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Techmeme - 2026-02-19T11:21:59-05:00

Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Pro, which it says is "a step forward in core reasoning", for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers; the .1 increment is a first for Google (Abner Li/9to5Google) - 2026-02-19T11:21:23-05:00

Ownwell, which uses AI to let homeowners appeal property taxes, raised a $30M Series B, bringing its total funding to $54M; it also raised $20M in debt (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) - 2026-02-19T10:55:17-05:00

ZaiNar, a developer of a GPS alternative that uses Wi-Fi and 5G to provide location data, raised $10M at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $100M (Katie Roof/The Information) - 2026-02-19T10:45:01-05:00

West Virginia's AG sues Apple for allegedly violating consumer protection law by not implementing tools like PhotoDNA to detect CSAM stored and shared on iCloud (Kalley Huang/New York Times) - 2026-02-19T10:35:10-05:00

FreeForm, which is building an AI native 3D printing system that uses 18 lasers to fuse metal powders into precision components, raised a $67M Series B (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch) - 2026-02-19T10:20:08-05:00

Amsterdam-based Stacks, which builds AI software to automate accounting workflows, raised a $23M Series A led by Lightspeed, after a €10M seed in 2025 (Ryan Lawler/Axios) - 2026-02-19T08:55:07-05:00

ByteDance is currently hiring for nearly 100 US-based roles within its Seed AI team across San Jose, LA, and Seattle to develop LLMs, drug discovery, and more (Alexandra S. Levine/Bloomberg) - 2026-02-19T08:25:08-05:00

Mobile gaming company Scopely buys a majority stake in Istanbul-based studio Loom, maker of puzzle game Pixel Flow!; a source says the deal values Loom at $1B+ (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter) - 2026-02-19T08:15:00-05:00

Klarna reports Q4 revenue up 38% YoY to $1.08B and a $26M net loss, down from a $40M net profit in Q4 2024; KLAR is down 66%+ since its September 2025 NYSE IPO (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times) - 2026-02-19T08:05:02-05:00

Amazon dethrones Walmart as the world's largest company by revenue, reporting $717B in 2025 sales, compared to Walmart's $713.2B for the 12 months to January 31 (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg) - 2026-02-19T07:30:00-05:00

Sources and docs: the US "effectively gutted" the Internet Freedom program that dispensed $500M+ since 2016 to help build tech to evade state internet controls (Aisha Down/The Guardian) - 2026-02-19T07:20:00-05:00

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is on an apology tour to quell an outcry over privacy concerns after Ring's Super Bowl Search Party ad, calling it a "perfect storm" (Jordyn Holman/New York Times) - 2026-02-19T07:10:04-05:00

Atlassian's founders lost ~$7.2B in wealth in 2026, behind AppLovin's three founders, amid a SaaS rout; TEAM is down 45%+ YTD, the Nasdaq 100's worst performer (Bloomberg) - 2026-02-19T06:50:02-05:00

Sources: Uber is moving to bar drivers with convictions for violent felonies, sexual offenses, and child or elder abuse, after an NYT report in December 2025 (Emily Steel/New York Times) - 2026-02-19T06:35:03-05:00

Book extract: ex-Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton recounts his role in sparking North Korea's 2014 hack, one of the worst cyberattacks in corporate history (Michael Lynton/Wall Street Journal) - 2026-02-19T06:20:01-05:00