TECH
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
Hands-on with Bee, Amazon’s latest AI wearable
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . January 13, 2026
In early tests with a review unit of Bee, we found the device itself was easy to use. It’s just a press of a button
Governments grapple with the flood of non-consensual nudity on X
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . January 8, 2026
For the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images, created by the Grok AI chatbot. An alarming range of women have
Can a social app fix the ‘terrible devastation’ of social media?
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . January 4, 2026
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have raised new funding for their social media startup West Co. The startup launched an invite-only
Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . October 11, 2025
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost one of its co-founders to Meta. The Wall Street Journal
Wall Street analysts explain how AMD’s own stock will pay for OpenAI’s billions in chip purchases
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . October 7, 2025
After AMD and OpenAI announced an expanded partnership on Monday, the chatter immediately turned to the unusual way OpenAI would pay for its AMD purchases. It will use AMD’s own stock to
What to expect at OpenAI’s DevDay 2025, and how to watch it
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . October 3, 2025
OpenAI is gearing up to host its third annual developer conference, DevDay 2025, on Monday. The company says more than 1,500 people are scheduled to
DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . September 29, 2025
DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple
Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli military unit over Palestinian surveillance
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . September 25, 2025
Microsoft has cut off the Israel Ministry of Defense’s access to some of its tech and services after an internal investigation found the organization appeared to be using its tech to store surveillance data on phone calls
Trump says Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch might invest in TikTok deal
- By IOWA DIGITAL NEWS
- . September 21, 2025
The Trump administration has been talking up a potential TikTok deal this weekend, with President Donald Trump telling Fox News on Sunday that Rupert Murdoch