In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix has lost.
Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale
The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April.
Ultrahuman bets on redesigned smart ring to win back U.S. market after Oura dispute
Ultrahuman’s Ring Pro promises 15-day battery life and a $479 price tag as the wearables maker expands its health-tech push.

The Club Nobody Asked to Join: How the Epstein Files Are Unmasking the Institutions That Rule the World
Let’s start with a simple question. Have you ever wondered who decides who gets the Nobel Peace Prize? Five people. Five Norwegian citizens, appointed by the Norwegian Parliament, are operating without any required expertise in international law, diplomacy, or conflict resolution. No formal credentials. No public accountability. Just five individuals — typically former politicians and academics — who meet behind...
The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.
Many hyperscalers have already made public commitments to cover electricity cost increases.
Nvidia has another record quarter amid record capex spends
“The demand for tokens in the world has gone completely exponential,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said about the company’s earnings.
Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders
Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would.
Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging
Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup has seen early customer traction from AI search tools like ChatGPT.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse
Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward off more talk of the death of its business to AI.

Mexico on Fire: El Mencho’s Death, the Asylum Question, and the Money Nobody Wants to Follow
Let’s be honest about something from the start. The story of Mexico’s cartel crisis and the United States border debate has never really been about border security. It has always been about power — who has it, who wants it, and who profits when the system stays broken. What happened this past Sunday, February 22, 2026, just ripped the curtain...