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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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Palo Alto Networks buys Koi amid earnings hiccup and cautious AI claims (9)

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Discord age checks spark mass user migration and platform strain (5)

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YouTube outage silences videos for millions across multiple countries (15) hot

On-scene: users report mass YouTube outage worldwide
Engineers say service normalized after widespread outage
Investigation finds infrastructure failure caused two-hour outage
Seoul: YouTube experiences partial service disruption

17 days

Apple reportedly building three AI wearables including smart glasses and pendant (8)

17 days

Apple 26.4 betas add audio fixes, video podcasts and possible anti‑theft default change (8)

17 days

Samsung teases Galaxy S26 AI camera features ahead of Unpacked launch (9)

17 days

Abu Dhabi funds lift BlackRock Bitcoin ETF holdings above $1 billion (5)

17 days

Bridge, Stripe’s stablecoin arm, wins conditional national trust bank charter approval (4)

17 days

Pentagon–Anthropic spat drags Palantir into military AI safeguards showdown (9)

17 days

Meta expands NVIDIA partnership to deploy millions of GPUs and standalone CPUs (20) hot

Meta's multiyear pact to buy millions of Nvidia chips
Meta adopts Nvidia standalone CPUs for efficiency gains
Deal reshapes competition, boosts Nvidia, pressures chip rivals
Other: opinion pieces and unrelated Nvidia market stories

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Apple schedules March 4 special events; multiple product rumors swirl ahead of reveal (8)

17 days

Tesla Austin robotaxi fleet accrues 14 crashes since launch, safety questions multiply (10) hot

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OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator as industry ban and security concerns mount (9)

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Meta patents AI to keep deceased users’ accounts “alive” and posting (4)

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Google locks Google I/O 2026 for May 19–20; expect Gemini and Android reveals (7)

17 days

Render raises $100M to build cloud platform for AI agents (5)

17 days

CFTC fights states over jurisdiction of prediction markets, threatens legal action (8)

17 days

Anthropic debuts Sonnet 4.6 with stronger coding and multi-step browser skills (14) hot

Sonnet 4.6 launch: features and 1M-token context
Stronger computer-use: coding, forms, and multi-tab browsing
Benchmarks and pricing: Sonnet matches Opus performance
Other: personality, rollout notes, and community reactions

17 days

Apple accelerates development of smart glasses, AI pin and camera-equipped AirPods (17) hot

Bloomberg leak: Apple’s three-wearable AI push accelerates timelines
Smart glasses: premium camera-first companion, contextual Siri
AI pendant: AirTag-sized always-on 'eyes and ears' accessory
Camera AirPods: earbuds with visual sensors powering Siri

17 days

Countries move to restrict social media for children amid safety debates (14) hot

Parliamentary push: UK and allies seek age-based social limits
Australia's ban: reports show harms for disabled and isolated youth
Platforms and studies: age checks, user exodus, and Meta research

17 days

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount bid, asks for best and final offer (5)

In Detail Full day, Tuesday, February 17, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

Palo Alto Networks acquires file security startup Koi for reported $400M

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Palo Alto Networks Inc. is acquiring Koi Security Ltd., a startup that helps enterprises prevent their employees from downloading risky files. The companies announced the deal today without disclosing the financial terms. According to Calcalist, the trans…

#ai #startups #enterprise #infosec #cloudsec #stockmarket #earnings #business #acquisitions

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Stock: Why Shares Dropped 6% Despite a Strong Quarter

16 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Palo Alto shares sink 8%, CEO defends cybersecurity's position as AI hits software stocks

16 days / cnbc

Palo Alto lowers profit forecast after CyberArk deal

16 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Palo Alto CEO says AI isn’t great for business, yet

16 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Palo Alto CEO says AI isn’t great for business, yet

17 days / theregister / Simon Sharwood

The AI Scare Trade — the all-purpose excuse for number go down

17 days / pivot-to-ai / David Gerard

Palo Alto Networks shares fall after outlook disappoints despite second quarter beat

17 days / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Palo Alto Networks slumps 6% as third quarter profit guidance falls short

17 days / cnbc

Palo Alto Networks acquires file security startup Koi for reported $400M

17 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

'I do not trust them' - top streamers left concerned by Discord age checks

bbc - The platform's plan to roll out global age checks has caused concern in streaming communities.

#gaming #dataprivacy #techpolicy #streaming #internet #apps #community #contentmoderation #digitalid

TeamSpeak Reports Massive Surge of New Users Following Discord Verification Requirement

16 days / techpowerup

Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

16 days / reddit / /u/ph-sub

'I do not trust them' - top streamers left concerned by Discord age checks

17 days / bbc

Discord Rival Maxes Out Hosting Capacity As Players Flee Age-Verification Crackdown

17 days / slashdot / BeauHD

TeamSpeak sees massive surge as frustrated Discord users jump ship

17 days / techspot

Is YouTube Down Right Now? Outage Hits Over a Million People, According to Downdetector

Jeff Carlson / cnet - More than a million people around the world reported the popular video site had gone dark. Just in time for Olympics coverage!

#google #techsupport #youtube #alphabet #internet #us #apps #asia #media #broadcasting

Engineers say service normalized after widespread outage (2)
Investigation finds infrastructure failure caused two-hour outage (2)
On-scene: users report mass YouTube outage worldwide (8)
Seoul: YouTube experiences partial service disruption (1)
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Engineers say service normalized after widespread outage

YouTube says brief outage fixed

16 days / techxplore

(LEAD) YouTube says service normalized after temporary outage

16 days / co / Kang Jae-eun

Investigation finds infrastructure failure caused two-hour outage

YouTube fully restored after rare two-hour infrastructure failure

16 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

YouTube outage cause revealed: Heres what we know

17 days / mashable

On-scene: users report mass YouTube outage worldwide

Is YouTube Down Right Now? Outage Hits Over a Million People, According to Downdetector

17 days / cnet / Jeff Carlson

YouTube is down for thousands of users in the US

17 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

YouTube is down. Heres what we know.

17 days / mashable

It's not just you, YouTube is partially down in outage

17 days / ycombinator

YouTube outage: Thousands of users claim site is down as homepage returns error message | The Independent

17 days / reddit / /u/Tofurkey_Tom

YouTube is Down

17 days / reddit / /u/srd0505

YouTube down in USA: Tens of thousands of users face problems amid outage; ‘something went wrong’

17 days / reddit / /u/Waste-Explanation-76

YouTube is Down

17 days / reddit / /u/Mongoos150

Seoul: YouTube experiences partial service disruption

YouTube experiences partial service disruption in S. Korea

17 days / co / Kang Jae-eun

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Apple Is Reportedly Planning To Launch AI-Powered Glasses, a Pendant, and AirPods

BeauHD / slashdot - According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (paywalled), Apple is reportedly developing AI-powered smart glasses, a wearable pendant, and camera-equipped AirPods that connect to the iPhone and use "visual context" to let Siri perform real-world actions. The Verg…

#ai #ar #wearables #apple #genai #camera #assistant #spatialcomputing #airpods #gadgets

Apple's smart glasses are further along than expected, with production targeted for late 2026

16 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Big Tech Races to Break Phone Addiction With AI Wearables

16 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple smart glasses and AI pin in development, launch set for 2027

16 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

Apple’s N50 smart glasses targeting 2027 launch

16 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Apple (AAPL) Stock: Climbs on AI Pendant and AirPods Rumors

16 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Apple Is Reportedly Planning To Launch AI-Powered Glasses, a Pendant, and AirPods

17 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Apple Is Quietly Working On These Three New AI Wearable Devices

17 days / bgr

Apple's Trio of AI Wearables Could Arrive as Soon as Next Year

17 days / cnet / Scott Stein

tvOS 26.4 Beta Adds 'Continuous Audio Connection' to Fix Apple TV Audio Dropouts, Removes iTunes Apps

iclarified - Apple is streamlining the Apple TV interface and addressing long-standing audio complaints with its latest software update. Following the release of the first tvOS 26.4 beta to developers earlier this week, developers have discovered that the legacy iTune…

#apple #iphone #ios #apps #tvos #patching #updates #bugs #broadcasting #findmyiphone

Apple Vision Pro Gains Foveated Streaming in visionOS 26.4 Beta

16 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple Brings iPhone-Style Battery Charge Limits to MacBooks

16 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

iOS 26.4 Beta Tidbits: Hidden Features You May Have Missed

17 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

iOS 26.4 Beta Tidbits: Hidden Features You May Have Missed

17 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

The iTunes Movies and TV Shows Apps Finally Vanish in tvOS 26.4

17 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

tvOS 26.4 Beta Adds 'Continuous Audio Connection' to Fix Apple TV Audio Dropouts, Removes iTunes Apps

17 days / iclarified

Your iPhone Might Soon Enable An Anti-Theft Feature That Used To Be Optional

17 days / bgr

Apple Podcasts Finally Goes All-In on Video

17 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Samsung teases mobile AI photography tools ahead of Unpacked

Anna Washenko / engadget - Anyone who's been paying even a little bit of attention to tech news lately could have made a reasonable guess that AI will be a big topic at Samsung's Unpacked next week. Ahead of the event, Samsung teased some of what's to come for AI in terms of the Ga…

#ai #mobiletech #samsung #android #genai #camera #pricing #technology #gadgets #smartphone

The next Galaxy S26 camera may get Samsung’s easiest AI editing yet

16 days / digitaltrends

Samsung Exynos 2600 GPU outperforms rivals in benchmark

16 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Samsung teases AI-driven camera experience for Galaxy S26

16 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Samsung Teases a New Galaxy Camera Experience

17 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Samsung teases new AI image editor for upcoming Galaxy S26 phones

17 days / mashable

Samsung teases mobile AI photography tools ahead of Unpacked

17 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S26 expected to see first price hike in 3 years

17 days / co / Kang Yoon-seung

The Galaxy S26 Ultra's Best Feature Might Fix One Of The MacBook's Biggest Problems

17 days / bgr

Samsung Is Using AI Slop To Promote Its New Android Phone (In The Worst Way Possible)

17 days / bgr

Abu Dhabi Funds Boosted BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Exposure to $1 Billion by End of 2025: Filings

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - Abu Dhabi funds added to their Bitcoin exposure in Q4, jumping to more than $1 billion worth of IBIT at the conclusion of the year.

#blockchain #crypto #stockmarket #privateequity #business #bitcoin #asia #crypto

Bitcoin ETFs hold billions despite price crash, but resilience masks harsh reality

16 days / coindesk / Omkar Godbole

Abu Dhabi Funds Boosted BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Exposure to $1 Billion by End of 2025: Filings

17 days / bsky / @decrypt.co / decrypt.co

Abu Dhabi wealth funds bitcoin ETF holdings topped $1 billion at end of 2025

17 days / coindesk / Helene Braun

Abu Dhabi Funds Boosted BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Exposure to $1 Billion by End of 2025: Filings

17 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Abu Dhabi funds held over $1 billion of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF at end of last year

17 days / theblock / RT Watson

Stripe-owned stablecoin platform Bridge wins conditional OCC approval for national bank charter

Sarah Wynn / theblock - Stablecoin platform Bridge, acquired by Stripe last year, received conditional approval from the OCC, the firm said on Tuesday.

#startups #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #banking #payments #crypto

Stripe-Owned Bridge Clears OCC Hurdle for Federal Bank Charter

17 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Stripe-Owned Bridge Gains National Bank Trust Charter to Boost Stablecoin Offerings

17 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Stripe-owned stablecoin platform Bridge wins conditional OCC approval for national bank charter

17 days / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins initial approval of national bank trust charter

17 days / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

Palantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon

Rebecca Heilweil / fastcompany - A dispute between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the military can use the company’s technology has now gone public. Amid tense negotiations, Anthropic has reportedly called for limits on two key applications: mass surveillance and autonomo…

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

I found Claude for Government buried in the Claude Desktop binary. Here's what Anthropic built, how it got deployed, and the line they're still holding against the Pentagon.

17 days / reddit / /u/aaddrick

‘Woke’ AI Feud Escalates Between Pentagon and Anthropic

17 days / wsj / Keach Hagey

Palantir partnership is at heart of Anthropic, Pentagon rift www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

17 days / bsky / @newnarrative.bsky.social / newnarrative.bsky.social

Good to know! www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

17 days / bsky / @ajvicens.bsky.social / ajvicens.bsky.social

"Soon after the Maduro raid, during a regular check-in that Palantir holds with Anthropic, an Anthropic official discussed the operation with a Palantir senior executive, who gathered from the exchange that the AI startup disapproved of its technolog

17 days / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

Palantir partnership is at heart of Anthropic, Pentagon rift

17 days / semafor / Reed Albergotti

Palantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon

17 days / fastcompany / Rebecca Heilweil

Pentagon Weighs Axing $200M Anthropic Deal in Moral Standoff Over AI Safeguards

17 days / eweek / Grant Harvey

Pentagon Considers Designating Anthropic AI as a ‘Supply Chain Risk’: Report

17 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Meta expands Nvidia deal to use millions of AI chips in data center build-out, including standalone CPUs

cnbc - Meta expands partnership with Nvidia in a deal likely worth tens of billions, for deploying millions of GPUs and new standalone CPUs in AI data centers

#ai #cloud #hardware #semiconductors #ml #meta #nvidia #business #datacenter #cpus

Deal reshapes competition, boosts Nvidia, pressures chip rivals (6)
Meta adopts Nvidia standalone CPUs for efficiency gains (4)
Meta's multiyear pact to buy millions of Nvidia chips (7)
Other: opinion pieces and unrelated Nvidia market stories (3)

Deal reshapes competition, boosts Nvidia, pressures chip rivals

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Soars as Meta Expands Multiyear AI Chip Deal Covering Blackwell and Rubin GPUs

16 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

NVIDIA Manages to Bag In One of AMD’s Biggest AI Customers, Meta, Offering Next-Gen Vera Rubin In a “Multi-Generational” Partnership

16 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

The Race for Who Has the Best AI Infrastructure Heats Up as AMD Denies Instinct MI455X Is Being Delayed, but Concerns About Large-Scale Deployment Remain

17 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Meta agrees to buy millions more AI chips for Nvidia, raising doubts about its in-house hardware

17 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Nvidia and Meta enhance partnership with social media giant to deploy “millions” of its GPUs

17 days / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Nvidia secures multibillion-dollar Meta deal as it battles chip rivals

17 days / ft

Meta adopts Nvidia standalone CPUs for efficiency gains

Meta will deploy standalone Nvidia Grace CPUs in production, with Vera to follow — company sees perf-per-watt improvements of up to 2X in some CPU workloads

16 days / tomshardware

Meta will run AI in WhatsApp through NVIDIA's 'confidential computing'

16 days / engadget / Steve Dent

Meta already deploying Nvidia's standalone CPUs at scale

17 days / reddit / /u/-protonsandneutrons-

GPU who? Meta to deploy Nvidia CPUs at large scale

17 days / theregister / Tobias Mann

Meta's multiyear pact to buy millions of Nvidia chips

Meta inks deal to use millions of Nvidia’s chips in data centre build-out

16 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Meta and NVIDIA sign multi-billion dollar deal for millions of AI GPUs

16 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Meta’s new deal with Nvidia buys up millions of AI chips

17 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Nvidia Signs Multiyear Agreement to Supply Meta with Millions of AI Chips - MLQ.ai

17 days / mlq

Meta expands Nvidia deal to use millions of AI chips in data center build-out, including standalone CPUs

17 days / cnbc

Meta locks in tens of billions for Nvidia AI chips - The Tech Buzz

17 days / techbuzz

(PR) Meta Partners with NVIDIA to Deploy Millions of Blackwell and Rubin GPUs

17 days / techpowerup

Other: opinion pieces and unrelated Nvidia market stories

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Moves Higher on Indian AI Infrastructure and VC Partnership Plans

16 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Nvidia is partnering with major Indian VC firms in search for the country's next AI start-ups

17 days / cnbc

Meta and NVIDIA Join Forces: Why Personal Superintelligence is Coming to You

17 days / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Apple Event on March 4: Here's What to Expect

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple on Monday invited selected journalists and content creators to a "special Apple Experience" on Wednesday, March 4 in New York, London, and Shanghai.At an Apple Experience, attendees are typically given the opportunity to try out Apple's latest hardw…

#hardware #semiconductors #apple #cpus #ipad #macbook #technology #gadgets #oled #arm

M5 Pro & M5 Max Could Offer Considerably More CPU, GPU Cores Thanks To New Chiplet Design, Which Also Eliminates Thermal And Electrical Contamination

16 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Apple Announces Special Event in New York on March 4

17 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Rumor: Apple to Announce Multiple New Products in First Week of March

17 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple Invites Media to Special ‘Experience’ in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4

17 days / macrumors / John Gruber

Apple MacBook Rumors: New M5 MacBook Pros Could Arrive March 4

17 days / cnet / Tyler Graham

5 Apple products that could be unveiled on March 4

17 days / mashable

Apple Event on March 4: Here's What to Expect

17 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple Might Announce Colorful, Low-Cost MacBook on March 4

17 days / gizmodo / Raymond Wong

Tesla’s 45 Austin Robotaxis now have 14 crashes on the books since launching in June

Max Knoblauch / sherwood - Tesla submitted five new crash reports in January involving its Austin Robotaxi fleet, Electrek reports.

#techpolicy #selfdriving #robotaxis #cars #aiethics #government #tesla #us #automotive #safety

California regulators decide not to suspend Tesla sales in the state

16 days / techxplore

Tesla (TSLA) Stock: Holds Steady After Autopilot Removed

16 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Tesla Relents, Reportedly Stops Using the Term ‘Autopilot’ in California

17 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Tesla dodges 30-day suspension in California after removing Autopilot

17 days / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans

17 days / ycombinator

Ride the Tesla RoboTaxi: only one out of every three will get into an accident! sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...

17 days / bsky / @kentremendous.bsky.social / kentremendous.bsky.social

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That’s 4x Higher Than Humans

17 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That’s 4x Higher Than Humans

17 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans

17 days / ycombinator

Tesla’s 45 Austin Robotaxis now have 14 crashes on the books since launching in June

17 days / sherwood / Max Knoblauch

OpenAI hires 'genius' OpenClaw creator, but popular AI assistant will remain open source — Sam Altman says creator will work on 'smart agents' in new role

tomshardware - OpenAI has hired the creator of popular agentic AI tool OpenClaw, but has decided to keep the project open source. Despite its old Claude-inspired name, Anthropic threatened Steinberger with legal action ahead of multiple name changes.

#ai #cybersecurity #techpolicy #openai #aiethics #genai #jobs #safety #regulation #openclaw

“I don’t do this for the money… I want to have fun and have impact.” sources.news/p/how-did-me...

16 days / bsky / @alexeheath.com / alexeheath.com

Mac mini shortages are starting to happen — and the OpenClaw AI boom is a key reason

17 days / reddit / /u/Thepunnisherrr

How did Meta lose the ClawFather?

17 days / sources / Alex Heath

This Viral AI Project Went From Side Hustle to Coveted Prize in Three Months

17 days / wsj / Angel Au-Yeung

MyClaw launches managed, always-on OpenClaw agent

17 days / testingcatalog / Nero Soares

AI agents drive buzz for Raspberry Pi mini-computers

17 days / semafor / Brendan Ruberry

The Year of the Agent: OpenAI Strikes Deal With OpenClaw Founder

17 days / cnet / Macy Meyer

Meta and Other Tech Companies Ban OpenClaw Over Cybersecurity Concerns

17 days / wired / Paresh Dave

OpenAI hires 'genius' OpenClaw creator, but popular AI assistant will remain open source — Sam Altman says creator will work on 'smart agents' in new role

17 days / tomshardware

Meta patented LLM that would post for users after they die

mashable - Meta recently won a patent for an LLM that would simulate users' accounts and post, like, and comment on their behalf, including for the accounts of people who have died.

#ai #techpolicy #meta #aiethics #genai #law #contentmoderation #intellectualproperty #digitalprivacy

Meta’s “After You Die” AI Just Got Patented

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

Meta patented LLM that would post for users after they die

17 days / mashable

Meta patents AI that could continue posting on social media on behalf of deceased users

17 days / techspot

Meta patents AI that lets dead people post from the great beyond

17 days / fastcompany / Chris Morris

Google I/O 2026 Dates Announced for May: Gemini to Android and More

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Google has officially locked in the dates for its annual developer conference, with Google I/O 2026 returning to the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View from May 19-20, 2026. While some developers will be there in person, the rest of us can catch the …

#ai #google #android #genai #apps #technology #operatingsystems #api #developertools #gemini

Google announces dates for I/O 2026

17 days / mashable

Google I/O 2026 Set For May 19-20

17 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Google's I/O developer conference to be held May 19 and 20, says Alphabet

17 days / cnbc

Google I/O 2026 Will Kick Off May 19

17 days / cnet / David Lumb

Google announces dates for I/O 2026

17 days / theverge / Emma Roth

Google I/O 2026 Dates Announced for May: Gemini to Android and More

17 days / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Google I/O 2026 is set for May 19 and 20

17 days / engadget / Kris Holt

Render Raises $100 Million to Build Cloud Tech for AI Agents

PYMNTS / pymnts - Cloud technology company Render has raised $100 million in new funding. The firm’s Series C extension, announced Tuesday (Feb. 17), values Render at $1.5 billion and will help it build cloud runtime for artificial intelligence (AI) agents and applications…

#ai #cloud #automation #ml #saas #enterprise #genai #business #datacenter #developertools

Render Secures $100M Series C Extension to Boost AI Cloud Platform

17 days / ventureburn / Clinton

Render raises $100M more for its AI-optimized cloud platform

17 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Render Raises $100 Million to Build Cloud Tech for AI Agents

17 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Render Raises $100 Million Series C Extension Funding

17 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Cloud startup Render raises funding at $1.5 billion valuation as AI-built apps boom

17 days / cnbc

CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets

Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig fired a legal warning shot defending his agency's jurisdiction over the event contract space.

#fintech #techpolicy #government #finance #us #commodities #law #litigation #regulation #polymarket

CFTC claims exclusive federal authority over prediction markets in new brief, clashing with states

17 days / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Kalshi Bid to Pause Nevada Enforcement

17 days / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

State officials have filed two dozen suits against prediction market operators, trying to protect traditional casino revenue and stop underage gambling. The Trump administration’s message to them: Drop dead. www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

17 days / bsky / @newnarrative.bsky.social / newnarrative.bsky.social

Ethereum Creator Starting to Think This Whole Prediction Market Thing Might be Gambling

17 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

CFTC Asserts Authority to Police Prediction Markets

17 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

CFTC to states: hands off prediction markets

17 days / semafor / Rohan Goswami

CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets

17 days / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

'See You in Court': CFTC Chair Defends Jurisdiction as States Fight Prediction Markets

17 days / decrypt / Stacy Elliott

Anthropic debuts Sonnet 4.6, a highly capable creative and coding AI model

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC upgraded its Claude Sonnet model to version 4.6 today, adding stronger computer-use skills, long-context reasoning, agent planning and improved performance for knowledge work and design. The company said it brings the coveted 1 million token…

#ai #software #anthropic #browsers #genai #compsci #assistant #developertools

Benchmarks and pricing: Sonnet matches Opus performance (3)
Other: personality, rollout notes, and community reactions (1)
Sonnet 4.6 launch: features and 1M-token context (5)
Stronger computer-use: coding, forms, and multi-tab browsing (3)
All Other Stories

Benchmarks and pricing: Sonnet matches Opus performance

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6: Benchmark performance, how to try it

17 days / mashable

Anthropic Unveils Claude Sonnet 4.6 with Near-Opus Level Scores

17 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic's $3 Model Matched Its $15 Flagship. The Spread Collapsed.

17 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Other: personality, rollout notes, and community reactions

Claude Sonnet 4.6

17 days / ycombinator

Sonnet 4.6 launch: features and 1M-token context

Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.6

17 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6 with 1M context for all users

17 days / testingcatalog / Erin

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6, continuing breakneck pace of AI model releases

17 days / cnbc

Anthropic debuts Sonnet 4.6, a highly capable creative and coding AI model

17 days / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6

17 days / techcrunch / Russell Brandom

Stronger computer-use: coding, forms, and multi-tab browsing

Anthropic's latest Sonnet gets better at using computers, amid bouts of existential angst

17 days / theregister / Thomas Claburn

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Brings Improved Coding, Computer Use, and Office Tasks

17 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Anthropic Says Its Newest AI Model Is Getting Pretty Good at Using a Computer

17 days / cnet / Jon Reed

All Other Stories

Claude Sonnet 4.6 really likes drawing top hats on its pelicans simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/17/...

17 days / bsky / @simonwillison.net / simonwillison.net

Claude Sonnet 4.6 really likes drawing top hats on its pelicans https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/17/claude-sonnet-46/

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Apple Working on Three AI Wearables: Smart Glasses, AI Pin, and AirPods With Cameras

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple is speeding up its work on three AI wearable devices, reports Bloomberg. Apple is developing AI smart glasses, a wearable AI pin or pendant, and AI AirPods, all of which will connect to the iPhone and will interface with the smarter version of Siri …

#ai #ar #wearables #computervision #apple #genai #camera #spatialcomputing #airpods #gadgets

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Apple Intelligence pendant & AirPods with cameras reportedly getting renewed focus

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Apple is reportedly cooking up a trio of AI wearables

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Apple is reportedly planning to launch AI-powered glasses, a pendant, and AirPods

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Apple is secretly working on smart glasses, AI pendant, and AI AirPods, report says

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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

#techpolicy #government #uk #mentalhealth #australia #contentmoderation #safety #digitalprivacy #regulation

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Keir Starmer declares 'months' timeline for social media age clampdown in UK - theregister.com

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PM: “No platform gets a free pass”: Government takes action to keep children safe online - GOV.UK

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Platforms and studies: age checks, user exodus, and Meta research

Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use

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Discord Rival Gets Overwhelmed by Exodus of Players Fleeing Age-Verification

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An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.

17 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/metas-own-research-found-parental-supervision-doesnt-really-help-curb-teens-compulsive-social-media-use/

17 days / bsky / @sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy / sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

17 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

WBD Board Rejects Latest Paramount Bid, Gives Company a Week to Submit ‘Best and Final’ Offer

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest “sweetened” $108.4 billion acquisition offer, telling the David Ellison-led company it has one week to submit a “best and final” offer on its existing $30-per-share all-c…

#streaming #entertainment #netflix #stockmarket #business #hbomax #acquisitions #media

Paramount given seven-day window to beat Netflix’s WBD offer

17 days / mumbrella / Nathan Jolly

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Warner Bros. rejects Paramount again but asks for "best and final offer"

17 days / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

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Warner Bros. Discovery will restart deal talks with Paramount for a 'best and final offer'

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