Google and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon removal competitor In Brief Posted: 12:26 PM PST · February 6, 2026 Image Credits:Wayne Hutchinson/Farm Images/Universal Images / Getty Images Carbon removal startup Terradot is acquiring competitor Eion, the two companies announced today. The sale was driven largely by big investors...

My Favorite Galaxy S26 Ultra Feature Comes With a Side of Paranoia Samsung's new top-of-the-line phone packs upgrades to the camera and battery, but here's what I've loved using so far. Abrar Al-Heeti Senior Technology Reporter Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, internet trends, entertainment, pop culture and digital accessibility. In addition to...

Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate Different AI labs have different priorities. OpenAI has traditionally focused on consumer users, for instance, while its rival Anthropic tends to target enterprises. Elon Musk’s xAI, we discovered recently, has been placing particular emphasis on video-game walkthroughs. On Friday, Business Insider’s Grace...

Canada dispatches senior officials to open Greenland consulateNadine YousifSenior Canada reporterGetty ImagesPrior to the opening of the Canadian consulate, only Iceland and the United States had a full diplomatic presence in Greenland. Canada is set to open its first diplomatic outpost in Greenland in a significant show of solidarity following US President Donald Trump's threats to take...

Google, Accel India accelerator choses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’ Many artificial intelligence startup ideas are still little more than superficial “wrappers” built on top of existing models. But as the AI model makers add more features, investors are wary of startups that could become so easily unnecessary. Case in point: when reviewing more 4,000 applications for the joint AI...