Technology News
Daily Tech Reader - Technology Edition
YouTube Star IShowSpeed Turns Marathon Livestreams Into a Global Audience
IShowSpeed has grown into YouTube’s leading livestreamer with more than 62 million subscribers, building an audience around days-long IRL streams that mix curiosity, spectacle and teenage mischief.
Saudi Aramco Takes 49% Stake in AI Startup Humain
Saudi Aramco is acquiring 49% of Humain and contributing about $2.6 billion in cash during 2026 along with AI, compute and digital assets, while Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund retains 51%.
OpenAI Prepares Washington Push for New Rules on Powerful AI
OpenAI plans a post-midterm policy and public-relations campaign advocating mandatory “speed limits” for powerful AI systems while adopting the term “AI compute campuses” for its data centers.
Apps Turn Paying People to Play Games Into a User-Acquisition Business
Services such as Freecash offer users small payments for playing games, providing publishers with another way to attract players and identify potentially high-spending customers.
ServiceNow Acquires Sweep to Accelerate CRM Migrations
ServiceNow has acquired Israeli startup Sweep for an undisclosed amount estimated in the hundreds of millions as it seeks to shorten the time customers need to migrate to its CRM platform.
Data Center Moratoriums Emerge as an Issue in Governors’ Races
Candidates supporting pauses on new data centers could win as many as 15 of the 36 U.S. governors’ races on Tuesday, with the issue gaining attention in states including Texas, Ohio, Michigan and New York.
Colossus Draws Attention With Its Friendly Portraits of Tech Leaders
Venture-backed glossy magazine Colossus has earned praise within the technology industry for profiles of figures including Mark Zuckerberg, while critic Kara Swisher has characterized the publication as public relations.
Binance Records Billions in Outflows After Restoring Withdrawals
Binance says it experienced $3.64 billion in net outflows during the first 9.5 hours after withdrawals began returning, while DefiLlama measured 24-hour net outflows at $4.05 billion.
Google Energy Executive Questions Economics of Data Centers in Space
Google’s head of data center energy says putting data centers in space could cost as much as 100 times more than operating them on Earth, while arguing that U.S. power supplies are adequate but permitting remains slow.
Michael Kratsios Plays a Key Role in White House AI Policy
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios, a former Peter Thiel aide, is profiled as one of a small number of figures helping steer the Trump administration’s AI policy.
Investors Pay More to Protect Against Hyperscaler Debt Risk
The cost of insuring against debt defaults at Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Oracle has climbed to its highest level since 2021 as investors seek protection around major technology investments.
Russia-Linked Cyberattacks Cause Physical Damage in NATO-Aligned Countries
Russia-linked hacktivist groups have carried out a campaign of cyberattacks that caused physical damage across NATO-aligned countries during the past two years.
Lumaril Raises $66 Million to Bring AI Optimization to Factory Floors
Industrial AI startup Lumaril raised a $66 million Series A at a $400 million valuation for software designed to optimize manufacturing by connecting with existing production control systems.
Binance Phases In Withdrawals After $6.3 Billion Token Theft
Binance has begun restoring BTC, ETH and other withdrawals in stages after covering 95% of the $6.3 billion in tokens stolen in the TraderTraitor hack.
NeuroXess Raises About $105 Million for Brain-Computer Interface Technology
Shanghai-based NeuroXess raised roughly $105 million in Series B financing as it develops brain-computer interfaces aimed at movement support, speech decoding and control of external devices.
Sources: New York Times, GamesBeat, Axios, New York Magazine, CTech, The Information, The San Francisco Standard, The Block, Colossus, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, TechNode