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Fox completes its $22B acquisition of Roku |

In Brief Posted: 8:05 AM PST · November 6, 2026 Fox has completed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku, wrapping up one of the biggest…

Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI agent security startup Clutch for $500M |

10:28 PM PST · November 5, 2026 Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Clutch Security, a startup that secures AI agents’ access to…

How a Blue Wave midterm might reshape the AI industry

Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on…

At least 10 local governments have moved to drop Flock’s surveillance cameras since summer |

At least 10 local governments and police departments have moved since this summer to curb, restrict, or end their use of Flock Safety technology as…

After the midterms, is the AI industry in for a rough two years? |

9:23 AM PST · November 6, 2026 31 min Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The…

Physicl raises $10M to make the digital world real enough for robots |

Alex de Vigan’s last business got swamped by the rise of generative AI, but now he’s betting the tech that team had built, a platform…

Underdog shows off a 32MB speech model in new demo |

AI companies across the world are racing to make bigger and better models, but the problem is all of them need massive amounts of processing…

After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop |

6:10 AM PST · November 6, 2026 Amazon is jumping on the currently most popular bandwagon for interacting with AI agents: texting. The company on…

Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO |

Companies are using more AI than ever, but they’re not spending more on it. A new report from Ramp shows AI spending flatlined over late…

AI Companies Really, Really Want to Buy Your Work Files and Emails

Lately a new kind of pitch has found its way into my inbox. “Not sure if you’ve heard,” writes someone named Nick, “but AI labs…