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Technology

A look at Alibaba’s Accio, an AI-powered sourcing tool that helps small online sellers connect with manufacturers, including in China; it exceeded 10 million MAU in March (Caiwei Chen/MIT Technology Review)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Next Elusive Hit The Big Technology…

Technology

Candex, which helps large companies pay small, one-time or irregular suppliers, raised a $40 million Series C round, bringing its total funding to more than $120 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

Technology

Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection and response, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Pod BG2: ChatGPT – The era of super assistants Open source podcast about all things technology, markets, investing,…

Technology

Israeli startup Onyx Security, which helps secure and manage operational risks for AI agents, has raised a $35 million Series A led by Conviction, following a $5 million seed round in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 12, 2026

Meir Orbach / CTech: Israeli startup Onyx Security, which helps secure and manage operational risks for AI agents, has raised…

Technology

Translucent, a healthcare financing startup that helps hospitals improve their cash flow management, raised a $27 million Series A led by GV, following a $7 million seed in August 2024 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 11, 2026

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Translucent, a healthcare financing startup that helps hospitals improve their cash flow management, raised a $27…

Technology

Matia, which helps companies consolidate their data management operations, raised a $21 million Series A led by Red Dot Capital, bringing its total funding to more than $31 million (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 10, 2026

Mike Wheatley/ SiliconANGLE: Matia, which helps companies consolidate their data management operations, raised a $21 million Series A led by…

Technology

Chinese government funding helps traditional Chinese medicine providers adopt AI for drug discovery, clinical diagnostics, acupuncture robots, and more. (Nicole Fan/Rest of the world)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Flush a Radar”, with Brent Simmons The director’s commentary track for Daring…

Politics

Trump’s plot to rig the midterms backfires and helps Democrats

By Frank M. EverettJanuary 23, 2026

Donald Trump has been worried about the 2026 midterm elections since his return to power. Trump, as a term-limited president,…

Technology

Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435 million at a valuation of $6.1 billion, up from $4.2 billion after raising a $200 million Series D in October 2024 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 5, 2025

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435 million at a valuation of…

Technology

Fireworks AI, which helps developers access AI chips and models, raised a $254 million Series C round at a $4 billion valuation, split into a $230 million primary round and a $24 million secondary round (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 28, 2025

Beautiful Linen / Wall Street Journal: Fireworks AI, which helps developers access AI chips and models, raised a $254 million…

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

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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

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

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Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

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

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Some shareholders question whether Sam Altman should lead OpenAI through the turbulence of an IPO and have proposed Bret Taylor as successor (Wall Street Journal)

About 40% of U.S. data centers planned for 2026 face delays, with major sites from Microsoft, OpenAI and others likely more than three months behind schedule (Financial Times)

Browsing: helps

A look at Alibaba’s Accio, an AI-powered sourcing tool that helps small online sellers connect with manufacturers, including in China; it exceeded 10 million MAU in March (Caiwei Chen/MIT Technology Review)

Candex, which helps large companies pay small, one-time or irregular suppliers, raised a $40 million Series C round, bringing its total funding to more than $120 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection and response, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

Israeli startup Onyx Security, which helps secure and manage operational risks for AI agents, has raised a $35 million Series A led by Conviction, following a $5 million seed round in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Translucent, a healthcare financing startup that helps hospitals improve their cash flow management, raised a $27 million Series A led by GV, following a $7 million seed in August 2024 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

Matia, which helps companies consolidate their data management operations, raised a $21 million Series A led by Red Dot Capital, bringing its total funding to more than $31 million (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Chinese government funding helps traditional Chinese medicine providers adopt AI for drug discovery, clinical diagnostics, acupuncture robots, and more. (Nicole Fan/Rest of the world)

Trump’s plot to rig the midterms backfires and helps Democrats

Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435 million at a valuation of $6.1 billion, up from $4.2 billion after raising a $200 million Series D in October 2024 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

Fireworks AI, which helps developers access AI chips and models, raised a $254 million Series C round at a $4 billion valuation, split into a $230 million primary round and a $24 million secondary round (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)