This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Charlotte Gartenberg: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, March 5th.

Chennai-based AI startup Mad Street Den is being acquired by fintech infrastructure company M2P in a cash and stock deal valued at around $10-15 million, underscoring the growing trend of ...

An idealized version of getting your period for the first time was shown in an episode of Disney’s Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur called "Full Moon,” which aired on February 15, 2025—and it ...

Nullbulge, claiming to be a hacktivist collective, told reporters at the time it carried out the attack “due to how [Disney] handles artist contracts, its approach to AI, and its pretty blatant ...

Nullbulge, claiming to be a hacktivist collective, told reporters at the time it carried out the attack “due to how [Disney] handles artist contracts, its approach to AI, and its pretty blatant ...

A former Disney engineer who downloaded an AI tool for fun says the decision destroyed his life and career. Matthew Van Andel, 42, had his financial information stolen by hackers who used his ...

His mind raced; he knew no one outside Disney would have access to that information. How did the person messaging him on chat forum Discord know what he had said in a private workplace Slack channel?

Matthew Van Andel, a former Disney engineer, claims that his decision to download a seemingly innocent AI tool for creating images from text prompts has destroyed both his career and personal life.

The name of the team is the Pickles. And that may have placed Pixar and parent company Disney in, well, a bit of a (legal) pickle. The real-life Pickles — Portland’s collegiate summer league ...