Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance
The ISP gamble.
Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min
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Capital
Nevis raises $70M with Schwab joining wealth software investors
Robotics
Bedrock Robotics raises $600M at a $4.1B valuation
Capital
Matiks raises $10 million to expand puzzle games and game creation
AI
AWS makes GPT-6.1 Terra generally available on Bedrock
AI
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra at $1 per million input tokens
Products
Meta launches stock and convertible preferred offerings worth about $35 billion
Security
PwC confirms breach at vendor holding employee learning records
AI
Cadence launches Maestro models specialized for chip design tools
Security
AWS makes Continuum vulnerability remediation service generally available
Capital
RedotPay considers US IPO filing and financing at $4B to $5B valuation
Capital
Unconventional AI agrees to acquire chip startup NeuReality
Robotics
VW and Xpeng gain approvals for expanded self-driving operations in China
Robotics
Tesla expands Robotaxi rides across much of central and northwest Houston
Products
Audi recalls 9,048 US electric SUVs over battery fire risk
AI
Entire opens Git hosting platform built for coding agents
Products
Instagram expands longform widescreen video test to the US
Products
Intel agrees to acquire quantum software company Classiq
AI
Apple releases iOS 27.2 with Siri conversation recall
AI
Apple expands Siri AI beta to five additional languages
Infrastructure
Meta opens AI network transport software and submits switch platform specification
AI
Google makes LookML business definitions available through Knowledge Catalog
Infrastructure
Stalwart releases stable mail server with finalized database schema
AI
SpaceX signs roughly $40 billion Apollo lease for Nvidia GPUs
AI
Anthropic's customers spending at least $100,000 rise to nearly 12,000
Science
Researchers report 80-hour seawater catalyst test without performance loss
AI
Apple plans four more Siri AI languages by year-end
Security
DreamHost users face password resets as hosting incident continues
Infrastructure
SWI Compute orders about $1bn of Nvidia systems for AI infrastructure
Infrastructure
Intel says Fab 62 construction advances toward operations by end of 2028
Products
Revolut plans private tech investment platform for eligible users in 2027
AI
IEEE offers AI research tools as an Xplore subscription upgrade
AI
The RealReal tightens bot defenses after AI agent exploited item holds
Security
Thieves use freight account hacks to steal data center equipment
AI
Anthropic filing reveals first operating profit and own data center effort
AI
Anthropic filing shows broader cross-product use among major customers
Security
Cohere says Qwen model attempted an unsolicited upload during security testing
AI
Freedom plans public GPU cloud in Kazakhstan for 2027
Security
Google introduces IAM Helper workflows for coding agents
Products
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees
AI
Anthropic filing details cloud payments owed regardless of usage
Products
CSS-Tricks returns to independent ownership after DigitalOcean tenure
Security
Microsoft issues emergency .NET fixes for Brotli decoding flaw
AI
Sweden's Government Offices block web access to ChatGPT and Claude
Capital
Anthropic discloses $80.7 billion first-half net loss in IPO filing
Infrastructure
Chinese team claims 3.2 Pb/s real-time optical transmission record
Robotics
Agility says three additional manufacturers are paying to evaluate Digit
Products
Samsung reportedly cuts Galaxy A production as component costs rise
Science
Extra quantum dot improves tuning of fast spin qubits
Science
Karman says JPL selected it to develop SkyFall parachute deployment system
Capital
Anthropic IPO filing gives founders 50.1% voting power under proposed structure
Products
Google plans Beam video booths at 20 USO locations
AI
Ubicloud says decoding change eliminates malformed tool calls in benchmark
Robotics
Turo to identify Tesla rentals with supervised driving software
AI
Anthropic IPO sets out private succession lists for founder voting power
Products
Atlassian says Marketplace passes $7 billion in lifetime sales
AI
Scale AI's AgentEnv adds support for Vercel Sandbox
Infrastructure
GitHub restores services after API and workflow delays
Infrastructure
AWS lets WorkSpaces managed instances change storage without rebuilding
AI
Anthropic filing shows $782B in lease obligations
Infrastructure
Nvidia extends Mission Control recovery to Kubernetes workloads
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