Not Clinically Addictive
Instagram's chief testified under oath that social media is not addictive. The same day, Meta launched a feature where users write letters to the algorithm, announced a $10B data center, and revealed it sold 7 million AI glasses. The trial judges the last product. The company is already building the next one.
Elon Musk announces an xAI reorganization that “required parting ways with some people”, after two xAI co-founders announced they were leaving this week
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday announced the the company's xAI artificial intelligence venture implemented a reorganization that …
OpenAI updates ChatGPT's deep research tool with GPT-5.2, a full-screen report view, an option to focus research on specific websites, and search interruption
The feature now runs on the new GPT-5.2 model, as OpenAI announced on X. A key addition is that users can connect apps to ChatGPT and—potentially very useful—search specific websites.
xAI all-hands meeting: Elon Musk told employees that xAI needs a factory on the moon to build AI satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
An OpenAI researcher who helped shape how models were built and priced says she quit after two years due to “deep reservations” about ads and OpenAI's strategy
This week, OpenAI started testing ads on ChatGPT. I also resigned from the company after spending two years …
GPT-5.3-Codex and Claude Opus 4.6 can meaningfully contribute to the improvement of AI models, a sign of what's coming for most knowledge work within five years
Think back to February 2020. — If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas.
Mistral says it will spend €1.2B to build AI infrastructure in Sweden with partner EcoDataCenter, set to open in 2027 as its first data center outside France
French startup Mistral AI is investing €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) to build AI infrastructure in Sweden …
Google releases Android 17 Beta 1, which requires developers to optimize apps for foldables and large screens, includes performance improvements, and more
The beta that never was. … What you need to know — Google has released Android 17 beta 1 shortly after wrapping up Android 16 QPR3 testing.
Social media addiction trial: Adam Mosseri says social media is not “clinically addictive” and that Meta was careful to test features used by young people
Instagram's chief executive said on Wednesday that social media was not “clinically addictive,” refuting claims …
Source: OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team in recent weeks and transferred its employees; team lead Joshua Achiam will take on a “chief futurist” role
OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team in recent weeks and transferred its seven employees to other teams, Platformer has learned.
BlockFills, a crypto liquidity provider and lender to ~2K institutional clients, halts deposits and withdrawals, citing “recent market and financial conditions”
Move comes during period of sustained volatility in digital asset markets — Susquehanna-backed crypto lender BlockFills …
Z.ai launches GLM-5, its flagship open-weight model, saying it has best-in-class performance among open-source models in reasoning, coding, and agentic tasks
We are launching GLM-5, targeting complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks. Scaling is still one of the most important ways …
Sources: Apple's Siri upgrade has run into snags recently, possibly pushing some personalized Siri and other features from iOS 26.4 to iOS 26.5, due in May
Apple Inc.'s long-planned upgrade to the Siri virtual assistant has run into snags during testing in recent weeks …
T-Mobile announces a network-level, AI-based Live Translation feature that supports 50+ languages, coming “this spring” in beta and available on 4G LTE and 5G
Live Translation will be available to beta testers ‘this Spring.’ — T-Mobile is preparing to test a new AI feature …
Amazon Pharmacy plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to almost 4,500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026, adding nearly new 2,000 communities
Amazon Pharmacy, the retail giant's online pharmacy, plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to almost 4,500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of this year …
Meta launches an AI feature that lets Threads users temporarily personalize their feed by specifying topics in a public post that begins with “Dear Algo”
Meta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called “Dear Algo” that lets Threads users personalize their content-recommendation algorithms.
Google told advertisers that it is integrating shopping features into Search's AI Mode and Gemini; users can now buy items from Etsy and Wayfair within Gemini
Google is adding a way for consumers to buy things while seeking artificial intelligence-powered answers on search and in its Gemini chatbot …
TikTok US launches an opt-in Local Feed for content tied to travel, news, events, shopping, and dining near the user's current location, after changing its ToS
TikTok on Wednesday announced the launch of a new “Local Feed” in the U.S. version of the app, which displays content related to travel …
Anthropic says it will upgrade power grid infrastructure, generate new power, and cover consumer price increases to minimize the effects of its data centers
Leading AI company Anthropic said it would upgrade power grid infrastructure, generate new power, and cover consumer price increases …
Anthropic says Claude users on the free plan can now create files, connect to external services, use skills, and more
You no longer need a subscription to create files or use Connectors and Skills in Claude. — Anthropic is upgrading Claude's free tier, apparently to capitalize …
Meta plans to spend more than $10B to build a 1GW data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, expected to be operational at the end of 2027 or in early 2028
Meta Platforms Inc. said it will spend more than $10 billion to build a data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, ranking it among …
Anthropic CCO Paul Smith says the startup is focused on “growing revenue” rather than “flashy headlines”, calls the software stock selloff “hyperbole”, and more
Anthropic is focused on growing its business rather than making “flashy headlines,” …
Sources: OpenAI fired VP Ryan Beiermeister in January for alleged sexual discrimination; she had earlier raised concerns about the upcoming launch of adult mode
The executive, who was accused of sexual discrimination against a male employee, had raised concerns about upcoming launch of erotic content
A Dutch court orders an investigation into alleged mismanagement at Chinese-owned chip company Nexperia and upholds the suspension of CEO Zhang Xuezheng
Investigation set to prolong fight for control of a key automotive supplier — A Dutch court ordered an investigation …
Austin-based humanoid robot startup Apptronik raised $520M led by Google and others at a $5.5B+ valuation, up ~3x from when it raised $415M in February 2025
Apptronik, a fast-growing startup that makes artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots, has secured about $520 million …
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch says the startup's annualized revenue run rate was “north of $400M”, up from $20M a year ago, and it is set to hit $1B ARR by 2026-end
French start-up is riding a growing wave of demand from European businesses for alternatives to US tech
Inertia, co-founded by ex-Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson to build one of the world's most powerful lasers for a grid-scale fusion power plant, raised a $450M Series A
Inertia Enterprises has raised $450 million to build one of the world's most powerful lasers, which it hopes will serve as the foundation …
OpenAI announced Monday that the US military will get access to ChatGPT via GenAI.mil; sources say the move came after months of deliberation among employees
THE SCOOP — OpenAI's announcement Monday that the US military will get access to ChatGPT came after months of deliberation …
EssilorLuxottica says it sold over 7M Meta AI glasses in 2025, up from the 2M that the company sold in 2023 and 2024 combined
EssilorLuxottica's more than tripled its Meta artificial intelligence glasses sales last year, the Ray-Ban maker said on Wednesday in its fourth-quarter results.
Sources: ByteDance plans to produce 100K+ units of its in-house AI inference chip in 2026, is in talks with Samsung to manufacture it, before ramping up to 350K
China's ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to manufacture it …
Q&A with Fidji Simo on ChatGPT ads, OpenAI's efforts to ship a new model soon to end Sam Altman's Code Red, Anthropic's Super Bowl ads, Sora, Codex, and more
How ads in ChatGPT will work, what will end the Code Red, those Anthropic attack ads, working with Sam Altman, and much more...
Filings: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, set to run for California governor to succeed Newsom, gets donations from Sergey Brin, Roblox CEO David Baszucki, and others
A group of billionaires, including Sergey Brin, is backing San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's campaign for California governor …
London-based commerce and payments infrastructure provider Rezolve Ai agrees to acquire London-based cashback rewards company Reward for $230M
Commerce and payments infrastructure provider Rezolve Ai has acquired U.K.-based cash-back rewards company Reward. — Get the Full Story — Complete the form to unlock …
Source: to catch leakers, OpenAI security staff use a custom ChatGPT with access to Slack, email, and docs that cross-references news articles with access logs
Here at The Information, we're always trying to break through the hype to understand how folks are actually using AI in the real world.
Meridian, which uses AI to make financial modeling and spreadsheets more “predictable and auditable”, exits stealth and raised a $17M seed at a $100M valuation
The fight to tame spreadsheets with AI isn't over yet. A new company called Meridian has emerged from stealth …
GitGuardian, which integrates with GitHub to offer nonhuman identity and AI agent security services, raised a $50M Series C, taking its total funding to ~$106M
Non-human identity security platform company GitGuardian SAS today announced that it had raised $50 million in new funding to fuel …
Shopify reports Q4 revenue up 31% YoY to $3.7B, vs. $3.59B est., net income down 43% YoY to $743M, and forecasts Q1 revenue growth above est; SHOP drops 10%+
Shopify (SHOP.TO), projected quarterly revenue above market estimates on Wednesday, as the e-commerce platform expects consumer spending …
Investigation: as Ford pushes its BlueCruise driving system, some drivers found it confusing to use, misunderstood its limitations, and didn't heed its warnings
NHTSA investigates Ford's product after deadly crashes; company research during development showed technology can be misunderstood
Researchers find Kalshi and Polymarket bettors can more accurately predict economic data, earnings, and political events than analysts, likely due to incentives
Economists at top banks and investment firms who command high salaries to divine the direction of the economy expect …
A profile of South Korea's SK Hynix, a once unloved memory chipmaker that now enjoys 58% operating margins and a ~$438B market cap amid the global HBM shortage
Once unloved SK Hynix is enjoying 58% operating margins amid a global shortage of memory chips
Naveen Mallela, JPMorgan's global co-head of blockchain unit Kinexys, leaves after 11 years at the bank; Kinexys handled $5B transactions per day as of December
The global co-head of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s blockchain division has left after more than a decade at the bank, as it steps up an expansion in digital-asset payments.LinkedIn:Naveen MallelaLinkedIn:Na...
Newo, which offers AI voice and text agents that act as always-on front desks for SMBs, raised a $25M Series A, bringing its total funding to $32M
SMIC CEO Zhao Haijun says the industry is “a bit panicked” about the memory chip shortage, and more supply may arrive in nine months; prices are up 80%+ in 2026
More supply could come to market in nine months, executive says — The chief executive of China's largest contract chip maker …
Gary Shapiro plans to step down as CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, the owner and producer of the annual CES conference in Las Vegas, after 35+ years
KPMG citing PitchBook data: UK fintech investment totaled almost $11B in 2025 across 418 deals, down from ~$13.4B in 2024 across 527 deals; Revolut raised ~$4B
Investment in the UK financial technology world plummeted by more than 20% last year to the lowest levels since the start …
Chinese video game giant NetEase reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to ~$4B and net profit down 29% to ~$903M, vs. ~$1.2B est., driven by its self-developed games
Higher operating expenses and investment losses also weighed on the game maker's bottom line — Chinese videogame giant NetEase …
Q&A with Siemens CEO Roland Busch on the company's 170+ year history, automation, managing 320K staff, US manufacturing investments, augmenting LLMs, and more
Today, I'm talking with Roland Busch, who is the CEO of Siemens. … At a very basic, reductive level …
Kalshi says it registered over $1B in trades related to the Super Bowl; Piper Sandler analysts say Kalshi and Polymarket saw ~$1.2B in total trading on Sunday
Senators Warren and Banks plan bipartisan legislation that bans the sale of certain AI chips to China, after Dario Amodei met with Warren and other lawmakers
The EU grants Google unconditional antitrust approval for Google's $32B acquisition of cybersecurity startup Wiz, saying it does not raise competition concerns
Sources: KPMG negotiated a 14% lower fee for its 2025 audit by threatening to find a new accountant if Grant Thornton didn't pass on its cost savings from AI
Sources: Amazon, Google, and others plan to skirt Trump's $100K H-1B fee by finding workers in categories that don't include the fee, like existing H-1B holders
Some giant firms are discussing ways to avoid paying, while smaller ones have fewer options — WASHINGTON—The world's biggest …
Alphabet raised almost $32B in debt in less than 24 hours, selling sterling- and Swiss franc-denominated offerings, following February 9's $20B dollar debt sale
Alphabet Inc. raised almost $32 billion in debt in less than 24 hours, showing the enormous funding needs of tech giants competing …
The UK FCA adds Blockchain.com to its registry of licensed crypto companies; Blockchain.com withdrew its application in 2022 and pivoted operations to Lithuania
A study of 596 Indian high-tech startups suggests that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run than returning diaspora with overseas experience
India's fiercely competitive startup field has provided evidence to suggest that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run …
An interview with LastPass CEO Karim Toubba on the company-wide changes after the 2022 data breach, new services such as controls to fight shadow SaaS, and more
ZDNET's key takeaways — LastPass's CEO says the 2022 data breach has driven the company to greater security heights.
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down after more than 30 years with the company and plans to retire; CFO Amanda McMaster will take over as interim CEO
Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, has stepped down from the company. Playter took over as CEO in 2019 and led the company through its acquisition by Hyundai in 2020.
Ant, which in November 2025 elevated its health unit to be level with Alipay and its lending businesses, is betting on AI-powered health care to fuel its growth
Roughly five years ago, Ant Group Co. reined in its ambitions after a derailed initial public offering.
Entire, founded by ex-GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke, raised a $60M seed at a $300M valuation to build open-source developer tools to better manage AI-written code
Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.59B, below $1.76B est., forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA below est., and announces a $1B share buyback; LYFT drops 13%+
Lyft (LYFT.O) forecast first-quarter adjusted core profit below expectations on Tuesday as severe U.S. winter storms weigh on demand …
Sam Bankman-Fried, who is serving 25 years for fraud, files a long-shot request for a retrial, claiming new witness testimony may refute the prosecution's case
Robinhood reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $1.28B, below est., crypto revenue down 38% YoY to $221M, below est., and net income down 34% YoY; HOOD drops 10%+
The brokerage finished 2025 on a strong note, though its stock is down roughly 24% this year — Robinhood Markets finished 2025 …
South Korea's Science Ministry blames Coupang's massive 2025 data leak on management failures and accuses it of defying a government order to preserve data logs
South Korean officials blamed a massive data leak last year at Coupang on management failure, rather than a sophisticated cyberattack …
NYC-based Garner Health, which uses data analytics to help 2.5M+ workers find physicians, raised a $118M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins at a $1.35B valuation
Nick Reber, Garner Health founder and CEO — Garner Health uses data to identify the country's best doctors based on quality and cost …
NYC-based AI video startup Runway raised a $315M Series E led by General Atlantic, a source says at a $5.3B valuation, and says it will pre-train world models
LayerZero Labs launches Zero, a Layer 1 blockchain backed by Citadel Securities and Ark Invest, and partners with DTCC and Google Cloud to drive adoption
Microsoft is automatically replacing Secure Boot certificates for older PCs before they start to expire later in 2026; Secure Boot was first introduced in 2011
Tel Aviv-based Backslash Security, which protects software development from vibe coding risks, raised a $19M Series A, taking its total funding to $27M
Vibe coding security company Backslash Security Inc. revealed today that it has raised $19 million in new funding to expand …
Docs: London-based AI chip startup Olix, founded by James Dacombe, CEO of brain monitoring startup CoMind, raised $220M led by Hummingbird at a $1B+ valuation
London-based Olix targets development of AI chips that are faster and cheaper than Nvidia's — A 25-year-old British entrepreneur …
YouTube rolls out an AI-powered playlist-generation tool that lets Premium and Music Premium subscribers on iOS and Android use text prompts to create playlists
A US judge sentences former SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony to 100 months in prison for defrauding investors and orders him to forfeit ~$7.5M and two properties
Quick Take — Braden John Karony was also ordered to forfeit about $7.5 million and two residential properties …
Slack messages: some staffers complained about Marc Benioff making jokes about ICE at a Salesforce event, including about ICE surveilling employee travel
- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made jokes about ICE during an employee event, internal messages show. — Some employees took to Slack to express anger and disappointment.
Facebook rolls out the ability for users to animate their profile picture and to restyle Stories or Memories using preset options or a text-based AI prompt
Cisco unveils its Silicon One G300 switch chip, made using TSMC's 3nm tech, to take on Broadcom and Nvidia in AI infrastructure, set to go on sale in H2 2026
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg plans to buy a Miami mansion, likely for up to $200M, joining other tech billionaires in Florida as California proposes a 5% wealth tax
A profile of Anthropic and its key executives like Chris Olah, and a look at Project Vend, an internal “Claudius” experiment to run the office vending machine
Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system's mind—examining its neurons …
Discord says that the “vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today” without needing to use a face scan or ID to verify their age
Either because they aren't accessing age-restricted experiences, or if its AI predicts they're old enough.
Isomorphic Labs, a Google DeepMind spinoff, unveils IsoDDE, a system that it says surpasses AlphaFold 3 in biomolecular structure prediction and drug discovery
Today, we are excited to share an update on our progress towards a new frontier of drug design. We have unlocked a new paradigm …
The active smartphone installed base grew 2% YoY globally in 2025; eight OEMs had 200M+ active devices each, and nearly 25% of active smartphones were iPhones
Tarun is a Research Director with Counterpoint Research, based out of Gurgaon (near New Delhi).
The US FCC approves Amazon's request to launch a second-generation Leo satellite constellation by deploying an additional 4,504 satellites in low Earth orbit
Amazon has received clearance to launch a second-generation satellite constellation for Leo, which promises to boost coverage and speeds for the company's Starlink challenger.
The UK CMA says Apple and Google committed to making app store changes to ensure fairness to developers and consumers, and asks market players for their views
xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba says he is leaving, the sixth co-founder to depart; sources and social media posts show at least six researchers left in recent weeks
Jimmy Ba will be the sixth member of the founding team to depart — A sixth co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI is leaving …
Opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles: YouTube argues it is an entertainment service, like Netflix, rather than a social network
The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.
Samsung announces a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25 at 10am PT in San Francisco, where it is expected to introduce the Galaxy S26 series
- 📆 February 25 is when Samsung will announce its Galaxy S26 phones — 🎪 Media circus: the next Galaxy Unpacked event will occur in San Francisco
Cloudflare reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $614.5M, above $591.3M est., a $12.1M net loss, and forecasts full-year and Q1 revenue above est.; NET jumps 10%+
Shares of the cloud content delivery network CloudFlare Inc. jumped more than 14% in extended trading on the back of a solid top …
xAI co-founder Tony Wu says he has resigned, following co-founder Igor Babuschkin's exit in August 2025; Wu was in charge of reasoning and reported to Elon Musk
Why Leaders Keep Ditching Elon MuskAshley Capoot /CNBC:Elon Musk's xAI loses co-founder Tony Wu in latest senior departureMarcus Schuler /Implicator.ai:xAI Loses Half Its Founding Team After Two Cofou...
Tech Oversight Project: ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial, Meta paid for 3,500+ ads on CNN, Fox, and others to promote Instagram's Teen Accounts
Annie Bang /Bloomberg:
xAI will be organized into four core areas: Grok's chatbot and voice products, Coding, Imagine, and Macrohard, which will build digital agents to run companies
Elon Musk made all these predictions in an internal meeting with xAI employees last night. We listened in. — www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/t...