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February 6, 2026, 12:55 PM
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Bloomberg:
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft forecast a combined ~$650B in 2026 capital expenditures, an estimated 60% YoY increase, driven by data center construction  —  Four of the biggest US technology companies together have forecast capital expenditures that will reach about $650 billion in 2026 …
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings  —  European Union regulators said the app's infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Goldman Sachs says it has been working with Anthropic on AI agents to automate more roles at the bank, like trades, transactions, client vetting, and onboarding  —  Goldman Sachs has been working with the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic to create AI agents to automate a growing number …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple wound down plans for an AI-based virtual health coach in recent weeks; Eddy Cue has told colleagues that Apple needs to move faster in health  —  Apple Inc. is scaling back plans for a virtual health coach, according to people with knowledge of the matter …
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon projects its 2026 capex to hit $200B, above $146.6B est. and up from ~$131B in 2025, and reports Q4 AWS revenue up 24% YoY to $35.58B, above $34.93B est.  —  Amazon shares plunged 8% Friday after the company posted mixed fourth-quarter earnings and boosted its 2026 spending forecast to $200 billion.
Amazon:
Amazon reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to $213.39B, vs. $211.33B est., EPS of $1.95, vs. $1.97 est., and net income up 6% YoY to $21.19B; AMZN drops 8%+
Reuters:
Sources: Intel and AMD have notified Chinese customers of supply shortages for server CPUs, with Intel warning of delivery lead times of up to six months  —  Intel (INTC.O) and AMD (AMD.O) have notified Chinese customers of supply shortages for server central processing units (CPUs) …
Matthew Carey / Bloomberg Law:
How an appeal changed the way the USPTO assesses AI patents under the US Patent Act, signaling a shift toward more favorable treatment of AI and ML inventions  —  Over the past few months, the US Patent and Trademark Office has treated artificial intelligence and machine learning inventions …
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Sources: OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE that accommodates local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions  —  The Scoop  —  Step Back  —  Reed's View  —  Know More  —  Notable  —  THE SCOOP  —  OpenAI is working with Abu Dhabi-based G42 …
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Strategy reports Q4 net loss up 1,749% YoY to $12.4B, as BTC trades below the company's $76,052 average purchase price; MSTR is down ~60% over the past year  —  Shares of the bitcoin-stockpiling company have fallen sharply since crypto prices touched all-time highs in October

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
A MoffettNathanson chart showed Netflix delivered 48 cents of revenue per hour viewed in 2025, below competitors, giving it room for its price hike this week

Kathryn Wilkens / Mediaite:
At CPAC, FCC Chair Brendan Carr boasted “Trump is winning”, citing PBS and NPR defunding and the departures of Joy Reid, Chuck Todd, Stephen Colbert, and others

Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at Vogue's wedding coverage and efforts brides make to be featured; Chloe Malle says it generates “some of the most time spent on articles”

More News

Anuj Behal / The Guardian:
Women in rural India report experiencing trauma from data annotation work, which requires them to review violent content and porn for global tech companies
Victoria Waldersee / Reuters:
Only 35 countries signed a declaration affirming “human responsibility over AI-powered weapons”, with the US and China opting out; the US endorsed prior pledges

Earlier Picks

Emily Steel / New York Times:
A federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber to pay $8.5M to a passenger who said a driver raped her in November 2023, the first case where Uber was found liable
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Roblox reports Q4 bookings up 63% YoY to $2.22B, vs. $2.05B est., DAUs up 69% YoY to 144M, and forecasts FY 2026 bookings above estimates; RBLX jumps 10%+
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Reddit reports Q4 revenue up 70% YoY to $726M, vs. $665M est., DAUq up 19% to 121.4M, above est., forecasts Q1 revenue above est., announces a $1B share buyback
Bloomberg:
Why this is the worst crypto winter ever: AI crowds out BTC for mindshare and power grid access, crypto is mainstream, gold beats BTC as a safe haven, and more
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Tim Cook told Apple staff at an all-hands that he's “deeply distraught” with the US' current approach to immigration and he will press the issue with lawmakers
Alex Riehl / BetaKit:
YC adds Canada back to its accepted countries of incorporation list, saying the initial decision was due to its top Canadian companies reincorporating in the US
Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch:
Anthropic introduces “agent teams” in Claude Code as a research preview that launches agents “to coordinate in parallel”, and a Claude in PowerPoint plugin
Robert Hart / The Verge:
OpenAI launches Frontier, an AI agent management platform that provides shared context, onboarding, and permission boundaries, for “a limited set of customers”
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