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Sources: Alphabet plans a new complex in Bengaluru, India, which can accommodate up to 20K extra staff, amid US visa restrictions and proposed H-1B fee hikes (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: Alphabet plans a new complex in Bengaluru, India, which can accommodate up to 20K extra staff, amid US visa restrictions and proposed H-1B fee hikes  —  Alphabet Inc. is plotting to dramatically expand its presence in India, with the possibility of taking millions of square feet …

The best deals on MacBooks right now

Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series processors in a wide range of sizes and price points, all of which run the company’s newest operating system, macOS 26. Purchasing a new MacBook can be complicated if you’re trying to figure out what specs you need, but finding a deal on a relatively speedy […]

Apptopia: ChatGPT's US market share fell from 69.1% to 45.3% between Jan. 2025 and Jan. 2026; Gemini rose from 14.7% to 25.1%, Grok rose from 1.6% to 15.2% (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Apptopia: ChatGPT's US market share fell from 69.1% to 45.3% between Jan. 2025 and Jan. 2026; Gemini rose from 14.7% to 25.1%, Grok rose from 1.6% to 15.2%  —  Google, Grok are gaining ground on ChatGPT as the chatbot market expands.  —  ∙ Paid  —  OpenAI's rivals are cutting into ChatGPT's lead.

Are Michael Peña or Zazie Beetz in Avengers: Doomsday? We asked the MCU actors if they'd return

Michael Peña and Zazie Beetz discuss the possibility of reprising their Marvel roles as Ant-Man's Luis and Deadpool's Domino.

Lotus Health, which uses AI to offer free, 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35M Series A led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins, taking its funding to $41M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Lotus Health, which uses AI to offer free, 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35M Series A led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins, taking its funding to $41M  —  A growing number of people are asking OpenAI's ChatGPT and other LLMs about their health, often discovering that the chatbots provide remarkably useful medical insights.