Sergey Brin and the who's who of the tech scene just spent millions in donations ahead of California's wealth tax vote
Sergey Brin, Max Levchin, Eric Schmidt, and others donated $35 million to ballot measure committees in January.
Business Insider 
Meta, Microsoft and Tesla kicked off earnings season for the so-called ‘Magnificent Seven’ companies, and it was the Facebook parent company that most impressed investors. Microsoft and Tesla, meanwhile, reported mixed results
Meta, Microsoft and Tesla kicked off earnings season for the so-called ‘Magnificent Seven’ companies, and it was the Facebook parent company that most impressed investors. Microsoft and Tesla, meanwhile, reported mixed results
Reuters Business Russia's rate of advance in Ukraine since 2024 is one of the slowest in the last 100 years of war, analysts say
Moscow says it's been gaining momentum, but the researchers said even its advance in Pokrovsk was slower than the Allies' in the Battle of the Somme.
OpenAI's chair says vibe coding is here to stay — but it's not the endgame
Vibe coding will stick around, but AI agents, not apps, will drive the next big shift in software, says OpenAI's chair Bret Taylor.
I visited every country by 25. These are 3 cities I always recommend — and one I'd skip.
In college, Cameron Mofid set out on a mission to visit every country — not just as a travel goal, but as a way to confront his obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Tesla takes another leap toward becoming a physical AI company: Here are the 6 biggest takeaways from its Q4 earnings call.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a $2B investment into xAI and the discontinuation of Model S and Model X in order to support Optimus robot production.
Emma Heming Willis says Bruce Willis not knowing he has dementia has been both 'the blessing and the curse'
"It is also hard to grieve someone who is still alive. You know, it's not natural," Emma Heming Willis said.
Some TikTok Shop sellers pull back as the platform moves to end independent shipping in the U.S.
TikTok Shop’s move to end independent shipping is pushing some U.S. brands to scale back or exit the platform.
Digiday 
Google’s forced AI opt out: what changes — and what doesn’t — for publishers
Publishers want the Competition Markets Authority to impose harder structural remedies on Google regarding its AI crawler vs. behavioral ones.
Media Briefing: ‘A bitter pill’: ChatGPT ads are coming – where do publishers fit?
ChatGPT ads are coming, and publishers fear they’ll be underwriting OpenAI’s ad business while losing control over distribution and dollars.
‘There seems to be a mind shift’: Advertisers keep ad spending flexible as uncertainty persists
Any thin hope marketers had that 2026 might calm the turbulence of last year didn’t survive January, as political shocks, platform upheaval and fresh economic jitters piled new uncertainty onto an already fragile market. Nobody expected serenity to be clear. The hope was for a more predictable kind of chaos: slower regulatory fights, fewer sudden […]
Inside NBCU’s $3 million Peacock Super Bowl pitch
February's Big Game carries a big price tag for streaming inventory, and buyer need to double down. Still, it hasn't put marketers off investing.
At World’s Busiest Port, China’s Unbalanced Economy Comes Into View
The shipping traffic and factories never stop in China’s port city of Ningbo, but the local housing market has crashed and nearby restaurants sit empty.
NYT Business 
U.K.’s Starmer Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Ties Warm
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain met with President Xi Jinping of China as he sought to promote business ties with the world’s second-largest economy.
Home Depot cuts 800 jobs, orders corporate staff back to office full time
Home Depot said it will eliminate about 800 jobs tied to its Atlanta store support center and require corporate employees to return to the office full time.
FOX Business 
Disney World, Universal Orlando close water parks as unusually cold weather hits Florida
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon and Universal's Volcano Bay are experiencing temporary closures as Central Florida temperatures plunge below seasonal averages.