Huge signup spike following Discord's announcement of global age verification starting next month. Matrix positioning as open decentralized alternative. Plot twist: Matrix servers with open registration must also verify ages in UK, Australia, New Zealand, and EU. The platform drama continues.

iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 patch memory corruption in dyld actively exploited in "extremely sophisticated attacks against specific targeted individuals." Google TAG discovered it. Affects iPhone 11 and later. Apple's first actively exploited zero-day this year, following nine patches in 2025.

59 vulnerabilities patched including six actively exploited zero-days. Critical issues: Windows Shell MOTW bypass, Desktop Window Manager type confusion, RDP privilege escalation, Office Word security bypass, Exchange Server RCE. CISA added all six to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Remediation deadline: March 3.

Major European payment processor unable to send emails to Google Workspace users. Affecting significant business operations. Email infrastructure reliability becoming a business-critical concern when payment processors can't communicate. The kind of failure that makes CFOs nervous about cloud dependencies.

Google reports North Korea-linked UNC2970 using Gemini AI for reconnaissance—synthesizing OSINT and profiling high-value targets including cybersecurity and defense companies. Blurring boundaries between routine professional research and malicious reconnaissance. The line between legitimate use and threat activity gets murkier.

Construction started on roughly $10 billion data center in Lebanon, Indiana. Designed for about 1 gigawatt of power. Expected online late 2027 or early 2028. Signals continued "build mode" as AI demand shifts from model demos to industrial-scale infrastructure. The physical buildout continues.

Zhipu released GLM-5, surpassing Moonshot AI to claim top spot among open-source models on Artificial Analysis. Intensifies AI race in China following DeepSeek's breakthrough. The competition in Chinese AI development is accelerating—each release pushing the next one to ship faster.

Generative video startup raised $315 million at $5.3 billion valuation. Signals investor belief in room for large independent platforms in creative AI. Capital moving fast toward next-generation generative video and simulation-style models. The financing velocity matches the product velocity.

Unveiled new AI networking chip to speed data movement inside large AI clusters, positioning against Nvidia and Broadcom. Automated routing around network problems in microseconds. Addresses networking as first-class AI constraint—because compute means nothing if data can't move fast enough.