Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily:
Affirm reports Q2 revenue up 30% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.06B est., GMV up 36% to $13.8B, and forecasts Q3 revenue slightly above est.; AFRM drops 6%+ after hours  —  Consumer financing firm Affirm Holdings (AFRM) reported fiscal second quarter earnings and revenue that topped consensus estimates.

Hayden Field / The Verge:
Interviews with Anthropic executives and other tech industry leaders and engineers about Claude Code's success, which some say has been a long time coming  —  Boris Cherny gets recognized in public relatively often.  At the bar, at the airport, and in generally any public space …

Created by The Last of Us' writer Craig Mazin, HBO's Baldur's Gate show will feature both old and new characters.

HBO is developing a Baldur's Gate TV show that will continue the story of Larian Studios' hit RPG Baldur's Gate 3, according to Deadline. The Last Of Us co-creator Craig Mazin will serve as the show's creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner. While it's set to feature new protagonists, the plan is for existing characters […]

Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Strategy reports Q4 net loss grew to $12.4B from $671M a year earlier, as BTC trades below its ~$76K average purchase price; MSTR is down 68% in the past year  —  Shares of the bitcoin-stockpiling company have fallen sharply since crypto prices touched all-time highs in October