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Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . May 13, 2026
Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves a patient
Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . May 9, 2026
As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the employees cut that day told
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy to raise up to $1.3B in IPO
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . May 5, 2026
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy said Monday it hopes to raise up to $1.3 billion in its initial public offering. The company would be valued at
As Tim Cook steps down, Apple hit record sales — but a chip shortage looms
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . May 1, 2026
Apple reported a record quarter on Thursday. Yet outgoing CEO Tim Cook warned of some gathering storm clouds in the form of memory chip supply
The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world . . . will probably read this book and try even harder
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . April 27, 2026
Theo Baker is graduating from Stanford this spring with something most seniors don’t have: a book deal, a George Polk Award that he received for
Tesla just increased its spending plan to $25 billion. Here’s where the money is going.
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . April 23, 2026
Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the company’s first-quarter earnings call with a monetary heads-up — or depending on the mindset of the investor, a
Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . April 19, 2026
Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company. The post says simply that “Robotaxi
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . April 15, 2026
Fluidstack, a startup that builds specialized data centers for AI companies, is in talks to raise a $1 billion round at an $18 billion valuation,
NASA Artemis II splashes down in Pacific Ocean in ‘perfect’ landing for Moon mission
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . April 11, 2026
After 10 days, the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft have returned to Earth, their mission around the Moon a success. Integrity, the name of
OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . April 7, 2026
A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The