Petco confirms security lapse exposed customers’ personal data
The pet company has published almost no details about what happened, who was affected, and what personal data was exposed.
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. in a disruptive deal valued at $82.7B
In one of the most groundbreaking deals the streaming world has ever seen, Netflix acquires Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion.
After Neuralink, Max Hodak is building something stranger
“You could really, in a very fundamental sense, talk about redrawing the border around a brain,” Hodak says, “possibly to include four hemispheres, or a device, or a whole group of people.”
Walmart-backed PhonePe winds down its Pincode app in yet another e-commerce step back
PhonePe has shut down its Pincode app over two years after its debut.
Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity
The newspaper is alleging copyright infringement and calling out Perplexity’s Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) as a culprit.
Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin
The agency already opened an investigation in October over Waymo’s performance around school buses.
Micro1, a Scale AI competitor, touts crossing $100M ARR
Micro1 started the year with roughly $7 million ARR. Now, it claims to have surpassed $100 million in ARR, double what it reported in September.
Apple’s executive shake-up continues with departures of general counsel and policy head
Apple loses two more top senior executives with exits of longtime general counsel Kate Adams and environmental VP Lisa Jackson. Meta’s Jennifer Newstead is set to join as new general counsel in 2026.
Celebrity Co-Founders Not Required: Building Influence from Scratch
Alltroo co-founders Kyle Rudolph and Jon Walburg share how they transformed their pro-athlete star power into a fundraising platform that allows their community the ability to donate to a variety of organization and
Anthropic CEO weighs in on AI bubble talk and risk-taking among competitors
Anthropic’s CEO shared his thoughts on the economics of AI and the risk-taking of competitors, saying some were “YOLO-ing” with regard to spending.