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February 8, 2026, 4:10 AM
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Rani Molla / Sherwood News:
Apple, whose capital expenditure is just a fraction of its peers, is the only Big Tech company that saw capex decline YoY in Q4, decreasing 19% to $2.37B  —  One of these companies is not like the others.  —  If you've been following the Big Tech companies' earnings reports …
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Anthropic rolls out a fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6 in research preview, saying it offers the same model quality 2.5 times faster but costs six times more  —  Opus is usually $5/million input and $25/million output.  The new fast mode is $30/million input and $150/million output!
Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
Chinese regulators reiterate the mainland crypto ban and expand enforcement to cover real-world asset tokenization and offshore yuan-pegged stablecoin issuance  —  Quick Take  — Beijing authorities have explicitly widened the net to target real-world asset tokenization …
Financial Times:
DOJ-released emails: Jeffrey Epstein helped Ian Osborne, founder of London-based fund Hedosophia, after Osborne's outreach to help Epstein fix his image in 2011  —  Convicted sex offender helped establish tech fund Hedosophia after Osborne offered to help clean up Epstein's image
Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters:
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb says it accidentally sent $44B worth of bitcoin to customers as promotional rewards and has recovered 99.7% of it  —  South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said on Saturday it had accidentally given away more than $40 billion worth of bitcoins …
Oliver Roeder / Financial Times:
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From Mediagazer

Angela Fu / Poynter:
A look at what a Democratic-controlled Congress could focus on to protect press freedom, including investigating the FCC and reforming transparency laws

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Newsmax reported Q3 net income of $15.2M and revenue up 52.5% YoY to $69M, including a one-time $14M termination payment for a canceled ad deal; NMAX rose 31.4%

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A group of consumers refiles a lawsuit to unwind Paramount's WBD deal, citing HBO Max and Paramount+ bundling, the ouster of DC Studios heads, and budget cuts

More News

Stephen Wilmot / Wall Street Journal:
New US rules banning Chinese software in internet-connected vehicles from March 17 add urgency to industrywide efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese components

Earlier Picks

Eric Jang / Evjang.com:
A look at the state of AI agents, the evolution of thinking models, the staggering need for inference compute in the coming years, automated research, and more
Molly Taft / Wired:
New York lawmakers propose a bill to impose a three-year moratorium on data center development, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce such legislation
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Waymo says it is using DeepMind's Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios
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