News Brief - March 22, 2026

Formula 1 (2 articles)

Audi Team Principal Leaves After Two Races - Jonathan Wheatley exits Audi F1 team after just two races of the 2026 season. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/audi-f1-team-principal-wheatley-leaves-with-immediate-effect/
Mercedes Appoints New Deputy Team Boss - Bradley Lord named deputy team principal in Mercedes F1 leadership restructure. https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mercedes-f1-2026-deputy-team-principal-bradley-lord/

Flash-Moe: 397B Model on 48GB RAM Mac - Open-source project runs massive language models on consumer hardware. https://github.com/danveloper/flash-moe
Tinybox: Deep Learning Hardware - Tinygrad releases powerful dedicated AI computing hardware. https://tinygrad.org/#tinybox
Browser Video Editing with WebGPU/WASM - Professional video editing runs entirely in browser using modern web APIs. https://tooscut.app/

Home Assistant 2026.3 Released - Community-focused release with automation editor improvements. https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/03/04/release-20263/
Heiman Joins Works with Home Assistant - Smart security devices including first Matter-certified CO alarms. https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/02/24/heiman-joins-works-with-home-assistant/

Crimson Desert AI Art Controversy - Pearl Abyss faces questions about suspiciously generated-looking art assets. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/crimson-desert-is-raising-some-ai-brows-with-a-bevy-of-suspiciously-generated-looking-art
Fallout Chicago Mod Targets 2027 - DLC-sized New Vegas mod continues development after demo. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/following-a-demo-dlc-sized-new-vegas-mod-fallout-chicago-is-aiming-for-a-full-release-in-2027

GBA 25th Anniversary - Nintendo brought SNES games to handheld 25 years ago. https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/anniversary-25-years-ago-nintendo-put-snes-games-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-with-the-gba
RetroAchievements Adds Wii Support - Achievement system expands to Nintendo Wii. https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/the-wii-has-been-an-incredibly-important-system-to-the-history-of-video-games-retroachievements-adds-wii-support
Sega 32X Gets SignalFall - New Elite-style space exploration game for the add-on. https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/sega-32x-is-getting-an-ambitious-elite-style-space-exploration-game-called-signalfall

Dropdowns in Scrollable Containers - Why they break and how to fix them properly. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/03/dropdowns-scrollable-containers-why-break-how-fix/
Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat - Analysis of modern JS bundle size issues. https://43081j.com/2026/03/three-pillars-of-javascript-bloat