Sunday, February 1, 2026

India to exempt foreign companies from being taxed when providing equipment to their contract manufacturers in the country, a rule change Apple lobbied for (Reuters)

Reuters:
India to exempt foreign companies from being taxed when providing equipment to their contract manufacturers in the country, a rule change Apple lobbied for  —  India's government on Sunday handed a major win to Apple (AAPL.O) by allowing foreign companies to provide machines …



Inside Physical Intelligence, a startup co-founded by Stripe veteran Lachy Groom that is building general-purpose robotic foundation models and has raised $1B+ (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
Inside Physical Intelligence, a startup co-founded by Stripe veteran Lachy Groom that is building general-purpose robotic foundation models and has raised $1B+  —  From the street, the only indication I've found Physical Intelligence's headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol that's …



A look at iOS 26's call-screening feature, which some say is like having an assistant to filter out unwanted calls, as some complain it makes them miss calls (Andrew Zucker/Wall Street Journal)

Andrew Zucker / Wall Street Journal:
A look at iOS 26's call-screening feature, which some say is like having an assistant to filter out unwanted calls, as some complain it makes them miss calls  —  Thanks to a new iPhone feature, everyone now has an executive assistant in their pocket to filter unwanted calls



TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 and the most in three years, with listings up about 2x since mid-2023 (Alistair Barr/Business Insider)

Alistair Barr / Business Insider : TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 and the most in...