Posted inLegal News Tech News Los Angeles Trial Tests Tech Giants on Child Harm Claims Posted by Daniel J. Whitman January 27, 2026No Comments Three of the world's biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles over claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm...
Posted inPolitical News Tech News xAI’s Grok Fails Child-Safety Tests, Faces New Scrutiny Posted by Emily Carter Reynolds January 27, 2026No Comments At a Glance A Common Sense Media study found Grok lacks age verification and safety guardrails, producing sexual, violent, and conspiratorial...
Posted inBusiness News Tech News Northwood Space Secures $100M Series B and $49.8M Space Force Contract Posted by Robert K. Lawson January 27, 2026No Comments At a Glance Northwood Space closed a $100 million Series B round led by Washington Harbour Partners and co-led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company...
Posted inBusiness News Tech News Uber Launches AV Labs to Share Driving Data with Partners Posted by James O Connor Fields January 27, 2026No Comments At a Glance Uber's new Uber's new AV Labs division will collect and share autonomous vehicle data with over 20 partners. The initiative will deploy...
Posted inBusiness News Corporate News Tech News Flora Raises $42M Series A to Expand AI Design Tool Posted by Olivia Bennett Harris January 27, 2026No Comments At a Glance Flora raises $42 million in Series A led by Redpoint Ventures. The design platform is already used by Alibaba, Brex, Pentagram and...
Posted inBusiness News Corporate News Tech News Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi K2.5, a New Multimodal Model Posted by Daniel J. Whitman January 27, 2026No Comments At a Glance Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2.5, a multimodal model trained on 15 trillion tokens. The model tops competitor benchmarks in coding and...
Posted inBusiness News Corporate News Tech News MicroVision Wins Luminar Lidar Auction Posted by Jordan M. Lewis January 27, 2026No Comments At a Glance MicroVision outbid competitors with a $33 million offer for Luminar's lidar assets. The sale follows a $22 million "stalking-horse" bid...
Posted inBusiness News Corporate News Tech News Phia Raises $35M to Expand AI Shopping Posted by Robert K. Lawson January 27, 2026No Comments At a Glance Phia just closed a $35 million round led by Notable Capital, with Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins joining. The company has 11×...
Posted inBusiness News Corporate News Tech News Risotto Secures $10M Seed to Automate Help Desk Tickets Posted by James O Connor Fields January 27, 2026No Comments At a Glance Risotto raises a $10 million seed round to build AI-powered ticket resolution. The startup has already cut 60 % of support tickets for...
Posted inBusiness News Tech News Google Settles Voice-Assistant Spy Claims for $68 Million Posted by Olivia Bennett Harris January 27, 2026No Comments Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle claims that its voice assistant illegally spied on users, according to a report released on January 26,...