MrBeast employee alleges she was harassed for years and fired after maternity leave in a new lawsuit

A former Beast Industries employee is suing MrBeast’s media production company after she was allegedly fired from her social ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas Tech regents unexpectedly take no public action on what can be taught on race, gender

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Fast Company

The most innovative defense tech companies of 2026

Silicon Valley was seeded with giant military contracts, but it’s taken three decades for the tech sector and the Pentagon to really rekindle their complicated love affair. Today, defense tech is ...
KUOW

From software engineer to bus driver: Where laid off tech workers are now

About nine thousand tech workers in the Seattle area have lost their jobs in the past year. That could be nine thousand people competing for a shrinking pool of tech jobs. This year started off with ...
The Chronicle

Duke, Durham Tech launch guaranteed transfer pathway for engineering students

The Duke community might just be getting a little bigger. The University is close to finalizing an agreement with Durham Technical Community College to guarantee admission into the Pratt School of ...
GeekWire

Tech Moves: Code.org has a new leader; Synapse vet joins Amazon; ex-Tableau CEO lands at Code Metal

Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: [email protected] by Kurt Schlosser on Feb 20, 2026 at 12:00 pm February 20, 2026 at 11 ...
Democracy Now

“Predatory Tech”: Silicon Valley on Trial in Landmark Youth Social Media Addiction Case

Meta — the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram — and Google are on trial in Los Angeles following a lawsuit accusing them of fueling and profiting from addictive behaviors ...
PBS

Landmark trial accusing tech giants of harming children with addictive social media begins

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening ...
The Verge

MrBeast just bought a banking app

Beast Industries has acquired Step, a finance app aimed at Gen-Z and Gen Alpha. Beast Industries has acquired Step, a finance app aimed at Gen-Z and Gen Alpha. is a news writer covering all things ...
TechCrunch

MrBeast’s company buys Gen Z-focused fintech app Step

YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app. Step, which raised half a billion in funding and has grown to over 7 ...
OPB

DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE

John Moore / Getty Images In Portland, Ore., Brittany Trahan started buying DVDs rather than paying for Netflix and Apple TV, while Lisa Shannon has been relying on public transit instead of taking an ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas Tech struggles with new rules that changed what students learn about race, gender, sexuality

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