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BBC

  1. MPs back plan to release Mandelson files after Labour anger forces climbdown
  2. Email appears to confirm Andrew and Virginia Giuffre photo is real
  3. Trump administration withdrawing 700 federal agents from Minnesota
  4. Murder arrest after student stabbed near De Montfort University campus
  5. Saturday Night Live reveals cast for new UK version
  6. What's happening and who to look out for as the Winter Olympics begin
  7. Tesco apologises after placing Welsh language signs in Cornish branch
  8. Palestine Action protesters cleared of burglary but may face retrial on some charges
  9. Man sentenced to life in prison for 2024 attempt on Trump's life
  10. Snooker's 'Mr Perfection' - John Virgo brought old-school charm to primetime TV
  11. Fears of new arms race as US-Russia nuclear weapons treaty due to expire
  12. Summer camp sex offender admits drugging wife
  13. Henry Zeffman: Dark mood among Labour MPs as PM tries to contain Mandelson scandal
  14. Andrew and Epstein asked exotic dancer for 'sex acts,' legal letter claims
  15. Details of Jeffrey Epstein post-mortem released in latest files
  16. Why did Andrew leave Windsor's Royal Lodge in such a hurry?
  17. 'I've never hit anything so hard': How one man fought off a shark in the Caribbean
  18. Inside Man City's rebuild and plan for life without Guardiola
  19. How plans for Trump International hotel in Belgrade unravelled
  20. The Muppet Show revival brings nostalgia and naughtiness, critics say
  21. Find out how your local hospital is doing on cancer waits
  22. Church fresco resembling Italian PM has face scrubbed out
  23. Nintendo Switch becomes gaming giant's best-selling console in history
  24. Mahmood defends immigration reforms amid Labour opposition
  25. Severe rail disruption continues after derailment in south-east London
  26. Beach huts worth £250k get buried in sand
  27. BBC News app
  28. Epstein Files: Police Launch Investigation Into Mandelson
  29. Children in Care: How to Fix the Fostering Crisis
  30. Mouat and Dodds get Team GB off to winning start
  31. A 'special' snooker player who became a TV star - John Virgo obituary
  32. 'The rebuild of myself' - Wilder opens up on mental health struggles
  33. Raducanu battles back from 5-0 down to beat Juvan
  34. Inside Man City's rebuild and plan for life without Guardiola

Bitcoin

Engadget

  1. Bipartisan SCAM Act would require online platforms to crack down on fraudulent ads
  2. The best digital frames for 2026
  3. Games Done Quick's Back to Black 2026 event kicks off tomorrow
  4. Roblox’s '4D' creation toolset is now available in open beta
  5. Overwatch will drop the '2' as Jetpack Cat and four other heroes arrive on February 10
  6. The best VPN deals: Up to 87 percent off ProtonVPN, Surfshark, ExpressVPN, NordVPN and more
  7. X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say
  8. You can pre-order the Pixel 10a on February 18
  9. ExpressVPN deal: Two-year plans are up to 81 percent off
  10. Anthropic says it won't bring ads to Claude, unlike rival ChatGPT
  11. The 11 best gifts under $25 for 2026
  12. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: Everything we're expecting from the S26 launch
  13. iPhone Fold rumors: Everything we know so far, including the leaked foldable design
  14. Presidents' Day sales 2026: The best tech deals from Apple, Sony, Roku and others
  15. Egypt to block Roblox for all users
  16. Alexa+ is now available nationwide, with a free text-based version for non-Prime members to try
  17. How to watch the 2026 Super Bowl: Patriots vs. Seahawks channel, where to stream, start time, and more
  18. iPad deal: Get $100 off the latest iPad mini right now
  19. Super Bowl 2026 TV deals: The best sales this week on OLEDs and other smart TVs ahead of the big game
  20. Pick up the Apple Watch Series 11 while it's $100 off
  21. Apple's iPhone Air MagSafe battery is cheaper than ever
  22. Apple AirTag (2026) review: Simply better
  23. Nintendo's first Direct showcase of 2026 is scheduled for February 5
  24. This 45W Anker Nano charger with smart display is on sale for only $30
  25. Sonos home theater gear is on sale for up to 20 percent off right now
  26. This 512GB Samsung P9 microSD Express card is on sale for 33 percent off
  27. How to set up an AirTag
  28. The best VR headsets for 2026
  29. How to buy a GPU in 2026
  30. AMD suggests the next-gen Xbox will arrive in 2027
  31. DOJ and states appeal Google monopoly ruling to push for harsher penalties against the company
  32. ChatGPT is back up after an outage disrupted use this afternoon
  33. Take-Two hit pause on the Switch 2 port of Borderlands 4
  34. X's Paris HQ raided by French prosecutors
  35. Apple just made Xcode better for vibe coding
  36. Obsidian has no plans to make The Outer Worlds 3, likely due to poor sales
  37. Fitbit founders launch Luffu, a way to integrate your family's health data
  38. Sony's WH-1000XM6 headphones are down to a record-low price
  39. The best gifts for coffee lovers in 2026
  40. How much do VPNs cost?
  41. Disney announces Josh D’Amaro will be its new CEO after Iger departs
  42. February’s Xbox Game Pass additions include High on Life 2, Madden NFL 26 and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
  43. The Dyson PencilVac is finally available and costs $600
  44. MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ review: An ultraportable for Arc Raiders, thanks to Intel's Panther Lake
  45. The first BTS concert in over three years will stream live on Netflix in March
  46. Notepad++ says it was hijacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers
  47. Spain set to ban social media for children under 16
  48. Amazon's Echo Show 8 and 11 are down to new all-time lows
  49. Mario Tennis Fever preview: A racket-smashing blast
  50. The Switch 2's Virtual Boy is a tribute to Nintendo's wackiest console

Pinboard

  1. gavrielc/nanoclaw: My personal Claude assistant that runs in Apple containers. Lightweight, secure, and built to be understood and customized for your own needs. — My personal Claude assistant that runs in Apple containers. Lightweight, secure, and built to be understood and customized for your own needs. - gavrielc/nanoclaw
  2. Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog — What if your car worked like so many apps? You’re driving somewhere important…maybe running a little bit late. A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks: “How are you enjoying your drive so far?” Annoyed by the interruption, and even mor…
  3. Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing. - Martin Alderson
  4. NetBird - Zero configuration VPN for fast-moving teams — Golang製のVPN管理ソリューション。 "NetBird is an open-source VPN management platform built on top of WireGuard® making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home."
  5. moltbook - the front page of the agent internet
  6. [no title]
  7. Pi: The Minimal Agent Within OpenClaw | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
  8. Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
  9. What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent
  10. Pretty soon, heat pumps will be able to store and distribute heat as needed
  11. Favourite well-made apps and sites – Unsung
  12. AntiRender - See Through The Architectural BS
  13. Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers
  14. Neat Calendar — A minimalist, customizable calendar for effortless event scheduling and task management. Return for its intuitive interface and powerful features that streamline your daily organization.
  15. The Agent Skills Directory — Discover and install skills for AI agents.
  16. How to Scale a System from 0 to 10 million+ Users
  17. Poems | Data Visualizations
  18. Adventure Game Studio
  19. (1) Boris Cherny on X: "I'm Boris and I created Claude Code. I wanted to quickly share a few tips for using Claude Code, sourced directly from the Claude Code team. The way the team uses Claude is different than how I use it. Remember: there is no one rig
  20. Open Visualization Academy – A public online repository of knowledge about data visualization and information design
  21. Best gas masks | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/xEAMdgi
  22. A community organizer’s guide to Signal group chats | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/9ocGljs
  23. Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle – Dmitry Brant — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46849567 Mentions a 16-bit real mode disassembler called reco.
  24. OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant — * https://www.theverge.com/report/869004/moltbot-clawdbot-local-ai-agent * https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/viral-ai-assistant-moltbot-rapidly-gains-popularity-but-poses-security-risks/ * https://www.macstories.net/stories/clawdbot-showed-me-what-the-future-of-personal-ai-assistants-looks…
  25. Simon Willison TIL: Running OpenClaw in Docker
  26. Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples
  27. Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
  28. msgvault — New self-hosted email archive / search tool with a text UI and AI integration
  29. Hacking Moltbook: AI Social Network Reveals 1.5M API Keys | Wiz Blog
  30. depthfirst | 1-Click RCE To Steal Your Moltbot Data and Keys
  31. Please Don’t Say Mean Things about the AI That I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
  32. Kiki — 1. **集中力管理アプリ** - ポモドーロテクニックを進化させた、気が散りやすい人向けの生産性向上ツール 2. **強制的なブロック機能** - タスクに必要なアプリ/サイトのみを許可し、時間が終わるまで他のアプリを強制的にブロック(途中でキャンセル不可) 3. **料金** - 月額$4.99または年額$29.88で、Chrome/Safari対応
  33. CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo Gutierrez ID’d in Alex Pretti Shooting — ProPublica
  34. AGENTS.md outperforms skills in our agent evals - Vercel
  35. safe-now.live - emergency info on slow connections for usa and canada
  36. Ratchets in software development
  37. How I Taught My Neighbor to Keep the Volume Down
  38. I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works
  39. Beautiful Mermaid — Mermaid Rendering, Made Beautiful
  40. Text Behind Image Online | 100% free to use
  41. https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/2/introducing-the-codex-app/
  42. When will CSS Grid Lanes arrive? How long until we can use it? | WebKit
  43. Isometric NYC
  44. Best Of Moltbook — ...
  45. My (very) fast zero-allocation webserver using OxCaml
  46. Here's how Epstein broke the internet — His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy
  47. Home - The Retro Web — The Retro Web motherboard database, here you can find board photos, BIOS images, manuals and more!
  48. Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025 – Wiki Education — > Based on the discourse around AI hallucinations, we were expecting these articles to contain citations to sources that didn’t exist, but this wasn’t true: only 7% of the articles had fake sources. The rest had information cited to real, relevan…
  49. The Agentic AI Handbook: Production-Ready Patterns - Log - nibzard
  50. Sometimes Your Job is to Stay the Hell Out of the Way – Rands in Repose — Learn when to step back and empower your team, fostering growth and autonomy. Return for practical advice on effective delegation and building trust as a leader.
  51. A pedagogy of the inevitable — "Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of 'AI literacy' have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new technologies; the other seeks the critical literacies to interrogate — and when necessary refuse — …
  52. Tangible Media: A Historical Collection of Information Storage Technology
  53. 4x faster network file sync with rclone (vs rsync) - Jeff Geerling
  54. iPhone Developer Mode: Run your own apps using this switch | Cult of Mac — via Cult of Mac https://ift.tt/wXdmCVS
  55. forbes.com — OpenClaw is a breakthrough AI assistant. Moltbook, its new social network for agents, is a security catastrophe waiting to happen. Here's why you should avoid it.
  56. The largest number representable in 64 bits
  57. RentAHuman.ai - AI Agents Hire Humans for Physical Tasks — The marketplace where AI agents rent humans. MCP integration, REST API, flexible payments. Book humans for real-world tasks your AI can't do.
  58. Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why – On my Om — "Why does everyone feel overwhelmed by information? Why does it feel impossible to trust what passes through our streams? We tend to blame individual publications, specific platforms, or bad actors. The real answer has less to do with any single media entity and more wit…
  59. Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag — We first published Accessibility For Everyone with A Book Apart back in 2017. This means the book is now 9 years old. Accessibility best practices haven’t really changed, and you should still find this book valuable. However, some of the recommended tools might be outdated, job ti…
  60. pi-mono — Monorepo for pi packages: TUI library, agent framework, and pod management CLI
  62. Sandboxing AI agents in Linux — Senko Rašić — Like many developers, I find myself more and more using AI agents to help with software development. I currently use Claude Code, the co...
  63. Outsourcing thinking
  64. building isometric nyc
  65. The Everdeck: A Universal Card System – The Wrong Tools
  66. Five ways of thinking about Moltbook
  67. Try text scaling support in Chrome Canary
  68. ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
  69. Software Survival 3.0. I spent a lot of time writing software… | by Steve Yegge | Jan, 2026 | Medium
  70. Gas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale
  71. What’s up with all those equals signs anyway? – Random Thoughts — The Epstein emails were badly decoded. Which triggers flashbacks for me to a prior job, dealing with character translation mismatches across devices...
  72. Moltbook and the evolution of the "unrestricted personal digital assistant" — So funny to see the young people reuse the term "personal digital assistant". Will the acronym PDA return? Will historians be confused? Running this tech is very risky. "The amount of value people are unlocking right now by throwing caution to the…
  73. Introducing Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minis — Moltworker is a middleware Worker and adapted scripts that allows running Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) on Cloudflare's Sandbox SDK and our Developer Platform APIs. So you can self-host an AI personal assistant — without any new hardware.
  74. RageCheck — Detect Outrage Bait Patterns
  75. Library of Juggling - all of the popular (and perhaps not so popular) juggling tricks — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39601201
  76. International AI Safety Report 2026 | International AI Safety Report
  77. Memos — A lightweight, self-hosted memo hub. Open Source and Free forever. memos provides the privacy security and reliability that innovators need in their moments of inspiration.
  78. GitHub - openclaw/openclaw: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞 — via GitHub Public Timeline Feed
  79. Welcome to the Room | Jeffrey Snover's blog — A lesson in leadership by Satya Nadella
  80. [no title]
  81. Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon — In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. https://archive.ph/KO5zJ Google hadn’t provided him a copy of the subpoena, but it wasn’t …
  82. Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple — via Daring Fireball https://ift.tt/o3MAtCF
  83. From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface
  84. Introducing the Codex app | OpenAI
  85. You are being misled about renewable energy technology. - YouTube
  86. all things end (we begin again) - Catja - Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own] — Shane is packing for Tampa when he finds out the world has ended.
  87. 13 Feet Ladder - A site similar to 12ft.io but is self hosted and works with websites that 12ft.io doesn't work with — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41294067
  88. “the polycrisis of the 1600s gave birth to the Enlightenment”
  89. Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong - The Atlantic
  90. Waddle this way! The sign-making design genius who kept Britain’s drivers (and ducks) safe | Design | The Guardian
  91. The One Where I Announce I’m Stepping Back From Mac Power Users - 512 Pixels — via 512 Pixels https://512pixels.net/
  92. OpenClaw (a.k.a. Moltbot) is everywhere all at once, and a disaster waiting to happen — Not everything that is interesting is a good idea.
  93. Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025 - Ars Technica — 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...
  94. GitHub - zampierilucas/scx_horoscope: Astrological CPU Scheduler
  95. OpenClaw – Amazing Hands for a Brain That Doesn’t Yet Exist — an open-source, self-hosted agent runtime that lets AI systems reach out and touch the world through your laptop, connecting to file systems, browsers, APIs, shell commands, and a growing ecosystem of integrations.
  96. How can someone in midst of legal process to stay be deported? And other questions about America's confusing immigration laws | The Spokesman Review — President Donald Trump campaigned in 2024 on a promise to crack down on illegal border crossings and conduct a “mass deportation” of unauthorized immigrants unlike anything th…
  97. Algorithme de Grok : les locaux français de X perquisitionnés, Elon Musk convoqué en audition libre - France 24
  98. GitHub - google/langextract: A Python library for extracting structured information from unstructured text using LLMs with precise source grounding and interactive visualization.
  99. p2panda — @jasongreen @EthanZ @planetaryinc Yep. &&
  100. Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI (and X) | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/9ocGljs

The Next Web

  1. When the machines started talking to each other
  2. Snowflake and OpenAI forge $200M enterprise AI partnership
  3. SpaceX and xAI: A merger of ambition, optics, and unanswered questions
  4. OpenAI’s Codex app: When your IDE gets a brain
  5. Europe’s not-so-dry January: Unicorns and a new tech identity
  6. TNW Weekly Briefing
  7. Is G2 becoming too powerful for the software market?
  8. The rise of the always-on economy: subscriptions beyond streaming
  9. Apple buys “Silent Speech” AI startup for $2B, because talking is so 2025
  10. G2 bold move to reshape software discovery with major acquisition from Gartner

Smashing Magazine

  1. Combobox vs. Multiselect vs. Listbox: How To Choose The Right One
  2. Short Month, Big Ideas (February 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  3. Practical Use Of AI Coding Tools For The Responsible Developer
  4. Unstacking CSS Stacking Contexts
  5. Beyond Generative: The Rise Of Agentic AI And User-Centric Design
  6. Rethinking “Pixel Perfect” Web Design
  7. Smashing Animations Part 8: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour
  8. UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026
  9. Penpot Is Experimenting With MCP Servers For AI-Powered Design Workflows
  10. Pivoting Your Career Without Starting From Scratch
  11. Countdown To New Adventures (January 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  12. How To Design For (And With) Deaf People
  13. Giving Users A Voice Through Virtual Personas
  14. How To Measure The Impact Of Features
  15. Smashing Animations Part 7: Recreating Toon Text With CSS And SVG
  16. Accessible UX Research, eBook Now Available For Download
  17. State, Logic, And Native Power: CSS Wrapped 2025
  18. How UX Professionals Can Lead AI Strategy
  19. Beyond The Black Box: Practical XAI For UX Practitioners
  20. Masonry: Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore
  21. A Sparkle Of December Magic (2025 Wallpapers Edition)
  22. The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA
  23. Design System Culture: What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt)
  24. Designing For Stress And Emergency
  25. Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across Projects
  26. From Chaos To Clarity: Simplifying Server Management With AI And Automation
  27. CSS Gamepad API Visual Debugging With CSS Layers
  28. Older Tech In The Browser Stack
  29. Effectively Monitoring Web Performance
  30. Smashing Animations Part 6: Magnificent SVGs With `` And CSS Custom Properties
  31. Six Key Components of UX Strategy
  32. How To Leverage Component Variants In Penpot
  33. Fading Light And Falling Leaves (November 2025 Wallpapers Edition)
  34. JavaScript For Everyone: Iterators
  35. Ambient Animations In Web Design: Practical Applications (Part 2)
  36. AI In UX: Achieve More With Less
  37. How To Make Your UX Research Hard To Ignore
  38. The Grayscale Problem
  39. Smashing Animations Part 5: Building Adaptive SVGs With ``, ``, And CSS Media Queries
  40. Intent Prototyping: A Practical Guide To Building With Clarity (Part 2)

Wirecutter

  1. The Best Portable Wheelchair Ramps
  2. Do Your Hands Stink Like Garlic After Cooking? Use a Spoon to ‘Wash’ Them.
  3. The Best Exercise Bikes
  4. The Best Instant Photo Printer
  5. The Best Infant Car Seats
  6. The Best Outdoor Security Camera
  7. This Blanket Keeps Me Cool Through Even the Hottest Texas Summers
  8. We Broke Up. I Reordered My Old Mattress.
  9. Need a New TV for Your Super Bowl Party? Several of Our Favorites Are on Sale.
  10. We Have Exclusive Discounts on Some of Wirecutter’s Favorite Valentine’s Day Gifts, From Stylish Flowers to Slinky Sleepwear

Sweethome

  1. Can This Dual Showerhead Help Couples Shower Together Comfortably?
  2. The Best Mattresses for 2026
  3. Our Favorite Trinket Trays
  4. The Best Outdoor Security Camera
  5. We Broke Up. I Reordered My Old Mattress.
  6. The Best Washing Machines (and Their Matching Dryers)
  7. For $25, My Bedroom Feels Like a Spa Nestled in the European Countryside
  8. The Best Rug Pads
  9. The Best Online Framing Services
  10. Our Favorite Printed Sheets

Hacker News

  1. Voxtral Transcribe 2
  2. Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain
  3. Claude Code: connect to a local model when your quota runs out
  4. Building a 24-bit arcade CRT display adapter from scratch
  5. Attention at Constant Cost per Token via Symmetry-Aware Taylor Approximation
  6. AI is killing B2B SaaS
  7. Tractor
  8. Claude Code for Infrastructure
  9. Arcan-A12: Weaving a Different Web
  10. RS-SDK: Drive RuneScape with Claude Code
  11. A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw
  12. How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post
  13. Study: emotional support from social media found to reduce anxiety
  14. Converge (YC S23) Is Hiring Product Engineers (NYC, In-Person)
  15. Coding Agent VMs on NixOS with Microvm.nix
  16. Claude Is a Space to Think
  17. Technocracy 2.0
  18. A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs
  19. Show HN: Ghidra MCP Server – 110 tools for AI-assisted reverse engineering
  20. Old Insurance Maps – Georeferencing Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps on Modern Maps
  21. Turn any website into a live, structured data feed
  22. No More Hidden Changes: How MySQL 9.6 Transforms Foreign Key Management
  23. Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025
  24. Show HN: Interactive California Budget (By Claude Code)
  25. FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
  26. Show HN: SymDerive – A functional, stateless symbolic math library
  27. Data centers in space makes no sense
  28. Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections
  29. Brazilian Micro-SaaS Map
  30. High-Altitude Adventure with a DIY Pico Balloon

Ars Technica

  1. Trump admin is "destroying medical research," Senate report finds
  2. "Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters
  3. User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app
  4. Russian spy satellites have intercepted EU communications satellites
  5. NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room with the SLS rocket
  6. So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it
  7. Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive 
  8. Godlike Titan threatens humanity in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 trailer
  9. Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished
  10. Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy
  11. X office raided in France's Grok probe; Elon Musk summoned for questioning
  12. Nintendo Switch is the second-bestselling game console ever, behind only the PS2
  13. Google court filings suggest ChromeOS has an expiration date
  14. Xcode 26.3 adds support for Claude, Codex, and other agentic tools via MCP
  15. Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"
  16. Upset at reports that he'd given up, Trump now wants $1B from Harvard
  17. China bans all retractable car door handles, starting next year
  18. Senior staff departing OpenAI as firm prioritizes ChatGPT development
  19. The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
  20. Unable to tame hydrogen leaks, NASA delays launch of Artemis II until March

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New Scientist

  1. Nasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain
  2. Psychedelic causes similar brain state in spiritual lama as meditation
  3. Why is childbirth so hard for humans – and is it getting even harder?
  4. A social network for AI looks disturbing, but it's not what you think
  5. Record-breaking quantum simulator could unlock new materials
  6. Forever chemical TFA has tripled due to ozone-preserving refrigerants
  7. Treating cancer before 3pm could help patients live longer
  8. How to live a meaningful life, according to science
  9. Dutch air force reads pilots' brainwaves to make training harder
  10. The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm
  11. Nobel laureate says he'll build world’s most powerful quantum computer
  12. Why did SpaceX just apply to launch 1 million satellites?
  13. Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area
  14. Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell
  15. Melatonin gummies as sleep aids for children: What are the risks?
  16. A huge cloud of dark matter may be lurking near our solar system
  17. The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing
  18. It would be a mistake to rush into an under-16 social media ban
  19. Why people can have Alzheimer's-related brain damage but no symptoms
  20. CRISPR grapefruit without the bitterness are now in development
  21. Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world
  22. The best new popular science books of February 2026
  23. Bored of snakes and ladders? Some maths can help bring back the fun
  24. Ancient humans were seafaring far earlier than we realised
  25. A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea
  26. The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it
  27. Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?
  28. Elon Musk is making a big bet on his future vision – will it work?
  29. Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain
  30. The best new science fiction books of February 2026
  31. How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just 7 years
  32. Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions
  33. Read an extract from Juice by Tim Winton
  34. Tim Winton: 'Sometimes I think we use the word dystopia as an opiate'
  35. New Scientist recommends pioneering artist Ryoji Ikeda's new work
  36. The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret
  37. This virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?
  38. This doctor is on the hunt for people with first-rate faeces
  39. Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives
  40. AI-assisted mammograms cut risk of developing aggressive breast cancer
  41. Our lifespans may be half down to genes and half to the environment
  42. Polar bears are getting fatter in the fastest-warming place on Earth
  43. Faecal transplants could boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments
  44. How your health is being commodified by social media
  45. Think of a card, any card – but make it science
  46. Engaging look at friction shows how it keeps our world rubbing along
  47. Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem
  48. We have a new way to explain why we agree on the nature of reality
  49. We're getting closer to growing a brain in a lab dish
  50. Most complex time crystal yet has been made inside a quantum computer
  51. Amazon is getting drier as deforestation shuts down atmospheric rivers
  52. To halt measles' resurgence we must fight the plague of misinformation
  53. Our brains play a surprising role in recovering from a heart attack
  54. Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool
  55. Menstrual pad could give women insights into their changing fertility
  56. The best map of dark matter has revealed never-before-seen structures
  57. Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher
  58. The 3 best ways to tackle anxiety, according to a leading expert
  59. Why did magic mushrooms evolve? We may finally have the answer
  60. SpaceX’s Starlink dodged 300,000 satellite collisions in 2025
  61. Embracing sauna culture can lower dementia risk and boost brain health
  62. How – and why – we chose the best 21 ideas of the 21st century
  63. Mars's gravity may help control Earth’s cycle of ice ages
  64. How to spot the lunar X and V
  65. Realising the importance of our microbiome: Best ideas of the century
  66. Embracing quantum spookiness: Best ideas of the century
  67. Let's nitpick about the physics of Stranger Things, not its ending
  68. Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century
  69. The totemic 1.5°C climate target: Best ideas of the century
  70. We can block the spread of HIV: Best ideas of the century
  71. Peter F. Hamilton's latest is an epic slice of sci-fi – with one flaw
  72. New Scientist’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century
  73. Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful
  74. We can rewrite our genetic code: Best ideas of the century
  75. Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought
  76. The one diet that’s good for everything: Best ideas of the century
  77. The electrification of everything: Best ideas of the century
  78. Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century
  79. Smartphones (yes, really): Best ideas of the century
  80. Why singing, dancing and engaging with art is good for your health
  81. The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century
  82. End-to-end encryption: Best ideas of the century
  83. Revealing the epic story of ancient humans: Best ideas of the century
  84. How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century
  85. Hybrid megapests evolving in Brazil are a threat to crops worldwide
  86. The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century
  87. There’s no such thing as a normal brain: Best ideas of the century
  88. Filming the universe’s biggest dramas: Best ideas of the century
  89. A revolution in how we do chemistry: Best ideas of the century
  90. Pinning extreme weather on climate change: Best ideas of the century
  91. Why biological clocks get our 'true age' wrong – and how AI could help
  92. New Scientist recommends Avatar: Fire and Ash – especially the whale
  93. Our oral microbiome could hold the key to preventing obesity
  94. Stunning images reveal the rich biodiversity of remotest Tanzania
  95. Can we battle the downsides of a rule-based world, asks a new book
  96. Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis
  97. Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size
  98. The invention of net zero: Best ideas of the century
  99. The immense interconnectivity of the brain: Best ideas of the century
  100. The internet feels super lonely right now. Here's why

Slashdot

  1. Russian Spy Satellites Have Intercepted EU Communications Satellites
  2. 'Everyone is Stealing TV'
  3. As Software Stocks Slump, Investors Debate AI's Existential Threat
  4. Anthropic Pledges To Keep Claude Ad-free, Calls AI Conversations a 'Space To Think'
  5. Pinterest Sacks Workers For Creating Tool To Track Layoffs
  6. Why Google's Android for PC Launch May Be Messy and Controversial
  7. Adobe Actually Won't Discontinue Animate
  8. AMD Hints the Next-Gen Xbox Console Could Launch Next Year
  9. Say Hello To GoogleSQL
  10. OpenAI's Lead Is Contracting as AI Competition Intensifies
  11. Walmart Joins $1 Trillion Club
  12. Google Home Finally Adds Support For Buttons
  13. Ultra-Processed Foods Should Be Treated More Like Cigarettes Than Food, Study Says
  14. NASA Delays Artemis II To March
  15. Google Plots Big Expansion in India as US Restricts Visas

BoingBoing

Core77

  1. When Bad UI Design Kills: China Bans Flush Door Handles
  2. An Unusual Stool Design
  3. Taf Studio's Coat Hanger Made of Veneer
  4. Japan's Gran-Prix-Style Office Chair Racing Event
  5. A Futuristic, Physically Flexible Turnstile for Skiers, Snowboarders and Mountain Bikers
  6. From South Korea, an E-Bike with a Throwback 1950s Fairing
  7. From Belgium, Designey Concrete Pavers that Solve for Drainage
  8. Core77 Design Awards 2026: Aria Xiying Bao on Technology That Practices the Art of Noticing
  9. Lightweight, Sustainable Public Seating Designed for Easy Repair
  10. Reader Submitted: Hart Island Tumulus
  11. In Sweden, Even Whiteboards are Beautiful
  12. Remedial Design: Another Solution for Accessing Power Outlets Behind Furniture
  13. Design Details: Improving the UX on a Tape Dispenser
  14. A Bizarre Fashion Item for Making Your Clothes Fit Better
  15. Core77 Weekly Roundup (1-26-26 to 1-30-26)

CNET

  1. Prime Video: The 30 Absolute Best Shows to Watch
  2. Best Desks of 2026: I’ve Spent Nearly 4,000 Hours Testing Desks. These Are the Ones You Want
  3. Google Pixel 10A Rumors: Announcement Date Revealed
  4. I Bought the Galaxy Z TriFold for Over $3,000. Follow Along as I Test It (Live Updates)
  5. Best Standing Desks of 2026
  6. Overwatch's New Season 1 Is What the Game Was Always Meant to Be
  7. AI Predicted Which Teams Would Be in the 2026 Super Bowl. Can It Pick the Winner?
  8. Lowering Your Utility Bills This Winter Is Easy With These 8 Expert Approved Tips
  9. Anker's Versatile Home Battery Backup Hybrid System Is Now Available to Buy
  10. Knowing Your Blood Type Is Crucial. Use These 3 Methods to Find Yours
  11. When to Watch Figure Skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics
  12. This Phone Stays Charged for Almost a Week by Keeping Your Data Secure
  13. The Big Game and the Tech Behind the Broadcast | Tech Today video
  14. Anthropic Pinky-Promises It Won't Add Ads to Claude
  15. Artemis II Is Shooting for the Moon: All the Details About NASA's Historic Mission
  16. Winter Olympics 2026: How to Watch Ice Hockey Events
  17. 8 Essential Security Tips for Using AI Chatbots Safely
  18. Expert-Approved Continuous Glucose Monitors to Track Your Glucose Daily
  19. 55 of the Best TV Shows on Netflix That Will Keep You Entertained
  20. These Are the Whitening Toothpastes Dentists Recommend to Their Patients
  21. An Electrician's Warning: Always Unplug These 7 Devices After Use
  22. Here's How to Use Apple's Invites App to Plan Your Super Bowl Party
  23. We Tested 35 Phones for the Best Battery Life. These 2 Brands Topped the Field
  24. I'm a Pro Photographer. Here's How I Take Film Photos With Analog Cameras
  25. Best WordPress Hosting for Smooth Website Operation in 2026

Reddit

The Verge

  1. Sam Altman responds to Anthropic’s ‘funny’ Super Bowl ads
  2. This Town, 2.0
  3. Overwatch: all the news about Blizzard’s hit hero shooter
  4. Ikea’s cheap new smart home gear is struggling to get connected
  5. OpenClaw’s AI ‘skill’ extensions are a security nightmare
  6. The best iPad deals you can get right now
  7. “I was detained by federal agents in Minneapolis”
  8. Apple TV details its 2026 streaming lineup with big list of announcements
  9. Google Cloud’s customer chief returns to Microsoft as head of security
  10. Google’s Pixel 10A will be revealed on February 18th

Wired

  1. Notepad++ Users, You May Have Been Hacked by China
  2. A New AI Math Startup Just Cracked 4 Previously Unsolved Problems
  3. Our Favorite Pixel Phone Is $100 Off
  4. Cozey Neptune Sofa Bed Review: Firm but Flexible
  5. Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs
  6. Mistral's New Ultra-Fast Translation Model Gives Big AI Labs a Run for Their Money
  7. Best Laptop Backpacks We’ve Tried and Tested (2026)
  8. What Is RGB LED TV? Everything You Need to Know About This Next-Gen TV Tech In 2026
  9. The Best Cordless Vacuums for Your Whole House (2026)
  10. 9 Best Outdoor Security Cameras (2026): Battery-Powered, LTE, No Subscription
  11. Forget Hinge or Bumble. This App Promises a Personal AI Matchmaker
  12. Alpine Skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle’s Starter Pack: Winter Olympics 2026
  13. Winter Olympics 2026: Why I Love Watching Curling
  14. The 2026 Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies: What You Need to Know
  15. Outdoor Vitals Vantage Alpine Puffer Jacket Review: Perfect Spring Puffer
  16. Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?
  17. AI Bots Are Now a Signifigant Source of Web Traffic
  18. HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims
  19. An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide
  20. I Infiltrated Moltbook, the AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed

LifeHacker

  1. This Nothing Smartwatch With Built-In ChatGPT Is on Sale for $45 Right Now
  2. You Can Get a Fully Loaded Google Pixel 9 Pro for $600 Off Right Now
  3. Samsung Has Killed Software Support for Most of the Galaxy S21 Series
  4. Spotify Just Added Three New Lyrics Features, Including One I've Been Dying For
  5. ChatGPT Is Down (Again)
  6. The Best Amazon Echo Speaker Is $80 Right Now
  7. Messenger Apps Are Compressing Your Files, but There's a Workaround
  8. You Can 'Remap' Your PC's Copilot Key to Do Something Actually Useful
  9. The Top 10 Movies Streaming This Month
  10. This High-End Roborock Robot Vacuum Is $300 Off Right Now
  11. These Bowers & Wilkins Bluetooth Headphones Are on Sale for $99
  12. These Switch 2 'Joy-Cons' Turn Your Handheld Into a Portable GameCube
  13. This Feature Lets You Autofill Your Credit Card on Any Site or App on iPhone
  14. Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
  15. How to Keep Your Gym Gear From Stinking
  16. What's the Difference Between the 'Surface Web' and the 'Deep Web'?
  17. YouTube Just Blocked This Popular Hack for Free Background Play
  18. This Is What You’ll Find the Best Deals on During This Year’s Presidents Day Sales
  19. That AT&T 'Rewards' Text Is a Scam
  20. 10 Hacks Every AirPods User Should Know
  21. The Newest Apple Watch Is $100 Off Right Now
  22. The Fast-Charging Pixel Watch 4 Is on Sale for $300
  23. The Perfect Time to Buy Valentine's Day Flowers Is Earlier Than You Think
  24. 15 Shows Like 'The Night Manager' You Should Watch Next
  25. The Best Last-Minute Valentine's Day Gift Ideas Under $30
  26. What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Will the Midterm Elections Be Canceled?
  27. What Happened When a 'Ghost Student' Scammer Took Out Student Loans in My Name
  28. Google Shut Down Its Dark Web Monitoring Tool, so Here's What to Use Instead
  29. This QLED TV Packs Serious Brightness and Gaming Specs for Under $800
  30. This Roku Streaming Stick Is a Simple Upgrade, and It’s on Sale for $16 Right Now
  31. The Nintendo Switch 2 Can Handle AAA Games Better Than People Think
  32. I Tried Nintendo's New Virtual Boy Accessory for the Switch, and It Turned Me Into a Believer
  33. The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Humans Are in a Dance Battle With AI Babies
  34. My Favorite Beats Headphones Are More Than Half Off
  35. Firefox Will Soon Let You Disable All Current (and Future) AI Features
  36. Amazon Prime Members Can Get Two Free E-Books in February
  37. Wordle Has a New Rule That Might Change Your Best Starting Word
  38. Everything We Know About Apple's Rumored Folding iPhone (and iPad)
  39. Google Pushed Back the Deadline on Migrating Your Fitbit Account (Again)
  40. Eight Useful Tool Accessories Every DIYer Should Own
  41. Apple Has a New Setting to Protect Your Location Data, but Not Everyone Can Use It
  42. My Favorite Thoughtful Valentine’s Day Gifts (That Aren’t Flowers)
  43. Is Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Actually Fake?
  44. Why You Shouldn't Buy a MacBook Pro Right Now
  45. Everything We Think We Know About the Samsung Galaxy S26 Series
  46. Sony’s Massive 85-Inch Bravia 5 Mini LED 4K TV Is $700 Off Right Now
  47. This Eufy Outdoor Camera Bundle Is $250 Off Right Now
  48. 10 Hacks Every Nintendo Switch (or Switch 2) Owner Should Know
  49. I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week
  50. This Entry-Level Roborock Robot Vacuum Is 44% Off Right Now
  51. What to Expect the First Time You Go to the Gym
  52. You May Be Eligible for Part of This $10.5 Million Spam Text Settlement
  53. Nine Phone Settings to Change Before Attending a Protest
  54. This Space-Saving Sonos Soundbar Is $130 Off Right Now
  55. 'Moltbook' Is a Social Media Platform for AI Bots to Chat With Each Other
  56. How to Choose the Right Backup Generator for Your Home
  57. OpenAI Is Killing ChatGPT-4o (Again)
  58. 10 Hacks Every Safari User Should Know
  59. These Sweat-Proof JBL Earbuds Are 25% Off Right Now
  60. This Well-Reviewed Outdoor Camera Is Nearly 30% Off Right Now
  61. 10 Hacks Every Steam Deck Owner Should Know
  62. How YouTube Is Fighting Back Against AI Slop
  63. This QLED TV Is an Incredible Value, and It's 40% Off Right Now
  64. You Can Now Start a Group Chat in Spotify's DMs (for Some Reason)
  65. This Garmin's Battery Can Last 10 Days, and It's $100 Off
  66. Seven Products to Protect Your House From Snow and Ice Damage
  67. 15 Shows Like 'Euphoria' You Should Watch Next
  68. Some of Sony’s Best Budget Earbuds Are Half Off Right Now
  69. Who Can Get a Piece of Google's $135 Million Android Settlement
  70. Google Just Updated These Android Theft Protection Features
  71. This Pixel Bug Leaked Audio to Incoming Callers, and Google’s Fix Might Not Be Enough
  72. Strava Finally Brought Route Navigation to the Apple Watch
  73. This Samsung 77-Inch OLED TV Is Under $1,500 Right Now
  74. This Ultra-Portable JBL Speaker Is Over 40% Off Right Now
  75. This Phishing Scam Comes From a Real Microsoft Email Address
  76. The Difference Between TikTok’s ‘Soft Cardio’ Trend and True Cardio
  77. Does Walking Really Count As Cardio?
  78. You Can Finally Clean Up Your Mac’s Menu Bar (Without Using Third-Party Software)
  79. This Samsung Surround Sound System Is 58% Off Right Now
  80. Moltbot (Formerly Clawdbot) Already Has a Malware Problem
  81. When and Where to Watch the 2026 Winter Olympics, Based on Your Obsession Level
  82. WhatsApp Now Has Its Own Version of Apple's 'Lockdown Mode'
  83. What Is 'UpScrolled,' and Why Are People Switching to It From TikTok?
  84. Chrome Can Now Use AI to Browse the Internet for You
  85. 10 Hacks Every Google Chrome User Should Know
  86. The Powerful Apple Watch Ultra 2 Is $250 Off Right Now
  87. 20 Hacks Every Netflix User Should Know
  88. The GoPro Hero12 Black Is One of the Best Action Cameras, and It's 42% Off Right Now
  89. This Highly Rated Wi-Fi 6E Mesh System Is $150 Off Right Now
  90. Suunto’s New Route Planner Is Free and Awesome
  91. 10 Hacks Every 'Google TV Streamer' User Should Know
  92. This Free Site Shows You Sports Highlights Minus the Spoilers
  93. Instead of 'Hitting Your Steps,' Just Focus on Sitting Less
  94. Nine Essential Products for Digging Your Car Out of the Snow
  95. I Use Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy Phones Every Day, and Here’s How They Differ
  96. 10 Hacks Every Firefox User Should Know
  97. 12 Shows Like 'His & Hers' You Should Watch Next
  98. How to Get Your Share of These Billion Dollar Amazon Settlements
  99. This 2025 Roku Smart TV Is on Sale for 30% Off
  100. 'Clawdbot' Is Now 'Moltbot,' but Still Carries the Same Security Concerns

The Onion

The Register

  1. AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 minutes thanks to AI assist, researchers say
  2. Anthropic cements its position as the not-OpenAI with no-ads pledge
  3. Critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug under attack
  4. Rise of AI means companies could pass on SaaS
  5. US Army looks for robots that can clean up chemical and bioweapons messes
  6. Server CPUs join memory in the supply shortage, pushing up prices
  7. Estonia hedges its bets on US tech while going all-in on Microsoft
  8. Microsoft engineer speedruns Raspberry Pi magic smoke in five minutes
  9. DWP finds Copilot saves civil servants a whopping 19 minutes a day
  10. Nitrogen ransomware is so broken even the crooks can't unlock your files
  11. UK watchdog to rule on £246M Post Office subsidy over Horizon scandal and IR35
  12. Microsoft actually does something useful, adds Sysmon to Windows
  13. EU's fishy digital certificate system leaves exporters floundering
  14. Universal £7,500 payout offered to PSNI staff over major data breach
  15. SpaceX halts Falcon 9 flights after second stage anomaly
  16. 'The EU runs on Microsoft' – and Uncle Sam could turn it off, claims MEP
  17. AWS says you're on your own if media codec patent owners come knocking
  18. Lego shrinks NASA's biggest rocket – accuracy sold separately
  19. UK to properly probe xAI to test if its revolting robo-smut generator broke the law
  20. Clouds rush to deliver OpenClaw-as-a-service offerings
  21. For once, Supermicro has dodged drama and just delivered datacenters
  22. Too much AI for some, too little for others: Why AMD can't win with investors
  23. VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files
  24. AI agents can't yet pull off fully autonomous cyberattacks – but they are already very helpful to crims
  25. Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support
  26. GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop
  27. Amazon's European datacenter buildout blows a breaker as grid connection wait list hits 7 years
  28. 'Lethal' and 'magical' Palantir tech is in demand by Pentagon, China, Middle East, CEO says
  29. Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void
  30. Next-gen nuclear reactors safe enough to skip full environmental reviews, says Trump admin
  31. Snowflake plugs PostgreSQL into its AI Data Cloud
  32. CISA updated ransomware intel on 59 bugs last year without telling defenders
  33. Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights
  34. Azure outages ripple across multiple dependent Microsoft services
  35. Europe shrugs off tariffs, plots to end tech reliance on US
  36. HP CEO prints final page after six years, moves to PayPal
  37. X marks the raid: French cops swoop on Musk's Paris ops
  38. Microsoft finally sends TLS 1.0 and 1.1 to the cloud retirement home
  39. Polish cops bail 20-year-old bedroom botnet operator
  40. UK names Barnsley as first Tech Town to see whether AI can fix... well, anything
  41. Firefox makes AI optional, like it probably should have been all along
  42. NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test
  43. DIY AI bot farm OpenClaw is a security 'dumpster fire'
  44. British military to get legal OK to swat drones near bases
  45. Microsoft kills standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans, because they’re not suite enough
  46. South Korea enlists AI to spot pump and dump schemes on social media, or in Spam
  47. Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun
  48. Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor
  49. Let them eat Pi: RAM shortage bumps Raspberry prices as much as $60
  50. Intel welcomes memory apocalypse with Xeon workstation refresh

TechMeme

  1. Alphabet reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $113.8B, Google Cloud revenue up 48% to $17.7B, Google Services revenue up 14% to $95.9B, net income up 30% to $34.46B (Alphabet)
  2. Internal memos: Meta said Avocado is its "most capable pre-trained base model" and achieves 10x compute efficiency "wins" on text tasks vs. Llama 4 Maverick (Jyoti Mann/The Information)
  3. Sam Altman says Anthropic's Super Bowl ads are funny but "dishonest", and Anthropic serves a "product to rich people" while OpenAI is "committed to free access" (Sam Altman/@sama)
  4. Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs batteries across homes into "virtual power plants" and began deploying its own batteries in 2025, raised $232M (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)
  5. Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new 15-second video, revealing a completely flat dual-camera system on the back, and says preorders begin on February 18 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
  6. Microsoft integrates Claude and Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for Copilot Pro Plus and Enterprise users (Tom Warren/The Verge)
  7. Microsoft says cybersecurity head Charlie Bell will move into a position focused on engineering quality; Hayete Gallot will return from Google to run security (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
  8. Roblox launches a "4D generation" feature in open beta, letting creators generate interactive objects with individual moving parts rather than static 3D models (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
  9. EnFi, which makes AI agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications, raised a $15M Series A led by Fintop, bringing its total funding to $22.5M (Tatiana Bautzer/Reuters)
  10. AI chipmaker Cerebras raised a ~$1B Series H led by Tiger Global at a $23B valuation, up from $8.1B in September 2025; Benchmark, Fidelity, and AMD invested too (Ian King/Bloomberg)
  11. Uber promotes Balaji Krishnamurthy, its former VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
  12. Mistral debuts Voxtral Transcribe 2, a family of speech-to-text models with speaker diarization and ultra-low latency, under the Apache 2.0 open-weight license (Sabrina Ortiz/The Deep View)
  13. Adobe ramped up its ads in 2025, spending $1.4B amid AI competition and Wall Street skepticism, a significantly higher share of sales than other tech companies (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
  14. Sources: Amazon and OpenAI are discussing a deal that could require OpenAI to dedicate its researchers and engineers to developing customized models for Amazon (The Information)
  15. AI voice startup ElevenLabs raised a $500M Series D led by Sequoia at an $11B valuation, taking its total funding to nearly $800M, and reports $330M in 2025 ARR (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)