DTH-6-150x150 LG plans deeper partnerships with Nvidia and Google for home robotics, Meta and Nebius sign $27 billion AI cloud deal, TSMC supply chain worries grow due to Middle East conflict.

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Show Notes

Apple Announces AirPods Max 2

Apple unveiled the AirPods Max 2, featuring an H2 chip for better sound and stronger noise cancellation. New features include Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, Voice Isolation, Live Translation, and Personalized Volume. The design remains unchanged, with Bluetooth 5.3, USB-C lossless audio, and roughly 20 hours of battery life. The headphones launch in early April for $549, with orders opening March 25.

Source: MacRumors

LG Expands Into Home Robotics

LG plans deeper partnerships with Nvidia and Google as it moves into home robotics. The company is using Google’s Gemini for contextual AI and Nvidia’s Isaac Platform to train robots via digital twin simulations. LG is also investing in Figure AI and collaborating with Chinese humanoid robotics firm AgiBot. Initial efforts will focus on commercial service robots, eventually evolving home appliances into household-managing robotic systems.

Source: Tech in Asia

Russia Fines Telegram $432,000

Russian authorities fined Telegram 35 million rubles (around $432,000) for failing to remove content they deem illegal or extremist. Telegram says the government is pressuring users to switch to the state-backed app MAX.

Source: Reuters

Meta Signs $27B AI Cloud Deal With Nebius

Meta struck a five-year agreement with Dutch AI cloud provider Nebius worth about $27 billion. The deal includes $12 billion in dedicated compute and up to $15 billion additional capacity, using Nvidia’s Vera Rubin AI chips. Meta projects AI-related capital spending of up to $135 billion this year.

Source: CNBC

Microsoft Pulls Samsung Galaxy Connect App

Microsoft removed the Samsung Galaxy Connect app from the Microsoft Store after it caused some Windows 11 Samsung laptops and desktops to block access to the C:\ drive, affecting Outlook, browsers, and system tools. Microsoft and Samsung are working on a fix.

Source: BleepingComputer

ByteDance Pauses Global Launch of Seedance 2.0

ByteDance has delayed the international rollout of its AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, after its February China launch went viral and drew legal threats from Hollywood, including Disney. The company is adding stronger intellectual property safeguards before expanding globally.

Source: TechCrunch

Middle East Conflict Threatens Chip Supply

The ongoing Middle East war raises risks for global semiconductors, especially in Taiwan, which depends heavily on imported LNG, helium, and sulfur. TSMC, maker of most advanced logic chips, could face higher costs and production disruptions if supplies are affected. Taiwan has secured near-term LNG and helium and plans to raise minimum gas reserves, but prolonged conflict could strain AI chip production and ripple through other industries.

Source: Bloomberg

Digg Lays Off Staff, Shuts Down App

Digg is laying off much of its staff and shutting down its app as it retools, though it isn’t closing. Kevin Rose will return full-time to rebuild the platform after bot activity undermined its user-vote system and competition with Reddit proved difficult. A small team will continue developing Digg as a “genuinely different” platform.

Source: TechCrunch

Encyclopaedia Britannica Sues OpenAI

Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court, alleging the company used nearly 100,000 of their articles to train ChatGPT without permission. The complaint claims AI summaries divert traffic and reproduce content “near-verbatim,” and cites trademark infringement via false AI citations. OpenAI says its models rely on publicly available data and fair use. Britannica seeks damages and a court order to block the alleged infringement.

Source: Reuters