February 08, 2026

New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers: Although the bill's prospects are uncertain, New York is at least the sixth state to consider pausing construction of new data centers. Read More

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over 'CIA activities': The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations. Read More

An AI startup founder says he's planning a 'March for Billionaires' in protest of California's wealth tax: The organizer of the event swears it's not a joke. Read More

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India has changed its startup rules for deep tech: India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success. Read More

It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site: WordPress users can now leverage Claude to analyze web traffic or find information about other internal site metrics. Read More

The kids 'picked last in gym class' gear up for Super Bowl: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is expected to be there. Apple's Tim Cook, too. Read More

Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras: Benchmark Capital has been an investor in the Nvidia rival since 2016. Read More

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all: This week's release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards. Read More

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NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as an investor: Antetokounmpo is the first NBA player to directly invest in Kalshi. Read More

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February 06, 2026

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over 'CIA activities': The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations. Read More

Reddit says it's looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere: Reddit said during earnings it's looking to buy 'capabilities' and 'companies.' Read More

Here's how Roblox's age checks work: The company says it has continuous age-check systems running in the background to ensure age accuracy. Read More

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The backlash over OpenAI's decision to retire GPT-4o shows how dangerous AI companions can be: "You're shutting him down. And yes — I say him, because it didn't feel like code. It felt like presence. Like warmth," one user said. Read More

China's Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies: Norway's government accused China's Salt Typhoon hacking group of conducting a cyberespionage campaign in the country. Read More

Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors: The mysterious businessman pitched Jeffrey Epstein on numerous mobility startups in an era when the sector was white hot, according to TechCrunch's review of hundreds of documents released by the Department of Justice. Read More

The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features: If you primarily want a tablet device to mark up, highlight, and annotate your e-books and documents, and perhaps sometimes scribble some notes, Amazon's new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft could be worth the hefty investment. Read More

EU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine: The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation engine. Read More

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Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens.

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all: This week's release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards. Read More

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