MrBeast’s company acquires Gen Z-focused fintech app Step
YouTube megastar MrBeast announced Monday that his company Beast Industries will acquire Step, a banking app for teens. Step, which has raised $500 million in funding and grown to over 7 million users, provides financial services to Gen Z that help them build credit, save, and invest. The company has attracted high-profile investors such as […]
Databricks CEO says SaaS isn’t dead, but AI will soon make it worthless
Databricks announced Monday that its revenue rose 65% year-over-year to $5.4 billion, with more than $1.4 billion of that coming from its AI products. Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi told TechCrunch that there’s been a lot of talk about how AI will disrupt SaaS businesses, so he wanted to share these growth numbers. “Everyone is […]
ChatGPT advertises | Tech Crunch
OpenAI announced Monday that it will begin testing ads in the U.S. for users of its Free and Go subscription tiers. The new Go plan was introduced globally in mid-January with a low-cost subscription of $8 per month in the US. Subscribers to OpenAI’s paid plans (including Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education tiers) will […]
New ‘sunlit’ comet could become visible to the naked eye during daylight hours if the sun doesn’t destroy it
Astronomers have discovered an exciting new ‘sun-grazing’ comet that will have a dangerously close encounter with our home star within two months. Some experts predict that the giant ice ball could become bright enough to be seen with the naked eye during the day, but only if the comet survives the sun’s dangerous shot. The […]
So what’s going on with the music board?
Musicboard, the music discovery and recommendation app, is struggling, users say. Over the past few months, users say apps have been down, websites have gone offline, and Android apps have disappeared from the Play Store. This has to do with a loyal, albeit small, user base. (The app has been downloaded about 462,000 times to […]
China-linked UNC3886 targets Singapore’s telecom sector with cyber espionage
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 9, 2026Cyber espionage/virtualization Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA) revealed on Monday that a China-aligned cyber espionage group known as UNC3886 had targeted Singapore’s telecommunications sector. “UNC3886 has launched a deliberate, targeted and well-planned campaign against Singapore’s telecommunications sector,” the CSA said. “Singapore’s four major telecommunications operators (‘telcos’) – M1, SIMBA Telecom, Singtel and […]
Now you can let people know you’ve arrived at your destination on Snapchat
After launching its “Home Safe” feature that lets users notify friends and family that they have safely arrived home, Snapchat is now introducing additional alerts that let others know when users have arrived at other destinations. The social media giant announced Monday that its new “Arrival Notifications” will now allow users to set one-time or […]
Incredibly powerful ‘ghost particles’ that crashed into Earth may have come from an exploding black hole, potentially upending both particle physics and cosmology
Incredibly powerful ‘ghost particles’ that recently crashed into Earth may have come from a rare type of explosive black hole, researchers claim. If true, the researchers claim, this unusual event could prove a theory that could upend our understanding of both particle physics and dark matter. However, this is just one theory and there is […]
Hacktivist collects payment records of over 500,000 stalkerware customers
A hacktivist has collected more than 500,000 payment records from a provider of a consumer “stalkerware” phone monitoring app, exposing some of the email addresses and payment information of customers who paid to spy on others. The deal includes records of payments for phone tracking services like Geofinder and uMobix, services like Peekviewer (formerly Glassagram), […]
Discord to introduce age verification for full access to platform next month
Discord will roll out age verification globally next month, the company announced Monday. All users default to a “Teen Friendly Experience” unless they certify that they are an adult. You must verify your age to change certain settings or access age-restricted content. Discord users must verify as an adult to unblur sensitive content or turn […]