{"id":5068,"date":"2026-03-03T04:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/?p=5068"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:15:53","slug":"top-tech-stories-of-the-week-march-1st-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/top-tech-stories-of-the-week-march-1st-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Stories of the Week \u2013 March 1st, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Apple announces the iPhone 17E &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/886476\/apple-iphone-march-2026\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Starlink&#8217;s next-gen satellite network could provide 150 Mbps speeds by end of next year &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/science\/space\/starlinks-next-gen-satellite-network-could-provide-150-mbps-speeds-by-end-of-next-year-192118368.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amazon Outage Disrupts Shopping for Thousands as Product Pages and Checkout Fail &#8211; IBTimes UK | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/amazon-outage-disrupts-online-shopping-1783585\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions &#8211; TechCrunch | <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/05\/openai-launches-gpt-5-4-with-pro-and-thinking-versions\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>After a rocky six years, Sony cancels future single-player PC game releases &#8211; Ars Technica | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2026\/03\/sony-wont-bring-any-more-single-player-playstation-games-to-pc\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions &#8211; Reuters | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/anthropic-sues-block-pentagon-blacklisting-over-ai-use-restrictions-2026-03-09\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes &#8211; Ars Technica | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2026\/03\/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anthropic\u2019s Claude AI can respond with charts, diagrams, and other visuals now &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/893625\/anthropic-claude-ai-charts-diagrams\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bloomberg Intelligence: Adobe CEO to Step Down in Face of Investor Concerns Over AI &#8211; Bloomberg | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/audio\/2026-03-13\/bloomberg-intelligence-adobe-ceo-to-step-down-podcast\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anthropic commits $100M to Claude Partner Network &#8211; TNW | <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/anthropic-commits-100m-to-claude-partner-network\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amazon acquires autonomous robotics startup Rivr &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/amazon-acquires-autonomous-robotics-startup-rivr-212839750.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alphabet no longer has a controlling stake in its life sciences business Verily &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/alphabet-no-longer-has-a-controlling-stake-in-its-life-sciences-business-verily-221718631.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Put Claude to work on your computer, from anywhere\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NAauIR6JFps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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