1. Adobe actually won’t discontinue Animate
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/873621/adobe-animate-maintenance-mode-reverse-course
Summary: Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st. In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has "no plans to discontinue or remove access" to the app. Animate will still receive "ongoing security and bug fixes" and will still be available for […]
2. Epstein-linked longevity guru Peter Attia leaves David Protein, and his own startup ‘won’t comment’
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/epstein-linked-longevity-guru-peter-attia-leaves-david-protein-and-his-own-startup-wont-comment/
Summary: Attia co-founded longevity medical testing startup Biograph, which came out of stealth a year ago.
3. Republicans haul Netflix before Congress for being too ‘woke’
Source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/873533/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-senate-antitrust-hearing
Summary: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was launched into the middle of a congressional culture war on Tuesday as he testified before a Senate subcommittee about the company's attempt to buy a large part of Warner Bros Discovery. The hearing before the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee highlighted an array of traditional merger concerns on both sides of […]
4. India’s Varaha bags $20M to scale carbon removal from the Global South
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/indias-varaha-bags-20m-to-scale-carbon-removal-from-the-global-south/
Summary: Varaha's fresh funding is part of a $45 million Series B round led by WestBridge Capital.
5. AMD hints Microsoft could launch its next-gen Xbox in 2027
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/873490/microsoft-next-gen-xbox-console-2027-date-amd
Summary: Microsoft confirmed last year that it's working on a next-gen Xbox console in partnership with AMD. Now, AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will use custom AMD chips, could be launching in 2027. "Development of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox, featuring an AMD semi-custom SoC, is progressing well to support a launch in 2027," […]
6. Department of Justice appeals Google search monopoly ruling
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/873438/google-antitrust-case-doj-states-appeal
Summary: On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: "Today, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed notice that it will cross-appeal from the remedies decisions in its case against Google's unlawful monopolization of internet search and […]
7. Slopaganda goes West
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/873400/nick-shirley-somali-daycares-san-diego-california-youtube
Summary: After right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley's viral video alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares he said were operated by Somali residents, Donald Trump's administration responded by flooding the state with federal immigration agents and freezing funding for childcare services. (A judge ruled that the federal government must continue funding childcare subsidies, at least temporarily.) Now Shirley is […]
8. The Minneapolis tech community holds strong during ‘tense and difficult time’
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/minnesota-tech-community-founders-investors-ice-response/
Summary: Founders and investors in the Minneapolis tech industry told TechCrunch they've put much of their work on hold to help out their community.
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