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Friday, February 06, 2026

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AI startup founder organizes ‘March for Billionaires’ protest (5)

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Nvidia sustainability buildout supports AI investment amid bubble concerns (15) hot

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NASA now permits iPhones on space missions for candid space photography (6)

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Crypto.com founder’s landmark $70M AI.com domain purchase signals premium digital real estate (6)

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iPhone 18 Pro Max battery leaks hint at a competitive edge over Samsung (4)

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Salesforce Shuts Down Heroku as It Transitions to a Sustaining Model (4)

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Waymo Unleashes Genie 3 to Revolutionize Autonomous Vehicle Testing (10) hot

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Apple to Allow Third-Party AI Chatbots on CarPlay (13) hot

CarPlay embraces alternative AI voice services

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Uber liable in $8.5M sexual assault case sparks precedent lawsuits (7)

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Spotify launches “About the Song” beta for deeper track insights (5)

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China Finalizes Sweeping Ban on Yuan Stablecoins and Tokenized Assets (5)

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Stellantis Reports €22B Charge amid Slowing EV Sales and Overestimated Shift (8)

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Apple Axes Planned AI Health Coach Amid Regulatory Concerns (9)

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Intel, AMD CPU Shortages in China Severe; delays and price hikes reported (9)

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EU orders TikTok to overhaul addictive design to avoid fines (25) hot

EU mandates design overhaul
Heavy fines and legal threats
Infinite scroll and algorithm issues
Risks to minors and user wellbeing

28 days

ETH Zurich spinout Chiral secures $12M funding for advanced chip integration (4)

29 days

Bitcoin suffers flash crash to $60K amid liquidity squeeze and bear market fears (15) hot

Bearish price crashes & liquidity woes
Market rebound and recovery signals
Institutional moves and trading glitches

In Detail Full day, Friday, February 06, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax

Lucas Ropek / techcrunch - The organizer of the event swears it's not a joke.

#ai #startups #vc #innovation #techpolicy #government #business #economy #regulation #california

San Francisco’s pro-billionaire march draws dozens

26 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

One Man’s Lonely Quest to Rally Support for Billionaires in San Francisco

26 days / wsj / Laura J. Nelson

An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax

28 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

AI Enters the Race at the Winter Olympic Games

28 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax

28 days / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Nvidia rises 7% as Jensen Huang says $660 billion capex buildout is sustainable

cnbc - Huang's comments come after key Nvidia customers Meta, Amazon, Google and Microsoft reported their latest earnings over the past two weeks.

#climate #ai #semiconductors #nvidia #gpu #genai #stockmarket #earnings #business #huang

Big Tech groups race to fund unprecedented $660bn AI spending spree

26 days / ft

The AI Hype Is Over

27 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Nvidia CEO Says AI Capital Spending Is Appropriate, Sustainable

27 days / reddit / /u/esporx

China ramps up energy boom flagged by Musk as key to AI race

27 days / techxplore

30,000 NVIDIA Engineers Use Generative AI for 3x Higher Code Output

27 days / techpowerup

NVIDIA CEO Isn’t Worried About Big Tech ‘Splurging’ $660 Billion on the AI Infrastructure Buildout, Saying It Will Ultimately Pay Off

27 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims AI no longer hallucinates, apparently hallucinating himself

27 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

AI wiped out $400 billion this week — and it's only getting started

27 days / axios / Madison Mills

China’s software sector braces for spillover from AI-led global sell-off

28 days / scmp

In my wildest dreams I could never have imagined a more gratuitous sign that AI is a bubble than “chance the rapper, sponsored by coreweave.” It’s beautiful. It’ll be in a movie someday

28 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras

28 days / techcrunch / Marina Temkin

Anthropic Just Scared Wall Street

28 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

One of the more maddening ai bubble weeks crested by headlines that just say “Jensen Huang says actually the buildout is sustainable.” What’s he gonna say? “Nah dude Blackwell will never pay for itself sorry lol” https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/nvidia-ri

28 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Nvidia CEO Says AI Capital Spending Is Appropriate, Sustainable

28 days / reddit / /u/Few_Baseball_3835

Nvidia rises 7% as Jensen Huang says $660 billion capex buildout is sustainable

28 days / cnbc

Shot on iPhone? NASA Greenlights Smartphones for the Moon

IDrop News Staff / idropnews - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announces a historic policy shift allowing iPhones on Artemis II. Discover how "operational urgency" is replacing decade-old DSLRs with modern tech for the 2026 lunar mission.Read More...

#apple #space #nasa #astronauts #iphone #ios #camera #photography #gadgets #smartphone

Why We're Going Back To The Moon, According To NASA Astronauts

27 days / bgr

NASA clears iPhone use for astronauts in space

27 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

Astronauts Can Now Use the Latest Smartphones in Space

28 days / cnet / Ty Pendlebury

Shot on iPhone? NASA Greenlights Smartphones for the Moon

28 days / idropnews / IDrop News Staff

NASA astronauts can now carry their iPhones on missions to click epic space photos

28 days / digitaltrends

NASA Now Allowing Astronauts to Bring Their iPhones on Space Missions

28 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’

Bruce Gil / gizmodo - Is this what a frothy bubble looks like?

#ai #innovation #crypto #genai #business #internet #acquisitions #technology

Crypto.com places $70M bet on AI.com domain ahead of Super Bowl

26 days / techcrunch / Connie Loizos

ai.com to release decentralised AI agent platform during Super Bowl

28 days / testingcatalog / Erin

The Crypto.com guy bought AI.com (and a Super Bowl ad)

28 days / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’

28 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

AI.com Sells for $70 Million, the Highest Price Ever Disclosed for a Domain Name

28 days / slashdot / msmash

AI.com bought by Crypto.com founder for $70mn in biggest-ever website name deal

28 days / ft

iPhone 18 Pro Max leak touts an unexpected win over Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

digitaltrends - Leaked battery details suggest Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max could outlast Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra, raising uncomfortable questions about Android's flagship priorities.The post iPhone 18 Pro Max leak touts an unexpected win over Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra ap…

#mobiletech #apple #samsung #business #iphone #batteries #performance #technology #gadgets #smartphone

The Battery Within The iPhone 17 Pro Max Costs Just $12, Yet Apple Charges $119 To Replace It

27 days / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

iPhone 18 Pro Max leak touts an unexpected win over Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

28 days / digitaltrends

iPhone 18 Pro Max to Feature 5,100 - 5,200mAh Battery and 2nm A20 Pro Chip [Rumor]

28 days / iclarified

iPhone 18 Pro Max battery life to increase again -- but not by much

28 days / appleinsider

Salesforce Shelves Heroku

msmash / slashdot - Salesforce is essentially shutting down Heroku as an evolving product, moving the cloud platform that helped define modern app deployment to a "sustaining engineering model" focused entirely on stability, security and support. Existing customers on credit…

#cloud #software #saas #devops #enterprise #business #apps #acquisitions #api #developertools

Salesforce to stop selling enterprise Heroku subscriptions, scale back upgrades

28 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Salesforce Shelves Heroku

28 days / slashdot / msmash

An Update on Heroku

28 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

An Update on Heroku

28 days / ycombinator

Waymo Unleashes Genie 3 to Supercharge Robotaxi Training With Hyper-Real AI Worlds

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Waymo uses Genie 3 to accelerate robotaxi testing in virtual worlds Genie 3 helps Waymo scale safer, faster autonomous driving systems Waymo expands robotaxi rollout using advanced Genie 3 simulation tech Virtual training with Genie 3 boosts Waymo fl…

#ai #ml #google #selfdriving #genai #alphabet #deeptech #automotive #safety

Waymo Reveals Remote Workers In Philippines Sometimes Advise Its Driverless Cars

27 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Waymo Taps Google DeepMind Genie 3 for Self-Driving Simulation

27 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Waymo admits that its autopilot is often just guys from the Philippines

27 days / techspot

Waymo is Having a Hard Time Stopping For School Buses

28 days / slashdot / msmash

It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines

28 days / reddit / /u/MasterShadowLord

Google World Model AI Accelerates Waymo Robotaxi Expansion

28 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Waymo Catches World Model Fever, and the Only Prescription Is More World Models

28 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Waymo Unleashes Genie 3 to Supercharge Robotaxi Training With Hyper-Real AI Worlds

28 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars

28 days / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Waymo taps Google Deepmind's Genie 3 to simulate driving scenarios its cars have never seen

28 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Apple might soon allow Gemini and ChatGPT on CarPlay for voice control

digitaltrends - According to Bloomberg, Apple is planning to allow third-party AI chatbots for CarPlay, opening the doors for ChatGPT and Gemini in the near future. The post Apple might soon allow Gemini and ChatGPT on CarPlay for voice control appeared first on Digital …

#ai #voice #apple #genai #chatgpt #apps #technology #automotive #carplay #gemini

CarPlay embraces alternative AI voice services (12)
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CarPlay embraces alternative AI voice services

Apple Opens CarPlay to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini

27 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple Plans to Allow Outside Voice-Controlled AI Chatbots in CarPlay

27 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Apple may soon open CarPlay to ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI assistants

27 days / techspot

Apple CarPlay may soon support ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini

27 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

Apple Opens CarPlay to AI Rivals Following Driver Demand

28 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT

28 days / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec

Apple Preparing to Allow Third-Party AI Voice Apps in CarPlay [Report]

28 days / iclarified

Apple will reportedly allow third-party AI assistants in CarPlay

28 days / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Apple might let you use ChatGPT from CarPlay

28 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Apple might soon allow Gemini and ChatGPT on CarPlay for voice control

28 days / digitaltrends

CarPlay could soon support third-party AI voice assistants like ChatGPT

28 days / appleinsider

ChatGPT behind the wheel? Apple to allow AI chatbots in CarPlay soon

28 days / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

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Apple engineers are working to support AI chatbot apps over the next few months.

28 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Uber just lost its first sexual assault liability case. Here’s why it matters

Taylor Hatmaker / fastcompany - A federal jury in Arizona has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million in a lawsuit brought by a passenger who said was sexually assaulted by one of the ridesharing app’s drivers. The case marks the first time that Uber has been found liable for the safety of its…

#techpolicy #business #judiciary #us #uber #travel #law #litigation #safety

Uber Technologies (UBER) Stock: $8.5M Assault Verdict Raises Liability Questions for Investors

28 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Uber ordered to pay $8.5m over claim driver raped passenger

28 days / bbc

Uber just lost its first sexual assault liability case. Here’s why it matters

28 days / fastcompany / Taylor Hatmaker

Uber found liable in precedent-setting sexual assault case

28 days / mashable

Uber held liable, ordered to pay $8.5 million in driver rape suit

28 days / cnbc

Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million to passenger who accused a driver of rape

28 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits / A federal jury has ordered Uber to pay the victim $8.5 million in damages.

28 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Spotify has a new feature that takes you behind the scenes of your favorite tracks

digitaltrends - Spotify is rolling out About the Song in beta, a new feature for Premium users that lets listeners explore the stories, inspirations and background details behind the tracks they’re playing.The post Spotify has a new feature that takes you behind the scen…

#mobile #streaming #entertainment #culture #apps #ux #media #technology #spotify

Spotify Launches 'About the Song' Beta to Reveal Stories Behind the Music

28 days / cnet / Joe Hindy

Here's Why Taylor Swift's Opalite Music Video Isn't on YouTube Yet

28 days / cnet / Abrar Al-Heeti

Spotify has a new feature that takes you behind the scenes of your favorite tracks

28 days / digitaltrends

Spotify’s About the Song offers context and trivia about your favorite tracks

28 days / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

Spotify now lets you swipe on songs to learn more about them

28 days / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

China Formalizes Ban on Yuan Stablecoins, RWA Tokenization

Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Chinese regulators have locked in a sweeping crypto clampdown, banning unapproved yuan-linked stablecoins and curbing tokenized assets.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #china #banking #government #economy #law #crypto

China tightens crypto crackdown with onshore RWA tokenisation ban

28 days / scmp

China broadens its crackdown on cryptocurrencies — expands ban to include real-world asset tokenization, crypto ads, and providing network traffic for crypto activities

28 days / tomshardware

China Formalizes Ban on Yuan Stablecoins, RWA Tokenization

28 days / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

China expands crypto crackdown to stablecoins, asset tokenization

28 days / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

China tightens stance on RWA tokenization and offshore yuan stablecoins, reiterates crypto ban

28 days / theblock / Naga Avan-Nomayo

Stellantis dives after announcing €22 billion (~$26 billion) charge related to its EV pullback

Claire Yubin Oh / sherwood - The stock is diving in the premarket.

#stockmarket #earnings #business #supplychain #europe #batteries #economy #stellantis #automotive #ev

Stellantis N.V. (STLA) Stock: Slides 27% After $26B Charge and Battery-Plant Exit

28 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

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28 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Stellantis swallows $26 billion costs as it rethinks its EV strategy

28 days / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

Stellantis (STLA) Stock Plummets 22% on $26.5 Billion EV Writedown

28 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Stellantis’s Shift Away From Electric Cars Will Cost It $26 Billion

28 days / nytimes / Neal E. Boudette

Stellantis takes massive hit for 'overestimation' of EV shift

28 days / techxplore

Stellantis dives after announcing €22 billion (~$26 billion) charge related to its EV pullback

28 days / sherwood / Claire Yubin Oh

Carmaker Stellantis takes hit over global EV sales slowdown

28 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Apple reportedly axed its planned AI health coach

Mariella Moon / engadget - Apple is no longer launching an AI service that can “replicate” a doctor and act as a personal health coach, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company has reportedly scaled back the unannounced initiative in recent weeks, following a recent organi…

#ai #techpolicy #digitalhealth #apple #aiethics #health #assistant #safety

Apple Reportedly Scales Back iOS 27 Plans for ‘Health+’

28 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Apple has reportedly dumped its planned AI health coach

28 days / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Apple Scales Back Standalone AI Health Coach, Will Fold Features Into Health App [Report]

28 days / iclarified

Apple Scraps ‘AI Doctor’ Project as Competition Heats Up

28 days / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

Apple scales back AI health coach as new leadership pushes for faster results

28 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Apple Reportedly Shelved its Planned AI Health Coach

28 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Apple reportedly axed its planned AI health coach

28 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Apple Scales Back AI Health Coach Plans

28 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Apple Retreats on AI Health Coach Over FDA, Reliability Concerns

28 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Intel, AMD server CPUs reportedly suffering from supply shortages in China, leading to increased prices — sources say orders could be delayed by as much as 6 months

tomshardware - The increased demand is said to be partly brought by demand for agentic AI, which need CPUs to execute their tasks.

#ai #semiconductors #china #chips #business #supplychain #cpus #amd #intel #pricing

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

27 days / ycombinator

Intel Panther Lake handheld chips reportedly delayed until Q2 2026 — alleged 'Core G3' series might launch alongside new Arc B360 and Arc B380 iGPUs

27 days / tomshardware

INTEL (INTC) Stock: Gains Momentum While Intel Rations Xeon Chips in China

28 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Intel and AMD Warn of Server CPU Shortages in China, Prices Rise Over 10%

28 days / techpowerup

Intel (INTC) Stock: Company Warns Chinese Customers of Six-Month CPU Delays

28 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Intel and AMD are Notifying Chinese Customers of CPU Shortage

28 days / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Intel, AMD server CPUs reportedly suffering from supply shortages in China, leading to increased prices — sources say orders could be delayed by as much as 6 months

28 days / tomshardware

Intel, AMD notify customers in China of lengthy waits for CPUs

28 days / reddit / /u/sr_local

Intel and AMD CPU Shortages Continue to Worsen as Delivery Times in China Exceed Six Months, Driving Widespread Price Hikes

29 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

TikTok told to change 'addictive design' by EU or face massive fines

bbc - TikTok says it plans to challenge the "categorically false and entirely meritless" accusations.

#techpolicy #social #apps #tiktok #bytedance #ux #mentalhealth #digitalmarketsact #eu #regulation

EU mandates design overhaul (11)
Heavy fines and legal threats (6)
Infinite scroll and algorithm issues (2)
Risks to minors and user wellbeing (3)
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EU mandates design overhaul

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications, as well as its recommendation engine.

28 days / reddit / /u/MRADEL90

The EU Wants to Label 'Addictive Design' a Systemic Risk Under the DSA

28 days / techpolicy

EU Commission Urges TikTok’s to Change its “Addictive Design”

28 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

EU says TikTok needs to drop "addictive design"

28 days / arstechnica / Barbara Moens, Financial Times

EU says TikTok uses 'addictive design' and must change

28 days / engadget / Steve Dent

EU tells TikTok to change 'addictive' design

28 days / techxplore

TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe

28 days / ycombinator

TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission

28 days / reddit / /u/Dr_Neurol

TikTok hit with charges of breaching EU online content rules, app may have to change

28 days / reddit / /u/FollowingFeisty5321

EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' and seeks changes to protect users

28 days / go

EU tells TikTok to change its addictive design

28 days / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Heavy fines and legal threats

TikTok Ordered to Change Algorithm Over 'Addictive Design,' or Face a Hefty Fine

28 days / cnet / Katie Collins

EU threatens TikTok with massive fine over addictive design features

28 days / therecord

EU Says TikTok’s ‘Addictive Design’ Likely Violates the Law, Will Need to Change

28 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

EU Finds TikTok's Infinite Scroll and Algorithm Violate Digital Safety Law

28 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design"

28 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

TikTok told to change 'addictive design' by EU or face massive fines

28 days / bbc

Infinite scroll and algorithm issues

EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine

28 days / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

TikTok’s infinite scroll is too addictive, say EU regulators

28 days / theverge / Dominic Preston

Risks to minors and user wellbeing

Europe Accuses TikTok of 'Addictive Design' and Pushes for Change

28 days / slashdot / msmash

Europe Accuses TikTok of ‘Addictive Design’ and Pushes for Change

28 days / nytimes / Adam Satariano

EU warns TikTok over addictive feeds and risks to children

28 days / ft

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The European Commission has preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act over its addictive design. TikTok says it will challenge the findings, but it’s a massive test for the Digital Services Act, with potential implications for all p

28 days / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

The EU is coming for TiKTok therecord.media/eu-threatens...

28 days / bsky / @suzannesmalley.bsky.social / suzannesmalley.bsky.social

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app for being "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation engine.

28 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

ETH Zurich spinout Chiral bags $12M to scale robotic platform for graphene chip integration

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Swiss deeptech startup Chiral has secured $12 million in seed funding to commercialise its robotic platform designed for…

#startups #robotics #hardware #innovation #semiconductors #chips #science #business #deeptech #manufacturing

Chiral Raises $12M in Seed Funding

28 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Swiss nanotechnology startup Chiral secures €10 million to scale post-silicon chip manufacturing

29 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

ETH Zurich spinout Chiral bags $12M to scale robotic platform for graphene chip integration

29 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’

29 days / sifted

Bitcoin flash crashes to $60,000, traders refuse to catch ‘falling knives’: analysts

Danny Park / theblock - Analysts said repeated failures to hold key support levels have pushed market sentiment firmly into a risk-off stance.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #banking #stockmarket #finance #bitcoin #economy #crypto

Bearish price crashes & liquidity woes (5)
Institutional moves and trading glitches (5)
Market rebound and recovery signals (4)
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28 days / cnbc

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Bitcoin value drops to lowest level in a year US employers cut more jobs last month than in any period since 2009. More than 100,000 workers were fired at Amazon, UPS, and Dow, and hiring was the slowest for any January on record, according to outplace

28 days / bsky / @billspaced.com / billspaced.com

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