A SpaceX Merger Would Reward Musk Loyalists
Before we get into today’s news, check out a string of scoops from my colleague Sri on the rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic. OpenAI, she reported last night, is talking to Nvidia, Amazon, Micros...
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Think Globally, Stack Locally
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
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SWIFT Adopts Ripple’s Playbook — But Without Replacing Banks
SWIFT has announced a new global payments scheme to make cross-border transfers for consumers and small businesses as fast and predictable as domestic payments.
The initiative, revealed on January ...
Amazon Eyes $50 Billion OpenAI Stake
Amazon is discussing investing as much as $50 billion in OpenAI, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Jan. 29), citing unnamed sources.
The move that would mark one of the largest sin...
95% Don’t Understand AI/Work Implications: NordVPN
NordVPN has revealed new insights into the privacy risks Canadians face as AI tools become embedded in their daily work routines. According to data from the National Privacy Test (NPT) for 2025, 95% o...
U.S. Regulator Plans New Prediction Market Rules
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket in the U.S., plans to make new rules to provide clearer standards on the types of contra...
It’s a new heyday for gas thanks to data centers
Gas turbines made by GE Vernova, at the on-site natural gas plant under construction during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, in September of 2025. | Bloomberg via Get...
