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TechnologyAI startup Humans& raises $480 million at $4.5 billion valuation in seed round
A three-month-old AI startup founded by ex-OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI researchers just raised $480M at a $4.48B valuation — one of the largest seed rounds in tech history.
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TechnologyNetflix Revenue and Profit Rise as Subscriptions Top 325 Million
Netflix's advertising revenue exploded 250% to $1.5B in 2025, even as its $82.7B Warner Bros. acquisition spooked investors despite a record-breaking earnings beat.
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TechnologyVerizon Issues $20 Credits to Customers Affected by Outage
Verizon's January 14 outage lasted nearly 10 hours and triggered over 178,000 Downdetector reports — now the company is offering $20 credits and the FCC has launched an investigation.
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SpotifySpotify Raises U.S. Subscription Prices Across All Premium Tiers
Spotify's Individual Premium plan hits $12.99/month in February 2026 — its third U.S. price hike since mid-2023. Every tier is going up, and new subscribers are already paying more.
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ChatGPTChatGPT Introduces Advertising and Go Subscription Tier
OpenAI is rolling out ads inside ChatGPT and introducing a new $8/month Go tier with 10x more messages, file uploads, image creation, and access to GPT-5.2 Instant.
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TechnologyWikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon
Wikipedia's volunteer-built encyclopedia is now a paid AI training resource. Wikimedia Enterprise hit $8.3M in revenue — up 148% — as Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon sign on.
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TechnologyOpenAI Acquires Health Records Startup Torch
OpenAI snapped up Torch, a 2024-founded startup that stitches together lab results, prescriptions, and wearable data into a single medical profile — and its four founders are bringing that tech directly into ChatGPT Health.
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TechnologyAnthropic Launches Cowork, a Claude Code-Like Tool for General Computing
Built in under two weeks using Claude Code itself, Anthropic's Cowork lets non-developers harness autonomous AI file management — no command line required.
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TechnologyApple Partners With Google to Power AI Features Using Gemini Models
Apple is turning to Google's Gemini models to power Siri and future AI features — a non-exclusive deal that signals a major pivot in how Apple is building its AI foundation.
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TechnologyAndreessen Horowitz Raises $15 Billion Across Six Venture Funds
Andreessen Horowitz just captured 18% of all US venture capital in one fundraise — $15 billion spread across AI, crypto, bio, defense, and growth strategies.
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TechnologyGoogle Co-Founders Exit California Amid Proposed Wealth Tax
Sergey Brin is cutting ties with California just as a health care union pushes a ballot measure that would force billionaires to pay a one-time 5% tax on total assets — retroactive to January 1, 2025.
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AutomotiveFord Unveils AI Assistant and Next-Generation BlueCruise at CES 2026
Ford's next-gen BlueCruise costs 30% less to produce and paves the way for eyes-off Level 3 driving by 2028 — debuting on a $30,000 electric vehicle platform.