Your Wednesday tech briefing

The most important technology news of the day, chosen by Flipboard editors. |

Follow The Tech Desk See More in #Tech Download App

Anthropic clash with Pentagon fuels government surveillance fears The Hill · Miranda Nazzaro Anthropic's clash with the Pentagon is reigniting fears of government surveillance, as experts warn the capabilities of artificial intelligence, …

Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network Ars Technica · Samuel Axon The viral social network project was created with OpenClaw. Meta has acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-esque simulated social network made up of AI agents … DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says TechCrunch · Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai A former employee of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency reportedly stole Americans' personal data from the U.S. Social Security... Meta failed to flag AI video during 2025 Israel-Iran war, Oversight Board says restofworld.org · Ananya Bhattacharya Meta allowed an artificial intelligence-generated video to go unchecked on Facebook during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June 2025, …

Never miss a story Download Flipboard and follow topics like Technology and Innovation to stay up on the latest news. Get the App

Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity's AI shopping agent CNBC · Annie Palmer A federal judge temporarily blocked startup Perplexity from accessing Amazon's site with its Comet artificial intelligence browser, according to … AI-Generated 'Actor' Tilly Norwood Drops a Music Video Ahead of the Oscars. It Sucks Gizmodo · AJ Dellinger More like Tilly Snore-wood. Tilly Norwood, the ultimate industry plant, has been dubbed "the world's first AI actor" by the people who created her. … White House Cybersecurity Strategy Is Light on Details, Big on Consequences PCMag · Rob Pegoraro You can include "brevity" as an unannounced component of the Trump administration's new cybersecurity strategy: The memo published Friday afternoon … Elon Musk's Grok sparks outrage with vulgar posts about religion and soccer tragedies techradar.com · By Eric Hal Schwartz X's Grok AI chatbot is once again under scrutiny after users discovered that a particular style of prompting could push it into producing deeply … US Iran war: Will helium shortages risk major disruption to quantum computing companies? - Tech Monitor Tech Monitor · Tech Monitor Over a third of world's helium supply originates from the Gulf state of Qatar where drone attacks have already shut down a key LNG manufacturing …

Was this sent to you by a friend? For more like it, subscribe here. BLOG · CAREERS · ADVERTISE Update your email preferences or unsubscribe here. View our privacy policy here. ©2026 Flipboard, Inc. Made with love at 555 Bryant St #352 Palo Alto, CA 94301