March 23, 2026

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Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has passed away: OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky has passed away at the age of 43 after a battle with cancer. Read More

Vibe-coding startup Lovable is on the hunt for acquisitions: Lovable's founder said the fast-growing vibe-coding startup is looking for startups and teams to join its company. Read More

Apple sets June date for WWDC 2026, teasing 'AI advancements': Apple will host its next Worldwide Developers Conference the week of June 8. The company is expected to announce major updates to Siri with advanced AI capabilities. Read More

Disrupt 2026: Where deals and ideas ignite

Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum.

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Federal immigration agents filmed making airport arrests as Trump calls in ICE to ease security line delays: The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to over a dozen U.S. airports amid an ongoing federal shutdown that's causing long wait times. Eyewitnesses have already recorded at least one arrest in San Francisco's airport. Read More

Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones: Leaked "DarkSword" exploits published to GitHub allow hackers and cybercriminals to target iPhone users running old versions of iOS with spyware, according to cybersecurity researchers. Read More

Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way: Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously. Read More

Bernie Sanders' AI 'gotcha' video flops, but the memes are great: Sen. Bernie Sanders thinks he's tricked Claude into revealing the AI industry's secrets, but he really just exposed how agreeable chatbots can become. Read More

Littlebird raises $11M for its AI-assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen: Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots. Read More

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You missed these chats from Disrupt:

Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens.

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Last but Not Least

Zipline snaps up another $200M to fuel its drone delivery expansion: The funding adds to a previous round, announced in January, that valued the drone startup at $7.6 billion. Read More

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