Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance
The ISP gamble.
Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min
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Security
Have I Been Pwned confirms 850,500 accounts exposed in Harvard breach
Capital
October venture funding reaches $59 billion, with 66% going to AI
Infrastructure
Energy Transfer commits to $1.6 billion Louisiana-Mississippi gas pipeline
Products
Meta markets dollar bonds in plan to raise at least $20 billion
Capital
Corridian raises $38 million for autonomous underwater cargo vehicles
Capital
Evertrue closes $17 million fund for early-stage European startups
Capital
Robin Capital closes €15 million second fund for European startups
Products
Turkey's wealth fund buys Togg stakes at $900 million valuation
Capital
Conlio announces €6.4 million fundraise for European expansion
Capital
Tumbleweed raises €6.9 million to fund orbital research missions
AI
Athena raises $2.5 million for AI-assisted real estate legal services
Security
Bank phishing sites fake suspensions to evade repeat security checks
Infrastructure
Envision says it has deployed 800-volt DC power at Galaxy AI data center
Security
Google adds $250,000 reward for cloud takeover vulnerabilities
Security
SecPO researchers release model trained to resist prompt injection
Security
Cloudflare introduces public feed for critical Internet vulnerabilities
AI
Nvidia reportedly requires cloud clients to direct 51%+ of services outside China
Science
SealCall preprint demonstrates encrypted safety checks for AI agent tool calls
AI
Preprint demonstrates correction for unintended effects of language model steering
Security
ESET links Gorbag data theft to Ukrainian wartime targets
Products
Eaton revenue rises 28% to $8.9 billion
Capital
Viridi closes €2.6 million round to scale carbon dioxide chemistry
AI
Nvidia offers open library to ground AI database queries in business definitions
Products
Ibotta revenue rises 17% as third-party redemptions expand
AI
Apple plans paid expanded access to server-based AI features
AI
Snowflake makes cloud coding agents and scheduled automations available
Robotics
Toyota and Waymo unveil bZ4X robotaxi for Japan testing in 2027
AI
OpenAI hires Dan Driscoll for national security modernization role
AI
SAP makes Cohere's North generally available on SAP Business AI Platform
AI
EU court adviser says Gemini answers may infringe publishers' rights
Products
Dynatrace cuts profit outlook and adds $1 billion to buyback
AI
Anthropic puts Claude to work in new chip design unit
Security
Barracuda patches flaws that can combine to grant root access
Infrastructure
xAI powers Mississippi data center with eight converted jet turbines
Infrastructure
Bull and Schwarz Digits agree plan for European AI cloud infrastructure
Products
Reddit begins testing ads in search results
Products
Adobe partners with Universal and Warner on licensed music for Premiere mobile
Products
Bambu announces $2,499 H3C printer with nine interchangeable print heads
AI
Snowflake adds agent spending limits and previews tool-call controls
Security
European police seize more than 100 servers in trading-scam investigation
Infrastructure
Samsung's second Texas fab reportedly secures AMD and Nvidia memory orders
AI
QUANTRO receives Austrian grant to develop AI drug discovery platform
AI
Smuggler describes routing restricted AI memory into China through processor exports
Capital
Also begins e-bike deliveries after AI hardware demand disrupted supplies
Security
EU Commission to examine supermarket defenses after cooling-system attacks
Security
BTCPay urges server migration after reports of cryptocurrency wallet theft
Infrastructure
L3Harris details $3 billion missile capacity expansion
Security
Attackers target unpatched WordPress payment flaw that exposes wallet credentials
Robotics
Tesla tests two dozen Cybercabs on Detroit-area roads
Robotics
Preprint reports improved long-horizon planning with hierarchical world models
AI
Preprint reports agent context compression with up to 50.68% fewer attention pairs
Science
Preprint finds general-purpose model beats chemistry models on sparse data
AI
Variational AI signs Merck drug discovery deal worth up to $349 million
Infrastructure
US data centers turn to repurposed jet engines for faster power
Policy
China plans AI safety standards spanning development and deployment
Infrastructure
Drax partners with Brookfield and Radiant on North Yorkshire AI data center
Security
OpenAI quadruples critical bug rewards and partners with Cathedral
AI
Google brings experimental Dreambeans app to India in 13 local languages
AI
Huawei reportedly plans Samsung and SK Hynix memory for Ascend flagship
AI
Salesforce agrees to pay $2.7B for Cresta, source says
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