Samsung announces a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25 at 10am PT in San Francisco, where it is expected to introduce the Galaxy S26 series (Max Buondonno/The Shortcut)
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Published on 2026-02-10
LayerZero Labs unveils a new Layer 1 blockchain called Zero, in collaboration with Citadel Securities, DTCC, Google Cloud, and Intercontinental Exchange (RT Watson/The Block)
Ex-SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony is sentenced to 100 months in prison for defrauding investors and is ordered to forfeit ~$7.5M and two residential properties (Sarah Wynn/The Block)
Kalshi says it registered over $1B in trades related to the Super Bowl; Piper Sandler analysts say Kalshi and Polymarket saw ~$1.2B in total trading on Sunday (Bloomberg)
Discord says that the "vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today" without needing to use a face scan or ID to verify their age (The Verge)
Robinhood reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $1.28B, below est., crypto revenue down 38% to $221M, below est., and net income down 34%; HOOD drops 5%+ after hours (Hannah Erin Lang/Wall Street Journal)
Sen. Warren plans bipartisan legislation with Sen. Banks that bans the sale of certain AI chips to China after Dario Amodei met with Warren and other lawmakers (Ashley Gold/Axios)
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down after more than 30 years with the company and plans to retire; CFO Amanda McMaster will take over as interim CEO (Brianna Wessling/The Robot Report)
Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.59B vs. $1.76B est., forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA below est., announces a $1B share buyback; LYFT drops 13%+ after hours (Akash Sriram/Reuters)
In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network (New York Times)
