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Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tencent-joins-chinas-…

Tencent Joins China’s AI Agent Race With ‘Top-Secret’ WeChat Project
Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals like Alibaba Group and ByteDance in the race to dominate China’s domestic AI market, according to four people familiar with the project. The projectcould dramatically ...

Letter: 200 Thomson Reuters staff ask the company not to renew its ICE contract when it expires in May; Thomson Reuters' Westlaw service is Minneapolis-based (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/technology/thomson-reuters-ice-…

They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE
Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
the innocence mission:
🎵 Bright as Yellow
#theinnocencemission
https://theinnocencemission.bandcamp.com/track/bright-as-yellow-demo
https://open.spotify.com/track/6rbGpy1s1TniuQXsIBaQym

"wINdoWs jUst wOrkS"
Windows suddenly can't find the external monitor, and the settings dialog freezes.
#TimjanGrumpsOnComputers

POL-GOE: Drohszenarien an Schulen: Polizei und RLSB stärken gemeinsam Handlungssicherheit Göttingen (ots) - Die Polizeidirektion Göttingen und die Regionalen Landesämter für Schule und Bildung (RLSB) Braunschweig und Hannover haben am Dienstag, den 10. März 2026, zu einem gemeinsamen Fachtag nach Göttingen eingeladen. Thema der ... https://www.…

#Genuary10 #Genuary2026: Polar coordinates
Circular Fold (2022), an animated circle inversion loop. Made with #ThingUmbrella.

Canada-U.S.: why some snowbirds* are flying farther south
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/didnt-like-us-canadians-snowbirds-say-tensions-between-canada-us-led-to-changes-in-travel-itinerary/
* “Snowbird” refers to Canadians who spend their winters in sunny climates, which include Florida, Arizona, Texas, as well as other sunny U.S. locales.
The climate has changed ...

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW of next-gen Vera Rubin chips (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a8853057-c0a3-46f6-817f-7a23e79ea4e2

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines strikes multibillion chip deal with Nvidia
Multiyear partnership includes a further ‘significant’ investment from Nvidia into one-year-old AI start-up

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Flea:
🎵 Thinkin Bout You
#Flea
https://officialflea.bandcamp.com/track/thinkin-bout-you
https://open.spotify.com/track/4LiSdLjUXbS4daVzBJCTwH

Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are releasing new models and spending millions on "red envelope" freebies to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech…

China's AI apps wield 'red envelopes' in Lunar New Year fight for users
Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and DeepSeek step up fight heading into 'crucial' holiday season