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Google is moving further into physical AI by bringing a familiar robotics software platform under its wing. Alphabet-owned Intrinsic, which builds AI models and software designed to make industrial robots more accessible, is joining Google, the companies announced on Wednesday. Intrinsic will remain a distinct entity within Google but will work closely with Google DeepMind and will tap into Google’s Gemini AI models and cloud services. Alphabet declined to share information regarding funding or purchase price. Intrinsic “graduated” into an independent Alphabet-owned company in 2021 after five years of development within Alphabet’s X, the company’s moonshot research division. Other companies…
On Saturday afternoon, Austin Tucker Martin, a 21-year-old golf course groundskeeper and illustrator, left his home in North Carolina and began a 10-hour drive south to president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Early Sunday morning, Martin reportedly walked into Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a can of fuel; he was then shot and killed by Secret Service agents and officers from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office.Martin was, according to friends, a vocal Trump supporter. His cousin told the Associated Press, “We are big Trump supporters, all of us”—though they added that Martin rarely discussed politics.Law enforcement…
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas finished the week of February 9 as the only evening news broadcast with week-to-week gains in total viewers and the prized Adults 25-54 demo.NBC’s coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics also gave Nightly News a boost, making it the most-watched newscast in the demo. With Llamas anchoring from Milan, Nightly News had its largest audience in the demo since August 5, 2024.Meanwhile, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir and CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil finished the week with declines in both measured categories.Note: The weekly averages of CBS Evening News are…
Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETHDenver last week, the buzz was as much about Washington as it was about tokens. Policy shifts are rippling through the market as Tether and stablecoins face scrutiny, players like Stripe re-enter the conversation, and startups either find traction or flame out. The hype cycle is over, or at least taking a break. So what comes next? On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Jacquelyn Melinek, CEO of Token Relations and host of the Talking Tokens and Crypto in America podcasts, to make sense of how the market has changed and what in the world of crypto is built to last. Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and…
Hours after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, the Trump administration was already working to shape the narrative. Official White House accounts flooded social media with clips of burning flags and clashes between locals and federal immigration agents, casting protesters—not the killing—as the story.Among the accounts amplifying that message was Johnny MAGA, a pro-Trump X account with nearly 300,000 followers. “They’re burning the American flag right now in Minneapolis,” the anonymous account claimed, sharing a clip from the White House’s official rapid response feed. “And they really expect you to believe that ICE shot an innocent…
NBC News’ Today has been America’s No. 1 morning show for four straight weeks now in both total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. NBC’s first week of coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics certainly helped Today retain its title in both measured categories for the week of February 9. In addition, it was the only morning show with week-to-week gains across the board. Understandably, this is happening while viewer interest remains high in the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, in Arizona, as they catch up on the latest developments. According to Nielsen’s national live+same-day big data plus program…
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA is reportedly in dire shape, according to bipartisan lawmakers and industry leaders who fear that the agency’s ability to perform its core mission has been diminished and left it unprepared for a cybersecurity crisis. News site Cyberscoop’s Tim Starks spoke with sources across Congress, the private cyber industry, and beyond, and what came back reflected a general consensus that CISA has suffered under cuts and layoffs during the Trump administration’s first year. Over that time, CISA has lost around one-third of its staff, which cost it programs, personnel, and expertise, including the agency’s counter-ransomware initiative and…
You might be feeling déjà vu.A decade ago, companies like Google and Apple made promises that their respective voice assistants could complete tasks on your behalf. Apple said Siri could request an Uber—try it today, and Siri just opens the Uber app. Google claimed you’d be able to “Order my usual” at Starbucks with Google Assistant, but the experience was clunky, and Google eventually removed the feature.But now, in the age of large language models and AI that understands natural language, we’re seeing the same promises back on the table. At Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event, Google and Samsung showed off…
Outfront Media, the company behind approximately 500,000 billboards and commercial out-of-home (OOH) displays across the U.S., is leveling up its sales operations through a new partnership with AdQuick, a digital marketplace for buying OOH inventory. In exchange for access to AdQuick’s platform, Outfront has agreed to invest up to $20 million in the company. Through the deal, Outfront will get access to AdQuick’s sales cloud platform for at least three years, including a limited exclusivity period. With this integration, advertisers will be able to plan and secure Outfront displays through one consolidated, standardized system, rather than dealing in spreadsheets, emails, and…
The proliferation of AI data centers plugging into the national electrical grid has helped increase consumer electricity prices, driving up the average national electricity price by more than 6% in the last year. That’s not a good look for the incumbents ahead of this fall’s elections, and President Donald Trump addressed the challenge in his State of the Union speech last night. “We’re telling the major tech companies that they have the obligation to provide for their own power needs,” Trump said. “They can build their own power plants as part of their factory, so that no one’s prices will…
Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones—the Galaxy S26 series—are all about optimization and AI. Announced at its Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco, the phones are not hugely different from last year’s Galaxy S25 models, but the company is hyping up performance optimizations that purportedly boost AI processing. Naturally, there are a bunch of new AI features baked into the phones too.The headline hardware change is reserved for the top-tier Galaxy S26 Ultra: the Privacy Display. It prevents stray eyes from peeping over your shoulder at sensitive information on your screen—no need to apply a third-party privacy screen protector. The Ultra otherwise…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Feb. 9, 2026.All three cable networks recorded growth with total viewers during primetime and total day, with CNN having double-digit growth across the board. Meanwhile, MS NOW was the only network to post week-to-week declines, losing viewers in the Adults 25-54 primetime demo.NETWORKS:According to Nielsen big data + panel for the week of February 9, Fox News averaged 2.768 million total viewers and 285,000 A25-54 viewers during primetime. The network was up +5% in total viewers and +4% in the demo compared to the week…
Chip giant and world’s most valuable company Nvidia reported record profits in its most recent quarter on Wednesday, as demand for AI compute continues to skyrocket. “The demand for tokens in the world has gone completely exponential,” CEO Jensen Huang said on a call with analysts following the results. “I think we’re all seeing that, to the point where even our six-year-old GPUs in the cloud are completely consumed and the pricing is going up.” The company reported $68 billion in revenue in the most recent quarter, up 73% from the prior year, with $62 billion of that revenue coming…
Looking for a new pair of earbuds to pair with your favorite iPhone or iPad? Right now, you can grab the Apple AirPods Pro 3 for just $229 on Amazon or Best Buy, a $20 break from their usual price. They’re our favorite wireless headphones for iPhone owners, with great noise-canceling, easy connectivity, and unique features like heart rate and live translation.Review: Apple AirPods Pro 3Review: Apple AirPods Pro 3The active noise-canceling on the third generation AirPods Pro has improved a great deal, with our reviewer Parker Hall comparing them to the Bose QuietComfort Ultra 2 Earbuds when it comes…
The numbers$31 per share: Paramount’s updated bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, raised from $30 per share.10%—DTC growth for Paramount year over year, led by Paramount+.-5%—Losses at TV networks to $4.7 billion, compared to $4.98 billion the previous year.$30 billion—Paramount’s expected revenue for 2026.The watercooler talkDuring Paramount Skydance’s Q4 earnings call on Wednesday, CEO David Ellison noted that Paramount’s new all-cash bid for WBD is $31 per share, up from $30 per share. The Paramount CEO said the company looks forward to continuing to engage with WBD’s board but wouldn’t comment further during the call.Though Ellison skirted analyst questions about a…
Anthropic on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Vercept, an AI startup with deep roots to some of the biggest names in Seattle’s tech scene. The acquisition marks the latest after Anthropic acquired coding agent engine Bun in December to help scale Claude Code. Vercept had created tools for more complex agentic tasks, including its product Vy, a computer-use agent in the cloud that could operate a remote Apple MacBook. Vercept is one of the many startups working on re-imagining the personal computer for the age of AI agents. As part of the deal, Anthropic is shuttering Vercept’s product on…