Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs home batteries into "virtual power plants" and began deploying its own batteries last year, raised $232M (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)

Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs home batteries into "virtual power plants" and began deploying its own batteries last year, raised $232M (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)

Coco Liu / Bloomberg:
Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs home batteries into “virtual power plants” and began deploying its own batteries last year, raised $232M  —  Lunar Energy wants to expand its home storage business at a time when the grid is increasingly under strain.



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Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new video, revealing a completely flat rear camera, and says pre-orders begin on February 18 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new video, revealing a completely flat rear camera, and says pre-orders begin on February 18 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new video, revealing a completely flat rear camera, and says pre-orders begin on February 18  —  Google this morning officially announced the Pixel 10a via a video teaser emphasizing the updated design.  —  A short 15-second video from Made by Google shows the design of the Pixel 10a in full.



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New Epstein Files Reveal Even More Powerful Connections: Musk, Trump, Gates, Lutnick, More (Alison Durkee/Forbes)

New Epstein Files Reveal Even More Powerful Connections: Musk, Trump, Gates, Lutnick, More (Alison Durkee/Forbes)

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New Epstein Files Reveal Even More Powerful Connections: Musk, Trump, Gates, Lutnick, More  —  Topline  —  The Justice Department released millions more documents related to financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, more than a month after the Trump administration's deadline passed to release …



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Oracle is selling $25B of bonds to help finance its AI buildout, in what is set to be the biggest high-grade US offering since Meta's $30B bond sale last year (Bloomberg)

Oracle is selling $25B of bonds to help finance its AI buildout, in what is set to be the biggest high-grade US offering since Meta's $30B bond sale last year (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Oracle is selling $25B of bonds to help finance its AI buildout, in what is set to be the biggest high-grade US offering since Meta's $30B bond sale last year  —  Oracle Corp. is selling $25 billion of investment-grade bonds on Monday to help finance infrastructure that powers artificial intelligence projects …



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Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California state candidates, regardless of party, whom it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry (Christine Mui/Politico)

Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California state candidates, regardless of party, whom it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry (Christine Mui/Politico)

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Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California state candidates, regardless of party, whom it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry  —  Federal lobbying budgets for Big Tech hit record highs this year.  But with federal AI regulation stalled in Washington …



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