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NASA astronauts can now bring their phones with them on their mission to the moon

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world. Crew-12 is expected to head to the International Space Station next week, while the highly anticipated Artemis II mission — which will bring humans around the moon for the … Continue reading →

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Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

The newest version of Anthropic’s model is designed to broaden its appeal.

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Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

AI startups like Clay and ElevenLabs are using early liquidity to keep their best talent.

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Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

The administration’s $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals is aimed at blunting China’s influence. But it also revels the direction of the global economy.

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Data breach at govtech giant Conduent balloons, affecting millions more Americans

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

The ransomware attack at Conduent allowed hackers to steal a “significant number of individuals’ personal information” from the govtech giant’s systems. Conduent handles personal and health data of more than 100 million people across America.

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ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

ElevenLabs CEO argued at Web Summit Qatar that voice is the next interface for AI, as OpenAI, Google, and Apple push conversational systems into wearables, new hardware, and everyday interactions.

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Substack confirms data breach affects users’ email addresses and phone numbers

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

Substack said that customer data was accessed in October 2025, but wasn’t discovered until early February.

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Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

Spotify users in the U.S. and the UK will soon be able to buy physical books in the app. There’s also a new tool that syncs physical books to audiobooks.

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Google’s subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

The company said it now has 325 million paying users across Google One and YouTube Premium, up from 300 million users three months earlier.

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As it preps Specs for the masses, Snap’s Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Techme101

The company is engaged in a strategy to diversify its revenue sources as it heads into the new year.

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