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Meta and Garmin show first demonstration of using Meta’s wrist neural band inside a car to control an infotainment system, as part of Garmin’s Unified Cabin (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Reed Hastings – Building Netflix The leading destination for learning about business and investing.…

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Fueled in part by U.S. tech companies, governments around the world are rushing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Meta’s AI Agent Plan, Grok’s Perversion, The Prison of Financial Mediocrity The Big Technology Podcast…

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Amazon, Microsoft and Google have pledged a total of $67.5 billion in Indian investments since October, 80% of those in December, as part of an AI spending spree in India (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 26, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Where is all the AI-driven scientific progress? The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin…

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Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus existing debt, as part of its efforts to expand its AI data center footprint (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 22, 2025

Bloomberg: Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus its existing debt, as part…

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Perplexity updates its iPad app to improve multitasking and focus on search tools, part of a push to add business customers, after Comet launches on Android (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Uncapped with Jack Altman: Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners Conversations with people I admire about things that really…

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Kraken launches Mastercard debit card with 1% cash back and multi-asset spending in UK and EU as part of global rollout of its Krak Money app (James Hunt/The Block)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 25, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: The interview: how Wikipedia responds to the culture wars The future is already here. Each week,…

Business & Money

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff is selling part of his ownership to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz.

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 20, 2025

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 CEO and team principal Toto Wolff acquires new team owners and sells part of his stakes to…

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The U.S. DOE is accelerating its approach to equipping the nation’s labs with AI supercomputers by working with Nvidia, AMD and Oracle, who will pay part of the costs (Don Clark/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 20, 2025

Don Clark / New York Times: The US DOE is accelerating its approach to equipping national laboratories with AI supercomputers…

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SoftBank sold its entire stake in Nvidia, about 32 million shares, in October for $5.8 billion and part of its stake in T-Mobile for $9.2 billion, bringing second-quarter profit to $16.2 billion, above estimate. (David Keohane/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 11, 2025

David Keohane / Financial Times: SoftBank sold its entire stake in Nvidia, about 32 million shares, in October for $5.8…

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UMG is partnering with AI music generator Udio to launch a subscription service to create music with licensed songs in 2026, in part to settle a copyright lawsuit (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 30, 2025

Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal: UMG partners with AI music generator Udio to launch subscription service to create music…

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

PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free Asia

Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free Asia

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

Revolution Medicines’ Pancreatic Cancer Drug Daraxonrasib Passes Trial

Delta unveils first new Delta One suite amid premium cabin arms race

Billionaire’s Rugged SUV Startup Aims for U.S. Growth

Goldman Sachs (GS) results for 1Q 2026

How Kodak is trying to recover from the brink of bankruptcy

Eric Swalwell shows his lack of character in his resignation statement

Senator Reuben Gallego calls for Eric Swalwell to be expelled from Congress

Trump turning into Jesus revealed the depths of his madness

Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter

Trump and MAGA see their future as Viktor Orbán is eliminated in Hungarian elections

Google calls “back button hijacking” malicious, saying sites that interfere with a browser’s back button function could be demoted in search starting in June (Abner Li/9to5Google)

OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members up for re-election last week, days after the council approved a $6 billion data center (Jeff Tomich/Politico)

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)

Anthropic says its $20 million donation to Public First Action cannot be “used to influence federal elections” and aims to educate the public on AI policy (Veronica Irwin/Transformer)

Browsing: part

Meta and Garmin show first demonstration of using Meta’s wrist neural band inside a car to control an infotainment system, as part of Garmin’s Unified Cabin (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Fueled in part by U.S. tech companies, governments around the world are rushing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Amazon, Microsoft and Google have pledged a total of $67.5 billion in Indian investments since October, 80% of those in December, as part of an AI spending spree in India (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus existing debt, as part of its efforts to expand its AI data center footprint (Bloomberg)

Perplexity updates its iPad app to improve multitasking and focus on search tools, part of a push to add business customers, after Comet launches on Android (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Kraken launches Mastercard debit card with 1% cash back and multi-asset spending in UK and EU as part of global rollout of its Krak Money app (James Hunt/The Block)

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff is selling part of his ownership to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz.

The U.S. DOE is accelerating its approach to equipping the nation’s labs with AI supercomputers by working with Nvidia, AMD and Oracle, who will pay part of the costs (Don Clark/New York Times)

SoftBank sold its entire stake in Nvidia, about 32 million shares, in October for $5.8 billion and part of its stake in T-Mobile for $9.2 billion, bringing second-quarter profit to $16.2 billion, above estimate. (David Keohane/Financial Times)

UMG is partnering with AI music generator Udio to launch a subscription service to create music with licensed songs in 2026, in part to settle a copyright lawsuit (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)