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These are the daily tech headlines for Thursday, March 5, 2026. I'm Rob Dunwoody. Anthropic and the U.S. defense Department are currently in contract renegotiations following a breakdown in talks that could label Anthropic a supply chain risk. The dispute stems from Anthropic's refusal to eliminate contract language that prohibits using its AI for mass surveillance, specifically the analysis of bulk acquired data. This refusal prompted the Pentagon to threaten the cancellation of the $200 million contract and the application of the risk designation. Major tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Oracle, Xai and OpenAI signed the ratepayer Protection Pledge announced by the White House Administration. This pledge commits them to covering the cost of new electricity generation and power delivery upgrades for their expanding power hungry AI data centers. This move aims to prevent rising household and small business electricity costs due to big tech's consumption, easing community and legislative concerns and thus supporting future data center development while strengthening the grid. Meta temporarily reversed its January policy by allowing third party general AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude to use the WhatsApp Business API in Europe for 12 months. The original restriction, which caused regulatory concern in the eu, Italy and Brazil and disrupted competing providers, was criticized because Meta offers its own AI, Meta AI on the platform. The third party chatbot providers will be charged a per message fee during this allowance, which aims to give European Commission time to conclude its investigation. Google is overhauling Android and the Play Store, largely due to a settlement with EPIC and regulatory pressure. The changes include significantly lowering the standard transaction fee from 30% to 20% or 15%, reducing the fee for using Google's billing system, and making it easier for developers to use alternative billing systems or link to external purchase websites. Google is also launching a voluntary registered app stores program to simplify the installation of approved third party app stores. These updates, encompassing new developer programs and fee structures, will roll out globally through late 2027 and represent a major shift in Google's management of its mobile ecosystem. Bitwarden now supports using its stored passkeys for logging into Entra ID joined Windows 11 devices, a feature for all plan tiers users select the security key option, scan a QR code with a mobile device and confirm the passkey. This utilizes Microsoft Passkey Provider API decoupling the credential from a single device for enhanced security and easy recovery. The rollout is expected this month, pending ENT configuration. IKEA's new matter over Thread Smart bulbs, part of their Matter compatible smart home collection announced last November, are now available through the company's online store and many US retail locations. Despite originally being slated for an April 2026 US release and facing some initial connectivity issues, these new bulbs maintain the affordability and functionality that have made IKEA Smart lighting products a popular and cheaper alternative to competitors like Philips Hue, and are offered with optional wireless remote bundles. Google is introducing several new AI features, including cinematic video overviews in NotebookLM for AI Ultra subscribers, which generates story driven videos from source material using the Gemini Nano, banana Pro and VO3 models. Additionally, Canvas in Google AI mode now supports creative writing and coding tags for US English users, enabling drafting and tool creation directly within search. NotebookLM has also received a shortcut to open Google Drive files in their native apps, and Google has enhanced AI mode recipe results with links and meal overviews. Apple Music has launched an optional Transparency Tags metadata system, communicated to industry partners via a newsletter, which allows record labels and artists to voluntarily disclose the use of AI in four categories including track, composition, artwork and music videos. This system, which relies on labels and distributors for tagging is framed as a concrete first step toward transparency, but it contrasts with competitors proactive AI detection efforts and lacks enforcement, raising questions about its effectiveness and industry adoption. And finally, AWS introduced Amazon Connect Health, an agentic AI platform for healthcare that integrates with electronic health records to automate 247 tasks like scheduling, patient verification and documentation. The system also handles appointment booking, escalates complex cases and utilizes specialized data and clinician checks for safety. UC San Diego Health saw significant gains, including one minute saved per call and up to a 60% reduction in call abandonment. Connect Health further transcribes call drafts notes and patient summaries and provides evidence mapping for transparency. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to DailyTechNews Show.com, and if you enjoy the show, remember to tell a friend to check us out. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you next time.