Monday, February 16, 2026




In Detail Full day, Monday, February 16, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago


Western Digital is Sold Out of Hard Drives for 2026

msmash / slashdot - Western Digital's entire hard drive manufacturing capacity for calendar year 2026 is now fully spoken for, CEO Irving Tan disclosed during the company's second-quarter earnings call, a stark sign of how aggressively hyperscalers are locking down storage s…

#bigdata #cloud #hardware #storage #business #datacenter #supplychain #manufacturing #technology

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NASA confirms target date for crewed Artemis II lunar flight

digitaltrends - NASA has announced a date for the second wet dress rehearsal for the SLS rocket that will send a crew of astronauts on a voyage around the moon in the highly anticipated Artemis II mission. The space agency also confirmed that the earliest the rocket coul…

#nasa #astronauts #science #health #government #astronomy #aerospace #us #engineering #safety

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Harvard Cuts Bitcoin ETF Stake, Adds Ethereum Exposure in Q4 Filing

Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Harvard Management Company trimmed its Bitcoin ETF position while starting a new stake in a spot Ethereum fund.

#blockchain #crypto #stockmarket #business #bitcoin #hedgefund #economy #crypto

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KPMG Partner Fined Over Using AI To Pass AI Test

msmash / slashdot - A partner at KPMG Australia has been fined $7,000 by the Big Four firm after using AI tools to cheat on an internal training course about using AI. From a report: The unnamed partner was forced to redo the test after uploading training materials into an A…

#ai #techpolicy #elearning #aiethics #genai #business #jobs #australia

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First iOS 26.4, macOS Tahoe developer betas surface as new Siri waits in the wings

appleinsider - Apple has started a brand new generation of developer betas, with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4 expected to include a Siri update.Apple's hardware that works with the 26-generation operating systems - …

#apple #android #iphone #ios #ipad #macos #encryption #updates #operatingsystems #findmyiphone

Apple's Podcasts goes video: HLS streaming, PiP, downloads, dynamic ads

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Developers test 26.4 across devices; Rosetta warnings and battery controls

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On the ground: iPhones get anti‑theft defaults; RCS encryption testing

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OTHER: Music AI features and miscellaneous beta tweaks awaiting rollout

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OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI for AI Agents

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has hired OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger to lead autonomous AI agent development as CEO Sam Altman advances the company's multi-agent vision.The post OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI for AI Agents appeared first on WinBuzzer.

#ai #automation #ml #openai #genai #business #chatgpt #jobs #acquisitions #assistant #openclaw

Industry sprint: rival agents, infrastructure and startups racing

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On the ground: OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger

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On-site: malware and misbehaving agents threaten OpenClaw users


Other: research findings and critiques lingering around agents

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Italian AviationTech startup Intuos raises €720k to scale fleet operations platform internationally

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Rome-based startup Intuos, the developer of an integrated platform for aircraft fleet operators that combines operational software and IoT devices with ML-based analytics, has closed a €720k investment round following its expansion in Europe and South Afr…

#bigdata #startups #vc #iot #analytics #saas #aviation #aerospace #europe #safety

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India AI Impact Summit: ‘Impact Over Hype’ At The Centre Of India’s AI Strategy

Lokesh Choudhary / inc42 - The opening day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi unfolded as a landmark moment in the…

#ai #innovation #techpolicy #aiethics #government #business #governance #india #globalism #asia

Frugal AI for developing countries; safety, publishers, digital IDs.

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India pushes Global AI Commons, steering global policy.

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Massive investments and data centers reshape India's AI landscape.

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Other: miscellaneous tech and tools at the summit.


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AWS is down: February 16 outage explained

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Amazon Web Services (AWS) is experiencing a sudden spike in technical issues, causing widespread disruptions across various digital platforms on February 16, 2026. According to Downdetector data, reports began to climb sharply at 4.46 PM, with nearly 100 …

#cloud #networking #amazon #datacenter #internet #media #technology #cloudflare

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Gurman: iPhone 18 Pro Could Be Underwhelming

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models "won't be a big update," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.In the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that the iPhone 18 Pro models will "represent minor tweaks from last …

#mobiletech #apple #iphone #ios #gadgets #telecommunications #smartphone

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Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple today announced a "special Apple Experience" in New York, London, and Shanghai, taking place on March 4, 2026 at 9:00am ET.Apple invited select members of the media to the event in three major cities around the world. It is simply described as a "sp…

#mobiletech #apple #iphone #ios #cpus #macos #macbook #gadgets #smartphone #arm

Event Context & Analysis — Location and March history hint at event's scope

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Event Invitations — Press invited simultaneously to NYC, London, Shanghai

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OTHER — Wallpapers, iOS beta notes, and miscellaneous items

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Product Rumors — iPhone 17e, M5 MacBooks, colorful low-cost MacBook expected

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Bedfordshire biotech Tozaro secures £6M from Mercia to scale gene therapy platform

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Modern medicine is facing a significant pricing crisis. While breakthrough gene therapies offer potential cures for rare genetic…

#startups #biotech #health #business #finance #uk #biology #pharmaceuticals #manufacturing #medicine

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Sony Reportedly Considering 2028-2029 Launch for PS6 Due to Chip Shortage

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Sony is reportedly considering pushing its tentative launch for PlayStation 6 until either 2028 or 2029 due to the global chip shortage.The post Sony Reportedly Considering 2028-2029 Launch for PS6 Due to Chip Shortage first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

#ai #hardware #gaming #semiconductors #chips #playstation #supplychain #pricing #sony #memory

Memory market turmoil: bankruptcies, investment, and new entrants

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Other: AMD, leakers, and miscellaneous chip reports


Sony may delay PS6; Switch 2 prices could rise

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Steam Deck and consoles face memory-driven shortages

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Google patches Chrome zero-day as in-the-wild exploits surface

Carly Page / theregister - High-severity CSS flaw let malicious webpages run code inside the sandbox Google has quietly pushed out an emergency Chrome fix after attackers were caught exploiting the browser's first reported zero-day of 2026.…

#cybersecurity #infosec #google #browsers #cybercrime #hack #patching #updates #bugs

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Samsung ad confirms rumors of a useful S26 ‘privacy display’

Dominic Preston / theverge - Samsung has released a new advertisement for its upcoming Galaxy S26 launch that all-but confirms rumors of a new display with a built-in privacy mode. Leaked videos show that the feature could be capable of entirely blacking out content from specific app…

#samsung #android #business #privacy #ux #technology #gadgets #oled #smartphone #digitalprivacy

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Tesla delays Apple CarPlay launch over iOS 26 compatibility issues

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Tesla’s planned integration of Apple CarPlay has been delayed because of app compatibility complications and low adoption of iOS 26, according to a report by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Initial reports had suggested a late 2025 rollout for the feature, and B…

#apple #cars #tesla #ios #apps #ux #updates #automotive #carplay #ev

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Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates

Dave Lawler / axios - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is "close" to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a "supply chain risk" — meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company, a senior Pentagon off…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #supplychain #us

Developer revolt: Anthropic hides Claude file access, transparency fight

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Global expansion: Anthropic opens India office, enterprise partnerships

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Other: CEO commentary and research angles

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Pentagon showdown: supply-chain risk, contracts threatened over Claude

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Intel Unveils Annual GPU Cadence For Xeon & Client Segments: Xe3P In 2026, Xe-Next In 2027

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Intel has reaffirmed its annual GPU cadence, which will see yearly roadmap and product updates on the client and data center segments. Intel Xe3P GPUs Coming This Year, Followed By Xe Next In 2027 As Part of Annual Client & Xeon Cadence Intel's GPU roadma…

#hardware #innovation #semiconductors #chips #gpu #business #datacenter #intel #compsci #technology

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ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat

bbc - Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney's intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance's update.

#ai #movies #entertainment #genai #apps #bytedance #disney #contentmoderation #intellectualproperty #copyright

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Alibaba unveils Qwen-3.5, sharpening global race to spread AI models

scmp - Alibaba Cloud has unveiled its next-generation open artificial intelligence model, Qwen-3.5, in a move set to have major implications for the global AI race between China and the US.The much-anticipated release, timed on the eve of the Lunar New Year, cap…

#ai #cloud #ml #opensource #enterprise #china #aiethics #genai #api #developertools

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TUM spinout Sitegeist grabs €4M for AI robots fixing concrete renovation labour crunch

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Europe has a major backlog of infrastructure repairs. Many bridges, tunnels, parking structures, and public buildings need urgent…

#ai #robotics #automation #ml #business #deeptech #europe #engineering #manufacturing #repair

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