From Around the Web

California's 3D Printer Regulation Dumpster Fire
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kFkxjbi7GVs

Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-code-deletes-developers-production-setup-including-its-database-and-snapshots-2-5-years-of-records-were-nuked-in-an-instant

Scientists Observe Electrical Discharges on Trees under Thunderstorms. [This one got me thinking...are these natural lightning rods why we don't get many t-storms over the Pacific Northwest? Could tornados be made extinct by planting fir trees in Tornado Alley? -andyT]

https://www.sci.news/biology/thunderstorm-tree-coronae-14586.html

Oracle Layoffs: Tech giant to slash 30,000 jobs as banks pull out from financing AI data centers. Over the past few weeks, several US banks have pulled off from lending to Oracle for expanding its AI data centres, as per a report.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/oracle-layoffs-tech-giant-to-slash-30-000-jobs-as-banks-pull-out-from-financing-ai-data-centres-11769996619410.html

Arduino just released the VentunoQ [21Q] - another board that has a combo ST Micro processor and a Qualcomm chip on it for Edge AI applications. Details in their blog:

https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/09/introducing-arduino-ventuno-q-your-new-ai-robotics-and-actuation-platform/

Another weekly report from VTT on Donut Lab's battery, but still missing the basics of weight being measured on the alleged 400W/kg technology. A self-discharge test report this week that proves it's not a supercapacitor, but we still don't know the basic attribute of energy density. VTT test report is here, if you must:

https://pub-c28f91e335744259a8c0ce38e3967177.r2.dev/VTT_CR_00125_26.pdf

Bezos-Backed Slate Auto Hires New, Ex-Amazon CEO

https://www.newsweek.com/bezos-backed-slate-auto-hires-new-ex-amazon-ceo-11643016