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Sources: Anthropic raises its revenue forecast to $18 billion in 2026, $55 billion in 2027 and $148 billion in 2029, delaying its positive cash flow expectations by one year, to 2028 (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 28, 2026

Sri Muppidi / The information: Sources: Anthropic raises its revenue forecast to $18 billion in 2026, $55 billion in 2027…

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OpenAI is considering new tools to help business users understand the financial benefits of using its products and has changed its sales force strategy (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 24, 2026

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Yelp acquires Hatch, which charges monthly fees for AI-powered agents who can respond to customer inquiries and schedule appointments, for $300 million (Laura Mandaro/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 22, 2026

Laura Mandaro / The information: Yelp acquires Hatch, which charges monthly fees for AI-powered agents who can respond to customer…

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Microsoft is quietly becoming one of Anthropic’s biggest customers and was recently set to spend nearly $500 million a year for Anthropic to power Microsoft products (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 14, 2026

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Malwarebytes: 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers and physical addresses (Jackson Chen/Engadget)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 10, 2026

Jackson Chen / Engadget: Malwarebytes: A 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers…

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Last fall, OpenAI set aside RSUs worth 10% of the company, which was valued at $500 billion in October; it has already granted around $80 billion in vested equity (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

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Ant Group’s Ant International grew its revenue by 20-25% in 2025 to an estimated $3.7 billion, or about 10% of Ant’s total revenue in 2025, as it competes with Visa (Jing Yang/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 7, 2026

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OpenAI says more than 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT for health information daily, according to an analysis of anonymized interactions, considering it a "ally" for health care (Megan Morrone/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 5, 2026

Megan Morrone / Axios: According to OpenAI, more than 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT for health information daily, based…

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A new Polymarket account bet $30,000 on Maduro’s capture just hours before Trump’s announcement, renewing questions about inside information in prediction markets (Herb Scribner/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 3, 2026

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OpenAI has stepped up efforts to improve its audio AI models, in preparation for its AI-powered personal device, which is expected to be largely audio-based (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 1, 2026

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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

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)

Vercel says it detected unauthorized access to its internal systems after a hacker using the handle ShinyHunters claimed a breach on BreachForums (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Palantir publishes 22-point summary of Alex Karp’s book, advocating hard power, AI weapons and deterrence, and denouncing pluralism and “regressive” cultures (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

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Sources: Anthropic raises its revenue forecast to $18 billion in 2026, $55 billion in 2027 and $148 billion in 2029, delaying its positive cash flow expectations by one year, to 2028 (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

OpenAI is considering new tools to help business users understand the financial benefits of using its products and has changed its sales force strategy (The Information)

Yelp acquires Hatch, which charges monthly fees for AI-powered agents who can respond to customer inquiries and schedule appointments, for $300 million (Laura Mandaro/The Information)

Microsoft is quietly becoming one of Anthropic’s biggest customers and was recently set to spend nearly $500 million a year for Anthropic to power Microsoft products (The Information)

Malwarebytes: 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers and physical addresses (Jackson Chen/Engadget)

Last fall, OpenAI set aside RSUs worth 10% of the company, which was valued at $500 billion in October; it has already granted around $80 billion in vested equity (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

Ant Group’s Ant International grew its revenue by 20-25% in 2025 to an estimated $3.7 billion, or about 10% of Ant’s total revenue in 2025, as it competes with Visa (Jing Yang/The Information)

OpenAI says more than 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT for health information daily, according to an analysis of anonymized interactions, considering it a "ally" for health care (Megan Morrone/Axios)

A new Polymarket account bet $30,000 on Maduro’s capture just hours before Trump’s announcement, renewing questions about inside information in prediction markets (Herb Scribner/Axios)

OpenAI has stepped up efforts to improve its audio AI models, in preparation for its AI-powered personal device, which is expected to be largely audio-based (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)