Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize?
Feb 5, 2026, 5:43 pm By Russell Brandom
In 2026, Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185…The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most
Feb 5, 2026, 4:36 pm By Kirsten Korosec, Graham Starr
The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech — including…A16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers
Feb 5, 2026, 4:28 pm By Julie Bort
A16z VC Jennifer Li, who oversees some of the firm's fastest growing AI companies, warns founders…OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own
Feb 5, 2026, 3:01 pm By Lucas Ropek
The new model is build to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI…One of Europe’s largest universities knocked offline for days after cyberattack
Feb 5, 2026, 2:00 pm By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
An alleged ransomware attack has taken down the systems of the Sapienza University of Rome.Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
Feb 5, 2026, 1:50 pm By Russell Brandom
We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.NASA astronauts can now bring their phones with them on their mission to the moon
Feb 5, 2026, 1:29 pm By Amanda Silberling
Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world.OpenAI launches a way for enterprises to build and manage AI agents
Feb 5, 2026, 1:09 pm By Rebecca Szkutak
OpenAI launched Frontier, a new platform designed for enterprises to build and deploy agents while…Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’
Feb 5, 2026, 12:51 pm By Lucas Ropek
The newest version of Anthropic's model is designed to broaden its appeal.Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools
Feb 5, 2026, 12:30 pm By Marina Temkin
AI startups like Clay and ElevenLabs are using early liquidity to keep their best talent.Meta tests a standalone app for its AI-generated ‘Vibes’ videos
Feb 5, 2026, 12:19 pm By Aisha Malik
Launched last September, Vibes lets you create and share short-form AI-generated videos and access a…Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work
Feb 5, 2026, 12:00 pm By Tim De Chant
The fusion power startup recently completed some experiments at Sandia National Laboratory's Z…Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric
Feb 5, 2026, 10:48 am By Tim De Chant
The administration's $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals is aimed at blunting China's…Data breach at govtech giant Conduent balloons, affecting millions more Americans
Feb 5, 2026, 10:25 am By Zack Whittaker
The ransomware attack at Conduent allowed hackers to steal a "significant number of individuals’…Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis
Feb 5, 2026, 10:00 am By Russell Brandom
Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the…Substack confirms data breach affects users’ email addresses and phone numbers
Feb 5, 2026, 9:55 am By Ivan Mehta
Substack said that customer data was accessed in October 2025, but wasn't discovered until early…ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI
Feb 5, 2026, 9:41 am By Rebecca Bellan
ElevenLabs CEO argued at Web Summit Qatar that voice is the next interface for AI, as OpenAI,…Google’s subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue
Feb 5, 2026, 7:31 am By Ivan Mehta
The company said it now has 325 million paying users across Google One and YouTube Premium, up from…Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features
Feb 5, 2026, 7:00 am By Lauren Forristal
Spotify users in the U.S. and the UK will soon be able to buy physical books in the app. There's…Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads
Feb 4, 2026, 7:45 pm By Julie Bort
He posted a novella-sized rant that devolved into to calling his rival "dishonest" and…
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