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Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users
Google revealed a significant milestone for it’s Gemini app, announcing over 750 million monthly active users as it competes with ChatGPT and Meta AI. Source link
The Wayback Machine debuts a new plugin designed to fix the internet’s broken links problem
WordPress is helping the non-profit fight the scourge of “link rot.” Source link
LaMonte McLemore, Founding Member of The 5th Dimension, Dies at 90
He provided warm bass vocals on such hits as “Up, Up and Away,” “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” and “Wedding Bell Blues” and was a photographer and author as well. Source link
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is getting a police department
The new department will have up to eight police officers and could be up and running in a few months. Source link
Meet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini apps
Gizmo’s app is like a TikTok for vibe-coded mini apps… and it’s a lot of fun. Source link
AI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise, unicorn valuation
The two-year-old startup confirms that it closed a Series A led by Lightspeed at $1 billion valuation. Source link
A.M.A. Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors
The announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. But other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach. Source link
Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next month
Amazon MGM Studios will reportedly begin a closed beta program in March to test its AI tools to help with film and TV production. Source link
A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Ideogram, Fal and dozens of others. A16z general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking […]
2026 Winter Olympics Experience Power Outage Just 4 Minutes Into 1st Event
After years of fanfare and anticipation, the 2026 Winter Olympics did not get off to a rousing start. Roughly four minutes after the Games officially began on Wednesday, February 4, there was a partial power outage. Some of the lights went off inside Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, where the mixed doubles […]