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Technology

Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire speculated in an X-post that a Palestinian student was behind the Brown University shooting; the post was later deleted (Chris Stokel-Walker/Fast Company)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 19, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Why Roomba is Dead + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Christmas Song The…

Technology

Neural Concept, whose 3D product design software uses deep learning to reduce development time, raised a $100 million Series C round, bringing its total funding to $130 million (Chris Metinko/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 19, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Why Roomba is Dead + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Christmas Song The…

Politics

Adam Schiff and Chris Murphy have a bill to ban border agents from US cities

By Frank M. EverettDecember 19, 2025

The American people should not have to live with ICE and border agents arrive in their cities who are far…

Technology

Sources: This fall, Alexandr Wang told people he disagreed with top Meta executives like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI (Eli Tan/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 10, 2025

Eli Tan / New York Times: Sources: This fall, Alexandr Wang told people that he disagreed with top Meta executives…

Technology

Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, has raised an $18 million seed led by Team8 (Chris Metinko/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 4, 2025

Chris Metinko / Axios: Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, has raised $18 million…

Technology

New York-based Kaizen, which provides a business platform for government agencies to offer services such as utility billing, raised a $21 million Series A round led by the NEA (Chris Metinko/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 31, 2025

Chris Metinko / Axios: New York-based Kaizen, which provides a business platform for government agencies to offer services such as…

Politics

Sen. Chris Murphy breaks down Jake Tapper’s effort to blame Democrats for depleting SNAP funding

By Frank M. EverettOctober 26, 2025

The government is closed. In just a few days, 47 million Americans will not receive the nutrition assistance they depend…

Technology

Defakto, which enables companies to secure automated interactions between internal systems and AI agents or other non-human actors, raised a $30.75 million Series B round (Chris Metinko/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 26, 2025

Chris Metinko / Axios: Defakto, which enables companies to secure automated interactions between internal systems and AI agents or other…

Technology

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright urges FERC to limit the process of connecting data centers to power grids to 60 days, a process that typically takes years (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 24, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Al Engineering 101 with Chip Huyen (Nvidia, Stanford, Netflix) Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth…

Technology

Doc: Google has launched a Trusted Tester program which will select 15 of its "Superfans" to test never-before-seen Pixels, using protective cases to hide the hardware (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 20, 2025

Chris Welch / Bloomberg: Doc: Google has launched a Trusted Tester program that will select 15 of its “Superfans” to…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Local car dealerships grow, die amid rise of auto mega-retailers

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Troops warned they would be prosecuted for war crimes if they followed Trump’s illegal orders

Inflation and Cost of Living Are Expected to End Trump’s Presidency

Completely irrelevant, Trump doesn’t even know where JD Vance is

Cognitively declining Trump wants praise for ability to sign his name

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

A Blue Origin rocket failed to properly place a BlueBird satellite from satellite networking company AST into its intended orbit; ASTS Falls 14% Premarket (Jake Rudnitsky/Bloomberg)

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff rejects idea of flavor-coded CRM replacing SaaS companies, saying data security and compliance make Salesforce indispensable (Sebastian Herrera/Wall Street Journal)

SK hynix announces that it has started mass production of the 192 GB SOCAMM2, a next-generation low-power LPDDR5X DRAM module designed specifically for Nvidia’s Vera Rubin (The Korea Herald)

A profile of Maria Davidson, who leads California Renewal, a pro-business policy group backed by Silicon Valley power players, seeking to raise $100 million in 2026 (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco Standard)

Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer is leaving the company as the data center developer faces problems finding an anchor tenant and construction delays (Amy Harder/Axios)

Browsing: Chris

Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire speculated in an X-post that a Palestinian student was behind the Brown University shooting; the post was later deleted (Chris Stokel-Walker/Fast Company)

Neural Concept, whose 3D product design software uses deep learning to reduce development time, raised a $100 million Series C round, bringing its total funding to $130 million (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Adam Schiff and Chris Murphy have a bill to ban border agents from US cities

Sources: This fall, Alexandr Wang told people he disagreed with top Meta executives like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI (Eli Tan/New York Times)

Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, has raised an $18 million seed led by Team8 (Chris Metinko/Axios)

New York-based Kaizen, which provides a business platform for government agencies to offer services such as utility billing, raised a $21 million Series A round led by the NEA (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Sen. Chris Murphy breaks down Jake Tapper’s effort to blame Democrats for depleting SNAP funding

Defakto, which enables companies to secure automated interactions between internal systems and AI agents or other non-human actors, raised a $30.75 million Series B round (Chris Metinko/Axios)

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright urges FERC to limit the process of connecting data centers to power grids to 60 days, a process that typically takes years (Bloomberg)

Doc: Google has launched a Trusted Tester program which will select 15 of its "Superfans" to test never-before-seen Pixels, using protective cases to hide the hardware (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)