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The way forward for xAI involves four divisions: Grok, Coding, Imagine, and Macrohard. The way forward for xAI involves four divisions: Grok, Coding, Imagine, and Macrohard. Feb 11, 2026, 11:26 PM UTC Hayden Field is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in…

The California Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a settlement with The Walt Disney Company for violations regarding consumer privacy. “California Won’t Let It Go”: Attorney General Announces Largest CCPA Settlement in State History The California Attorney General’s Office announced a $2.75 million settlement with The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday, February 11, resolving allegations…

Amazon apparently thought the world would respond with a collective “awww” when it announced an expansion of its Ring Search Party feature to help find lost dogs, promoted via a 30-second Super Bowl ad (below). Instead, it’s being widely panned as a dystopian move in the current climate. Since the company has recently rolled out…

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Low angle view of tall buildings in Tokyo, Japan, showcasing diverse architectural styles George Pachantouris | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 on Thursday hit 58,000 for the first time in history, extending its post-election rally to fresh highs, fueled by renewed confidence in domestic politics and the ruling administration’s economic agenda. The benchmark…

NEW YORK (AP) — Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the 5-week-old immigration crackdown in its home state of Minnesota. ICE Out Minnesota, a coalition of community groups, religious leaders, labor unions and other…

Amtrak riders in the Pacific Northwest have something big to look forward to this summer. The railroad’s new workhorse, the Airo train, will enter service mid-summer on the Cascades route that connects Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, Canada. For riders, that means everything from new seats to plane-like amenities and even high-speed 5G Wi-Fi. “It’s…

“Big Short” investor Michael Burry issued a warning Monday about Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) planning to issue 100-year bonds, drawing parallels to Motorola Solutions Inc.‘s (NYSE:MSI) downfall following a similar move in 1997. Writing on X Monday, Burry stated, “Alphabet looking to issue a 100-year bond. Last time this happened was Motorola in 1997, which…

(Corrects headline, paragraphs 1 and 4 to indicate company beat, not missed revenue estimates. Rewrites paragraphs ‌1 and 2 to reflect the change. Changes ‌estimate to $1.60 billion from $1.70 billion in paragraph 4. Corrects expectations to $1.70 billion ​from $1.67 billion in paragraph 8) Feb 11 (Reuters) – Marketing platform AppLovin beat market estimates…

In this article KHC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kraft Heinz in September 2025 announced plans to split into two separately traded companies, reversing its 2015 megamerger, which was orchestrated by billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Kraft Heinz on Wednesday said it is pausing work on…

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Bitcoin dipped below $67,000 early Wednesday morning, but a better-than-expected jobs report has lifted Bitcoin back above that level. Gracy Chen, Bitget CEO, said that over the past week, bitcoin has been trading in a “macro tug-of-war” regime, where price action is mainly driven by geopolitics, rate expectations, and liquidity conditions rather than crypto-native narratives….

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After the first full year of President Donald Trump’s economic policies, which came with rhetoric aimed especially at growing manufacturing job opportunities through protectionist policies like tariffs, the verdict is in: Meh. “I think it’s definitely fair to say the policies are not helping employment in that industry,” Penn State professor of economics and labor…

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Elon Musk is addressing a wave of departures from xAI, including two more co-founders who left this week, bringing the total to six out of the original 12. At an all-hands meeting Tuesday night, Musk suggested the exits were about fit, not performance. “Because we’ve reached a certain scale, we’re organizing the company to be…

Los Angeles  —  Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified on Wednesday that he does not think users can be “clinically addicted” to the social media app. Mosseri is the first executive to testify in the landmark social media addiction trial against YouTube and Instagram parent company Meta in a suit brought by a now…

Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal on Wednesday introduced the first bipartisan bill in Congress aimed at preventing data center power usage from spiking consumers’ electric bills. The legislation, dubbed the “Guaranteeing Rate Insulation” or “GRID” Act, seeks to guarantee two things: no data-center related price increases for consumers’ utility bills, as well as ensuring…

NEW YORK (AP) — Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the 5-week-old immigration crackdown in its home state of Minnesota. ICE Out Minnesota, a coalition of community groups, religious leaders, labor unions and other…

2027 Toyota Highlander EV three-row electric SUV (Source: Toyota) Toyota’s first three-row electric SUV is finally here. The 2027 Highlander EV can drive up to 320 miles on a single charge, has a built-in NACS port, and a sharp new look. The Highlander is Toyota’s most impressive electric SUV so far. Here’s our first look….

Activist investor and Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder Ancora Holdings threatened to vote ‘no’ on the Netflix deal and launch its own proxy fight if the WBD board does not engage with Paramount. The David Ellison company Tuesday sweetened its hostile takeover offer for Warner in its latest attempt to derail the company’s agreement with Netflix….

WASHINGTON — Top Food and Drug Administration official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine, STAT has learned.  Three agency officials familiar with the matter told STAT that the team of career scientists was ready to review Moderna’s application, and that David Kaslow, the head…

AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now. Friends, May I be candid with you about the U.S. economy? It’s growing nicely, and the stock market has soared. But on what really counts to most…

Adam Almeida is a writer who researches housing, gentrification and the financialisation of cities. You would be forgiven for feeling like you may have missed something important from Donald Trump’s sprawling keynote speech at Davos last month. Between talk of Venezuela, Greenland and Washington DC’s thriving restaurant scene, the US president announced the country’s most…

It’s February 2020 again. An exponential process is in motion — one that will inevitably shake the world to its core — and upend our economy, politics, and social lives. Yet most people are still going about their business, oblivious as dinosaurs in the shadow of a descending asteroid. This is what many in and…

BlockFills has suspended client deposits and withdrawals as the price of bitcoin and other crypto assets has fallen sharply © AFP via Getty Images Susquehanna-backed crypto lender BlockFills has halted withdrawals and restricted trading on its platform, underscoring the strength of the recent tremors that have shaken the digital asset market. The Chicago-based company, which…

Crypto industry negotiators arrived at the White House on Tuesday ready to talk about a legislative deal on stablecoin yields, but their banking counterparts brought further demands for a ban on such rewards in the Senate’s crypto market structure bill, according to people familiar with the talks. STORY CONTINUES BELOW The fight over whether stablecoins…

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The Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday. The news is the latest sign of the FDA’s heightened scrutiny of vaccines under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., particularly those using mRNA technology, which…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 09, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped on Wednesday and snapped a three-day win streak after the better-than-expected January jobs report failed to spark a sustainable advance. The blue-chip index lost…