10:23 AM PST · February 7, 2026 New Yorker state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose a moratorium of at least three years…
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Here's how Roblox's age checks work |
A month after introducing mandatory facial verification for access to chats on its platform, Roblox says 45% of its daily active users have undergone age…
Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras |
9:23 PM PST · February 6, 2026 This week, AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems announced that it raised $1 billion in fresh capital at a valuation…
Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT |
In Brief Posted: 3:53 PM PST · February 6, 2026 Apple CarPlay users may soon be able to talk to their favorite AI chatbot. Apple…
Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors |
Electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors was scrambling to raise a Series D funding round in 2017. It had courted Ford as a potential investor, but…
'Industry' season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now |
HBO’s hit financial thriller “Industry” has delivered one of its most compelling storylines yet this season: a hunt to expose a fraudulent fintech company called…
It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site |
In Brief Posted: 2:04 PM PST · February 6, 2026 On Thursday, WordPress launched a new Claude connector, enabling site owners to share back-end data…
Google- and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon-removal competitor |
In Brief Posted: 12:26 PM PST · February 6, 2026 Carbon-removal startup Terradot is acquiring competitor Eion, the two companies announced today. The sale was…
Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all |
In Brief Posted: 12:26 PM PST · February 6, 2026 Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmark measuring AI agents’ capabilities on professional tasks…
Reddit says it's looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere |
Reddit is gearing up for more M&A, the company told analysts on its fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday. Reddit CFO Andrew Vollero said the online…