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Blackstone and Coatue grant a $10B loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, among Australia's largest private credit deals (Sharon Klyne/Bloomberg)

Sharon Klyne / Bloomberg : Blackstone and Coatue grant a $10B loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansi...

9 February 2026

Blackstone and Coatue grant a $10B loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, among Australia's largest private credit deals (Sharon Klyne/Bloomberg)

Sharon Klyne / Bloomberg:
Blackstone and Coatue grant a $10B loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, among Australia's largest private credit deals  —  Blackstone Inc.-led funds and technology investment firm Coatue Capital LLC are providing a $10 billion loan to back the data center rollout …

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How China boosts its humanoid robot industry, giving companies land, favorable bank loan terms, and sometimes subsidizing the robots' purchase price by ~10% (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
How China boosts its humanoid robot industry, giving companies land, favorable bank loan terms, and sometimes subsidizing the robots' purchase price by ~10%  —  Beijing is showering companies with support, but some fear a bubble  —  SUZHOU, China—Elon Musk has been telling investors …

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An interview with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, who was promoted to president of General Catalyst in January, about investing in European tech and defense startups (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
An interview with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, who was promoted to president of General Catalyst in January, about investing in European tech and defense startups  —  Jeannette zu Fürstenberg invests in the continent's most geopolitically important startups—and throws legendary soirees in her family's castle.

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8 February 2026

As Section 230 turns 30, a look at how upcoming court cases involving Meta, Alphabet, and others in the US could reshape the bounds of Section 230's protections (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
As Section 230 turns 30, a look at how upcoming court cases involving Meta, Alphabet, and others in the US could reshape the bounds of Section 230's protections  —  Thirty years ago today, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a bill credited with creating the groundwork for the modern internet …

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Moltbook was peak AI theater, less of a glimpse at the future and more of a mirror simply reflecting society's current obsession with AI (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
Moltbook was peak AI theater, less of a glimpse at the future and more of a mirror simply reflecting society's current obsession with AI  —  For a few days this week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots.

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How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem  —  The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board.

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T-glass, a type of ultrathin glass sheet used in advanced chips, is in short supply and largely comes from Nittobo, which is not adding capacity for months (Yang Jie/Wall Street Journal)

Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal:
T-glass, a type of ultrathin glass sheet used in advanced chips, is in short supply and largely comes from Nittobo, which is not adding capacity for months  —  A type of ultrathin glass sheet, used in advanced chips, is in short supply and prices are up sharply

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A software engineer explains AI fatigue, compounded by a FOMO treadmill of using labs' latest tools, thinking atrophy, and more, alongside boosted productivity (Siddhant Khare)

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A software engineer explains AI fatigue, compounded by a FOMO treadmill of using labs' latest tools, thinking atrophy, and more, alongside boosted productivity  —  You're using AI to be more productive.  So why are you more exhausted than ever?  The paradox every engineer needs to confront.

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OpenClaw partners with VirusTotal and says that all skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal's threat intelligence (The Hacker News)

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OpenClaw partners with VirusTotal and says that all skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal's threat intelligence  —  Artificial Intelligence / Vulnerability  —  OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it's partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal …

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Sources: Block is notifying hundreds of staff their jobs may be eliminated during annual performance reviews; up to 10% of the workforce is at risk of being cut (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: Block is notifying hundreds of staff their jobs may be eliminated during annual performance reviews; up to 10% of the workforce is at risk of being cut  —  Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. has been notifying hundreds of employees that their jobs may be eliminated during annual performance reviews …

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