March, 2026

March, 2026

OpenAI Expects to Increase Headcount to Roughly 8,000 This Year
OpenAI expects to increase its headcount to around 8,000 employees by year end, up from about 4,500 employees, according to a person familiar with the plans. The hiring plans come as it shifts some of...

AI’s Enthusiasm Chasm
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A rising star at Microsoft has a challenging new job• Defense Tech: Anduril’s big bet? An Ohio weapons factory • Tech Culture: Fat with...

Compute Costs? No, Caviar and Cocktails: In the Bay Area, AI Splurges on Private Parties
Around the time last fall that Vercel tripled its valuation to $9 billion, the startup decided to throw a swank dinner party. It was a chance for Malte Ubl, the company’s chief technology officer, t...

Inside Anduril’s Big Gamble: An Ohio Weapons Factory
Just past the soybean farms in Pickaway County, Ohio, stands a flat-roofed building clad in blue and gray panels, with John Deere tractors near the entrance and hard hat–wearing construction workers...

Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 7.8% as miner exodus accelerates amid AI pivot
Difficulty is now nearly 10% below where it started the year, despite a sharp 14.7% rebound in February after weather-related disruptions subsided....

Brazil’s new finance minister shelves crypto tax consultation amid election pivot: Reuters
The consultation was expected to address the tax treatment of crypto transactions following central bank regulations finalized last year. ...

CFTC staff details how crypto firms can use digital assets as derivatives collateral in new FAQ
The FAQ aligns the CFTC's framework with the SEC's recent haircut guidance, setting a 20% charge for bitcoin and ether and 2% for payment stablecoins....

Announcing The Winners Of The 8th Annual Public Domain Game Jam
It’s finally time! Once again it took us a little while to get through all the entries this year, but we’ve now selected the winners in the latest installment of our public domain game jam, Gaming...

Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of text and graphics and instead create layouts on a virtual pasteboard....

Introducing: Ads DevCast
A new podcast for the ads technical community We are thrilled to announce the launch of Ads DevCast,...

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