before the big launch, and OpenAI poaches another key Meta exec.

Sources: Meta aims to enter the stablecoin space in H2, with plans to integrate a vendor to administer stablecoin-backed payments and implement a new wallet (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is planning stablecoin comeback in the second half amid U.S. regulatory shift
The Facebook owner’s stablecoin integration involves planning a third party vendor to help administer stablecoin-based payments and a new wallet to be implemented, sources said.

Sources: Aubrey pushes for bigger Cowboys offer https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48026516/brandon-aubrey-seeking-bigger-deal-cowboys

An interview with Notion CEO Ivan Zhao on Custom Notion AI agents launching in the coming week, over 50% of Notion databases now being built by agents, and more (Sources)
https://sources.news/p/notions-next-act

Notion's next act
CEO Ivan Zhao on the company's big custom agents launch, changing its business model for AI, hiring a 16-year-old engineer, and more.

Notre Dame secondary coach Mike Mickens to join Baltimore Ravens staff: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6998260/2026/01/25/noter-dame-mike-mickens-baltimore-ravens/

Titans agree to trade NT T'Vondre Sweat to Jets for DE Jermaine Johnson https://www.nfl.com/news/titans-jets-trade-tvondre-sweat-jermaine-johnson

Demis Hassabis says there aren't "any plans" to put ads in Gemini and, in response to OpenAI testing ads, says "maybe they feel they need to make more revenue" (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/googles-ai-boss-no-plans-for-ads

Google's AI boss: No plans for ads in Gemini
During our convo in Davos, Demis Hassabis and I chatted about ads in AI, Google's new deal with Apple, humanoids, and Gemini 4.

Titans to hire Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator https://www.nfl.com/news/titans-hire-brian-daboll-offensive-coordinator

Sources: while Meta offered OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger more money than OpenAI, he ultimately aligned more closely with OpenAI's overall vibe and vision (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/how-did-meta-lose-the-clawfather

How did Meta lose the ClawFather?
After Zuckerberg reached out, Altman ultimately won over OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger. Also: India's AI Summit kicks off, a new consumer AI agent platform, and Roblox is the gaming market.

Sources: Chargers expected to hire McDaniel as OC https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47677046/sources-chargers-expected-hire-mike-mcdaniel-oc

Sources: General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning, is in late-stage talks to raise several hundred million dollars at a $2B valuation (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/a-new-world-model-startup-is-quietly

A new world model startup is quietly raising big money
General Intuition is building a general-purpose AI agent and world model.

Sources: Titans finalizing deal to make Saleh coach https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47667622/sources-titans-finalizing-deal-make-robert-saleh-coach

Sources: China's top chipmakers, with strong government backing, aim to increase advanced chip production capacity fivefold to 100K wafers within two years (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techno…

China aims for 5-fold increase in advanced chip output to meet AI demand
Backed by Beijing, Huawei and SMIC lead efforts on 7-nm and 5-nm-like production tech

Sources: Japan's FTC raids Microsoft's Japan offices as part of a probe into whether Azure customers were improperly hindered from using other cloud services (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/ja…

Japan antitrust watchdog raids Microsoft over cloud services concerns
US software giant's Japanese unit suspected of hampering customers wanting to use rival services

Sources: Fins tried Burrow trade before '20 draft https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47369428/sources-dolphins-offered-4-first-round-picks-joe-burrow-2020

Sources: SAP investors and partners raise doubts about the company's AI products; VW tested SAP's flagship AI assitant Joule and did not find it mature enough (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Rams fire ST coordinator Blackburn, sources say https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47371200/sources-rams-fire-special-teams-coordinator-chase-blackburn

Sources: Thrive invested $1B in OpenAI in 2025 at a $285B valuation in a transaction akin to a call option; OpenAI was separately raising at a $830B valuation (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.

Sources: Saronic, which is building autonomous warships, is raising up to $1.5B at a ~$7.5B pre-money valuation; Saronic was last valued at $3.4B a year ago (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/autonomous-warship-s…

Autonomous Warship Startup Saronic Raising at $7.5 Billion Valuation
Saronic, a startup that builds autonomous warships, is raising as much as $1.5 billion in a financing that would value the company at about $7.5 billion, before including the investment, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Kleiner Perkins, the storied venture capital firm that ...

Sources: DOD asked Boeing and Lockheed Martin to assess their reliance on Claude, a first step toward blacklisting Anthropic; Lockheed confirms it was contacted (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/25/anthropic-pentagon-blacklist-claude

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic
The Pentagon asked at least two major defense contractors to assess their reliance on Claude.

Sources: Nvidia's licensing deal with Groq, which has raised ~$1.8B, includes payouts to Groq's key execs and investors, including BlackRock and Tiger Global (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-struck-20-billion-megadeal-gro…

Why Nvidia Struck a $20 Billion Megadeal with Groq
Nvidia stunned Silicon Valley on Wednesday by agreeing to pay about $20 billion to license technology from Groq, one of the best-funded startups trying to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in chips for powering AI applications, known as inference computing, according to a person involved in the deal. ...

Sources: Fins hiring Packers' Hafley as new HC https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47663739/sources-dolphins-hiring-packers-dc-jeff-hafley-new-coach

Sources: Broncos open window for Dobbins' return https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47663295/sources-broncos-open-practice-window-jk-dobbins-return

Lions set to hire Petzing as new OC, sources say https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47662766/sources-lions-finalizing-deal-hire-drew-petzing-new-oc

Sources: Thinking Machines lacks a clear product or business strategy and has been struggling over the last couple of months to raise a new round of financing (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/thinking-machines-is-nothing-without

Thinking Machines is nothing without its people
More Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join OpenAI. Also: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on ACCESS and the Sources Live @ Davos lineup.

Sources: QB Rivers follows dad Philip to NC State https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/48018176/four-star-qb-gunner-rivers-son-philip-rivers-commits-nc-state-wolfpack-football

Meta's head of Threads Connor Hayes says that fediverse compatibility isn't a priority for its current roadmap, but it is something that it's "maintaining" (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/whats-next-for-threads

What's next for Threads
Connor Hayes wants Meta's X rival to be "the place on the internet to talk about what's going on in the world." Also: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour this week on ACCESS.

Sources: Steelers open to Rodgers' return in '26 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47646611/sources-steelers-open-aaron-rodgers-return-players-praise-qb

X says it has open sourced its "core recommendation system" on GitHub and that the system "ranks everything using a Grok-based transformer model" (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/x-op

X open sources its algorithm while facing a transparency fine and Grok controversies | TechCrunch
In a post to GitHub on Tuesday, the social media giant purported to share its secret sauce.

Sources: Nvidia plans to begin shipping its H200 chips to China before mid-February 2026 and expects initial shipments to be ~40,000 to 80,000 H200 units (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-aims-begin-h2…

Sources: Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its goal of trimming 30,000 corporate workers, after cutting 14,000 jobs in October (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-

Sources: Stripe, which is privately held, has expressed preliminary interest in a potential acquisition of PayPal or its assets; PYPL jumps 7% (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/payments-processor-stripe-e…