Tootfinder

Reco, which makes AI agents that monitor SaaS environments for threats, raised a $30M Series B led by Zeev Ventures, bringing its total funding to $85M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hk42i2ddbg

Reco raises $30 million Series B to secure AI SaaS adoption across enterprises
The funding aims to expand platform reach amid rising Shadow AI usage and regulatory scrutiny. 

Tsunami-Wellen neu verstanden: Nasa-Satellit liefert präzise Daten
Ein Nasa-Satellit hat erstmals eine Tsunami-Welle detailliert erfasst. Die Ergebnisse überraschen Forschende und könnten Tsunami-Warnungen präziser machen.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Shamen:
🎵 Hyperreal (Orbit)
#TheShamen
https://oliarchives.bandcamp.com/track/hyperreal-selector
https://open.spotify.com/track/3mc8r3eyDV83Xz42bjkN3r

OpenAI says it has started testing ads in ChatGPT in the US for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go tiers and that the ads do not change ChatGPT answers (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt/

OpenAI says ads in ChatGPT are not eligible to appear near "sensitive or regulated topics like health, mental health or politics" (Madison Mills/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/09/chatgpt-ads-testing-go-free

OpenAI tests ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI says it is starting to test ads for its Free and Go subscription tiers.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
🎵 If 6 Was 9
#TheJimiHendrixExperience
https://open.spotify.com/track/0J3CHAStO3pNGTnYnxKZod

Shares of Monday.com plunge 20% after the company issued weak Q1 guidance, as it battles rising pressure from agentic AI tools (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/monday-com-stock-ai-software.html

Monday.com drops 19% as AI disruption fears mount in software
Software companies are facing mounting pressure from disruptive AI tools threatening to replace them.

Chinese humanoid robotics companies dominated CES 2026, but a wide gap remains between choreographed demonstrations and real-world deployment (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete, are forcing web developers to rethink whether they are designing websites for humans or for robots (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

TTP: Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store host dozens of apps linked to US-sanctioned foreign companies; Google removed 17 apps and Apple removed 35 (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

Blacklisted foreign companies persist in app stores, defying U.S. sanctions
U.S. tech giants Apple and Google are hosting apps from blacklisted foreign organizations, defying Treasury Department sanctions.