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Hank (0:01)
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Sarah Lane (0:41)
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Hank (0:51)
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Sarah Lane (0:58)
Hank, what's going on?
Hank (1:00)
We haven't worked a case in years. I just bought my car at Carvana and it it was so easy. Too easy. Think something's up? You tell me. They got thousands of options, found a great car at a great price and it got delivered the next day. It sounds like Carvana just makes it easy to buy your car, Hank. Yeah, you're right. Case closed.
Sarah Lane (1:21)
Buy your car today on Carvana. Delivery fees may apply. These are the daily tech headlines for the week ending Saturday, February 28, 2026. I'm Sarah Lane. Let's catch up on the news. The Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic as a supply chain risk after the company refused to lift safeguards on military use of its Claude AI model, citing concerns over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. The move will cancel Anthropic's contract worth up to $200 million and require federal agencies and contractors to to stop using Claude within six months. The decision disrupts classified military systems that rely on Claude and forces partners to seek alternatives. AI music startup Suno now has 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue, according to CEO Mikey Shulman. The company says it served more than 100 million users with strong weekly retention and positions itself as a creative alternative to passive streaming. The growth follows a $250 million funding round and comes amid broader momentum and controversy in the AI music sector. The US Military accidentally shot down a Customs and Border Protection drone with an anti drone laser near Fort Hancock in Texas, triggering a temporary FAA airspace closure. Officials say the drone was perceived as a potential threat and that the incident occurred away from populated areas with no commercial aircraft nearby. It was the second laser related airspace shutdown near the US Mexico border this month. An earlier incident involved CBP firing at what was later identified as a party balloon. Ultra Human launched its 3rd gen Ring Pro for $479 with 15 day battery life, improved sensors and a dual core processor, looking to revive its U.S. business after a 2025 patent dispute with Aura blocked imports. Pre orders are open globally, although excluding the US with shipments starting in March pending customs clearance. Ultra Human has also introduced Jade, a real time AI health system available to all users without a subscription. Trump Media and Technology Group, or tmtg, is in talks to spin off Truth Social into a separate publicly traded company following its planned merger with fusion startup TAE Technologies. Under the proposal, Truth Social and other TMTG businesses would merge with an S pac, while the combined TMTG and TAE entity would retain the balance sheet and Fusion assets. The companies say the move would create two distinct businesses, with the TAE deal expected to close in mid-2026. In pretty big news this week, Netflix withdrew its bid to acquire a portion of Warner Brothers Discovery's assets after WBD's board determined that a revised all cash offer of $31 per share from Paramount Skydance for the entire company was the better offer. Netflix's final offer was $27.75 per share and it declined to match the higher Paramount bid, saying that the deal was no longer financially attractive. Netflix also gets a hefty breakup fee. WBD CEO David Zaslav says he supports the potential Paramount guidance. WBD combination the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or cisa, is getting a new acting director. Current acting administrator Madhu Gautamakala will move to DHS as director of strategic implementation, While Nick Anderson, SISA's executive assistant director for cybersecurity, becomes acting director. Sean Planky has been nominated for the permanent role but has not yet received a hearing. Financial services company Block, which runs Square and Cash app, is cutting over 4, 000 employees. That's 40% of its workforce in a massive layoff. Block claims the move is meant to support smaller teams and also AI. The reduction boosted Block stock but sparks debate over whether AI or financial motives are the true case. Affected US staff will receive 20 weeks of base salary, vested equity, health care and a $5,000 transition stipend. Microsoft HoloLens headsets are being repurposed for military cargo inspections. Air Force personnel in Aviano, Italy, remotely guide army soldiers in Vicenza using the AR goggles to check equipment pallets before air transport. The system allows real time visual feedback and corrections via HoloLens and improving efficiency. The initiative follows the Army's 2018 IVAS program, which struggled with headaches, eye strain and nausea among some soldiers and was eventually handed to Anduril and Meta. Microsoft ended HoloLens development in 2024 but has support through 2027, and the Atlantic reports that internal Meta documents show it prioritized growth over child safety on Instagram for years. Tests from back in 2019 revealed that algorithms recommended millions of teen accounts to adults with groomer esque behavior. Yet safety fixes were slow and incremental. Default privacy settings for users under 16 weren't implemented until 2021, and even then teens could switch to public accounts. Subsequent audits in 2022 and 2023 found that minors were still exposed to potential predators. Meta argues it has progressively improved protections, including teen accounts, content filters and parental controls. For more analysis of the tech news of the day and the week, subscribe to dailytechnewsshow.com you can find show notes and links to all these headlines there as well. I'm Sarah Lane. Thank you for listening, enjoy your weekends and we'll talk to you Monday. Foreign.