Category Archives: Tech News

Amazon Pharmacy plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to ~4,500 cities by end of 2026, adding ~2,000 new communities to its network (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Amazon Pharmacy plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to ~4,500 cities [...]

11
Feb
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 (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Newo, which offers AI voice and text agents that act as [...]

10
Feb
Alphabet has attracted more than $100B of orders for a bond sale that’s expected to be about $15B (Brian W Smith/Bloomberg)

Featured Podcasts Grit: The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Cresta CEO Ping [...]

09
Feb
Sources: Block is notifying hundreds of staff their jobs may be eliminated during annual performance reviews; up to 10% of the workforce is at risk of being cut (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Block is notifying hundreds of staff their jobs may be eliminated during annual [...]

08
Feb
Tether froze $544M in alleged illicit income at Turkey's request, part of its push to aid governments in crackdowns against crypto use in alleged crimes (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Tether froze $544M in alleged illicit income at Turkey’s request, part of its push [...]

07
Feb
OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE to accommodate local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

Featured Podcasts Hard Fork: Elon Musk’s Mega-Merger + We Test Google’s Project Genie + What’s [...]

06
Feb
The US FCC grants Starlink competitor Logos clearance to deploy up to 4,178 low Earth orbit broadband satellites by 2035; Logos raised a $50M Series A in 2025 (Jason Rainbow/SpaceNews)

Jason Rainbow / SpaceNews: The US FCC grants Starlink competitor Logos clearance to deploy up [...]

05
Feb
EnFi, which makes AI agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications, raised a $15M Series A led by Fintop, bringing its total funding to $22.5M (Tatiana Bautzer/Reuters)

Featured Podcasts Hard Fork: Moltbook Mania Explained The future is already here. Each week, journalists [...]

04
Feb
AI agent social network Moltbook grew from 30,000 users on January 30 to 1.5M+ on February 2; researchers say many viral posts were likely scripted by humans (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Who is Josh D’Amaro and Why is He Disney’s [...]

03
Feb
Shield, which acquires IT businesses and uses AI to make them efficient, raised $100M from Thrive Holdings and says it crossed $100M in annual revenue in 2025 (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s Podcast: A child psychologist’s guide to working with difficult adults | Dr. [...]

02
Feb