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Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation: Articul8's valuation for its current funding round marks a roughly fivefold increase since its Series A. Read More

McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of 'learn once, work forever' is over: Calacanis, General Catalyst's Taneja, and McKinsey's Sternfels discussed how AI is reshaping technology and the labor force. Read More

Spotify now lets you share what you're streaming in real time with friends: You can tap a friend's listening activity to play the track, save it, open the menu, or react with an emoji. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Spotify lowers monetization threshold for video podcasts: Spotify is dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days. Read More

The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026: From an AI panda pet to an anime girl hologram for your desk, here are the wildest products at CES 2026. Read More

Meta's Manus news is getting different receptions in Washington and Beijing: Chinese officials are reportedly reviewing whether the Meta deal violates technology export controls, potentially giving Beijing leverage it wasn't initially perceived as having. Read More

xAI says it raised $20B in Series E funding: Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt. Read More

A viral Reddit post alleging fraud from a food delivery app turned out to be AI-generated: When fake content goes viral, the damage has already been done, even if the post is debunked. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's bid again, calls it a 'leveraged buyout': The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt. Read More