Thursday, February 12, 2026




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Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds launch globally at $330 with enhanced ANC

Abbas Jaffar Ali / tbreak - Sony's flagship earbuds get redesigned with pill-shaped form and 25% better noise cancellation than XM5. New AI audio processing and 32-hour battery life target AirPods Pro 3 at $330 globally.

#ai #hardware #wearables #wireless #batteries #bose #airpods #gadgets #sony #bluetooth

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Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Spotify credits Claude Code and its internal AI system Honk with speeding up development.

#ai #automation #anthropic #aiethics #genai #jobs #compsci #productivity #spotify #developertools

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Apple Confirms Revamped Siri is Still Coming in 2026

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple is still planning to launch the smarter, more capable version of Siri in 2026, the company told CNBC today. Apple's statement comes just a day after Bloomberg reported Apple is having issues with the updated version of Siri, leading to potential del…

#ai #voice #apple #genai #business #technology #assistant #updates

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Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash

cnbc - Ring's decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #amazon #aclu #law #superbowl #ring #digitalprivacy #ads

Partnership cancellation: Ring calls off Flock integration

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Surveillance implications: ICE, law enforcement access, AI concerns

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User backlash: returns, disconnects, and device destruction

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Spider-Noir trailer: Nicolas Cage channels film noir detectives, and its glorious

mashable - Nicolas Cage reprises his scene-stealing "Into the Spider-Verse" role in the live-action series "Spider-Noir," out May 27.

#amazon #movies #streaming #entertainment #media #disney #films #tv #broadcasting #prime

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State of Play live blog: don't miss the biggest PS5 announcements from Sony PlayStation

Adam Vjestica / theshortcut - We're covering all the news as it happens from Sony's State of Play presentation

#gaming #entertainment #playstation #starwars #media #sony #videogames #broadcasting

On-site State of Play coverage: schedules, liveblogs and full trailers.

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PlayStation studios spotlight: God of War, Kena, Ghost of Yotei.

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Remedy's Control Resonant: gameplay reveals, physics-bending NYC combat.

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Third-party heavyweights: John Wick, Metal Gear, Marvel, Star Wars.

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Discord is asking for your ID. The backlash is about more than privacy

Chris Stokel-Walker / fastcompany - Want to use Discord from next month? You’ll have to hand over a photo of your ID or a scan of your face to verify you’re of age. It’s part of a new process introduced by the chat app aimed at ensuring no one underage is using the platform. All new and exi…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #apps #community #instantmessaging #contentmoderation #digitalid #digitalprivacy

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Apple Releases New Beta Firmware for AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods 4 [Download]

iclarified - Apple has seeded a new developer beta firmware for its current AirPods lineup. The update carries build number 8B5034f and is now available for AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods 4.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, …

#wearables #apple #wireless #technology #airpods #gadgets #patching #updates #bluetooth #developertools

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Laser weapon that shut down El Paso's skies was LOCUST system

Colin Demarest / axios - The counter-drone weapon that caused a shutdown of El Paso's airspace on Wednesday was AeroVironment's LOCUST, a 20-kilowatt laser system, Axios has confirmed.Why it matters: The Army sees the cutting-edge weapon as a way to combat drones without firing e…

#techpolicy #defensetech #government #aviation #aerospace #DHS #immigration #drone #faa #regulation

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Coinbase swings to $667 million loss as crypto slump drags Q4 revenue

Kyle Baird / theblock - Coinbase’s institutional and subscription businesses helped cushion the impact of weaker retail trading in the fourth quarter.

#fintech #crypto #stockmarket #earnings #business #finance #bitcoin #crypto

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An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code

Mark Sullivan / fastcompany - Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first documented case of an AI publicly shaming a person as r…

#ai #opensource #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #community #law #technology #contentmoderation #developertools

Agent platforms and corporate adoption reshape real-world workflows

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Agents gone wrong: leaks, copyright errors, and social harms

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AI agent publishes personal hit piece against open-source maintainer

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Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger

David Curry / eweek - Six of xAI’s 12 co-founders have left as Musk reshapes the Grok maker after SpaceX’s xAI deal, raising fresh questions about stability.The post Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #startups #aiethics #genai #business #aerospace #layoffs #xai #elonmusk #grokai

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OpenAI has yet another new coding model and this time it's really fast

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI's new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a smaller coding model that runs on Cerebras chips and pushes over 1,000 tokens per second. It's the company's first model built specifically for real-time programming.The article OpenAI has yet another new coding model…

#ai #cloud #software #hardware #semiconductors #chips #openai #genai #performance #developertools

Hardware partnership — Cerebras deployment and Nvidia sidestep

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OTHER — legal and regulatory concerns


Performance benchmarks — extreme throughput demos


Product launch — Codex‑Spark for real‑time coding

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Anthropic raises $30 billion, now valued at $380 billion

Jon Keegan / sherwood - The company announced that it has a $14 billion annual revenue run-rate, and business subscriptions to Claude Code have quadrupled since the start of the year.

#ai #startups #cloud #saas #enterprise #anthropic #genai #business #technology #api

Heat: rivals, safety exits and skepticism flare after fundraising

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Inside: Claude Code sales surge, $14B annualized revenue run-rate


Local impact: Anthropic vows to cover datacenter electricity costs


On the ground: massive $30B Series G reshapes AI valuations

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Wildlight Lays Off Majority of Devs After Middling Highguard Launch

techpowerup - Highguard, the new free-to-play raid shooter from Wildlight Entertainment, launched in late January to high player counts that quickly dwindled after a lukewarm reception, despite bringing some unique concepts to the table. Since its launch, daily concurr…

#gaming #entertainment #business #jobs #layoffs #videogames

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Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering tasks

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Google Deepmind says its upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think mode leads major reasoning and coding benchmarks.The article Google Deepmind upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering tasks appeared first on The Decoder.

#ai #ml #google #science #aiethics #genai #deeptech #engineering #research #gemini

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iOS 26.3 Arrives with Android Switching, Cellular Privacy, and More

Jesse Hollington / idropnews - Apple releases iOS 26.3 with a new Transfer to Android tool, offline lyrics for Apple Music, and a breakthrough "Limit Precise Location" privacy setting.Read More...

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #apple #android #iphone #ios #security #patching #updates #operatingsystems

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Update Windows 11 Now: Major Notepad Flaw Fixed

Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - If you’re running Windows 11, it’s time to hit that update button. Microsoft has patched a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Windows 11 Notepad app that could allow attackers to silently execute malicious files through special…

#ai #cybersecurity #software #infosec #windows #microsoft #genai #patching #updates #bugs

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Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief

David McCabe / nytimes - Her departure comes after months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.

#streaming #netflix #antitrust #government #doj #judiciary #acquisitions #law #media #regulation

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Amazon's Fire TV Sticks just gained a powerful new streaming app

Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - Nvidia GeForce Now has launched on the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus and 4K Max.

#cloud #hardware #gaming #nvidia #amazon #streaming #gadget #videogames #tv

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Samsung announces QD-OLED Penta-Tandem branding for its latest five-layer panel tech

techspot - The "Penta" part in the new branding is literal. Samsung Display says the blue OLED light source inside its QD-OLED panels has moved from a four-layer structure to a five-layer, tandem-style stack.Read Entire Article

#hardware #samsung #gadget #oled #tv

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