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Alibaba's DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-world tasks like navigating rooms, trained on Qwen3-VL (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-10 Alibaba Robot

SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and 2025 revenue of $9.33B, above 2024's $8.03B (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-10 4Q

Source: Chinese AI startup Zhipu anonymously released its new AI model on OpenRouter under the name Pony Alpha; Zhipu plans to launch GLM-5 later this week (www.theinformation.com)
2026-2-10 China Startup AI

Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI and Toyota begin commercial production of an autonomous Toyota bZ4X; Pony AI aims to have 3,000+ robotaxis by the end of 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-10 China AI Toyota

2 To 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It's Decaf. (science.slashdot.org)
2026-2-10

Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are releasing new models and spending millions on “red envelope” freebies to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-2-10 China Alibaba AI Tencent

PitchBook: European VC investments rose 5% YoY to a post-pandemic high of €66B in 2025; AI-related deals accounted for 35%+, or €23.5B, up from €17.7B in 2024 (t.co)
2026-2-10 Europe AI

French President Emmanuel Macron says the US could retaliate against EU countries, including France and Spain, over plans to ban children from social media (t.co)
2026-2-10 France Ban Spain

Paris-based online corporate event booking marketplace Naboo raised a $70M Series B led by Lightspeed with participation from Notion Capital, ISAI, and Ternel (tech.eu)
2026-2-10 Paris

Deepfake Fraud Taking Place On an Industrial Scale, Study Finds (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-10

A court filing in the iyO-OpenAI trademark case reveals OpenAI won't use the name “io” for its AI device, which isn't expected to ship before February 2027 (www.wired.com)
2026-2-10 AI

As OpenAI prepares to retire 4o on February 13, sources say the company scrapped it partly because it struggled to contain 4o's potential for harmful outcomes (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-10

Electric Cars Are Making It Easier To Breathe, Study Finds (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-10

London-based Tem, which uses AI to optimize energy transactions for businesses, raised a $75M Series B led by Lightspeed, a source says at a $300M+ valuation (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-10 Energy AI London

Kalshi Prediction Markets Match or Beat Traditional Forecasting Tools For Macro Indicators, NBER Study Finds (slashdot.org)
2026-2-10

OpenAI Responds to Critical Super Bowl Commercials by Putting Ads in ChatGPT (gizmodo.com)
2026-2-10

In opening statements in New Mexico's suit against Meta, state prosecutors argue Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms, as Meta's attorney pushes back (apnews.com)
2026-2-10 Mexico

Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, along with the team at Merkle, join stablecoin startup Tempo after Merkle's sale of Farcaster to Neynar (www.theblock.co)
2026-2-10 Startup

Sources: the White House is drafting a voluntary pact seeking commitments from tech companies to ensure data centers don't raise electricity prices and more (www.politico.com)
2026-2-10

The US NLRB abandons its 2024 case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing eight engineers and signals it will steer clear of future cases against the company (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-10 SpaceX

Sources: the Trump administration plans to spare US hyperscalers from upcoming tariffs on chips; exemptions would be based on TSMC's US investment commitments (www.ft.com)
2026-2-10 Trump

Sources: crypto exchange Backpack, built by ex-FTX and Alameda leaders, is in talks to raise $50M at a $1B pre-money valuation, reports $100M+ in annual revenue (www.axios.com)
2026-2-10

Onsemi reports Q4 revenue down 11% YoY to $1.53B, vs. $1.54B est., as its two biggest business units continue to post sales declines; ON drops 4%+ after hours (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-10 4Q

Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed By Linus Torvalds, Expected In Mid-April 2026 (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-2-10 Linux

Chinese cyberspies breach Singapore's four largest telcos (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-10 China Singapore

Oxide Computer, which lets companies build their own cloud, raised $200M led by USIT, taking its total funding to nearly $390M since its 2019 founding (www.axios.com)
2026-2-10

Sources: Stripe is in talks to launch a tender offer that could value the company at $140B+, up from $107B last fall, when it bought back shares from investors (www.axios.com)
2026-2-10

OpenAI Starts Running Ads in ChatGPT (slashdot.org)
2026-2-10

An eight-month study at a US tech company finds AI tools didn't reduce work but intensified it, as employees worked faster and took on a broader range of tasks (hbr.org)
2026-2-10 AI

Hackers exploit SolarWinds WHD flaws to deploy DFIR tool in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-10

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