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Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . February 22, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI’s environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express. For one thing,
Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . February 18, 2026
A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of
Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . February 14, 2026
Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent is now handling roughly a third of its customer support issues in North America, and it’s preparing to roll
Waymo is testing driverless robotaxis in Nashville
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . February 10, 2026
Waymo has pulled the human safety driver from its autonomous test vehicles in Nashville, as the Alphabet-owned company moves closer to launching a robotaxi service
Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . February 6, 2026
People without coding backgrounds are discovering that they can build their own custom apps using so-called vibe coding — solutions like Lovable that turn plain-language
AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’? | TechCrunch
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . February 2, 2026
How many of the companies with recent layoffs are truly adapting their workforces to the efficiencies and challenges of artificial intelligence? And how many of
Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . January 29, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start to see new AI models and products from the company in a matter of months. “In 2025, we
Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . January 25, 2026
If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone. The official status dashboard for Google Workspace suggests that the issues
One-time hot insurance tech Ethos poised to be first tech IPO of the year
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . January 21, 2026
Ethos Technologies has priced its initial public offering and the expectation is that it will go public on Thursday, making it one of the first
AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . January 17, 2026
Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep