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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-03-20.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ • Jeff Bezos is raising a casual $100B to buy and AI-ify old manufacturing companies.
▸ • OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas into a single desktop 'superapp.'
▸ • Cursor's new Composer 2 model is allegedly just a fine-tuned Chinese model (Kimi K2.5) in a trench coat.
Tired of juggling tabs? OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, the Codex coding assistant, and its Atlas browser into a single unified desktop app. CEO of Applications Fidji Simo says the goal is to stop getting 'distracted by side quests' and focus on agentic workflows that actually get things done.
Amazon just scooped up Rivr, a Zurich-based startup famous for building quadruped delivery robots with wheels. Because regular sidewalk bots get defeated by a single stair, Amazon is betting that these stair-climbing 'dogs on roller skates' are the future of dropping packages at your literal doorstep.
Jeff Bezos is reportedly passing the hat around to asset managers, looking to raise a staggering $100 billion. The goal? Buy up legacy manufacturing firms in aerospace, defense, and chipmaking, and inject them with AI from his Project Prometheus startup to modernize the physical world.
Valve just dropped a massive preview update for SteamOS, officially adding support for the upcoming Steam Machine living room PC. It also brings long-awaited hibernation features and expanded support for rival handhelds like the Xbox Ally.
Cursor proudly announced Composer 2, boasting massive benchmark improvements from their 'first continued pretraining run.' But internet sleuths quickly noticed the model appears to just be Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.5 fine-tuned with reinforcement learning. Moonshot claims they never gave permission, turning a triumphant launch into a spicy intellectual property drama.
Security researchers have uncovered 'DarkSword,' a sophisticated iOS exploit kit used by Russian hackers and commercial surveillance vendors. It chains together six vulnerabilities to silently compromise iPhones via Safari—no clicks required—to steal passwords, crypto, and messages before wiping its tracks. If you're running iOS 18.4 through 18.7, it's time to update immediately.
Speaking of Kimi K2.5, Cloudflare is now officially running the large model on Workers AI. They've optimized their inference stack to drastically reduce costs, allowing developers to power autonomous agents entirely on Cloudflare's edge network.
GitHub is rolling out 'Squad,' a new repository-native orchestration system for Copilot. It introduces design patterns for multi-agent workflows that remain inspectable and predictable, essentially letting a team of AI agents collaborate on your codebase without stepping on each other's toes.
Tired of paying cloud subscriptions for AI agents? FreeAgent is a new open-source, local-first AI agent packed with over 60 tools. It runs entirely on your own hardware using Ollama and ComfyUI, handling everything from system administration to OSINT without your data ever leaving your machine.
A developer just open-sourced their personal Claude Code Toolkit, featuring 59 agents, 111 skills, and 27 hooks built over a year of daily use. It adds a specialized router that classifies your requests and loads workflow skills to enforce methodology, turning Claude into a highly structured engineering team.
A humanoid robot at a Haidilao hot pot restaurant in Cupertino apparently boogied a little too hard and had to be physically restrained by employees. We're one step closer to AGI, assuming AGI stands for Artificial Grooving Intelligence.
Prediction market Polymarket is continuing its aggressive mainstream push by inking a partnership with Major League Baseball. Because watching a 3-hour baseball game is much more exciting when your crypto wallet is on the line.