Global venture investment hit a record $189B in February, up 780% YoY, amid the AI boom; 83% of the month's total went to OpenAI, Waymo, and Anthropic (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/record-setting-global-…
Crunchyroll is raising its US prices by $2 per month; the cheapest tier gets its first price increase since 2019 and now offers offline downloads on one device (Isaac Rouse/Polygon.com)
https://www.polygon.com/crunchyroll-subscription-price-increase-2026/
“Gaza’s total population ‘fell by about 254,000 people, a 10.6% decline compared with pre-conflict estimates’, the research notes.”
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb/02/more-than-100000-civilians-killed-war-crimes-out-of-co…
Acupuncture for Rescued Elephants Provides Relief from Chronic Pain and Nerve Damage in India Care Center https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/acupuncture-for-rescued-elephants-provides-relief-from-chronic-pain-a…
"Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds"
#Oceans #Environment
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PositiveVibrations
Chronixx:
🎵 Here Comes Trouble
#Chronixx
https://ideacitymusic.bandcamp.com/track/chronixx-here-comes-trouble
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Wwr2S7QZTR5PVJn6jhgdk
More about the scary significance of the Carrington Event on the Sun:
https://geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/carrington.html
Crunchyroll is raising its US prices by $2 per month; the cheapest tier gets its first price increase since 2019 and now offers offline downloads on one device (Isaac Rouse/Polygon.com)
https://www.polygon.com/crunchyroll-subscription-price-increase-2026/
A Q&A with Houston Chronicle executives and local creator Shawn Singh on partnering with creators, who the outlet sees as "freelancers for the digital age" (Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/same-val