Mastodawn

China restricts Manus cofounders from leaving country as it reviews Meta deal – report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/china-restricts-manus-cofounders-leaving-country-meta-deal/

Meta boosts top executives’ pay with stock options as AI race heats up

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/meta-executive-pay-stock-options-ai-race/

OpenAI to shut down Sora generative AI video app

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/openai-shut-down-sora-ai-video-app/

Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-ruling-march-24-2026/

Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims

The jury finds that Meta violated New Mexico's consumer protection law and orders the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties

RAPPLER

US charges 3 tied to Super Micro Computer with helping smuggle AI chips to China

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/us-charges-smugglers-super-micro-computer-ai-chips-china/

US government confirms Tesla and LG Energy Solution’s $4.3-billion battery deal

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/united-states-government-confirms-tesla-lg-energy-solutions-battery-deal/

‘I will burn down my school’: Extremist indoctrination via Roblox manifests in PH – report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/extremism-radicalization-roblox-digital-platforms-filipino-students/

Hacker News Mar 15

Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies

https://www.theolympus.net/13531/

#HackerNews #TechCompanies #AI #WaterSupplies #LocalResources #EnvironmentalImpact

Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies

Washington state is home to about 126 artificial intelligence data centers. These data centers evaporate millions of gallons of freshwater each day to provide cooling, but at the cost of draining local resources. The rapid expansion of these data centers strains regional drinking water supplies, as well as increasing blackout risk due to the high...

The Olympus

Telus says it is investigating a hack of its systems

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/telus-investigating-systems-hack/

[Tech Thoughts] Speedtest, DownDetector owner Ookla’s sale to Accenture at a glance

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/features/things-to-know-ziff-davis-sell-ookla-accenture/