January 27, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump: Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message. Read More

The price gap between Waymo and Uber is narrowing: A trip in a Waymo robotaxi still costs more, on average, than a comparable ride in a human-driven Uber or a Lyft. But that gap is narrowing, according to new data published Tuesday by Obi, a company that aggregates real-time pricing and pickup times across multiple ride-hailing services. Read More

Google's more affordable AI Plus plan rolls out to all markets, including the U.S.: Gemini 3 Pro and other AI tools are now available globally through the Google AI Plus plan, which is $7.99 per month in the United States. Read More

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China's Moonshot releases a new open source model Kimi K2.5 and a coding agent: The company said that the model was trained on 15 trillion mixed visual and text tokens. Read More

Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B: Anthropic looks to raise $20 billion at more than $300 billion valuation, according to reports. Read More

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni’s Phia raises $35M to ‘make shopping fun again’: “We are just at such a prime time of opportunity,” Gates said to explain the new fundraise. “Commerce itself for the consumer hasn’t really been adapted in the last 30 years, and the opportunity to make a truly personalized, end-to-end shopping experience is today.”  Read More

Anduril has invented a wild new drone flying contest where jobs are the prize : This is a race series for software programmers and the brainchild of founder Palmer Luckey, he tells TechCrunch. Read More

Android phones are getting more anti-theft features: Google says Android devices will get new security features, like stronger authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools. Read More

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Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens.

Amazon is closing its physical Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores: Upon closing down some stores in 2024, an Amazon spokesperson said that the company "couldn't make the economics work with the lease cost." These retail closures will not impact customers who use Amazon for grocery delivery. Read More

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