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Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

By Frank M. EverettApril 21, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is slowly moving toward a “more active defense posture,” analysts told Radio Free Asia, as…

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London-based luxury app Wheely launches in New York, aiming to compete with Uber Elite; Wheely reports about 1,250 corporate accounts and about 100,000 active riders (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 23, 2026

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: London-based luxury app Wheely launches in New York, aiming to compete with Uber Elite; Wheely reports…

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Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Who is Josh D’Amaro and why is he the new CEO of Disney? Media…

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Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before banning them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain active (James O’Donnell/MIT Technology Review)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: A Child Psychologist’s Guide to Working with Difficult Adults | Dr. Becky Kennedy Interviews with world-class…

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A look at the rise of Kalshi and Polymarket; reports indicate that Polymarket had 491,000 monthly active traders as of December 2025 and that less than 0.04% of addresses took 70% of profits (Benjamin Wallace/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 24, 2026

Benjamin Wallace / New York Times: A look at the rise of Kalshi and Polymarket; Reports indicate that Polymarket had…

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Anthropic Donates Model Context Protocol to Agentic AI Foundation, Says There Are Now Over 10,000 Active Public MCP Servers (Anthropic)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 9, 2025

Anthropic: Anthropic donates the Model Context Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation and says there are now more than 10,000…

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Opera says that in the 12 months ending in October it saw an 88% increase in daily active iOS users across Europe, partly due to changes imposed by the DMA (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 14, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Inside the AI Bubble: Debt, Depreciation and Losses – With Gil Luria The Big Technology…

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OpenAI Estimates About 0.07% of ChatGPT Users Active in a Week Experience “Serious Mental Health Symptoms” Like Mania, and Details Its Security Improvements (OpenAI)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 27, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Yossi Mathias, Head of Research at Google: AI for Cancer Research, Quantum Advances and the…

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Interview with Adorable CEO Anton Osika in competition, staying in Europe, and even more; The company now has 2.3 m and active users, including 180,000 subscribers (Dominic-Madori Davis / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 2, 2025

Featured podcasts Grink: In the spirit of the most optimistic CEO in the world Grit explores what is needed to…

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Paypal reports Q2 Net Records Retrop up 5% in annual sliding to 8.3 billion dollars, compared to $ 8.08 billion, TPV up 6% in annual shift to $ 443.5 billion, transactions down 5% in annual shift to 6.2b, active represents 2% in annual sliding at 438 million (Mackenzie Sigalos / CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 29, 2025

MACKENZIE SIGALOS / CNBC:: PayPal reports the quarter of net income up up 5% in annual shift to $ 8.3…

Why an Australian-US rare earths deal sparked backlash in Malaysia – The Diplomat

Chinese cyber operations hit Asian governments and dissidents abroad – The Diplomat

In a single day, three democracies pushed back against Chinese transnational repression – The Diplomat

Satellite images show Philippine construction on two disputed Spratly islands – Radio Free Asia

The United States and China do not need another dialogue. They need a circuit breaker. – The diplomat

Target revamps its baby store to compete with Walmart and Amazon

Why a major US auto lender doesn’t care about ‘lifetime loans’

Dunkin’ Owner Inspire Brands Confidentially Files for IPO

Fitness wearable Whoop will provide on-demand access to clinicians in the United States

Trump’s $1 Million Gold Card Fails to Appeal to the World’s Rich

Ro Khanna sends Trump into a spiral by going on Fox News and revealing the truth

Cory Booker Slams Corrupt Supreme Court Majority, Demands Reform

Rep. Jim Clyburn warns South Carolina’s Gerrymander will backfire on Republicans

Trump’s billion-dollar ballroom is sinking fast

Democrats heading for House victory despite losing New Virginia map

Sources: Cerebras plans to increase its IPO price range from $115 to $125 per share to $150 to $160 per share, potentially raising around $4.8 billion at the top of the new range (Echo Wang/Reuters)

Digital Asset, which is building Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, raises ~$300 million seed round led by crypto a16z at a valuation of ~$2 billion (Bloomberg)

Microsoft and G42’s billion-dollar geothermal data center in Kenya is blocked after the government fails to provide annual payment guarantees requested by Microsoft (Bloomberg)

Apple is working on a “slight redesign” for macOS 27 to address Liquid Glass issues and plans a feature to automatically group Safari tabs in ’27’ operating systems (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Most of the technology on display at this year’s Border Security Expo was autonomous and AI-powered, driven by the Trump administration’s focus on U.S. border security (Elizabeth Findell/Wall Street Journal)

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Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

London-based luxury app Wheely launches in New York, aiming to compete with Uber Elite; Wheely reports about 1,250 corporate accounts and about 100,000 active riders (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before banning them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain active (James O’Donnell/MIT Technology Review)

A look at the rise of Kalshi and Polymarket; reports indicate that Polymarket had 491,000 monthly active traders as of December 2025 and that less than 0.04% of addresses took 70% of profits (Benjamin Wallace/New York Times)

Anthropic Donates Model Context Protocol to Agentic AI Foundation, Says There Are Now Over 10,000 Active Public MCP Servers (Anthropic)

Opera says that in the 12 months ending in October it saw an 88% increase in daily active iOS users across Europe, partly due to changes imposed by the DMA (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)

OpenAI Estimates About 0.07% of ChatGPT Users Active in a Week Experience “Serious Mental Health Symptoms” Like Mania, and Details Its Security Improvements (OpenAI)

Interview with Adorable CEO Anton Osika in competition, staying in Europe, and even more; The company now has 2.3 m and active users, including 180,000 subscribers (Dominic-Madori Davis / Techcrunch)

Paypal reports Q2 Net Records Retrop up 5% in annual sliding to 8.3 billion dollars, compared to $ 8.08 billion, TPV up 6% in annual shift to $ 443.5 billion, transactions down 5% in annual shift to 6.2b, active represents 2% in annual sliding at 438 million (Mackenzie Sigalos / CNBC)