February 05, 2026

Substack confirms data breach affects users' email addresses and phone numbers: Substack said that customer data was accessed in October 2025, but wasn't discovered until early February. Read More

ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI: ElevenLabs CEO argued at Web Summit Qatar that voice is the next interface for AI, as OpenAI, Google, and Apple push conversational systems into wearables, new hardware, and everyday interactions. Read More

Data breach at govtech giant Conduent balloons, affecting millions more Americans: The ransomware attack at Conduent allowed hackers to steal a "significant number of individuals’ personal information" from the govtech giant's systems. Conduent handles personal and health data of more than 100 million people across America. Read More

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Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users: Google revealed a significant milestone for its Gemini app, announcing over 750 million monthly active users as it competes with ChatGPT and Meta AI. Read More

Alphabet won't talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors: Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst's question about Apple on the company's earnings call. Read More

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis: Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by enterprises. Read More

Google's subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue: The company said it now has 325 million paying users across Google One and YouTube Premium, up from 300 million users three months earlier. Read More

Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features: Spotify users in the U.S. and the UK will soon be able to buy physical books in the app. There's also a new tool that syncs physical books to audiobooks. 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.

Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads: He posted a novella-sized rant that devolved into to calling his rival "dishonest" and "authoritarian." Read More

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