Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance
The ISP gamble.
Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min
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AI
SoftBank and Nvidia complete $30B OpenAI funding pledges
AI
Nvidia says GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast is available with up to 8x faster generation
AI
Broadcom syndicate seeks $60 billion for AI chip financing
Infrastructure
Google says it launched four TPUs into orbit for computing research
AI
SpaceXAI releases Grok iOS app for Intune-managed organizations
Capital
Walapay raises $4.6 million for payment infrastructure
Infrastructure
Rocket Lab signs 20-launch agreement with Synspective
AI
Halluminate raises $30M for AI financial training environments
AI
OpenAI deploys Jalapeño chips with AMD Turin host processors
Robotics
California law requires local robotaxi support and permits obstruction fines
Products
Surmodics acquires Alta Biomed's coating and testing business
Products
Bose acquires Firelight, developer of FMOD game audio software
Security
Microsoft says vulnerability weaponization now takes well below 24 hours
AI
Mercor study finds AI outperforms accountants on simplified bookkeeping tasks
Policy
SEC proposes crypto custody rules for advisers and regulated funds
AI
Suno opens public beta for speech generation with optional music
Infrastructure
Supabase announces Turso acquisition to build databases for AI agents
AI
Black Forest Labs makes FLUX 3 Image commercial weights available
Security
Oregon DOJ reviews McMinnville breach notification timeline
Products
Spotify expands free children's managed accounts to parents on every plan
Policy
Publishers can seek more than $3.2 billion from Google over ad technology
AI
Microsoft releases streaming transcription and two multilingual voice models
Infrastructure
Iceberg adopts specifications for read restrictions and catalog labels
AI
Cloudflare releases Clef decision-model weights for self-hosting
Infrastructure
JERA, Dell and RHAELM sign agreement for Japanese AI data centres
AI
AWS releases Strands Decider 2B for local workflow decisions
Infrastructure
AWS expands DynamoDB Accelerator to 17 additional Regions
Infrastructure
Cloudflare opens log delivery and transformation tools to all plans
Policy
Google Play begins distributing rival Android app stores
Infrastructure
Alibaba holds preliminary power talks with Solaria for Spanish data centre
Products
Pixel owners report lockouts after September update
Science
Lean plans four proof-checking kernels to guard against AI exploits
Robotics
Fort Worth reports 162 emergency calls in Flock drone pilot
Policy
EU plans November gatekeeper designations for AWS and Azure
Infrastructure
Amazon says it has ended government NDAs for data center projects
Products
Micro Center buyer reports ID checks and no-export pledge for RTX 5090
AI
Gemini 4 Argon cuts hallucinations in tests but answers fewer questions correctly
AI
HCA nurses allege Palantir-based scheduling tool disrupts staffing and care
Infrastructure
AWS pledges more than $1 billion for US data center communities
Science
Researchers certify stronger error protection in modular quantum memory codes
Capital
SBVA joins Databricks' $5 billion round at $190 billion valuation
Products
Accenture raises quarterly dividend 5% after fiscal 2026 growth
AI
OpenAI adds virtual clothing try-on and product favorites to ChatGPT
Robotics
Minneapolis council approves human-monitor requirement for robotaxis
Capital
Oura and OpenAI postpone planned public listings
AI
Ataraxos AI beats leading Stratego player using 16 GPUs for training
Infrastructure
Google makes upload checksums default across Cloud Storage SDKs
AI
Google moves Gboard model training to servers with auditable privacy controls
AI
Cloudflare adds web search from three providers to AI Gateway
Security
Cloudflare adds email access restrictions to free Quick Tunnels
AI
US arrests California man suspected of smuggling restricted Nvidia chips
Security
AWS moves GuardDuty runtime monitoring billing into Security Hub
Infrastructure
Rust to stop distributing compiler tools for 32-bit Windows hosts
Security
GitLab discloses DeepSeek-Reasonix flaw triggered by viewing diffs
AI
PyTorch reports faster attention kernel for Meta ads workloads on Blackwell
AI
InstructMesh lets novices repair AI-generated designs before 3D printing
Science
NASA selects 16 companies for $1.4 billion logistics agreements
AI
Amazon Quick adds live dataset queries to AI-built apps
AI
Amazon Payments reports conversion gains from personalized content selection
AI
Shopify builds repeatable storefront sandboxes for testing shopping agents
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