| 11:45 PM • | Marco Chiappetta / Forbes: SiFive says it will integrate Nvidia's NVLink Fusion with its RISC-V processor IP platforms, letting SiFive silicon communicate with Nvidia's and partner chips |
| 11:25 PM • | Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net: California regulators unanimously approved Verizon's nearly $10B Frontier acquisition; deliberations included Verizon committing to the state's DEI requirements |
| 11:05 PM • | Sean Hollister / The Verge: Meta says it will discontinue Workrooms, its VR space for workers, on February 16, and stop selling Quests and Horizon services to businesses from February 20 |
| 10:30 PM • | Bloomberg: Trump and Northeastern state governors ask grid operator PJM to hold an auction for tech companies to fund new power plants, amid the AI boom |
| 9:25 PM • | Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter: YouTube revises its policy to allow full monetization of nongraphic videos on sensitive issues, like abortion, self-harm, suicide, and domestic and sexual abuse |
| 8:30 PM • | Alex Heath / Sources: Sources: Thinking Machines lacks a clear product or business strategy and has been struggling over the past couple of months to raise a new round of financing |
| 8:00 PM • | Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Total global VC funding invested in fintech startups hit $51.8B in 2025, up 27% YoY and above pre-pandemic totals, but much lower than 2021's peak of $141.6B |
| 7:15 PM • | Peter Senzamici / New York Post: Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, sues xAI, alleging Grok refused to stop making sexualized deepfakes of her, amid custody disputes |
| 6:40 PM • | Boone Ashworth / Wired: As Meta cuts employees from its Supernatural VR fitness service and shifts resources away, users mourn the community formed around the platform and its coaches |
| 5:50 PM • | Suzanne Smalley / The Record: Google agrees to pay $8.25M to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging its AdMob SDK illegally collected data from devices used by children under the age of 13 |
| 4:26 PM • | Wired: Source: at least two more Thinking Machines employees are set to join OpenAI soon; some AI researchers say they are exhausted by the industry's constant drama |
| 4:10 PM • | CNBC: Replit launches Mobile Apps on Replit, which lets creators and small-business owners vibe code Android and iOS apps and monetize them via a Stripe integration |
| 3:40 PM • | Bloomberg: Sources: Replit is in advanced discussions to raise a new round of funding that would roughly triple its valuation to $9B; source: the round is for ~$400M |
| 3:25 PM • | Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Mytra, which is building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, raised a $120M Series C led by Avenir Growth |
| 2:55 PM • | Hayden Field / The Verge: Andrea Vallone, who left OpenAI in December after serving as its Head of Model Policy, joins Anthropic's alignment team, which tries to understand AI model risk |
| 2:30 PM • | Kif Leswing / CNBC: The US says that Taiwanese companies will invest $250B+ in chip production capacity in the US as part of a trade deal, and Taiwan will guarantee $250B in credit |
| 1:35 PM • | Ben Sherry / Inc: Symbolic.ai, founded by ex-eBay CEO Devin Wenig and Ars Technica co-founder Jon Stokes, partners with News Corp to offer AI tools to WSJ, Barron's, and others |
| 12:55 PM • | Ciara O'Brien / The Irish Times: Equal1, which was spun out from University College Dublin, raised $60M to deploy its new quantum server for data centers, bringing its total funding to $85M |
| 12:20 PM • | Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: Letter: a top House Republican warns severe DRAM and HBM3E supply shortages will constrain H200 export licenses; Nvidia says it “can serve all approved” orders |
| 12:10 PM • | The Keyword: Google releases TranslateGemma, a suite of Gemma 3-based open translation models available in 4B-, 12B-, and 27B-parameter sizes, with support for 55 languages |
| 12:05 PM • | André Beganski / Decrypt: X revises its developer API policies to “no longer allow apps that reward users for posting on X (aka 'infofi')”, amid a backlash about increasing AI slop on X |
| 11:55 AM • | Tim Culpan / Culpium: Sources: Apple now needs to fight for TSMC production capacity amid the AI boom; Nvidia was likely TSMC's top customer in at least one or two quarters in 2025 |
| 11:40 AM • | Bloomberg: OpenAI says it issued a request for proposals to US-based hardware manufacturers as it seeks to push into consumer devices, robotics, and cloud data centers |
| 11:20 AM • | CNBC: Amazon files an objection to Saks Global's bankruptcy financing plan, and says its $475M investment in the department store is now effectively “worthless” |
| 10:50 AM • | Ike Swetlitz / Bloomberg: Brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs, which Sam Altman co-founded, raised a $252M seed from OpenAI, Bain Capital, Gabe Newell, and others |
| 9:25 AM • | Krystal Hu / Reuters: AI video startup Higgsfield raised an $80M Series A extension from Accel and others at a $1.3B+ valuation, and says it hit a $200M annualized revenue run rate |
| 9:15 AM • | Gil Press / Forbes: Boston-based Tulip, which offers an AI-powered frontline operations platform used by 60K workers, raised a $120M Series D led by Mitsubishi at a $1.3B valuation |
| 8:50 AM • | Wired: Researchers detail WhisperPair, vulnerabilities in Google's Fast Pair protocol affecting 17 audio device models from 10 brands; Google rolled out updates |
| 8:35 AM • | Silla Brush / Bloomberg: BlackRock raises $12.5B as part of its Microsoft partnership to bankroll data centers and energy infrastructure, bringing it closer to its $30B goal from 2024 |
| 8:25 AM • | Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Bitmine, the largest corporate holder of ether, invests $200M in MrBeast's Beast Industries, set to close on January 19; Bitmine holds 4M+ ETH valued at ~$13.6B |
| 8:05 AM • | Reuters: India's Supreme Court rules Tiger Global's $1.6B Flipkart stake sale to Walmart in 2018 is subject to taxes, a ruling that will shape future cross-border deals |
| 7:40 AM • | Financial Times: Anthropic researchers say rich countries' higher AI adoption risks deepening economic disparities and widening living standard gaps, assuming productivity gains |
| 7:25 AM • | Ryan Dezember / Wall Street Journal: AWS signs a two-year supply deal with Rio Tinto to access its Arizona copper mine, the US' first new source in 10+ years, as AI data centers create huge demand |
| 7:05 AM • | Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: Spotify plans to raise its Premium subscription by $1 to $12.99/month in the US, its first US price hike since July 2024, and increase it in Estonia and Latvia |
| 7:00 AM • | New York Times: Sources: the US cyberattack during the Maduro mission plunged Caracas into darkness and disrupted its air defense radar, demonstrating US offensive capabilities |
| 6:45 AM • | Emma Roth / The Verge: Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65M+ articles with nearly 15B monthly views, and releases a docuseries |
| 6:30 AM • | Financial Times: Berlin-based Parloa, which develops AI customer service agents for Booking.com and others, raised $350M at a $3B valuation, taking its total funding to $560M+ |
| 6:20 AM • | Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times: Polymarket and Kalshi count Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser, and Trump Media plans to launch Truth Predict, raising ethical questions during Trump's second term |
| 6:10 AM • | Sara Ashley O'Brien / Wall Street Journal: Self-help gurus like Tony Robbins, Gabby Bernstein, and Matthew Hussey are charging up to $99 per month to access AI chatbots that promise personalized advice |
| 6:01 AM • | Bloomberg: ASML hits a $500B+ market cap for the first time, the third European company to reach the milestone, after TSMC reported strong earnings; ASML is up 18% YTD |
| 5:50 AM • | Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: WitnessAI, whose service helps organizations govern and protect their AI operations, raised $58M led by Sound Ventures, taking its total funding to $85M+ |
| 5:40 AM • | Emma Roth / The Verge: The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral joined Wikimedia Enterprise to get “tuned” API access; Google is already a member |
| 5:30 AM • | Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: Yield Sec: the top 10 pirate sports streaming sites in the UK, largely funded by ads from unlicensed gambling operators, had 1.6B views in H1 2025, up 33% YoY |
| 5:15 AM • | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: South Korea drops Naver's and NCSoft's teams from its competition to develop its first sovereign AI model, as LG's, SK Telecom's, and Upstage's teams advance |
| 5:00 AM • | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: AWS launches European Sovereign Cloud, creating a new parent company for its sovereign cloud that will be locally controlled in the EU and run by EU citizens |
| 4:50 AM • | Bloomberg: TSMC projects $52B to $56B in 2026 capital spending, up 25%+ from 2025, and forecasts close to 30% YoY revenue growth in 2026, both above analyst estimates |
| 4:40 AM • | Cade Metz / New York Times: Scientists say that AI has become a powerful and rapidly improving research tool, and that whether it is generating ideas on its own is, for now, a moot point |
| 4:30 AM • | Bloomberg: Chinese chipmaker SpacemiT, whose RISC-V-based K1 chip is used in industrial systems, robotics, edge computing, and AI devices, raised an ~$86M Series B |
| 2:30 AM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: global consumer mobile app spending on Apple's App Store and Google Play rose 21.6% YoY to $155.8B in 2025, but app downloads dropped 2.7% to 106.9B |
| 2:20 AM • | Reuters: Microsoft agrees to buy a record 2.85M soil carbon credits from Indigo Carbon linked to regenerative US agriculture; a source values the deal at $171M to $228M |
| 2:05 AM • | Denise Wee / Bloomberg: Hong Kong-based WeLab, which runs digital banks WeLab in Hong Kong and Saqu in Indonesia, raised $220M in equity and debt from HSBC, Prudential HK, and others |
| 1:55 AM • | Kyle Baird / The Block: Blockchain-based lender Figure unveils the On-Chain Public Equity Network to issue, trade, and lend stocks natively on a blockchain, not as tokenized replicas |
| 1:40 AM • | Financial Times: Source: Apple's Gemini deal is a cloud contract where it pays Google several billion dollars; a source says OpenAI declined to be Apple's custom model provider |
| 1:10 AM • | Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: OpenAI quietly rolls out ChatGPT Translate, a standalone website that supports plain text translations across 50+ languages and features prompt customization |
| 1:05 AM • | Reuters: TSMC reports Q4 net profit up 35% YoY to a record ~$16B, above $15.17B est., as it benefited from surging demand for AI chips and hit $100B in 2025 revenue |
| 12:15 AM • | Nikkei Asia: Sources: China is drafting Nvidia H200 purchase rules, limiting how many chips local companies can buy and requiring them to justify the need, instead of a ban |
| 12:05 AM • | Maxwell Zeff / Wired: A source close to Thinking Machines Lab alleges ex-CTO Barret Zoph, who is returning to OpenAI, had shared confidential company information with competitors |
| 12:00 AM • | Nitin Dahad / EE Times: GlobalFoundries agrees to acquire Synopsys' ARC processor IP business, which includes ARC-V (RISC-V) and ARC CPU IP, and integrate it into its MIPS business |
| 11:35 PM • | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based edtech startup Emversity raised a $30M Series A led by Premji Invest, sources say at a ~$120M post-money valuation, up from ~$60M in April 2025 |
| 11:20 PM • | Luz Ding / Bloomberg: Alibaba links Qwen to its online shopping and travel services, including Taobao, Alipay, Fliggy, and Amap, aiming to build a one-stop AI app for its 100M users |
| 9:45 PM • | Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: CoinDesk data: Binance's spot crypto trading market share fell to 25% in December 2025, its lowest since January 2021, and it is losing ground in derivatives |
| 8:40 PM • | Yogita Khatri / The Block: Project Eleven, which builds tools to prepare blockchains for post-quantum threats, raised a $20M Series A led by Castle Island at a $120M post-money valuation |
| 7:50 PM • | Kylie Robison / @kyliebytes: Thinking Machines Lab parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph, with Soumith Chintala taking over the role; sources say the termination is due to “unethical conduct” |
| 7:40 PM • | Fidji Simo / @fidjissimo: Fidji Simo says Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz have returned to OpenAI from Thinking Machines Lab and “this has been in the works for several weeks” |
| 7:00 PM • | Karissa Bell / Engadget: X updates Grok to prevent the “editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis” and geoblocks it for all users “where it's illegal” |
| 6:25 PM • | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Coinbase pulls support from the US Senate's crypto market structure bill ahead of a key vote; CEO Brian Armstrong says there are “too many issues” with the bill |
| 5:00 PM • | Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: YouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours; an option for zero minutes is coming soon |
| 4:20 PM • | Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg: President Trump signs an order to impose a 25% tariff on chips “transshipped through the US to other foreign countries”, as part of the Nvidia H200 export deal |
| 4:05 PM • | Financial Times: UK PM Keir Starmer says X indicated to government officials it was acting to comply with UK laws by restricting the generation of nonconsensual sexual images |
| 3:50 PM • | Chris Metinko / Axios: Novee, which utilizes proprietary AI models to perform automated penetration testing, emerges from stealth with a $43M Series A and an $8.5M seed |
| 3:35 PM • | Naureen S Malik / Bloomberg: PJM trims summer 2027 peak demand forecast to ~160 GW from ~164 GW because some projects, including data centers, lack firm service or construction commitments |
| 3:20 PM • | Wall Street Journal: OpenAI strikes a multibillion-dollar, three-year deal to buy 750 MW of computing capacity from Cerebras, which Sam Altman has backed; sources: it's a $10B+ deal |
| 3:00 PM • | Reuters: Bitchat, a P2P messaging app launched by Jack Dorsey, has emerged as a key lifeline for people in Uganda and Iran facing government-imposed internet shutdowns |
| 2:25 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Digg, rebooted under original co-founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, launches its public beta, after being open to 67K invite-only users |
| 1:50 PM • | New York Times: 2026 may be the year of the mega IPO, as sources say Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX took early steps to go public, setting up a watershed moment for the AI boom |
| 1:30 PM • | Jacob Krol / TechRadar: Verizon fixes “an issue impacting wireless voice and data services” that caused 100K+ users to lose reception for 10+ hours on January 14 and gives a $20 credit |
| 12:55 PM • | Politico: California AG Rob Bonta opens an investigation into xAI over the proliferation of nonconsensual, sexualized images generated by Grok, and urges xAI to act |
| 12:45 PM • | Raphael Satter / Reuters: Elon Musk claims he's “not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok” and that Grok's operating principle is to “obey the laws of any given country” |
| 12:30 PM • | The Guardian: Elon Musk claims he's “not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok” and that Grok's operating principle is to “obey the laws of any given country” |
| 12:10 PM • | Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch: Depthfirst, which provides AI tools for codebase scanning, credential exposure protection, and threat monitoring, raised a $40M Series A led by Accel Partners |
| 11:15 AM • | Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: Google launches Personal Intelligence, a Gemini feature that links to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to tailor answers, for paid subscribers |
| 11:00 AM • | Adam Sella / New York Times: Sources: the Trump administration is weighing a substantial shift in its cyberstrategy, including by enlisting private companies to assist with cyberattacks |
| 10:10 AM • | Bloomberg: Dutch court hearing: Nexperia claims Chinese owner Wingtech pushed for tech transfers out of Europe and threatened execs; Wingtech attacks Nexperia's management |
| 9:20 AM • | Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: Belgium-based Aikido Security, which offers automated security guardrails for developers, raised a $60M Series B led by DST Global at a $1B valuation |
| 9:10 AM • | The Information: Source: Microsoft has become one of Anthropic's top clients and was recently on pace to spend nearly $500M/year for Anthropic's AI to power Microsoft products |
| 8:40 AM • | Chris Metinko / Axios: Tel Aviv- and Boston-based IO River, which helps companies manage multiple CDN and edge networks, raised a $20M Series A led by Venture Guides and New Era |
| 8:26 AM • | Tom Warren / The Verge: UK police say they banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a soccer match in 2025 after Copilot hallucinated a fake West Ham-Maccabi match in an intelligence report |
| 8:10 AM • | Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: Pittsburgh-based Skild AI, which makes robotics foundation models, raised a $1.4B Series C at a $14B+ valuation, up from ~$4.5B in June 2025 |
| 8:06 AM • | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Airbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led the generative AI and Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to add more AI to its app |
| 8:00 AM • | Denitsa Tsekova / Bloomberg: Polymarket is hosting a growing number of contracts tied to military conflicts, including China invading Taiwan; possible US strikes in Iran has $18M+ in trades |
| 7:30 AM • | Financial Times: Sources: McKinsey pilots an overhaul in how it recruits its next generation, asking candidates to use its AI tool Lilli to analyze a case study during a test |
| 7:05 AM • | Ben Weiss / Fortune: Alpaca, which builds software to let companies offer stocks, ETFs, and other financial instruments, raised a $150M Series D led by Drive at a $1.15B valuation |
| 6:55 AM • | Dave Sebastian / Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese chip designer Montage, a Shanghai-listed company valued at ~$22B, plans a Hong Kong IPO that could raise $900M+, backed by Alibaba and JPMorgan |
| 6:45 AM • | Reuters: Sources: Chinese authorities told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by ~12 US and Israeli companies due to national security concerns |
| 6:30 AM • | Bloomberg: How Ireland, an early data center winner, has missed out on much of the AI boom due to creaking infrastructure and a strained electricity grid stopping projects |
| 6:15 AM • | Delphine Strauss / Financial Times: The IMF urges governments to help workers displaced by AI and says policymakers should redesign education so young people use AI “rather than compete with it” |
| 6:01 AM • | Bloomberg: China's market regulator says it is investigating Trip.com, the country's largest online travel agency, over alleged antitrust conduct, without offering details |
| 5:45 AM • | Tasmin Lockwood / CNBC: US Big Tech companies have been on an energy-related hiring spree; Workforce.ai says Microsoft has hired 570+ people with energy-related expertise since 2022 |
| 5:30 AM • | Josh Gabert-Doyon / Financial Times: UK satellite company Open Cosmos wins a highly contested Ka-band spectrum license, used for high-speed consumer internet, beating Peter Thiel-backed companies |
| 4:55 AM • | Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: In South Korea's competition to locally create an independent AI model, three of the five finalists used foreign open-source code, which they argue is practical |
| 4:35 AM • | SemiAnalysis: Highlights from IEDM 2025: 3D NAND is suddenly relevant again, interconnect metals beyond copper are emerging, 2D materials that could replace silicon, and more |
| 4:05 AM • | BBC: The UK government drops plans for mandatory digital IDs to work in the country, marking a reversal from when the UK first announced the policy in September 2025 |
| 3:50 AM • | Josh Noble / Financial Times: Q&A with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' growing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, monetization, and more |
| 3:30 AM • | Katie Drummond / Wired: Q&A with Reid Hoffman on wanting Silicon Valley to speak out against the Trump administration, AI regulation, the role of AI in art and creativity, and more |
| 3:01 AM • | The Economic Times: India lacks specific policies or zoning regulations for overseeing quick commerce dark stores, which HSBC projects will hit 5,000 to 5,500 by the end of FY2026 |
| 2:50 AM • | Danny Lee / Bloomberg: Elon Musk says that Tesla will stop selling FSD after February 14 and will offer it only as a monthly subscription; FSD costs $8,000 upfront or $99 per month |
| 2:40 AM • | Ryan Lawler / Axios: WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with its AI-based flat-fee risk management model, raised a $42M Series B led by Sequoia and Khosla |
| 2:30 AM • | Reuters: Sources: Chinese officials told customs agents this week that Nvidia H200s are barred from China and told local tech companies not to buy them unless necessary |
| 2:25 AM • | New York Times: A look at a Myanmar online scam center that opened in 2024 with 3,500+ workers from nearly 30 countries and closed in November 2025 after rebels captured it |
| 2:20 AM • | Jonathan Greig / The Record: The US urged UN members to take a tougher stance against North Korea IT worker scams and crypto thefts; an October 2025 report found 40+ countries were affected |
| 1:55 AM • | Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia's PIF transfers ~$12B worth of gaming company shares, including of Nintendo, to Savvy Games; PIF already transferred 11M Take-Two shares in 2025 |
| 1:35 AM • | Financial Times: How smuggled Starlink receivers and customized software let some Iranians evade a near-total internet blackout as the regime brutally cracked down on protesters |
| 1:25 AM • | Matthew Griffin / Bloomberg: Caterpillar hits a $300B market cap for the first time, driven by demand for its data center power generation equipment; CAT is up 12% in 2026 to a record ~$640 |
| 1:10 AM • | Maya Perez / WebProNews: Bandcamp bans music and audio “generated wholly or in substantial part by AI”, hoping to build trust with fans that the music they find “was created by humans” |
| 12:45 AM • | Luz Ding / Bloomberg: Z.ai releases GLM-Image, an open-source AI model that it says is China's first state-of-the-art multimodal model to finish training using Huawei's Ascend chips |
| 12:40 AM • | Iain Martin / Forbes: Checkr, which does employee background checks, says its revenue grew 14% YoY to $800M+ in 2025, amid a flood of AI-generated CVs and fake financial documents |
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