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Feb 5, 2026 AI, Software & FinTech News
Snap Embeds AI Across Ad Platform

Snap Embeds AI Across Ad Platform

PYMNTS · Feb 4, 2026 New

Snap positioned artificial intelligence (AI) as the core lever for improving advertiser performance and driving more profitable growth during the fourth-quarter earnings call. The...

Alphabet Lifts 2026 Capex Outlook Well Above Estimates

Alphabet Lifts 2026 Capex Outlook Well Above Estimates

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

Alphabet topped projections for quarterly revenue and outlined an ambitious capital spending plan, far surpassing predictions, leveraging its growth to build out the data centers ...

Navigating health questions with ChatGPT

Navigating health questions with ChatGPT

OpenAI News · Feb 4, 2026 New

A family shares how ChatGPT helped them prepare for critical cancer treatment decisions for their son alongside expert guidance from his doctors.

AI Fears Continue Weighing on Tech Stocks

AI Fears Continue Weighing on Tech Stocks

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

A rotation out of software stocks showed little signs of a retreat Wednesday as investors worried about business risks posed by better AI tools. Sarah Hunt, Chief Market Strategis...

Breaking Down Alphabet's Earnings and AI Spending Plans

Breaking Down Alphabet's Earnings and AI Spending Plans

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

Scott Devitt, Wedbush equity research analyst, reacts to Alphabet's fourth-quarter earnings and spending plans on "Bloomberg The Close." The Google parent said it will spend $175 ...

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Cointelegraph · Feb 4, 2026 New

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

This Town, 2.0

This Town, 2.0

The Verge · Feb 4, 2026 New

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the most ambitious crossover event of all time: the infinity war between technology and politics. Not subs...

Has The AI Reckoning Arrived?

Has The AI Reckoning Arrived?

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

On today’s Big Take podcast: Sarah Frier and Sarah Holder break down why the pressure is building on tech companies to prove their AI investment will pay off — and soon bit. (Sour...

Bitcoin Hits 15-Month Low, Wiping Out Billions in Value

Bitcoin Hits 15-Month Low, Wiping Out Billions in Value

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

Almost half a trillion dollars has been wiped off cryptocurrencies in less than a week as a selloff led by Bitcoin accelerated. Bitcoin hit a 15-month low at one point on Wednesda...

Software Stocks Slide for Second Day

Software Stocks Slide for Second Day

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

Losses are piling up for software stocks as investors worry about the business risks they face from better artificial intelligence tools. A new productivity tool released by Anthr...

Bloomberg House at Davos 2026 Highlights

Bloomberg House at Davos 2026 Highlights

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

From artificial intelligence and global security to markets, trade and resilience, Bloomberg House convened an influential cross-section of global leaders on the sidelines of the ...

Google Earnings Ahead as AI Fears Grow

Google Earnings Ahead as AI Fears Grow

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

Investors are awaiting earnings from Google, due after the closing bell. Those results come as fears of AI disruption ripple through markets, hitting software makers, investment f...

“I was detained by federal agents in Minneapolis”

“I was detained by federal agents in Minneapolis”

The Verge · Feb 4, 2026 New

In late 2025, the Department of Homeland Security zeroed in on the Twin Cities in Minnesota, supposedly in response to fraud allegations made by a right-wing influencer. In the mo...

GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

The Verge · Feb 4, 2026 New

GitHub is making Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI's Codex AI coding agents directly available inside GitHub today. A new public preview adds Claude and Codex to GitHub, GitHub Mobil...

Is China’s Debasement Trade Boosting Gold?

Is China’s Debasement Trade Boosting Gold?

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

Why is Bitcoin still falling while gold is rebounding? Bloomberg Opinion columnist Shuli Ren explains China’s debasement trade. (Source: Bloomberg)

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on AI, Quantum Computing

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on AI, Quantum Computing

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026 New

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks about AI as a central force for growth, while also acknowledging its potential for job displacement. He also looks ahead to the business potential fo...

Bitcoin-native USDT protocol joins CTDG Dev Hub

Bitcoin-native USDT protocol joins CTDG Dev Hub

Cointelegraph · Feb 4, 2026 New

An emerging protocol enabling native USDT transactions on Bitcoin becomes the latest participant of CTDG Dev Hub, a developer-centric technical hub by Cointelegraph focused on pro...

Critics tell UK Lords stablecoins are not future money

Critics tell UK Lords stablecoins are not future money

Cointelegraph · Feb 4, 2026 New

At a House of Lords hearing, witnesses cast doubt on stablecoins as mainstream money, backing strict Bank of England oversight and criticizing the "disastrous" US GENIUS Act for l...

Big Tech Faces the AI Innovator’s Dilemma.

Big Tech Faces the AI Innovator’s Dilemma.

PYMNTS · Feb 4, 2026 New

Smith Corona was once the king of written communications. For most of the twentieth century, the sound of work and study in America was the clickety‑clack of typewriter keys in of...

Pagliuca: AI Marks Turning Point for SaaS Investment

Pagliuca: AI Marks Turning Point for SaaS Investment

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026

The fear of AI disruption in software is not just rocking equity markets, it's also hitting software firm's debt and pushing their bonds and loans into distressed territory. PagsG...

Bitcoin-Led Crypto Rout Continues

Bitcoin-Led Crypto Rout Continues

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026

Almost half a trillion dollars has been wiped off cryptocurrencies in less than a week as a selloff led by Bitcoin accelerated. The declines follow a volatile week across global m...

Tech Exchange

Tech Exchange

Financial Times - Technology · Feb 4, 2026

This series features conversations between FT journalists and the technology industry’s leaders, innovators, and thinkers. In the latest instalment, Chinese AI pioneer Kai-Fu Lee ...

Asian Markets React as Traders Dump Software Stocks

Asian Markets React as Traders Dump Software Stocks

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 4, 2026

Traders have become been skeptical about software stocks due to fears about the potential destruction to be wrought by artificial intelligence. Bloomberg's Annabelle Droulers brea...

Adobe actually won’t discontinue Animate

Adobe actually won’t discontinue Animate

The Verge · Feb 3, 2026

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 di...

Broadening Out of AI Trade Still Happening: Pandit

Broadening Out of AI Trade Still Happening: Pandit

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

Meera Pandit, Global Market Strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, discusses cyclical rotation in equities and opportunities in international markets. She speaks to Bloomberg's ...

Google Search Ruling to be Appealed by DOJ, States

Google Search Ruling to be Appealed by DOJ, States

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

The US Justice Department and a group of states will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that imposed only modest limits on Alphabet Inc.’s Google contracts related to its search engi...

See 'Sellers' Virus' In Crypto Market: Novogratz

See 'Sellers' Virus' In Crypto Market: Novogratz

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

Galaxy Digital's CEO Mike Novogratz tells Bloomberg that Bitcoin’s recent pullback reflects what he calls a "seller’s virus," driven by widespread profit-taking. Novogratz adds th...

Novogratz on Crypto Legislation, Prediction Markets

Novogratz on Crypto Legislation, Prediction Markets

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

Michael Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital discusses crypto legislation, prediction markets, and sports betting. He speaks with Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg...

Automate tasks with the Codex app

Automate tasks with the Codex app

OpenAI YouTube · Feb 3, 2026

Andrew from the Codex engineering team shows how he uses automations in the Codex app to take care of the least fun parts of his job. In this walkthrough, you'll see automations t...

PayPal Plunges After CEO Announcement, Profit Miss

PayPal Plunges After CEO Announcement, Profit Miss

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

PayPal Holdings Inc. said HP Inc. Chief Executive Officer Enrique Lores will take the top job from Alex Chriss, whose turnaround plan failed to meet targets and streamline the spr...

Novogratz Sees a 'Sellers' Virus' in the Crypto Market

Novogratz Sees a 'Sellers' Virus' in the Crypto Market

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

"Bitcoin was not supposed to act like this," Michael Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital, says while discussing the ongoing downturn in crypto markets, noting Bitcoin’s d...

Comparing China's AI Developers to Those in the US

Comparing China's AI Developers to Those in the US

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Shuli Ren discusses developments in AI in China as compared to the US at a subscriber event held in Hong Kong on Sept. 18, 2025. (Source: Bloomberg)

Private Credit's Software Shock

Private Credit's Software Shock

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

Dan Zwirn, Founder, CEO and CIO at Arena Investors discusses the outlook for private credit as concerns grow about the sector's exposure to software amid the AI buildout. (Source:...

Millions of books died so Claude could live

Millions of books died so Claude could live

The Verge · Feb 3, 2026

When ChatGPT launched, in November of 2022, it started a race that almost immediately consumed the tech industry. OpenAI didn't invent the concept of AI, but most of the state-of-...

PayPal Names New CEO as Profit Misses Targets

PayPal Names New CEO as Profit Misses Targets

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 3, 2026

PayPal Holdings said HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores will take the top job from Alex Chriss, whose turnaround plan failed to meet targets. Paige Smith reports on "Bloomberg Open Interes...

Agent-Only Social Media Is Here

Agent-Only Social Media Is Here

PYMNTS · Feb 3, 2026

No, this is not a scene from “Black Mirror.” A few days after the open-source AI agent OpenClaw exploded across developer forums and social media, a new experiment quietly took sh...

Real-world assets don’t need new gatekeepers

Real-world assets don’t need new gatekeepers

Cointelegraph · Feb 3, 2026

Permissioned blockchains and centralized layer 2s rebuild intermediaries for tokenized assets. Based rollups inherit Ethereum security while enabling compliance.

The Sora feed philosophy

The Sora feed philosophy

OpenAI News · Feb 2, 2026

Discover the Sora feed philosophy—built to spark creativity, foster connections, and keep experiences safe with personalized recommendations, parental controls, and strong guardra...

Adobe Animate is shutting down next month

Adobe Animate is shutting down next month

The Verge · Feb 2, 2026

Adobe is pulling the plug on Adobe Animate. In a FAQ posted to Adobe's website, the company says it will stop selling the animation software on March 1st, citing the emergence of ...

Palantir Valuation Doesn't Make Sense, Brent Thill Says

Palantir Valuation Doesn't Make Sense, Brent Thill Says

Bloomberg Technology · Feb 2, 2026

Brent Thill, Jefferies software and Internet research tech sector leader, says Palantir Technologies is fundamentally in a great spot on "Bloomberg The Close." Palantir forecast r...

Introducing the Codex app

Introducing the Codex app

OpenAI YouTube · Feb 2, 2026

The Codex app is a powerful command center for building with agents. • Multitask effortlessly: Work with multiple agents in parallel and keep agent changes isolated with worktrees...

Ripple OK’d for a EU Electronic Money License

Ripple OK’d for a EU Electronic Money License

PYMNTS · Feb 2, 2026

Ripple, a provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions for the finance sector, received Monday (Feb. 2) full approval for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from L...

U.S. Bank Debuts Small Business-Focused Visa Card

U.S. Bank Debuts Small Business-Focused Visa Card

PYMNTS · Feb 2, 2026

U.S. Bank has introduced a Visa-backed credit card designed for small business owners. The U.S. Bank Business Shield Visa Card, announced Monday (Feb. 2) in a news release provide...

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