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Breaking developments and major announcements from February 2026

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Historical Archive

Significant events and stories that defined our industry landscape

2025 Dec 19
Important Successful Deal: Tik Tok US Spinoff Agreement

Important Successful Deal: Tik Tok US Spinoff Agreement

Tik Tok has signed a significant deal to sell its vast business units in the United States and this way, hand over operational leadership to…

Warisha Rashid 3 min read
2025 Nov 7
Shigeru Miyamoto Doubts Any Other Franchise Will Overtake Mario Kart’s Sales

Shigeru Miyamoto Doubts Any Other Franchise Will Overtake Mario Kart’s Sales

Shigeru Miyamoto has once again spoken about one of Nintendo’s strongest franchises, Mario Kart. During the Q&A session that followed Nintendo’s Q2 2025 financial results,…

Dr Layloma Rashid 3 min read
2025 Nov 6
Sky to Discontinue a TV Product, Offering Customers Refunds of Up to £290

Sky to Discontinue a TV Product, Offering Customers Refunds of Up to £290

Sky has said it will stop selling its Sky Live camera thing, closing it down on December 4, 2025. People who get it will get…

Dr Layloma Rashid 3 min read
2025 Nov 3
Google Scraps Gemma Tool After U.S. Senator’s Defamation Backlash

Google Scraps Gemma Tool After U.S. Senator’s Defamation Backlash

A fabricated rape allegation against a sitting U.S. senator has forced Google to remove its lightweight AI model from public-facing tools, marking the latest flashpoint…

Hafsa Rizwan 4 min read
2025 Oct 28
Apple’s ID Privacy Pledge vs. The Federal Mandate Reality

Apple’s ID Privacy Pledge vs. The Federal Mandate Reality

The physical passport may soon become optional for domestic air travel. Apple announced this week that U.S. users will be able to store digital passport…

Hafsa Rizwan 5 min read
2025 Oct 27
Apple Maps Ads: Privacy First is Replaced with Revenue First? 

Apple Maps Ads: Privacy First is Replaced with Revenue First? 

Apple plans to start showing ads in its maps app by 2026. This  is a significant shift from the company’s long-standing claim as the Privacy-First…

Qaiser Sultan 3 min read
2025 Oct 23
OpenAI to introduce UK data residency through new government partnership

OpenAI to introduce UK data residency through new government partnership

OpenAI is doing something big by growing its UK work. Starting Friday, British companies and offices can keep data in the UK. This change, with…

Dr Layloma Rashid 6 min read
2025 Oct 22
Anthropic and Google negotiating multibillion-dollar cloud partnership

Anthropic and Google negotiating multibillion-dollar cloud partnership

A new AI company called Anthropic may get a huge cloud deal with Google for many billions of dollars, says Bloomberg News. Although the agreement…

Dr Layloma Rashid 6 min read
2025 Oct 21
Venmo Restores Service After AWS Outage Disrupts Payments and More

Venmo Restores Service After AWS Outage Disrupts Payments and More

Guess what? Venmo, a super liked way to pay friends in the U.S., got shut down Monday when Amazon Web Services AWS had some big…

Dr Layloma Rashid 6 min read
2025 Oct 19
Samsung Electronics’ founding family plans to sell a $1.2 billion stake in the company, taking advantage of the recent surge in its share price

Samsung Electronics’ founding family plans to sell a $1.2 billion stake in the company, taking advantage of the recent surge in its share price

A remarkable development for South Korea’s largest conglomerate has now seeped through the media. Relatives of Samsung Electronics’ founding family members plan to sell part…

Dr Layloma Rashid 7 min read
2025 Oct 17
Venmo and PayPal experiencing outages for some users, reports monitoring service

Venmo and PayPal experiencing outages for some users, reports monitoring service

On Thursday morning, many users of PayPal and its mobile payment app Venmo encountered account-related issues. Users began to report problems attempting to log in…

Qaiser Sultan 7 min read
2025 Oct 14
Qantas Airline’s 5.7 Billion Record Breach via Third-Party Call Centre

Qantas Airline’s 5.7 Billion Record Breach via Third-Party Call Centre

Qantas Airlines ran into a massive cyber breach last Sunday, where around 5.7 million customers’ records were stolen. The breach did not occur due to Qantas’…

Qaiser Sultan 3 min read

Today in Tech & Finance

Breaking developments and major market movements from February 2, 2026

09:15 EST
Financial Markets

NVIDIA Stock Surges 15% on AI Chip Demand

Data center revenue hits record $26.3B as AI workloads explode globally.

Impact: Market cap increases by $278B in single day
Breaking
11:45 EST
AI Breakthrough

Google DeepMind Solves Protein Folding

AlphaFold 3 predicts molecular interactions with 90% accuracy.

Impact: Accelerates drug discovery by 10x, saves billions in R&D costs
Breaking
14:20 EST
Economic Policy

Fed Signals Interest Rate Pause

Federal Reserve hints at holding rates steady amid cooling inflation.

Impact: Tech stocks rally 3.2%, crypto markets surge 8%
Breaking
16:30 EST
Hardware Innovation

Apple Vision Pro Ships 1M Units

Spatial computing device exceeds expectations in enterprise sector.

Impact: Creates $25B+ AR/VR market, validates spatial computing paradigm
Breaking

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Real-time market data and key indicators driving global economy

Major Indices

NASDAQ
15,247.89
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S&P 500
4,189.75
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Dow Jones
33,274.15
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Tech ETF
127.89
+3.21%

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin BTC
$94,750
+5.67%
Ethereum ETH
$3,240
+8.92%
Solana SOL
$189.45
+12.34%

Key Commodities

Gold
$2,045/oz
+0.89%
Oil (WTI)
$87.50/bbl
-1.23%
Lithium
$28,750/ton
+15.67%

Historic Breakthroughs

Groundbreaking moments that redefined technology, AI, and global markets

2024 03
AI Revolution

OpenAI GPT-5 Revolution

Groundbreaking AI model with unprecedented reasoning capabilities, marking the beginning of AGI era.

Market Impact: Transformed AI industry, created $100B+ market opportunity
2023 11
Quantum Tech

Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Google achieves quantum supremacy with 100+ qubit processor, solving complex problems in minutes.

Market Impact: Accelerated drug discovery, financial modeling, and cryptography research
2023 06
AI Creativity

Stable Diffusion 3 Launch

Revolutionary AI image generation technology democratizes creative tools for millions.

Market Impact: Created $50B+ creative economy, transformed digital art and design
2022 11
AI Accessibility

ChatGPT Phenomenon

Conversational AI reaches 100 million users in 2 months, sparking AI accessibility revolution.

Market Impact: Made AI accessible to billions, accelerated AI adoption globally
2021 02
Autonomous Tech

Tesla Full Self-Driving v9

Advanced autonomous driving system achieves human-level performance in urban environments.

Market Impact: Paved way for autonomous transportation revolution
2020 12
Biotech Breakthrough

mRNA Vaccine Success

COVID-19 vaccines developed in record time, proving mRNA technology platform.

Market Impact: Revolutionized vaccine development, opened new therapeutic possibilities

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