Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance
The ISP gamble.
Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min
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Capital
Bessemer raises $5.75 billion, including $4 billion for growth investments
Products
Bird.com raises $450 million in JPMorgan-led debt financing
Capital
Hubble Network raises $200 million for satellite Bluetooth network
Security
Attackers exploit critical WordPress flaw to plant command-executing files
Security
Analysis identifies two flaws behind exploited MikroTik router takeover chain
Capital
Ondas acquires three Israeli defense technology firms for $56 million
Robotics
Tekever reaches first close of funding round targeting $580 million
Robotics
Helicon raises $16 million to automate carbon fiber manufacturing
Infrastructure
American Supercritical raises $8 million for data-center turbine retrofit plan
Capital
Ema raises $77 million to expand its enterprise AI agent business
Policy
India food regulator starts penal action against online retailers
Policy
Sanders and Casar propose ban and development pause for advanced AI
Capital
Pilgrim raises $25 million for biological threat detection device
Robotics
XPENG commissions humanoid robot production line in Guangzhou
Security
Arista patches exploited VeloCloud management flaw as more fixes remain pending
Capital
EU and EIB launch pact to draw institutional investors into scale-up funding
Robotics
IIHS study finds lower crash rates for Waymo driverless rides in four cities
AI
Study finds math and code training can weaken AI safety safeguards
Products
Vienna Insurance Group agrees to buy 25% of Dolphin Technologies
Infrastructure
Nvidia makes Kubernetes node management tool available as open source
AI
Amazon opens seller tools to Claude through U.S. beta
AI
UiPath makes Cartographer available to map enterprise workflows
AI
Guava makes Daytona voice model available to customers
Security
Researchers link AI-assisted retail attacks to stolen payment cards
AI
Alibaba releases compact Qwen image model with tighter resale terms
Security
Radicle warns private repositories are exposed by two network flaws
Policy
US safety agency investigates comma.ai driver-assistance devices after crashes
AI
ZeroDrift makes AI message compliance models generally available
Security
OpenAI agrees to provide Ukraine with AI cyber defence tools
Infrastructure
Microsoft plans $10 billion in Persian Gulf spending through 2030
Science
Lutetium atomic clock reaches reported uncertainty of 1 x 10-19
AI
Anthropic reports Claude found previously uncharacterized enzyme system
Products
Google Beam begins shipping to customers in six countries
Infrastructure
Vercel removes Blob store limits and begins billing for store creation
Policy
UK forms satellite defense unit as BBC reports military jamming
Security
Researchers document Windows malware that lets AI models choose attack actions
Security
Microsoft previews integrated security operations in Defender
AI
ChatGPT Voice adds plugins and ChatGPT Work access
Science
Qubit reset experiment removes leakage during measurement without added time
Robotics
Microsoft adds remote AI inference tools for robots
AI
Google outlines encrypted cloud memory for its AI assistants
Infrastructure
Google adds native scale-to-zero support to GKE
Infrastructure
Google previews Prometheus-based autoscaling in GKE
AI
Bladder cancer model identifies risk signals in patient records before diagnosis
AI
Google rolls out Gemini 3.8 speech models through its developer tools
Products
Disney raises standalone Disney+ and Hulu subscription prices
AI
YouTube adds AI channel advice and tests multiple video versions
AI
YouTube plans custom video feeds built from viewer prompts
Products
Discord begins assigning estimated age groups to users globally
Infrastructure
Texas researchers build off-grid flood-warning prototype
Security
Kubernetes permissions can expose Google Cloud organizations through Config Connector
Security
Compromised MemTensor packages expose developer credentials
Products
McDonald's tests outside ads on drive-through menu screens
Science
IonQ plans quantum computer installation at Nvidia research center
Robotics
Xynova commissions Hangzhou plant for robotic hands
Robotics
PitPro installs its first tire-changing robot system at Calgary shop
Products
Omdia puts Meta at 81.3% of AI glasses shipments
Science
IonQ says CPU decoder handled tests with 408 logical qubits
Security
September Windows 11 updates disrupt some Always On VPN connections
AI
Amazon Bedrock adds native Salesforce and Zendesk knowledge connectors
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