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From Techmeme: Google now offers two research agents: Deep Research, replacing its December preview release, and Deep Research Max, both available via Gemini API paid tiers (The Keyword)

From Techmeme: Reliable Robotics, which is developing autonomous aircraft systems for cargo flights, raised $160M led by Nimble Partners, pushing its valuation to ~$1B (Cailley LaPara/Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: Adobe announces a $25B stock repurchase program through April 30, 2030; Adobe shares have fallen around 30% so far this year (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)

From memeorandum: Rick Scott holds up Coast Guard promotions (Jordain Carney/Politico)

From memeorandum: Former Capitol police officer sues Blaze Media over pipe bomb allegation (Politico)

From memeorandum: U.S. Considers Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E. (Alan Rappeport/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Elite law firm Sullivan & Cromwell admits to AI 'hallucinations' (Financial Times)

From memeorandum: US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations (CNN)

From memeorandum: Biden FBI investigated GOP lawmakers who gave constituent tours before Jan. 6 (Kaelan Deese/Washington Examiner)

From memeorandum: Tucker Carlson says he will be 'tormented' for 'a long time' over his support for Trump (Megan Lebowitz/NBC News)

From memeorandum: 'If my people': Here's why the Bible passage Trump will read aloud is so potent and polarizing (Peter Smith/Associated Press)

From memeorandum: Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo (New York Times)

From memeorandum: Kennedy Refuses to Commit to Backing New C.D.C. Director on Vaccines (New York Times)

From memeorandum: Indicted Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick refuses to resign as expulsion vote looms (Adam Pack/Fox News)

From memeorandum: 2 CIA officers killed in Mexico vehicle crash after counterdrug operation, AP sources say (Associated Press)

From memeorandum: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress just minutes before House Ethics Committee was to sanction Florida Dem (Josh Christenson/New York Post)

From Techmeme: The US DOJ says a former ransomware negotiator pleaded guilty to helping cybercriminals extort companies in cyberattacks in five different incidents (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

From Techmeme: Roblox reaches settlements totaling $35.8M with the AGs of West Virginia, Alabama, and Nevada over child-safety protections (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: An interview with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman on OpenAI's restructuring, cutting Sora, "personal AGI", Anthropic's "fear-based marketing" for Mythos, and more (Core Memory)

From Techmeme: Core Scientific plans to raise $3.3B via a junk bond sale to finance its shift from crypto mining to building AI data centers and leasing them to CoreWeave (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)