Friday, March 13, 2026

Banking, manufacturing, and other EU businesses warn "tech sovereignty" could hit profits and competitiveness as Brussels aims to cut reliance on US tech giants (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Banking, manufacturing, and other EU businesses warn “tech sovereignty” could hit profits and competitiveness as Brussels aims to cut reliance on US tech giants  —  Companies argue that ‘tech sovereignty’ drive could hit profits and undermine continent's competitiveness



Uber is relaunching a robotaxi service with Hyundai-backed Motional in Las Vegas; the service will initially have a safety driver behind the wheel (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Uber is relaunching a robotaxi service with Hyundai-backed Motional in Las Vegas; the service will initially have a safety driver behind the wheel  —  Uber Technologies Inc. is relaunching a robotaxi service with the Hyundai Motor Co.-backed company Motional in Las Vegas …



STMicro plans to retrain workers and deploy humanoid robots in its older chip plants for repetitive and physically demanding tasks, aiming to avoid closures (Nathan Vifflin/Reuters)

Nathan Vifflin / Reuters:
STMicro plans to retrain workers and deploy humanoid robots in its older chip plants for repetitive and physically demanding tasks, aiming to avoid closures  —  STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA) unveiled plans on Thursday to retrain workers and deploy robots in its older chip manufacturing plants …



Sources: HSBC and Standard Chartered are set to be among the first licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, as the city pushes to become a crypto hub (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: HSBC and Standard Chartered are set to be among the first licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, as the city pushes to become a crypto hub  —  HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc are set to be among the first licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong …



Sunday, March 8, 2026

A look at countries that moved to ban social media for kids in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain, Indonesia (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
A look at countries that moved to ban social media for kids in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain, Indonesia  —  Over the past few months, several countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens.



Israel-based ZyG, which is building an agentic OS to help scale DTC e-commerce brands, raised a $58M seed co-led by Bessemer, Viola Ventures, and Lightspeed (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Israel-based ZyG, which is building an agentic OS to help scale DTC e-commerce brands, raised a $58M seed co-led by Bessemer, Viola Ventures, and Lightspeed  —  When it comes to product innovation, global brands have an enormous advantage over smaller companies thanks to their massive scale …



Thoughts on MacBook Neo, as Apple also expands its superpremium tier via "Ultra" products; sources: Apple wants to use aluminum 3D-printing for Watch and iPhone (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Thoughts on MacBook Neo, as Apple also expands its superpremium tier via “Ultra” products; sources: Apple wants to use aluminum 3D-printing for Watch and iPhone  —  Apple has taken the wraps off its $599 MacBook Neo, entering new territory in a way that could shake up the computer market.



Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following allegations of fake compliance certificates (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times : Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following...