Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance
The ISP gamble.
Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min
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Capital
Hyphenate raises $45 million for business finance AI agents
Capital
General Compute raises $100 million for inference cloud infrastructure
Capital
Simplismart raises $14 million with Nvidia backing for AI inference software
Infrastructure
Infineon plans €1.1 billion expansion of Austrian power chip factory
Security
Apple extends exploited CoreGraphics flaw fix to older iPhones and iPads
Security
ENGIE confirms customer data theft through partner marketing platform
Infrastructure
Tamil Nadu opens chip subsidies to projects without central funding
Security
Copenhagen university links system shutdown to existing cyberattack
Security
Cloudflare discloses cross-customer data exposure in 155 AI responses
AI
OpenAI releases claimed mathematical proofs and opens independent examination
Policy
US judge orders halt to Pentagon ban on firms lobbying for Alibaba
AI
Opera opens preview of local AI model support in Opera One
AI
Salesforce releases AI spending limits and agent shutdown controls
AI
Study finds language differences raise AI token costs and reduce context
Security
Discover-Tech allegedly targeted Starlink users in 100+ countries
AI
Researchers demonstrate encrypted capabilities hidden inside AI model weights
AI
Nvidia plans $3 billion Meta investment as companies expand AI partnership
AI
IBM and Kaggle open maintained leaderboard for Java migration agents
AI
Cohere releases traces of Qwen model's blocked upload attempt
Science
NIST releases roadmap for transition to quantum-resistant encryption
AI
SAP plans to deploy prediction model on ISS computer by early 2027
Products
Anduril and Qualcomm plan laptops designed and assembled in the US
Infrastructure
Ford plans onboard inverter for Fathom truck's home backup power
AI
BNY begins tracking AI token spending and routing tasks by model
Science
Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator licenses stalled pediatric gene therapy
Science
IBM reports 99% average quantum state transfer between two processors
AI
Haut.AI reports skin analysis gains on its new public benchmark
Security
Australia says it cut Amadey operator off from 180,000 computers
Science
Electronic skin displays pressure directly as light in laboratory tests
Security
GMO urges customers to disconnect computers after ransomware threat
AI
OpenAI investigates errors affecting hosted reviews of private GitHub repositories
AI
SAP begins phased availability of Joule Work and agent development tools
Infrastructure
TSMC weighs 10%-20% increase in advanced chip packaging prices
Science
RADAgent preprint reports local AI automation of genomic analysis workflow
Science
Researchers identify 627 malicious ClawHub skills using instruction and code analysis
Robotics
Google and NASA test robot that moves medical supplies using text instructions
AI
Boa preprint reports faster context compression for language models
AI
WebViSE researchers report lower retrieval cost for website design guidance
Science
OmicsLM preprint reports gains in interpreting gene expression measurements
Science
RoboGene researchers report improved robot learning from generated tasks
Science
Researchers report agent defense that reduces harm without increasing missed emergencies
Science
CarbonRouter preprint reports 16.1% lower emissions in conversation routing tests
Science
Robot model study reports 2.6-2.9× inference speedups on Jetson hardware
Science
MatOS preprint reports gains in multistage materials research
AI
Infinity Machine preprint reports gains in quantum routing and chip energy efficiency
AI
Forecast-Dojo study improves AI forecasting accuracy through replay training
AI
OpenAI's dots assistant refuses read-only cloud drive access in testing
AI
Ollama adds local speech generation on Apple Silicon Macs
Science
Researchers use 37,000 AI agents to analyze clinical trials and design a drug candidate
Products
Instagram tests 90-minute horizontal videos with US creators
Infrastructure
HPE integrates EdgeConnect with Mist and Aruba Central
Policy
FCC warns TP-Link over router power limits and possible false information
Capital
UK police AI startup 22one reaches nearly $400M valuation
Robotics
SAP links warehouse and maintenance workflows to robot tasks
Security
Microsoft patches Android Authenticator flaw that could expose account tokens
Infrastructure
Experts put US data center freight theft above $100M since June
Products
China's Star 50 loses approximately $480B as AI and chip shares fall
AI
Apple plans external AI agent access to Keynote, Pages and Numbers
Products
Apple announces M6 iMac with faster local AI processing
Infrastructure
Euro area banks tighten business credit as AI lending focuses on infrastructure
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