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Meta to test premium subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp
In the coming months, Meta is going to explore a premium experience on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp that gives users access to special features and more control over how they share and connect, while keeping the core experiences free.
Some international attendees are skipping 2026 GDC due to safety fears and growing ICE presence
Many members of the international games industry are skipping the 2026 Game Developers Conference because of the growing ICE presence and other concerns.
Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois’ comments on ICE shooting
Unwavering Trump loyalist and VC Keith Rabois caused his colleague and his firm's founder to distance themselves from his comments on ICE.
YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models
The YouTubers claim Snap, like others, used AI datasets meant for research and academic use to train its AI models.
Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown
From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump's deportation machine.
Social network UpScrolled sees surge in downloads following TikTok’s US takeover
UpScrolled is a social network that pledges to remain impartial to political agendas. It blends familiar features from Instagram and X, letting users share photos, videos, and text posts, discover new content, and send direct messages.
With Tesla earnings on deck, investors reveal their most pressing questions for Elon Musk
Retail investors get to submit questions to be answered by the Tesla CEO. Their votes show shareholders are most interested ...
Rad Power Bikes reaches deal to sell itself for $13.2M
A company called Life Electric Vehicle Holdings has emerged as the top bidder for Rad Power's assets. It's not clear what the company plans to do with them, though.
Claude Code's 'Tasks' update lets agents work longer and coordinate across sessions
One of the biggest constraints currently facing AI builders who want to deploy agents in service of their individual or enterprise goals is the "working memory" required to manage complex, multi-stage engineering projects.Typically, when a AI agent operates purely on a stream of text or voice-based conversation, it lacks the structural permanence to handle dependencies. It knows what to do, but it often forgets why it is doing it, or in what order.With the release of Tasks for Claude C
AI startup CVector raises $5M for its industrial ‘nervous system’
Now, founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles are tasked with a bigger challenge: showing customers and investors how this AI-powered software layer translates to real savings on an industrial scale.
MrBeast Visits UPSIDE Foods: A Big Moment for Cultivated Meat
It’s not every day that one of the world’s biggest creators steps inside a cultivated meat facility. Recently, Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast) did exactly that.During a visit to SOSV / IndieBio portfolio company UPSIDE Foods’ California headquarters, Donaldson and his team got a firsthand look at how cultivated meat is made—and yes, they tasted UPSIDE’s cultivated chicken for themselves.UPSIDE Foods isn’t just another startup experimenting with next-gen protein. They’ve long served as the bellweth
TikTok alternative Skylight soars to 380K+ users after TikTok US deal finalized
Skylight, co-founded by CEO Tori White and CTO Reed Harmeyer, offers a built-in video editor; user profiles; support for likes, commenting, and sharing; and the ability for community curators to create custom feeds for others to follow.
Anthropic embeds Slack, Figma and Asana inside Claude, turning AI chat into a workplace command center
Anthropic announced Monday that users can now open and interact with popular business applications directly inside Claude, the company's AI assistant—a significant expansion that transforms the chatbot from a conversational tool into an integrated workspace where employees can build project timelines, draft Slack messages, create presentations, and visualize data without switching browser tabs.The rollout, which goes live today, includes integrations with Amplitude, Asana, Box, Canva, Clay,
Anthropic launches interactive Claude apps, including Slack and other workplace tools
Claude users will now be able to call up interactive apps inside the chatbot interface, with Cowork integration coming soon.
Browser-based attacks hit 95% of enterprises — and traditional security tools never saw them coming
Your web gateway can't see it. Your cloud access broker can't see it. Your endpoint protection can't see it. And yet 95% of organizations experienced browser-based attacks last year, according to Omdia research conducted across more than 1,000 IT and security leaders.Still, three campaigns in 12 months are making the threat more concrete. ShadyPanda infected 4.3 million users through extensions that had been legitimate for seven years. Cyberhaven's security extension was weap
Founder Q&A: Metabolize, The 1st Science-Backed Solution to GLP-1 Rebound
GLP-1 drugs are reshaping weight loss — and changing the way people eat. But for a lot of people, the experience comes with multiple tradeoffs. The conversation is shifting — from “How do I lose weight?” to “How do I maintain my new body weight?” You can already see early signals. Even public figures like Oprah are talking openly about their GLP-1 journey and the challenge of “beating the rebound.”We think that in the next 12 months, the post-GLP-1 period will become one of the biggest oppo
Rainbow Weather raises $5.5M to refine real-time weather forecasting
Warsaw, Poland 26 January 2026 – Rainbow Weather has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to push weather forecasting further into the short-term, high-precision territory it believes the industry still underserves. The Warsaw-based climate tech startup focuses on hyperlocal, minute-by-minute forecasts, zeroing in on what happens in the next few hours rather than days out. The round was backed by a syndicate of investors, including Yuri Gurski, founder of Flo Health, one of Europe’s best-known co
Synthesia’s valuation jumps to $4B after $200M raise
London-based AI video startup Synthesia has raised $200 million in a Series E round, nearly doubling its valuation to around $4 billion and cementing its position as one of Europe’s most valuable AI companies. The round was led by Google Ventures, with participation from existing investors, underscoring continued appetite for applied AI products that have already found a clear commercial use. Synthesia builds generative AI tools that let companies create videos using AI-generated avatars instead
Asana launches Claude integration, says AI models are 'context-starved' without enterprise data
When Anthropic announced Monday that it was embedding nine workplace applications directly inside Claude, transforming its AI chatbot into what I earlier described as a "workplace command center," Asana was among the headliners.But while the broader launch signals a new era of AI-native productivity tools, Asana's participation reflects a deeper strategic bet — one that positions the project management company not as an AI competitor, but as the essential context layer that makes
Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out
British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from $2.1 billion just a year ago.