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Danish post office delivers last letter, ending a 400&year run to adapt to the digital age

Danish post office delivers last letter, ending a 400&y...

It's the end of an era for the Danish post office. Citing a 90% drop in letter-s...

Sources, PitchBook data, and news reports: the founders of Perplexity, Figure AI, Safe Superintelligence, Harvey, and others joined the nine&figure club in 2025 (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)

Sources, PitchBook data, and news reports: the founders...

Natallie Rocha / New York Times: Sources, PitchBook data, and news reports: the ...

Sources: Satya Nadella is focused on the increasing AI competition from Amazon and Google; Microsoft Deputy CTO Dee Templeton says Nadella is in "founder mode" (Rafe Rosner&Uddin/Financial Times)

Sources: Satya Nadella is focused on the increasing AI ...

Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: Sources: Satya Nadella is focused on the in...

Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy are expanding into India's Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, driven by rising incomes and cheap smartphones and data (Bloomberg)

Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy are ...

Bloomberg: Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy are expanding into...

How diamonds are being converted to quantum sensors by inserting tiny imperfections, opening up potential uses in medicine, brain&computer interfaces, and more (Financial Times)

How diamonds are being converted to quantum sensors by ...

Financial Times: How diamonds are being converted to quantum sensors by insertin...

A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro&business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti&AI politics of the progressive wing (Calder McHugh/Politico)

A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and ...

Calder McHugh / Politico: A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and...

Meta agrees to acquire Singapore&based startup Manus, which makes an AI agent it sells to SMBs; Manus said in December its annual revenue run rate was $125M+ (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Meta agrees to acquire Singapore&based startup Manus, w...

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta agrees to acquire Singapore-based startup Manus, w...

E&commerce giant Coupang offers €1 billion compensation scheme after massive data breach

E&commerce giant Coupang offers €1 billion compensation...

Over a month after announcing a massive data breach affecting 34 million of its ...

A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels finds 278 of them have only posted AI&generated "slop" videos, amassing 63B+ views and 221M+ subscribers (Aisha Down/The Guardian)

A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels find...

Aisha Down / The Guardian: A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels fi...

Sources: SoftBank is in advanced talks to buy NYSE&listed DigitalBridge, a private equity firm that invests in data centers and digital infrastructure operators (Bloomberg)

Sources: SoftBank is in advanced talks to buy NYSE&list...

Bloomberg: Sources: SoftBank is in advanced talks to buy NYSE-listed DigitalBrid...

Since the GENIUS Act's passage in July, the total value of stablecoins circulating rose from ~$250B to $300B+, as they become the "respectable" face of crypto (Joel Khalili/Wired)

Since the GENIUS Act's passage in July, the total value...

Joel Khalili / Wired: Since the GENIUS Act's passage in July, the total value of...

Global hotel groups are intensifying efforts to get customers to book directly, as they seek to save on online platform commissions and prepare for AI agents (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

Global hotel groups are intensifying efforts to get cus...

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Global hotel groups are intensifying efforts...

Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited with turning the company around, died at 83; IBM's market value rose from $29B to ~$168B during his tenure (Patrick Oster/Bloomberg)

Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited wi...

Patrick Oster / Bloomberg: Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited ...

How executives at humanoid robot startups like Agility Robotics and Weave Robotics are managing safety risks and tempering expectations for the technology (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)

How executives at humanoid robot startups like Agility ...

Sean McLain / Wall Street Journal: How executives at humanoid robot startups lik...

Sources: Bengaluru&based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)

Sources: Bengaluru&based quick grocery delivery startup...

Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times: Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delive...

Ubisoft says it intentionally shut down Rainbow Six Siege and its in&game Marketplace to resolve an "incident"; reports say hackers breached internal systems (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Ubisoft says it intentionally shut down Rainbow Six Sie...

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Ubisoft says it intentionally shut down Rain...

Data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom (Martha Muir/Financial Times)

Data center developers, facing grid access wait times o...

Martha Muir / Financial Times: Data center developers, facing grid access wait t...

Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one&time 5% tax on those with $1B+ in assets (New York Times)

Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a...

New York Times: Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed...

A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam's electronics exports, "signaling limited technology spillovers" to the local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts f...

Lien Hoang / Nikkei Asia: A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts ...

The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post&EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries&STMicro project in France (Virginie Malingre/Le Monde)

The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post&EU...

Virginie Malingre / Le Monde: The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in po...

The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including CEO Jonathan Ross, creator of the TPU, and keeps them from companies that may try to make their own chips (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including ...

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including ...

Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450x, retail traders have poured billions of dollars into the stock, which is up ~3,000% in the past three years (Alex Harring/CNBC)

Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450x, re...

Alex Harring / CNBC: Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450x, retail...

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like addictive feeds to show warning labels about mental health impacts on young users (Andre Revilla/Engadget)

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platf...

Andre Revilla / Engadget: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social plat...

Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed $100B+ in 2025; small companies face higher interest rates given investor wariness over unproven AI businesses (Joe Rennison/New York Times)

Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed $100B+ ...

Joe Rennison / New York Times: Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed $...

Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since Q3 2001, when it slid ~34%, amid skepticism about its ability to open more data centers for OpenAI (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop s...

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since...

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined $67.5B in Indian investments since October, 80% of those in December, as part of an AI spending frenzy in India (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined $67.5B...

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combine...

As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon is playing defense by blocking agents' access to its site and investing heavily in its own tools (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, A...

Annie Palmer / CNBC: As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazo...

A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed, one of the Europeans the US barred on claims of promoting censorship (Aishvarya Kavi/New York Times)

A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration ...

Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times: A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump adminis...

An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert about the US adopting authoritarian digital practices, the research group's accomplishments, and more (Finian Hazen/MIT Technology Review)

An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert ab...

Finian Hazen / MIT Technology Review: An interview with Citizen Lab founder Rona...

A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis; Waymo uses the Honk app to pay $20 to $24 to manually close robotaxi doors and $60 to $80 to tow its cars (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)

A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis; Waym...

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis;...

A look at Detroit's Apple Developer Academy, launched after the BLM protests, which spends $20K per student, nearly 2x the budget of local community colleges (Paresh Dave/Wired)

A look at Detroit's Apple Developer Academy, launched a...

Paresh Dave / Wired: A look at Detroit's Apple Developer Academy, launched after...

PitchBook: crypto M&A hit $8.6B across 267 deals in 2025 vs. $2.17B in 2024; 11 crypto IPOs raised $14.6B worldwide, up from $310M from four IPOs in 2024 (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

PitchBook: crypto M&A hit $8.6B across 267 deals in...

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: PitchBook: crypto M&A hit $8.6B across 267 deals...

Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia; Groq says it will continue operating independently (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonath...

Ian King / Bloomberg: Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan ...

Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq for $20B in cash; leaked email: Jensen Huang says Nvidia is not acquiring Groq (David Faber/CNBC)

Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy...

David Faber / CNBC: Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy asse...

Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over $300M led by China Mobile's industry investment fund at a $3B valuation, bringing its total funding to $800M (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over $300M...

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over ...

Italy's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend contractual terms that bar rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp; Meta calls the decision "fundamentally flawed" (Elvira Pollina/Reuters)

Italy's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend cont...

Elvira Pollina / Reuters: Italy's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend con...

Sources: Nvidia tested Intel's 18A to make chips but stopped moving forward; interviews with 20+ people describe how dealmaker Lip&Bu Tan gave Intel a lifeline (Reuters)

Sources: Nvidia tested Intel's 18A to make chips but st...

Reuters: Sources: Nvidia tested Intel's 18A to make chips but stopped moving for...

AST launches its largest&ever satellite from India, hosting the BlueBird Block&2, the first in a series of deployments to challenge SpaceX in satellite internet (Sana Pashankar/Bloomberg)

AST launches its largest&ever satellite from India, hos...

Sana Pashankar / Bloomberg: AST launches its largest-ever satellite from India, ...

A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1 (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking ...

Lauren Feiner / The Verge: A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blockin...

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans,...

Fatima Hussein / Associated Press: The US is imposing visa restrictions on five ...

Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building next&gen AI personal assistants, raised an $8M seed at a $35M valuation and plans to exit stealth in 2026 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building n...

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is buildin...

Off the scales? Work&life balance in the digital age

Off the scales? Work&life balance in the digital age

It's the word of the year in Japan with a literal take on the Rihanna song "Work...

Chinese short&video app Kuaishou's Hong Kong stock fell as much as 6% to ~$8, the lowest since November 21, after it was hit by a cyberattack on December 22 (Reuters)

Chinese short&video app Kuaishou's Hong Kong stock fell...

Reuters: Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's Hong Kong stock fell as much as 6% t...

US companies sold $1.7T of investment&grade bonds in 2025, nearing the $1.8T 2020 record, driven by AI infrastructure borrowing; Goldman says AI makes up ~30% (Kate Duguid/Financial Times)

US companies sold $1.7T of investment&grade bonds in 20...

Kate Duguid / Financial Times: US companies sold $1.7T of investment-grade bonds...

Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left&wing UK politicians stay active on X; the UK government says it stopped paid ads in 2024, after spending £9M in 2021 (Financial Times)

Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left&wing UK pol...

Financial Times: Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left-wing UK politicians...

OpenAI rolls out Your Year with ChatGPT, a Spotify Wrapped&like feature, to Free, Plus, and Pro users in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

OpenAI rolls out Your Year with ChatGPT, a Spotify Wrap...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: OpenAI rolls out Your Year with ChatGPT, a Spotify Wra...

Vince Zampella, former CEO of Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty, died Sunday at 55 in a single&car crash in Southern California (NBC Los Angeles)

Vince Zampella, former CEO of Infinity Ward, the studio...

NBC Los Angeles: Vince Zampella, former CEO of Infinity Ward, the studio behind ...

Chinese AI startup Z.ai releases GLM&4.7, an open&weight model that Z.ai says delivers significant improvements in coding performance compared to GLM&4.6 (Z.ai)

Chinese AI startup Z.ai releases GLM&4.7, an open&weigh...

Z.ai: Chinese AI startup Z.ai releases GLM-4.7, an open-weight model that Z.ai s...

Q&A with iRobot co&founder Colin Angle on the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, regulatory pressure that killed Amazon's deal, his new robotics startup, and more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Q&A with iRobot co&founder Colin Angle on the compa...

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the compan...

Adam Mosseri says "maybe we'll need" premium longform video for Instagram, and that TikTok's US sale turmoil has given Meta time to retune algorithms (Max Tani/Semafor)

Adam Mosseri says "maybe we'll need" premium longform v...

Max Tani / Semafor: Adam Mosseri says “maybe we'll need” premium longform video ...

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