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
Infrastructure
Blue Owl-backed developer raises $1.1 billion for CoreWeave-linked data center
Security
CISA adds two exploited Check Point flaws to federal fix list
Security
Attackers exploit critical WordPress flaw to plant command-executing files
Security
Analysis identifies two flaws behind exploited MikroTik router takeover chain
Capital
Basecamp Research raises $140 million for AI drug development
Capital
Ondas acquires three Israeli defense technology firms for $56 million
Science
Spaceweather.com starts daily satellite-drag index from orbital data
Policy
India food regulator starts penal action against online retailers
Policy
Sanders and Casar propose ban and development pause for advanced AI
Products
FactSet acquires BCC Group's market data platform
Capital
Pilgrim raises $25 million for biological threat detection device
Robotics
XPENG commissions humanoid robot production line in Guangzhou
Science
ETH Zurich demonstrates vibration-based memory for quantum computing
AI
Modal and Baseten seek funding at sharply higher valuations
Products
Qualcomm plans Linux support for Snapdragon X2 chips
Infrastructure
Open-source prototype shares Nvidia GPU across four virtual machines
Products
Meta opens $349 camera-free glasses preorders, sets $1,300 VR launch
AI
Meta expands Muse to Canada and adds shopping integrations
Products
Citi launches advertising business built on card spending data
Security
FBI investigates ShinyHunters claim of employee data theft
Infrastructure
Nvidia makes Kubernetes node management tool available as open source
AI
OpenAI seeks pretrial ruling in Apple AI antitrust case
AI
Nvidia releases research model for three-dimensional CT analysis
AI
Australia discloses unauthorized Medicare portal access by OpenAI agent
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
Infrastructure
Microsoft plans $10 billion in Persian Gulf spending through 2030
Science
Airborne laser survey maps millions of young trees across Cairngorms
AI
Meta plans private processing for smart-glasses translation
AI
Meta plans email, computer control and video calls for Muse
Security
Developer placeholder domain serves fake security check
AI
Spotify connects playback and playlists to Meta's Muse agent
Infrastructure
Samsung signs private 5G project contracts with KT and SK Telecom
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Security
RemControl Android malware uses fake app pages to steal banking credentials
AI
Wayve shows Mercedes prototypes as it targets consumer cars within two years
Science
Lutetium atomic clock reaches reported uncertainty of 1 x 10-19
Robotics
KAIST quadruped completes marathon on one battery charge
AI
Apple publishes model that searches compressed document pages
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
Infrastructure
arXiv secures $17.2 million for independent nonprofit transition
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
Science
IonQ says error correction decoder runs on a standard CPU
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
AI
Meta says AI glasses users will get visual-data opt-out
Products
Meta plans hearing enhancement for supported glasses at $149
AI
Amazon Bedrock adds native Salesforce and Zendesk knowledge connectors
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