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Image: Solen Feyissa (Unsplash) Instagram users who opted for extra privacy in their DMs may want to start saving those conversations. Meta plans to shut down end-to-end encrypted messaging for Instagram direct messages beginning May 8, 2026. The company says users with encrypted conversations will receive in-app instructions on how to download messages and media before the feature disappears. The move removes an optional security layer that allowed Instagram users to send messages and make calls that only participants in a conversation could read or hear. While the feature was introduced as part of Meta’s push toward private messaging, the…

Tax Day is April 15 this year, meaning you have less than a month to file without penalty or needing to file for an extension. The cost of filing with a tax service increases the longer you wait, and if you’re anything like me—and have complicated taxes—you’ve procrastinated. Take this as your sign to file now. TurboTax currently has a deal running for federal and state filing combined for only $150 for Expert Full Service for new customers, but this deal is only good through March 18.TurboTax has three tiers of services for filers: DIY, where you file yourself with…

Volvo is pulling the plug on its smallest and least expensive EV this week. The automaker is winding down US-bound production and imports of the EX30 and EX30 Cross Country over the coming weeks, with the last examples wrapping up the 2026 model year at the end of this summer due to financial and market considerations. In other words, tariffs are up, and sales are down.It’s a tough time to be selling EVs in the US right now. Volvo joins a growing list of automakers reassessing or outright canceling their electric car ambitions in the US due to market and…

Nvidia Corp. today introduced a set of open-source tools designed to enhance the capabilities of artificial intelligence agents. The projects made their debut at the company’s annual GTC developer conference. Nvidia’s first new tool, NemoClaw, improves the safety and output quality of OpenClaw. OpenClaw is a popular open-source AI agent that consumers can run on their personal computers. It’s capable of automating multi-step tasks such as organizing locally-stored files and performing online research. NemoClaw comprises multiple components. The first is OpenShell, a tool that adds privacy and cybersecurity guardrails to OpenClaw. It does so by running OpenClaw in a sandbox…

TL;DR Using custom CUDA kernels and speculative decoding optimized for reasoning workloads, we achieved 414 tokens per second throughput on Kimi K2.5 running on Nvidia B200 GPUs, making us one of the first providers to reach 400+ tokens per second on a trillion-parameter reasoning model. Ahead of Nvidia GTC, we’re excited to share that Clarifai Reasoning Engine achieves 414 tokens per second (TPS) throughput on Kimi K2.5, positioning us among the top inference providers for frontier reasoning models as measured by Artificial Analysis. Running on Nvidia B200 GPU infrastructure, our platform delivers production-grade performance for agentic workflows and complex reasoning…

At Mahjong Together, generations meet over tiles, conversation, and friendly rivalry On Sunday afternoons at Toa Payoh West Community Club, mahjong tiles clack steadily across the room as players shuffle stacks into walls and call out their moves. At each table, four players lean forward in concentration—scanning their tiles, calculating their next move, and occasionally pausing to trade friendly jabs across the table. But the tables here bring together a unique mix of players. Across from a retired uncle might sit a junior college student. An auntie in her seventies might be teaching a teenager the finer points of reading…

European publishers and tech firms are pushing the EU to wrap up its Google antitrust probe. Two years in, patience has run out. A coalition of European publishers, tech firms, and startups has written to EU leaders demanding they complete their nearly two-year probe into Google’s search practices and fine Alphabet, preferably by next week. Two years is a long time to investigate such an obvious situation. The letter is by the European Publishers Council, which includes Axel Springer, News Corp, and Condé Nast. These groups want a formal non-compliance ruling- with a cease-and-desist order, and a real financial penalty.…

If you run security at any reasonably complex organization, your validation stack probably looks something like this: a BAS tool in one corner. A pentest engagement, or maybe an automated pentesting product, in another. A vulnerability scanner feeding an attack surface management platform somewhere else. Each tool gives you a slice of the picture. None of them talks to each other in any meaningful way. Meanwhile, adversaries do not attack in silos. A real intrusion might chain together an exposed identity, a cloud misconfiguration, a missed detection opportunity, and an unpatched vulnerability in a single operation. Attackers understand that your…

Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 8, 2026. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire The ‘Tesla exemption’ no more: Rivian and Lucid break through Washington state’s dealership wall At the start of next year, Washington state shoppers will for the first time be able to visit showrooms for Rivian and Lucid Motors, take a test drive and buy an EV. ……

Samsung’s ambitious tri-fold experiment may already be winding down, just months after the Galaxy Z TriFold first hit the market. A report from South Korean outlet Dong-A Ilbo claims that Samsung will pause Galaxy Z TriFold sales in its home market starting March 17. The report cites industry sources familiar with the company’s plans who say that Samsung has decided to halt domestic shipments for now. Samsung launched the Galaxy Z TriFold in December 2025 as its most advanced foldable phone yet. Instead of a book-style design like the Galaxy Z Fold 7, it features a dual-hinge layout that unfolds…