Browsing: January

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Anthropic and the Gates Foundation pledge $200 million to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar $50 million deal with OpenAI in January (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: What does it mean to be mission-driven in 2026? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly…

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AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak of more than 20 million in January; Recon Analytics says U.S. paid adoption of Grok remains nearly flat year-over-year in second quarter (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Georgia Wells / The Wall Street Journal: AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak…

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Sources: Data labeling startup Handshake’s annualized gross revenue reached about $1 billion, up from $550 million in January; Mercor achieved an annualized gross revenue run rate of more than $1 billion this year (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

The information: Sources: Data labeling startup Handshake’s annualized gross revenue reached about $1 billion, up from $550 million in January;…

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece would ban children under 15 from accessing social media from January 1, 2027 and calls for coordinated EU action (Antonis Pothitos/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI vs. Anthropic’s Direct Faceoff + Future of Agents – With Aaron Levie The Big…

Business & Money

January new home sales fall at slowest pace since 2022

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Blaine, Minnesota. New homes starting from the half million dollars in Lexington Waters are high efficiency homes and are HOA…

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Apple’s revenue from GenAI applications increased from about $35 million in January 2025 to a high of $101 million in August 2025, with 75% coming from ChatGPT and only about 5% from Grok (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: Are startup HR teams doing well? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du,…

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Blackstone is a major seller in January in commercial real estate

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 13, 2026

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new…

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Blackstone BREIT is a significant seller in January in commercial real estate

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 13, 2026

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new…

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Gambit Security: Unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150 GB of Mexican government data, including 195 million taxpayer records, in December 2025 and January 2026 (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

Bloomberg: Gambit Security: An unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150 GB of Mexican government data, including 195 million taxpayer…

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What’s Behind a Big Surge in Real Estate Tech Financing in January

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 19, 2026

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new…

2026 was a crazy year for Southeast Asian stock markets – The Diplomat

Vietnam’s quiet strategy during the Shangri-La dialogue – The Diplomat

The emergence of Uzbekistan as a mobility hub in Central Asia – The Diplomat

The real crisis in Andhra Pradesh is development, not demographics – The Diplomat

The EU’s new economic security tools and the calculus of China’s countermeasures – The Diplomat

Victoria’s Secret (VSXY) Q1 2026 Results

McDonald’s MCD unveils its growth strategy

Berkshire Taylor Morrison bet suggests housing market has bottomed out

Union work stoppage threatens GM truck production

AI is crushing startup valuations for pre-ChatGPT companies

Massive defeat for Trump as his militarization fund dies

Democrats figured out how to kill Trump’s weapons fund

It’s time for the 25th Amendment as Trump thinks the latest dementia screening was an intelligence test

Interior Secretary Breaks Down and Admits Trump Is Stealing America’s 250th Birthday

Trump’s latest medical report is an embarrassing cover-up of decline

Meta Expands Teen Account Safety Features to Limit Harmful Content on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, including Nutrition, Weightlifting and Anxiety (Eli Tan/New York Times)

Chey Tae-won, president of SK Hynix, said the company plans to double the capacity of its memory chips over the next five years, in response to a shortage that could last until 2030 (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

A profile of Valve, which PrivCo says generated $5.2 billion in revenue and $1.5 billion in net profit in 2025, as lawsuits allege its Steam store abuses market power (Bloomberg)

Wise confirms he is under investigation by Belgian prosecutors over suspicions his accounts were used for money laundering involving €500 million in transactions (Simon Lock/TBIJ)

Salesforce acquires CMS provider Contentful; source: Salesforce paid between $1 billion and $1.5 billion, a steep discount from Contentful’s $3 billion valuation in 2021 (The News)

Browsing: January

Anthropic and the Gates Foundation pledge $200 million to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar $50 million deal with OpenAI in January (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak of more than 20 million in January; Recon Analytics says U.S. paid adoption of Grok remains nearly flat year-over-year in second quarter (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Data labeling startup Handshake’s annualized gross revenue reached about $1 billion, up from $550 million in January; Mercor achieved an annualized gross revenue run rate of more than $1 billion this year (The Information)

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece would ban children under 15 from accessing social media from January 1, 2027 and calls for coordinated EU action (Antonis Pothitos/Reuters)

January new home sales fall at slowest pace since 2022

Apple’s revenue from GenAI applications increased from about $35 million in January 2025 to a high of $101 million in August 2025, with 75% coming from ChatGPT and only about 5% from Grok (Wall Street Journal)

Blackstone is a major seller in January in commercial real estate

Blackstone BREIT is a significant seller in January in commercial real estate

Gambit Security: Unknown hacker used Claude to steal 150 GB of Mexican government data, including 195 million taxpayer records, in December 2025 and January 2026 (Bloomberg)

What’s Behind a Big Surge in Real Estate Tech Financing in January