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Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has raised $1 billion from a16z, Nvidia, AMD and others to advance its global models focused on robotics and scientific discovery (Alicia Tang/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

Alicia Tang / Bloomberg: Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has raised $1 billion from a16z, Nvidia, AMD and others to advance…

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Palo Alto ordered the removal of direct attributions to China from a Unit 42 report on a global hacking campaign due to fears of retaliation from China (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: “Engineers become wizards” | The Future of Software Development with OpenAI’s Sherwin Wu Interviews with world-class…

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A look at Tether’s global expansion, having recently reached around 300 employees; sources describe Tether’s internal focus on corporate structure and "profit and loss" (Jill R Shah/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 9, 2026

Jill R Shah / Financial Times: A look at Tether’s global expansion, having recently reached around 300 employees; sources describe…

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Source: Benchmark invested at least $225 million in Cerebras’ ~$1 billion Series H, led by Tiger Global, at a valuation of $23 billion; Benchmark led Cerebras’ $27 million Series A in 2016 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 7, 2026

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Source: Benchmark invested at least $225 million in Cerebras’ ~$1 billion Series H, led by Tiger…

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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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Survey of 100 Global 2000 companies on the use of AI: 78% of CIOs use OpenAI models in production compared to 44% for Anthropic, but Anthropic’s gains are impressive (a16z)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 1, 2026

a16z: Survey of 100 Global 2000 companies on the use of AI: 78% of CIOs use OpenAI models in production…

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xAI has faced growing outcry from global regulators over the generation of explicit non-consensual photos of Grok, but has faced little regulatory action in the United States (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The PM’s Non-Technical Guide to Building with Cursor | Zevi Arnovitz (Meta) Interviews with world-class product…

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the global music industry reached 5.1T streams, up 9.6% year-on-year and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125 million on-demand audio streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Are Google’s Geminis winning?, Drama of thinking machines, The potential of Claude Cowork The Big…

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Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 15, 2026

Sarah Pérez / TechCrunch: AppNumbers: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6%…

Business & Money

Saks Global files for bankruptcy protection

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 14, 2026

Saks Global, the parent company of the 159-year-old department store that has become both a destination and a symbol of…

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Airlines discover the grass isn’t always greener with new engines

Texas Butcherworm Cases Don’t Endanger Food Supply, Brooke Rollins Says

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly launch obesity pills, prepare for Medicare coverage

United CEO rejects airline mergers after US rejection

‘Backrooms’ Producer Peter Chernin Thinks Hollywood Needs to Change

Mike Johnson ceded his power as Speaker of the House to Trump

Hakeem Jeffries goes on Fox News and calls them out for ignoring GOP bigots

Trump Melts Down and Leaves to Meet the Press When Asked for Evidence of Election Rigging

Trump holds sit-down event in Wisconsin as apparent decline deepens

Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC massively backfired

Meta invests $115 million in workforce academy, free 5-week program to train Americans to build data centers, offering job guarantees on Meta construction sites (Wall Street Journal)

Apple announces a new Foundation Models framework for developers, a new Core AI framework, and a set of Xcode improvements aimed at agent coding workflows (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has more than $20 billion in assets under management, after launching less than two years ago (Peter Rudegeair/Wall Street Journal)

Google recently placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than 3 million TPUs in 2028; Nvidia tests Intel technology for new processor, conducts 18A trials (Qianer Liu/The Information)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said tech companies must introduce safety measures on children’s phones to stop them sharing nude images or face laws forcing them to do so (Reuters)

Browsing: global

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has raised $1 billion from a16z, Nvidia, AMD and others to advance its global models focused on robotics and scientific discovery (Alicia Tang/Bloomberg)

Palo Alto ordered the removal of direct attributions to China from a Unit 42 report on a global hacking campaign due to fears of retaliation from China (Reuters)

A look at Tether’s global expansion, having recently reached around 300 employees; sources describe Tether’s internal focus on corporate structure and "profit and loss" (Jill R Shah/Financial Times)

Source: Benchmark invested at least $225 million in Cerebras’ ~$1 billion Series H, led by Tiger Global, at a valuation of $23 billion; Benchmark led Cerebras’ $27 million Series A in 2016 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

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)

Survey of 100 Global 2000 companies on the use of AI: 78% of CIOs use OpenAI models in production compared to 44% for Anthropic, but Anthropic’s gains are impressive (a16z)

xAI has faced growing outcry from global regulators over the generation of explicit non-consensual photos of Grok, but has faced little regulatory action in the United States (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

the global music industry reached 5.1T streams, up 9.6% year-on-year and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125 million on-demand audio streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)

Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Saks Global files for bankruptcy protection