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Friday, February 13, 2026

21 days

Pentagon used Anthropic’s Claude AI in Venezuela raid, raising oversight concerns (26) hot

On the ground: commercial AI guided a covert raid
At Anthropic: mission statements, cash strain, and Super Bowl PR
Developers and users: Claude powering hacks, games, and bills
Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid

21 days

Viral AI fight video traces back to ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 rollout (32) hot

ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership
Viral deepfake and Hollywood backlash — Reporter: Actors, studios rage against unauthorized cinematic AI
Promotion and Lunar New Year push — Reporter: ByteDance giveaways stoke user adoption frenzy

21 days

New reports claim iPhone 18 Pro will get major wireless, storage and modem upgrades (6)

21 days

OpenAI retires older ChatGPT models including GPT‑4o, prompting user backlash (13) hot

21 days

Apple reports iOS 26 adoption at roughly three‑quarters on recent iPhones (12) hot

21 days

Google rolls out Android 17 Beta 1 for Pixel devices after brief hiccup (8)

21 days

Apple insists Siri’s AI overhaul will arrive this year despite doubts (4)

21 days

OpenAI adds ads to ChatGPT as rivals reshuffle free tiers (9)

21 days

Binance France executive targeted in botched home invasion; suspects arrested (4)

21 days

Mass exodus at xAI over safety lapses and Grok's stalled progress (16) hot

21 days

Ring cancels controversial Flock Safety partnership after privacy boycott (13) hot

On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott
Reporter: Super Bowl ad fuels dystopian privacy outrage
Police: Flock shared access with federal agencies, sparking furor
Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues

21 days

Roku beats Q4 estimates, eyes streaming bundles to boost profitability (6)

21 days

Steam will let reviewers attach hardware specs and performance data to reviews (8)

21 days

Google warns nation‑state actors are weaponizing Gemini across cyberattack stages (10) hot

21 days

Waymo quietly hires gig workers to close robotaxi doors after rides (8)

21 days

Dutch telco Odido hacked, millions' contact data exposed in social‑engineering breach (4)

21 days

Pinterest stock tumbles after weak revenue guidance and advertiser pullback (5)

21 days

IBM to triple entry-level US hiring as roles are reimagined for the AI era (4)

21 days

Meta to add facial-recognition "name tag" feature to Ray-Ban smart glasses (17) hot

On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works
Privacy alarm: launching while critics distracted, safety risks
History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition
Other: podcast mention and community reposts

21 days

Anthropic closes $30B round, shoots valuation to $380B (19) hot

Funding frenzy: $30B round pushes Anthropic to $380B valuation
Claude adoption: marketing, features, and developer ecosystem accelerating growth
Buildout: Anthropic recruiting ex-Google staff for massive data centers

21 days

Bitcoin slides as spot ETFs bleed and banks cut price forecasts (13) hot

On the trading floor: ETFs bleed, institutions pare back positions.
Bank analysts cut targets, warning of further downside ahead.
Traders fret over shallow demand, funding, derivatives, and price signals.
Offbeat: promos, corporate losses, and speculative token hype.

In Detail Full day, Friday, February 13, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid

Amrith Ramkumar / wsj - The use of the model through a contract with Palantir highlights the growing role of AI in the Pentagon.

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #us #palantir #regulation

At Anthropic: mission statements, cash strain, and Super Bowl PR (3)
Developers and users: Claude powering hacks, games, and bills (5)
On the ground: commercial AI guided a covert raid (4)
Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid (1)
All Other Stories

21 days / bgr

Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

21 days / reddit / /u/vriska1

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Are Anthropic’s new AI work tools game-changing for professionals?

19 days / ft

The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back,

19 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage

19 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Tom Cruise Fights Brad Pitt

19 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars from New York City's Public Hospitals

19 days / ycombinator

Pentagon Reportedly Hopping Mad at Anthropic for Not Blindly Supporting Everything Military Does

19 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Anthropic brings slash commands and SSH support to Claude Code

19 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

20 days / reddit / /u/MaryADraper

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

20 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Quoting Boris Cherny

20 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Even if Dario Amodei is telling the truth about Anthropic’s “50% gross margins” (40% is what’s reported but he said it on an interview) on API calls, Anthropic is in this case selling $295.47 ($591.30 in tokens) API calls for $100. I have seen as high as

20 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Pentagon's use of Claude during Maduro raid sparks Anthropic feud

20 days / reddit / /u/Naurgul

I found loosely equivalent but much less interesting documents for Anthropic simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/...

21 days / bsky / @simonwillison.net / simonwillison.net

Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’

scmp - A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the…

#ai #china #aiethics #genai #deeptech #bytedance #vfx #media #contentmoderation #copyright

ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership (5)
Promotion and Lunar New Year push — Reporter: ByteDance giveaways stoke user adoption frenzy (1)
Viral deepfake and Hollywood backlash — Reporter: Actors, studios rage against unauthorized cinematic AI (8)
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ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership

Bytedance's Seed2.0 adds even more price pressure on Western AI models

20 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

All-in on AI: What TikTok creator ByteDance did next

20 days / techxplore

It's been a big — but rocky — week for AI models from China. Here's what's happened

20 days / cnbc

ByteDance Launches Seedream 5.0 Lite Image Model With Real-Time Retrieval

21 days / pandaily

ByteDance Launches Seedance 2.0 AI Video Model to Rival OpenAI, Google

21 days / eweek / Kezia Jungco

Promotion and Lunar New Year push — Reporter: ByteDance giveaways stoke user adoption frenzy

Doubao Launches Chinese New Year Campaign With Cash and Tech Giveaways

21 days / pandaily

Viral deepfake and Hollywood backlash — Reporter: Actors, studios rage against unauthorized cinematic AI

ByteDance's Seedance 2 Criticized Over AI-Generated Video of Tom Cruise Fighting Brad Pitt

20 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Disney accuses ByteDance of 'virtual smash-and-grab' when using copyrighted works to train its AI

20 days / engadget / Jackson Chen

Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator

20 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

TikTok’s Chinese Parent Has an App to Replace Hollywood

20 days / wsj / Raffaele Huang

Bitcoin biopic Killing Satoshi leans into generative AI

20 days / mashable

New AI tool creates viral Tom Cruise vs Brad Pitt fight video in seconds

20 days / tbreak / Abbas Jaffar Ali

Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’

21 days / scmp

China's tech titans are giving away money and cars in 'The Lunar New Year AI War'

21 days / cnbc

All Other Stories

ByteDance says it will add safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following Hollywood backlash

18 days / cnbc

Hollywood’s AI Crackdown Opens Door for Copyright Detection Startups

18 days / bsky / @decrypt.co / decrypt.co

‘Hey, that’s my voice!’ Veteran broadcaster claims Google stole his voice for AI tool

19 days / digitaltrends

Hollywood’s AI Crackdown Opens Door for Copyright Detection Startups

19 days / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

‘Pulp Fiction’ co-writer Roger Avary says it was "impossible" to get his movies made until he started an AI production company: "Just Put AI in Front of It and All of a Sudden You’re in Production on Three Features"

19 days / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Hollywood groups condemn ByteDance's AI video generator, claiming copyright infringement

19 days / reddit / /u/Saltedline

Ars Technica's AI Reporter Apologizes For Mistakenly Publishing Fake AI-Generated Quotes

19 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Hollywood groups condemn ByteDance's AI video generator, claim copyright infringement

19 days / go

Nvidia’s Loss Is Samsung’s Gain: ByteDance Reportedly Turns To Korean Giant For In-House AI Chips

19 days / reddit / /u/restorativemarsh

Hollywood isn't happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator

19 days / reddit / /u/AdSpecialist6598

Interpol backroom warriors fight cyber criminals 'weaponising' AI

19 days / techxplore

Bytedance's Seedance 2.0 is so good at copying Disney characters the company calls it a "virtual smash-and-grab"

19 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

19 days / nytimes / Charles Homans

ByteDance AI video tool Seedance accused by Disney of copyright ‘smash and grab’

19 days / scmp

Disney Sends ByteDance an AI Trophy in the Form of a Cease and Desist Letter Over Seedance 2.0 https://gizmodo.com/disney-sends-bytedance-an-ai-trophy-in-the-form-of-a-cease-and-desist-letter-over-seedance-2-0-2000722261

20 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Disney Sends ByteDance an AI Trophy in the Form of a Cease and Desist Letter Over Seedance 2.0

20 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement.

20 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Disney sends cease and desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0

20 days / reddit / /u/OReillyAsia

iPhone 18 Pro To Feature Two Wireless Chip Upgrades This Year, Says Analyst, Along With A Smaller Dynamic Island & More

Omar Sohail / wccftech - Apple’s entire iPhone 18 lineup has been reported to forego Qualcomm’s 5G modems in favor of the company’s C2 baseband chip, which was reportedly in development when the iPhone 16e launched last year. However, according to one analyst, the Cupertino firm …

#semiconductors #apple #chips #storage #iphone #supplychain #wireless #smartphone #qualcomm #satellite

Apple To Face Storage Pricing Pressure As It Is Rumored To Agree To Kioxia’s Terms Of Paying 2x For NAND Flash; Renegotiations To Happen Every Quarter

20 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Don't Bother Waiting for the iPhone 18. Just Buy the iPhone 17

20 days / cnet / Nicole Lee

iPhone 18 Pro To Feature Two Wireless Chip Upgrades This Year, Says Analyst, Along With A Smaller Dynamic Island & More

21 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and Fold to Feature A20 Pro, 12GB RAM, and Apple C2 Modem [Report]

21 days / iclarified

Five iPhone 18 Pro Features Revealed in New Report

21 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

iPhone 18 Pro could bring a big boost to satellite connectivity

21 days / digitaltrends

Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away

digitaltrends - OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and other older models in ChatGPT to focus development on newer, improved GPT versions. The post Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away appeared first on Digital Trends.

#ai #techpolicy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #apps #ux #community #updates

What’s Left For Humans?

19 days / wsj / Georgia Wells

OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’

20 days / reddit / /u/PaiDuck

Dates with AI Companions Plagued by Lag, Miscommunications - and General Creepiness

20 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

OpenAI has officially retired the controversial GPT-4o model

20 days / engadget / Jackson Chen

AI Might Be Conscious!? (They Don't Know)

20 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

OpenAI introduces Lockdown Mode and new risk labels in ChatGPT

20 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her

20 days / npr / Shannon Bond

The comfortable industry narrative is that AI is a tool. The 4o saga is a window into how many people view LLMs as companions and even lovers. sources.news/p/openais-4o...

21 days / bsky / @alexeheath.com / alexeheath.com

OpenAI’s 4o Valentine’s breakup

21 days / sources / Alex Heath

OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK

21 days / wired / Zeyi Yang

Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away

21 days / digitaltrends

OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, and the AI relationships community is heartbroken

21 days / mashable

OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model

21 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

iOS 26 Adoption Reaches 74% on Recent iPhones, 66% Overall [Chart]

iclarified - Apple has updated its developer support page with new adoption statistics, revealing that iOS 26 is now installed on 74 percent of iPhones introduced in the last four years. Apple hasn't shared updated install figures since the public release last Septemb…

#software #mobiletech #analytics #apple #iphone #ios #updates #operatingsystems #developertools

CarPlay is still on track for Tesla cars, but you might have to wait longer

19 days / digitaltrends

Tesla’s lack of CarPlay support is allegedly down to the slow adoption of iOS 26, with a Maps compatibility fix supposedly one of the last hurdles in CarPlay’s way.

19 days / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Tesla Working With Apple on Navigation Fix for Upcoming CarPlay Integration

19 days / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Tesla CarPlay is coming but it's reportedly being held back by low iOS 26 adoption numbers

19 days / engadget / Jackson Chen

Tesla Delayed Apple CarPlay Rollout Due to iOS 26 Navigation Conflict [Report]

19 days / iclarified

Tesla CarPlay delay caused by fears of slow iOS 26 adoption rates

19 days / appleinsider

How to customize your iPhone home screen with iOS 26

20 days / engadget / Georgie Peru

What Is The Oldest iPhone iOS 26 Still Supports?

21 days / bgr

Apple’s iOS 26 Lagging Behind The Adoption Rates Of Both iOS 18 And iOS 17 – Blame The Liquid Glass UI

21 days / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

iOS 26 Adoption Reaches 74% on Recent iPhones, 66% Overall [Chart]

21 days / iclarified

iOS 26 adoption rate isn't the crisis some analysts are portraying

21 days / appleinsider

Apple Reveals How Many iPhones Are Running iOS 26

21 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Google Releases Android 17 Beta 1

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Google announced Android 17 Beta 1 two days ago, but the release is finally ready for developers who wish to get started with it.The post Google Releases Android 17 Beta 1 appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#mobiletech #google #android #apps #technology #smartphone #updates #bugs #operatingsystems #developertools

Android 17 brings seamless app handoff across devices and web

20 days / digitaltrends

Your Pixel is getting Android 17 again

20 days / digitaltrends

Gear News of the Week: Samsung Sets a Date for Galaxy Unpacked, and Fitbit’s AI Coach Comes to iOS

20 days / wired / Julian Chokkattu

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21 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Google Revives Android 17 Beta 1 Just Days After Halting Launch

21 days / cnet / Ty Pendlebury

Google Releases Android 17 Beta 1

21 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices

21 days / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Android 17 Beta 1 for Pixel launches after two-day delay

21 days / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Siri’s Massive AI Overhaul is Still Coming This Year, Apple Insists

Jesse Hollington / idropnews - Reports of testing "problems" had fans worried that Siri's AI makeover was slipping to 2027. Apple says those fears are unfounded.Read More...

#ai #ml #voice #apple #genai #stockmarket #business #ios #technology #assistant

Apple's bad week: FTC pressure, delayed Siri AI, and a stock sell-off

21 days / techspot

Siri’s Massive AI Overhaul is Still Coming This Year, Apple Insists

21 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

The MacRumors Show: Revamped Siri Delayed Again?

21 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple (AAPL) Stock Slides 5% as Siri Delay Rattles Investors

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot

ft - OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit

#dataprivacy #openai #aiethics #genai #business #chatgpt #ux #ads #advertising

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says India has the largest number of student users of ChatGPT worldwide.

19 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says

19 days / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

New world for users and brands as ads hit AI chatbots

19 days / techxplore

Your Friends Could Be Sharing Your Phone Number with ChatGPT

20 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Anthropic's Claude Got 11% User Boost from Super Bowl Ad Mocking ChatGPT's Advertising

20 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Anthropic got an 11% user boost from its OpenAI-bashing Super Bowl ad, data shows

21 days / cnbc

Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot

21 days / ft

Advertising made the internet accessible. Will it do the same for AI?

21 days / fastcompany / Anne Coghlan

Anthropic Expands Claude Free Tier While OpenAI Adds ChatGPT Ads

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Binance France head targeted in botched home invasion as three arrested: report

Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - French police tracked two stolen phones to a train station and arrested the trio in Lyon, per local outlet RTL.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #business #europe #law #emergencyservices #crypto

Binance France President Targeted in Latest Crypto Home Invasion

21 days / gizmodo / Kyle Torpey

The Daily: South Korean police lose seized bitcoin, Binance France head targeted in failed home invasion attempt, and more

21 days / theblock / James Hunt

Binance France CEO Targeted in Home Invasion Attempt: Report

21 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Binance France head targeted in botched home invasion as three arrested: report

21 days / theblock / Naga Avan-Nomayo

xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Elon Musk's AI company xAI is hemorrhaging talent. Former employees describe a culture of missing safety standards, growing disillusionment, and a constant race to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic.The article xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safe…

#startups #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #business #governance #jobs #xai #grokai #safety

Perplexity tests new ultra-fast Gamma mode powered by Grok

19 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

Developer targeted by AI hit piece warns society cannot handle AI agents that decouple actions from consequences

19 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee.

20 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Impressive how obvious this typo is and yet

20 days / bsky / @themckenziest.gay / themckenziest.gay

Elon Musk's xAI loses second cofounder in 48 hours

20 days / reddit / /u/gdelacalle

Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?

20 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?

20 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI? | Former employees say the restructuring followed tensions over safety and being “stuck in the catch-up phase.”

20 days / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

The Best Time to Leave xAI Is Before Joining. The Next Best Time is Right Now

20 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center

21 days / cnbc

xAI Loses Half Its Co-Founders as Musk Announces Reorganization After SpaceX Merger

21 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI

21 days / techcrunch / Theresa Loconsolo

xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up

21 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Grok Is Gaining on ChatGPT and Gemini. How It Got There Isn’t Pretty.

21 days / bigtechnology / Alex Kantrowitz

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI?

21 days / theverge / Hayden Field

Antitrust Policy Hangs in the Balance as Respected Top Prosecutor Departs

21 days / newcomer / Jonathan Weber

Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Following Public Boycott

bgr - Ring ended a controversial partnership that would have sent customer data to Flock Safety, a move that coincides with the start of a consumer boycott.

#dataprivacy #amazon #camera #security #privacy #superbowl #smarthome #ring #safety #ads

Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues (1)
On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott (4)
Police: Flock shared access with federal agencies, sparking furor (1)
Reporter: Super Bowl ad fuels dystopian privacy outrage (3)
All Other Stories

Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues

Ring’s Flock breakup doesn’t fix its real problem

20 days / theverge / Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott

Amazon's Ring ends deal with surveillance firm after backlash

21 days / bbc

Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Following Public Boycott

21 days / bgr

Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Amid Backlash Over ‘Creepy’ Super Bowl Ad

21 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Ring ends partnership plans with Flock days after privacy blowback from Super Bowl ad

21 days / therecord

Police: Flock shared access with federal agencies, sparking furor

Cops Criticize Flock Safety After It’s Caught Handing Out Access To Federal Agencies

21 days / techdirt / Tim Cushing

Reporter: Super Bowl ad fuels dystopian privacy outrage

Ring Kills Flock Safety Deal After Super Bowl Ad Uproar

20 days / wired / Maddy Varner, Andrew Couts

Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage

21 days / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Amazon's Ring Super Bowl ad has turned into an epic self-own

21 days / qz / Shannon Carroll

All Other Stories

Here’s @jp2e.bsky.social pointing out the obvious: Ring’s still partnered with Axon, which is still partnered with ICE www.theverge.com/report/87932...

20 days / bsky / @reckless.bsky.social / reckless.bsky.social

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21 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

21 days / bsky / @patcoleman.bsky.social / patcoleman.bsky.social

Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Amid Backlash Over ‘Creepy’ Super Bowl Ad https://gizmodo.com/ring-cancels-flock-safety-partnership-amid-backlash-over-creepy-super-bowl-ad-2000721914

21 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Roku stock surges on earnings beat, record quarter for premium subscriptions

cnbc - Roku executives said in a shareholder letter that it marked "our biggest quarter ever" for net adds to premium subscriptions.

#streaming #entertainment #stockmarket #earnings #business #media #tv #advertising

If you haven't tried these useful Roku audio features, you're missing out

21 days / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Roku delivered an impressive Q4, posting net income of $80.5 million. The company also outlined plans for streaming bundles.

21 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Roku to launch streaming bundles as part of its efforts to continue growing its profitability

21 days / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Roku stock surges on earnings beat, record quarter for premium subscriptions

21 days / cnbc

Roku Stock Rallies 13% After Crushing Earnings Expectations

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Roku FY revenue up 15%

21 days / advanced-television / Editor

Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games

tomshardware - Steam revealed in its Client Beta patch notes that it will let users show the specifications of their hardware when leaving reviews. This should help other players considering a title see if the feedback was affected by the reviewer's hardware, although V…

#software #hardware #gaming #gpu #comments #ux #community #performance #technology #steam

Valve Adds the Ability to Attach Your PC Specs to Steam Reviews

21 days / wccftech / Alessio Palumbo

Valve's latest Steam beta lets you add your PC's specs to game reviews

21 days / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Steam beta lets users add their PC specs to reviews

21 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

The Steam Deck is sold out, but the SteamOS-powered Legion Go S is still available for $50 off — get Lenovo's handheld for $599

21 days / tomshardware

Steam Reviews Now Allow Players To Include Specifications

21 days / techpowerup

Microsoft’s AI Copyright Bot Falsely Delisted an Indie Game from Steam

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games

21 days / tomshardware

Steam will soon let users add hardware specs and performance data to reviews

21 days / techspot

Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in 'all stages' of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile actors

tomshardware - Hackers from Russian, China, India, North Korea, and elsewhere are using Google's Gemini AI to augment their attacks, Google says. From generating phishing lures, to translating text, coding, and vulnerability testing, Gemini is a core component of their …

#ai #cybersecurity #techpolicy #infosec #google #aiethics #genai #government #cybercrime #gemini

How AI could eat itself: Competitors can probe models to steal their secrets and clone them

20 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Fake AI Chrome Extensions Exposed 260,000 Users, Targeting Gmail

21 days / eweek / Ken Underhill

Google AI Shows A Site Is Offline Due To JS Content Delivery via @sejournal, @martinibuster

21 days / searchenginejournal / Roger Montti

New Cyber Threats Every iPhone Owner Should Watch Out For in 2026

21 days / idropnews / IDrop News Staff

Google opens Gemini 3 Deep Think API in Early Access

21 days / testingcatalog / Erin

Hackers Try to Clone Google’s Gemini With 100,000+ AI Probes

21 days / eweek / Esther Shein

State-Sponsored Hackers Using Popular AI Tools Including Gemini, Google Warns

21 days / decrypt / Alex Hughes

Google: Nation-State Hackers are Weaponizing Gemini AI for Cyberattacks

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in 'all stages' of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile actors

21 days / tomshardware

Hackers are using Gemini to target you, Google says

21 days / digitaltrends

Waymo is Asking DoorDash Drivers To Shut the Doors of Its Self-Driving Cars

msmash / slashdot - Waymo's autonomous vehicles can transport passengers across six cities without a human driver, but the Alphabet-owned company has discovered that its cars become completely inert if a passenger accidentally leaves a door open. The company confirmed that i…

#robotics #automation #selfdriving #robotaxis #aiethics #alphabet #jobs #automotive #delivery #safety

DoorDash drivers are getting paid to close Waymo car doors

21 days / mashable

Waymo foreshadows future jobs by paying delivery drivers to close car doors www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

21 days / bsky / @semafor.com / semafor.com

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21 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Waymo foreshadows future jobs by paying delivery drivers to close car doors

21 days / semafor / Rachyl Jones

What if riders don't close a robotaxi door after a ride? Try DoorDash.

21 days / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

Waymo is Asking DoorDash Drivers To Shut the Doors of Its Self-Driving Cars

21 days / slashdot / msmash

Waymo is hiring gig workers to close car doors, revealing how autonomous tech quietly relies on human labor

21 days / fastcompany / Sarah Fielding

DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors

21 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach

Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to steal highly confidential information about phone customers.

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #business #cybercrime #gdpr #scam #europe #telecommunications #regulation

The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to steal highly confidential information about phone customers.

21 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Major hack of Dutch telco Odido was a classic case of social engineering

21 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach

21 days / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

Top Dutch telco Odido admits 6.2M customers caught in contact system caper

21 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Pinterest (PINS) Stock Plunges 18% on Disappointing Revenue Forecast

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Pinterest shares dropped 18% after-hours following Q1 revenue guidance of $951M-$971M, below analyst expectations of $980.1M Tariff-hit retailers are cutting advertising budgets across the platform to protect profit margins from trade pressures Q4 re…

#ecommerce #digitalmarketing #tariffs #stockmarket #earnings #business #economy #ads #advertising

Pinterest stock is falling off a cliff for a surprising reason: Here’s what’s driving the PINS collapse today

21 days / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Pinterest (PINS) Stock Plunges 18% on Disappointing Revenue Forecast

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Pinterest is down 22% premarket as tariffs hit earnings. Here's what's happening

21 days / cnbc

Pinterest plummets on disappointing Q1 sales forecast, as retailers pull back on ad spending

21 days / sherwood / Millie Giles

Pinterest search volume hits 80 billion, topping ChatGPT’s 75 billion

21 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

Laura Varley / siliconrepublic - The company has announced that the expansion of roles will be across the board, impacting a wide range of departments. Read more: IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

#ai #automation #digitaltransformation #elearning #genai #business #jobs #us #technology

IBM to Triple Entry-Level Hiring as AI Rewrites Junior Roles

21 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

IBM to triple entry-level hiring despite AI fears

21 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

21 days / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

IBM to triple entry level hiring in the US by 2026

21 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition

msmash / slashdot - Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, New York Times reported Friday, five years after the social giant shut down facial recognition on Facebook and promised to find "the right balance" for the …

#ai #ar #wearables #dataprivacy #techpolicy #computervision #meta #aiethics #camera #safety

History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition (1)
On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works (7)
Other: podcast mention and community reposts (1)
Privacy alarm: launching while critics distracted, safety risks (4)
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History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition

Meta is reportedly working to bring facial recognition to its smart glasses

21 days / engadget / Matt Tate

On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works

Report: Meta to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

21 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Meta’s smart glasses could soon identify people in real time

21 days / digitaltrends

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims

21 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Meta is bringing back facial recognition for its smart glasses

21 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition

21 days / slashdot / msmash

Meta Plans 'Name Tag' Facial Recognition for Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

21 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

21 days / nytimes / Kashmir Hill, Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac

Other: podcast mention and community reposts

Surprise new PS5 game, Meta Ray-Ban face ID rumor, Apple Vision Pro update: The Shortcut Live Ep. 23

21 days / theshortcut / Matt Swider

Privacy alarm: launching while critics distracted, safety risks

The World Is on Fire and Meta Sees an Opportunity to Add Facial Recognition to Smart Glasses

21 days / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Meta's Smart Glasses Could Get Face Tracking Soon. That Worries Me

21 days / cnet / Scott Stein

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

21 days / reddit / /u/Accurate_Cry_8937

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

21 days / theverge / Emma Roth

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The World Is on Fire and Meta Sees an Opportunity to Add Facial Recognition to Smart Glasses

21 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

The @nytimes.com report on Meta pursuing facial recognition on smart glasses, and seeing this politically chaotic time as a good window to launch, has tons of concerns. Also, my thoughts on the race for this tech, its advantages, and its need for limits.

21 days / bsky / @scottstein.bsky.social / scottstein.bsky.social

if there ever was a doubt that companies are good cool your friend not evil

21 days / bsky / @plorigo.bsky.social / plorigo.bsky.social

Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/13/1336235/meta-plans-to-let-smart-glasses-identify-people-through-ai-powered-facial-recognition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&am

21 days / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic has closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, bringing the AI company's post-money valuation to $380 billion.The article Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion appeared first on The Decoder.

#ai #startups #enterprise #anthropic #genai #stockmarket #business #technology

Buildout: Anthropic recruiting ex-Google staff for massive data centers (2)
Claude adoption: marketing, features, and developer ecosystem accelerating growth (7)
Funding frenzy: $30B round pushes Anthropic to $380B valuation (10)

Buildout: Anthropic recruiting ex-Google staff for massive data centers

Show HN: Skill that lets Claude Code/Codex spin up VMs and GPUs

21 days / ycombinator

Anthropic recruits ex-Google data center veterans to build its own AI infrastructure empire

21 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Claude adoption: marketing, features, and developer ecosystem accelerating growth

Claude is leveling up against Gemini and ChatGPT with powerful free tools

21 days / digitaltrends

Spotify Says Its Best Developers Haven't Written a Line of Code Since December, Thanks To AI

21 days / slashdot / msmash

Claude Code is the New Excel

21 days / substack / John Hwang

Anthropic Fast-Tracks Next Generation of Coders Into Claude Ecosystem

21 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped push Claude’s app into the top 10

21 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Meet Anthropic’s AI Morality Teacher

21 days / wsj / Conor Grant

Como travar sessões do Claude com uma frase

21 days / pivot-to-ai / David Gerard

Funding frenzy: $30B round pushes Anthropic to $380B valuation

Anthropic Hit $10 Billion in Revenue, Amodei Says AI Nears 'End of the Exponential'

21 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Elon Musk Slams Anthropic AI as ‘Evil’ After $380B Valuation

21 days / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Anthropic Raises $30B at $380B Valuation in Record Series G

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic and Databricks raise billions more. Next stop: IPOs?

21 days / siliconangle / Robert Hof

The eye-popping numbers in Anthropic's latest funding round

21 days / qz / Niamh Rowe

Anthropic Adds New Board Member as It Eyes IPO

21 days / wsj / Kate Clark

Investors shove another $30B into the Anthropic money furnace

21 days / theregister / Richard Speed

Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion

21 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

The $380B Claude play: Why investors bet big on Anthropic’s enterprise AI

21 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Anthropic raises $30B at a $380B valuation amid bubble fears

21 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

US spot bitcoin ETFs bleed $410 million as BTC slips below $66,000

Brian Danga / theblock - US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $410 million in outflows as bitcoin fell below $66,000 after stronger-than-expected jobs data.

#blockchain #crypto #banking #stockmarket #business #bitcoin #economy #crypto

Bank analysts cut targets, warning of further downside ahead. (4)
Offbeat: promos, corporate losses, and speculative token hype. (4)
On the trading floor: ETFs bleed, institutions pare back positions. (2)
Traders fret over shallow demand, funding, derivatives, and price signals. (3)

Bank analysts cut targets, warning of further downside ahead.

Bitcoin Bounces to $69K, But Charts Are Still Bearish: Analysis

21 days / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

Crypto rout set to deepen as Standard Chartered warns of further downside risks

21 days / scmp

Bitcoin’s long-term rally is ‘broken’ until it reclaims $85,000, Deribit executive says

21 days / coindesk / Omkar Godbole

Bitcoin Signals Turning Point—But No Clear Bottom Yet, Experts Say

22 days / decrypt / Akash Girimath

Offbeat: promos, corporate losses, and speculative token hype.

Bitcoin Price News: BTC Correlates With Equities, ETH Could See V-Shaped Recovery, and DeepSnitch AI Presale Targets 1000x Q1 Launch

21 days / parameter / Michelle DG

Bitcoin News Today: Securitize Launches RWA Stablecoin as BTC Faces Extreme Fear and $50k Target, Making DeepSnitch AI the Best Crypto to Buy Now

21 days / parameter / Michelle DG

Morning Minute: Coinbase Reports $667 Million Loss Amid Bitcoin Dive

21 days / decrypt / Tyler Warner

Bitcoin Price News: Bulls Ignore Extreme Fear Pushing BTC to $68K as DeepSnitch AI Crushes 163% Proving Parabolic Rally Loading

21 days / parameter / Michelle DG

On the trading floor: ETFs bleed, institutions pare back positions.

Bitcoin ETFs Shed $410M Amid BTC's Ongoing Slump

21 days / decrypt / Akash Girimath

US spot bitcoin ETFs bleed $410 million as BTC slips below $66,000

21 days / theblock / Brian Danga

Traders fret over shallow demand, funding, derivatives, and price signals.

Crypto market wobbles as investors ignore good news, look for ‘exit ramp’

21 days / coindesk / Francisco Rodrigues

Bitcoin, ether little changed before U.S. inflation report

21 days / coindesk / Francisco Rodrigues

Bitcoin stays defensive below $70,000 as shallow demand limits upside, analysts say

21 days / theblock / Naga Avan-Nomayo

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