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Anthropic has doubled the amount of VC funding it aims to raise, the FT reports, increasing the target from $10 billion to $20 billion. The round, expected to close soon, will give the company a valuation of $350 billion, sources told the FT.   Anthropic, which makes the popular AI Claude and the equally popular Claude Code, decided to double its funding target due to booming investor interest. Backers in this round are expected to include Sequoia Capital (which also invests in its rival OpenAI), Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, and investment management firm Coatue, per the FT.  Late last year, it…

Tuesday 27 January 2026 7:01 pm  |  Updated:  Tuesday 27 January 2026 7:02 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Airspan Networks Holdings LLC (“Airspan”), a leading global provider of wireless network solutions, today announced plans to deploy a 5G Air-to-Ground (ATG) communications system for Space Compass’s High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), enabling a new generation of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) from the stratosphere. The project will demonstrate how 5G connectivity from 16–18 km altitude can deliver secure command-and-control and real-time mission data between a HAPS aircraft…

Train services on a busy Glasgow route were disrupted this evening after a person was hit by a train. Emergency services are dealing with an ongoing incident between Pollokshields East and Mount Florida stations, resulting in all lines being closed in the area. Services between Glasgow Central and Neilston, as well as trains to Newton in Lanarkshire, have been cancelled or altered, with disruption expected to continue until around 8.30pm. On the ScotRail journey checker, an update states: “Due to a person being hit by a train between Pollokshields East and Mount Florida all lines are closed. Disruption is expected…

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TikTok settled a high-profile lawsuit on Monday evening, which alleges that social media companies intentionally make their products addictive, causing harm to users. Snap settled the case last week, but Meta and YouTube — the other defendants — are now heading to trial, where jury selection begins on Tuesday. Centering around a 19-year-old plaintiff known by the initials K.G.M., this case is the first of many similar legal challenges against social platforms. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and YouTube head Neal Mohan are expected to testify, which could set a precedent for how dozens of other lawsuits could play out. By…

NASA is announcing the availability of its newest supercomputer, Athena, an advanced system designed to support a new generation of missions and research projects. The newest member of the agency’s High-End Computing Capability project expands the resources available to help scientists and engineers tackle some of the most complex challenges in space, aeronautics, and science. Housed in the agency’s Modular Supercomputing Facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, Athena delivers more computing power than any other NASA system, surpassing the capabilities of its predecessors, Aitken and Pleiades, in power and efficiency. The new system, which was rolled…

Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, pushes that analogy himself. “I think 2026 will be for AI and science what 2025 was for AI in software engineering,” he said at a press briefing yesterday. “We’re starting to see that same kind of inflection.” OpenAI claims that around 1.3 million scientists around the world submit more than 8 million queries a week to ChatGPT on advanced topics in science and math. “That tells us that AI is moving from curiosity to core workflow for scientists,” Weil said. Prism is a response to that user behavior. It can also be seen…

Orbital, the AI platform for real estate law, has raised a $60M Series B funding round led by New York-based growth fund, Brighton Park Capital (BPC). Building on its position as the UK’s market leader in real estate legal AI, Orbital will use the investment to support continued US and UK growth and expand adoption across the real estate transaction ecosystem.     Taking On The LegalTech Sector   Orbital’s technology is designed to meet the deeply specific demands of real estate legal work, a practice area materially underserved by the broader legaltech AI landscape. By combining AI optimized for…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the United States is entering a period of accelerated growth without inflationary pressure, outlining what he calls a “Bountiful 2026” economic blueprint following meetings in Davos. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Details ‘Bountiful 2026’ Vision After Davos In a series of media appearances and official remarks on Tuesday, Scott Bessent […] Source link

Google on Tuesday announced its more affordable Google AI Plus plan is now available in all markets where its AI plans are available. This includes the U.S, where it will cost $7.99 per month. The expansion brings the lower-cost plan to 35 new countries and territories, after earlier launches in dozens of global markets, which began with Indonesia last September. The plan includes access to Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro in the Gemini app, Flow’s AI filmmaking tools, research and writing assistance in NotebookLM, and more. It also offers 200GB of storage and the ability to share your…