Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils 11 Security Copilot AI agents, five created by partners, that do things like triage phishing and data loss alerts, coming to preview in April — Microsoft has six new security agents that can do things like process phishing and data loss alerts.
Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog:
DeepSeek releases MIT-licensed DeepSeek-V3-0324, the latest version of their enormous DeepSeek v3 model; the previous DeepSeek v3 version had a custom license — deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek just released the latest version of their enormous DeepSeek v3 model …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on the music creation platform, the economics of creator platforms, why creatives “deserve better” than AI tools, and more — Today, I’m talking with Kakul Srivastava, CEO of music creation platform Splice.
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, who is set to go on trial for conspiracy to commit money laundering; Storm says most users were legitimate — Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is set to go on trial for conspiracy to commit money laundering
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple says the AirPods Max will get 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, including Personalized Spatial Audio, and ultra‑low latency in April via a software update — A new firmware update coming in April will also include ultra low-latency for the $549 headphones.
Wired:
A survey of 730 software engineers: 75% have tried AI, 35.6% are AI optimists and 38.4% pessimists, freelance coders use AI more, 50% pay for AI tools, and more — We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. The results amazed and disturbed us.
Katie Roof / Bloomberg:
CB Insights: Q1 2025 had 11 startup sales worth $1B+ or more, totaling a record $54.5B, up from two acquisitions worth $1B+ in Q1 2024, totaling $3.2B — Google’s $32 billion Wiz deal is part of a surge of tech M&A. — Startup acquisitions have boomed so far this year …
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority:
Google confirms a “technical issue” on Google Maps “that caused the deletion of Timeline data for some people”, but says those with backups can restore the data — Update: Google has confirmed the issue, and it indeed advises affected users to restore their data via a previous backup.
Henry Ren / Bloomberg:
SAP’s stock rose ~1.6% to give it a ~€314B market cap, passing Danish weight-loss drug maker Novo as Europe’s most valuable public company; SAP is up 42% YTD — German software developer SAP SE unseated Danish weight-loss drug maker Novo Nordisk A/S as Europe’s most-valuable public company.
The Guardian:
Q&A with Reid Hoffman on making people AI-curious through his new book Superagency, writing with AI, why AI “gloomers” are wrong, tech’s DEI rollback, and more — The co-founder of LinkedIn and Democrat donor remains confident that AI can be good for all of us – if its introduction is handled in the right way
