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Moltbook, the Reddit for bots, alarms the tech world as agents start their own religion and plot to overthrow humans

Musk has called Moltbook the ‘very early stages of the singularity,’ but others call it a ‘dumpster fire.’

By Kaitlyn Huamani and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, speaking.

Anthropic’s Claude triggered a trillion-dollar selloff. A new upgrade could make things worse

By Beatrice NolanFebruary 6, 2026

Moltbook is the talk of Silicon Valley. But the furor is eerily reminiscent of a 2017 Facebook research experiment

By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 6, 2026

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When the music stops: the unravelling of AI companies’ flawed valuations

By Mikael JohnssonFebruary 6, 2026

Sam Altman OpenAI CEO, standing with his arms folded.

ChatGPT’s market share is slipping as Google and rivals close the gap, app-tracker data shows

By Beatrice NolanFebruary 5, 2026

Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global

The 2026 private equity outlook appears hazy, says PitchBook

By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 5, 2026

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North America U.S. births dropped last year, offsetting 2024’s increase and dashing hopes for an upward trend

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026

Politics Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after bipartisan backlash. The White House initially defended it, then blamed a staffer

By Bill Barrow, Josh Boak and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026

Crypto What caused the massive Bitcoin crash? Clues point to a blow-up at Hong Kong hedge funds

By Jeff John RobertsFebruary 6, 2026

Investing Dow soars by 1,200 points to top 50,000 for the first time as chipmakers and airlines lead ferocious stock market rebound

By Stan Choe and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026

CEO and co-founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speaking on stage.

AI Anthropic’s newest model excels at finding security vulnerabilities—but raises fresh cybersecurity risks

By Beatrice NolanFebruary 6, 2026

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By Glen Luke FlanaganFebruary 6, 2026

Law Minneapolis fourth grader says ICE fears leave his 30-person class with just 7 students: ‘The teachers cry’

By Bianca Vázquez Toness and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026

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By Joseph HostetlerFebruary 6, 2026

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Startups & Venture Exclusive: Lawhive, a startup using AI to reimagine the general practice law firm, raises $60 million in new venture capital funding

By Jeremy KahnFebruary 5, 2026

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Startups & Venture Scott Galloway predicts OpenAI could pull its IPO amid AI ‘vibe shift’ as investors ‘gag’ on Trump proximity, questionable revenue

By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 4, 2026

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Travel & Leisure McDonald’s wants you to eat caviar McNuggets this Valentine’s Day

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressFebruary 4, 2026

C-Suite The CEO of $11 billion Oura explains why customers must shell out for subscription fees after paying $349 or more for the ring

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezFebruary 4, 2026

Adaption Labs cofounders Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy

AI Former Cohere exec Sara Hooker has raised $50 million for her AI startup Adaption Labs—a bet on smaller, smarter models

By Jeremy KahnFebruary 4, 2026

Newsletters Kleiner Perkins’s Leigh Marie Braswell learned about risk from playing poker: “If the odds are in your favor, you push your chips to the center”

By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 4, 2026

Crypto Crypto crime-fighting startup TRM Labs notches $1 billion valuation with new $70 million funding round

By Leo SchwartzFebruary 4, 2026

Startups & Venture Nevada legislators blast Boring Company over safety and environmental violations as Elon Musk–owned startup declines to testify in hearing

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 3, 2026

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Crypto Kairos, which is building a cross-platform tool for prediction markets traders, raises $2.5 million from a16z crypto

By Carlos GarciaFebruary 3, 2026

Crypto Famed startup incubator Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins

By Ben WeissFebruary 3, 2026

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Innovation Google raises another $16 billion for self-driving taxi unit Waymo

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated PressFebruary 3, 2026

Newsletters Why President Trump’s latest crypto scandal could spell disaster for the blockchain industry

By Leo SchwartzFebruary 3, 2026

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AI Meet Matt Schlicht, the man behind AI’s latest Pandora’s box—a social network where AI agents talk to one another

By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 2, 2026

AI Nvidia CEO denies ‘nonsense’ report he’s unhappy with OpenAI: ‘I really love working with Sam’

By Jason MaFebruary 2, 2026

Crypto How a ‘spy sheikh’ bought 49% of the Trump family’s flagship crypto company: ‘We’ve got some pretty meaningful investors’

By Ben WeissFebruary 2, 2026

Dario Amodei sits in a white chair in front of a pink background and speaks animatedly.

AI Exclusive: Anthropic announces partnerships with Allen Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute as it bets AI can make science more efficient

By Sharon GoldmanFebruary 2, 2026

Newsletters As Silicon Alley turns 30, New York is building its own tech mecca

By Leo SchwartzFebruary 2, 2026

Startups & Venture Goldman Sachs leads $75 million funding round for Fieldguide, an AI-native accounting and audit platform

By Leo SchwartzFebruary 2, 2026

Startups & Venture Waymo seeking about $16 billion near $110 billion valuation

By Edward Ludlow, Aaron Kirchfeld and BloombergFebruary 1, 2026

AI SpaceX seeks FCC nod to build data center constellation in space

By Sana Pashankar, Loren Grush and BloombergFebruary 1, 2026

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Health Hims and Hers Super Bowl ad highlights ‘uncomfortable truth’ about elite healthcare for the rich and ‘broken’ system for the rest

By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 1, 2026

Startups & Venture Nvidia CEO signals investment in OpenAI round may be largest yet

By Debby Wu and BloombergJanuary 31, 2026

Startups & Venture Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up

By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 31, 2026

Big Tech After a decade of silence, Elon Musk’s tunneling startup, and its reclusive president, are hitting the media circuit

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 30, 2026

Sam Altman speaking into a mic.

AI A reported OpenAI IPO later this year may test investor tolerance for the AI boom’s cash bonfire

By Beatrice NolanJanuary 30, 2026

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AI Exclusive: Longtime Google DeepMind researcher David Silver leaves to found his own AI startup

By Jeremy KahnJanuary 30, 2026

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Commentary America’s AI regulatory patchwork is crushing startups and helping China

By James Richardson and Eric TanenblattJanuary 30, 2026

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Newsletters $100 million-plus funding rounds used to be incredibly rare. Now, 40% of seed and Series A rounds are clearing that bar

By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 30, 2026

Health As billionaires chase immortality, this startup cofounded by a Harvard genetics professor gets FDA approval for the first partial de-aging human trial

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 30, 2026

C-Suite Pfizer CEO says he used ‘emotional blackmail’ to get employees to achieve impossible goals during COVID-19

By Eva RoytburgJanuary 29, 2026

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