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Canada-based legaltech company Clio raised a $500M Series G at a $5B valuation, along with $350M in debt, and says it has completed its $1B vLex acquisition (Josh Scott/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/clio-secures-500-million-usd-series-g-as-it-comple…

Clio secures $500-million USD Series G as it completes vLex acquisition | BetaKit
BC legaltech firm nabs $5-billion valuation plus $350 million in debt to help close deal.

The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA).
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/pres…

FTC Reminds Data Brokers of Their Obligations to Comply with PADFAA
The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA).

from my link log —
Modern CI is too complex and misdirected.
https://gregoryszorc.com/blog/2021/04/07/modern-ci-is-too-complex-and-misdirected/
saved 2026-02-09

#Java UI in 2026: The Complete Guide
https://robintegg.com/2026/02/08/java-ui-in-2026-the-complete-guide.html

Ukrainian ombudsman gets over 6,000 complaints against enlistment officers in 2025 — 333 times more than at all-out war's start: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/09/ukrainian-ombudsman-gets-over-complaints.html

Today in bad tech journalism: "AI agents" generating a C compiler.
They didn't though. They created a piece of it that didn't work properly (because LLMs are trained on a lot of C compiler code).
(Original title: Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler)

Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.

Vrabel: Pats to keep embattled Campbell at LT https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47888582/mike-vrabel-patriots-keep-campbell-left-tackle

Databricks raised $5B in funding and $2B in new debt at a $134B valuation and says its annualized revenue exceeded $5.4B for the January quarter, up 65% YoY (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/databricks-completes-5-bil…

Databricks completes $5 billion funding round at $134 billion valuation
Databricks is prepared to go public "when the time is right," CEO and co-founder Ali Ghodsi told CNBC in an interview.

Complete failure of the Russians on the Pokrovsk front! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/10/complete-failure-of-the-russians.html

Patriots rookie first-round LT Will Campbell allows NFL season-worst 14 pressures in Super Bowl loss https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-rookie-will-campbell-allows-nfl-worst-14-pressures-in-super-bowl-loss