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Why TikTok’s first week of American ownership was a disaster

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App endured a major outage and user backlash over perceived censorship. Now it’s facing an…

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Private school parents targeted by fraudsters stealing fee payments

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Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to fraudsters’…

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Single trader just lost $220 million as ether plunged 10%

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A massive ETH liquidation on Hyperliquid led a leverage-driven wipeout that pushed total crypto liquidations…

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Tom Lee’s BitMine sits on $6 billion loss from ether bets

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The firm’s recent ETH purchases came just ahead of a sharp market slide, pushing unrealized…

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Bitcoin drops to $78,000 as MicroStrategy-fueled rally runs out of buyers, traders say

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Bitcoin sank to its lowest levels since April as profit-taking by early holders collided with…

Elon Musk Merges SpaceX With His A.I. Start-Up xAI February 3, 2026
The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.
Waymo Raises $16 Billion to Fuel Global Ambitions February 3, 2026
The self-driving car company, an arm of Google’s parent company, is rapidly expanding its service beyond a handful of cities.
Energy Bills Have Soared Recently. How Can States Bring Costs Down? February 2, 2026
Energy experts said governors and legislatures had tools to keep electricity prices from rising further, and might even be able to lower them.
A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed. February 2, 2026
A new website called Moltbook has become the talk of Silicon Valley and a Rorschach test for belief in the state of artificial intelligence.
Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Company Blue Origin Pauses Space Tourism to Focus on the Moon February 2, 2026
The New Shepard rocket from Blue Origin, which brought 92 people on trips to the edge of space, will cease flying for at least two years as the company prioritizes NASA contracts.
Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar. February 1, 2026
Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.
The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know February 1, 2026
Landmark trials beginning this week will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
The Tech Arsenal That ICE Has Deployed in Minneapolis January 31, 2026
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.
Tesla’s Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry January 30, 2026
The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.
Tech Grapples With ICE + Casey Tries Clawdbot, a Risky New A.I. Assistant + HatGPT January 30, 2026
In Minneapolis, it has become a battle of phone versus phone.
With AlphaGenome, Researchers Are Using A.I. to Decode the Human Blueprint January 30, 2026
AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery.
Meta Forecasts Spending of at Least $115 Billion This Year January 30, 2026
That would be a major jump from $72 billion last year, as the tech giant aims to compete in the artificial intelligence race.
Apple Reports Record iPhone Sales Amid Holiday Bump January 30, 2026
New phone designs, coupled with robust holiday spending, continued to lift iPhone sales in the quarter and drove the company to record profits.
OpenAI in Talks to Raise as Much as $100 Billion January 29, 2026
OpenAI’s discussions with Microsoft, Nvidia, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and others could value it at $750 billion or more.
Tesla Profit Slumps, but Investors May Not Care January 29, 2026
The automaker also said it would invest $2 billion in xAI, the artificial intelligence company controlled by its C.E.O., Elon Musk, and stop making the two oldest models in its lineup.
Microsoft Continues to Spend Big on A.I. While Profit Jumps 60% January 29, 2026
The company said on Wednesday that revenue in the most recent quarter was $81.3 billion, but its share price dropped more than 7 percent in after-hours trading.
How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC January 29, 2026
A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.
Amazon and Google Eat Into Nvidia’s A.I. Chip Supremacy January 29, 2026
The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.
Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs January 28, 2026
The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.
Meta Campaigns to Change Opinions on Data Centers January 27, 2026
The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in state capitals and Washington, with the message that data centers create jobs.

Month: February 2026

Why TikTok’s first week of American ownership was a disaster

Private school parents targeted by fraudsters stealing fee payments

Single trader just lost $220 million as ether plunged 10%

Tom Lee’s BitMine sits on $6 billion loss from ether bets

Bitcoin drops to $78,000 as MicroStrategy-fueled rally runs out of buyers, traders say

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