Iranians turn to Starlink, decentralized messaging apps, and VPNs to circumvent an internet blackout; NetBlocks says connectivity is at 1% of ordinary levels (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/irani…
Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus signed a multi-billion deal with an unnamed customer to build a Melbourne data center with 18,400 Nvidia GB300 chips (Sharon Klyne/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Trump unveils a $12B critical minerals stockpile, called Project Vault, to minimize reliance on China, with participation from 12 companies, including Google (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-02/tru…
Sources: SpaceX is in advanced talks to combine with xAI and they have informed some of their investors, as Elon Musk moves quickly to consolidate his empire (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-02/spacex-is-in-advance…
Meta is testing a shopping research feature in its Meta AI web browser for select US users, positioning it against e-commerce tools in ChatGPT and Gemini (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-0…
The US-led Iran bombing campaign causes longer delivery times for Amazon, Shein, and others in the Middle East, one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/iran-str…
A look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021 (Hyonhee Shin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Sources: amid negotiations with the DOD, Anthropic submitted a bid to compete in a $100M DOD contest to develop voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming tech (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Oracle says it plans to raise $45B to $50B in 2026 to build additional capacity for its cloud infrastructure through a combination of debt and equity sales (Vincent Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
Source: Cursor's annualized revenue topped $2B in February, doubling from three months earlier, and about 60% of the revenue is coming from corporate customers (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20