All Updates
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March 4, 2026
Google Cuts Play Store Fees to 15-20%
Google is eliminating its 30% Play Store fee, reducing it to 20% generally and 15% for select programs. It introduces a 5% billing service fee in the US, UK, and EEA, with market-specific rates elsewhere. Changes also ease adoption of third-party app stores and alternative billing, ahead of Epic settlement approval.
Google Rolls Out Gemini Canvas to All US Users
Google Search has rolled out Geminiβs Canvas in AI Mode to all US users. The feature enables creating plans, projects, apps, and more. It is available in English.
Gemini Canvas Launches for All US Users
Google's Gemini has rolled out Canvas in AI mode to all US users. The feature is available in English and supports creating plans, projects, apps, and more. This expands Gemini's productivity tools.
AI Doctor Assistant Vulnerable to Manipulation
Security experts found a healthcare AI managing prescriptions is susceptible to suggestions that alter prescriptions and provide bad medical advice. It can spread false information and supersize drug orders. This highlights vulnerabilities in AI medical tools.
Qwen3 9B runs 6+ t/s on Android phones
User tests Qwen3 9B at q4_0 quantization on Samsung S25 Ultra with 12GB RAM and Snapdragon 8 Elite. Achieves over 6 tokens/second generation speed using Hexagon NPU. Demonstrates viable on-device inference for mobile.
Decagon Reaches $4.5B Valuation in Tender
AI-powered customer support startup Decagon has completed its first tender offer at a $4.5B valuation. This provides employee liquidity for the fast-growing young company. It highlights trends in AI startup financing.
AI Boom Fuels HDD Demand Surge
AI storage needs drive demand for WD's hard disk drives, boosting share price nearly 60% YTD. CEO Irving Tan discusses growth on Bloomberg Tech.
Senators Probe Intel's Blacklisted China Tools
A bipartisan group of US senators has raised national security concerns about Intel's use of tools from a blacklisted Chinese firm. The chipmaker, now partly owned by US taxpayers via subsidies, faces scrutiny over potential risks in its supply chain.
Google Cuts Android App Fee to 20%
Google is bypassing a pending Epic settlement to immediately reduce its Android app store fees from 30% to 20% in the US, UK, and EEA by June 30th. By year-end, it will introduce a 'Registered App Stores' program outside the US and allow developers to use their own billing systems alongside Google Play.
LangSmith CLI & Skills Launch
LangChain releases a CLI and the first set of skills to equip AI coding agents with expertise in the LangSmith ecosystem. Skills cover adding tracing to agents, understanding execution, building test sets, and evaluating performance. This significantly boosts Claude Codeβs performance on their eval set.
LangChain Skills Boost AI Agents
LangChain releases its first set of skills for AI coding agents to gain expertise in the open-source LangChain ecosystem. Skills focus on building agents using LangChain, LangGraph, and Deep Agents. This jumps Claude Codeβs performance on eval set from 29% to 95%.
Private Capital Targets AI Infra
Ares Management and Stonepeak leaders discuss private capital flows into AI infrastructure, power, and connectivity. Featured at Bloomberg Invest New York 2026.
WD Focuses on Bigger-Capacity Drives
WD Corp. is prioritizing higher-capacity hard drives over increased production volume. This strategy responds to an industrywide surge in data storage demand. The CEO emphasized capacity growth amid booming needs.
Google Proposes Play Store Sharing for Epic Settlement
Alphabet's Google and Epic Games proposed a settlement in their antitrust case. The deal involves sharing the Play Store catalog. This aims to resolve the long-running dispute.
Mod debunks Qwen3.5 4B hallucination hype
Reddit mod calls out misinformation after a post claimed Qwen3.5 4B accurately identified an image, but it hallucinated a non-existent building. The post gained 300+ upvotes despite corrections in comments. Urges posters to validate claims and users to critically evaluate before upvoting.
Accenture Buys Downdetector & Speedtest for $1.2B
Accenture has agreed to acquire Downdetector and Speedtest, owned by Ookla, from Ziff Davis for $1.2 billion. CEO Julie Sweet stated the platforms will capture data to help clients scale AI safely across business and government. Ziff Davis acquired Ookla in 2014.
Intel Server Demand Remains Strong Amid Shortages
Intel CFO Dave Zinsner reports strong demand for server processors. This trend is expected to persist into next year. The company faces ongoing supply shortages.
PagerDuty CEO: AI Fears for Software Overblown
PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada states AI disruption concerns are overbaked. The company's stock has fallen nearly 42% this year due to such fears. PagerDuty provides incident management software.
US Military Uses Claude as Defense Clients Flee
The US military continues using Anthropic's Claude AI amid its aerial attacks on Iran, employing it for key targeting decisions. However, defense-tech clients are rapidly abandoning the model. This situation underscores growing tensions around AI deployment in military contexts.
TorchAO Extends QAT for Edge LLMs
TorchAO has extended its Quantization-Aware Training (QAT) flow for large language models targeting edge devices with ExecuTorch. This builds on the initial QAT introduction from the previous blog post. The update enhances model optimization for resource-constrained environments.