Monday, February 02, 2026

In Detail Full day, Monday, February 02, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns

bbc - It makes China the first country to outlaw designs first popularised by Elon Musk's Tesla.

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Price Leak Will Both Reassure And Disappoint Android Users

bgr - A shake-up might be in store for the pricing of Samsung's Galaxy S26 this year, according to a new report, with some price hikes and some price drops.

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Adobe Animate is shutting down on March 1st as company focuses on AI.

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Waymo raises $16B to scale robotaxi fleet internationally

Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - The round, led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital, now values the autonomous vehicle company at $126 billion.

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Intel Xeon 600 Workstation CPUs Launched: Up To 86 Cores, 8000 MT/s Memory, 128 Gen5 Lanes, 350W TDP With OC Support, & More Cores/$ Than Threadripper 9000

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Intel has unveiled its next-gen Xeon 600 workstation CPUs codenamed Granite Rapids, featuring up to 86 cores & better cores/$ value than Threadripper. Intel Fires Back At AMD Threadripper 9000 With Better Cores/$ Value On Xeon 600 Workstation CPUs Today, …

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Snowflake bypasses Microsoft to strike multiyear deal with OpenAI

Paul Gillin / siliconangle - Snowflake Inc. today said it has struck a $200 million, multiyear partnership with OpenAI Group PBC to bring enterprise-grade generative artificial intelligence models directly into its data platform, deepening a relationship that until now had largely fl…

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BitMine acquires more ethereum despite being underwater amid token’s price decline

Sage D. Young / sherwood - CEO Tom Lee believes “the price of ETH is not reflective of the high utility of ETH and its role as the future of finance.”

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Raspberry Pi prices soar amid AI memory shortage, 16GB models jump $60

techspot - Upton revisited the matter in recent correspondence. In some cases, he said, the cost of parts more than doubled over the last quarter. Left with no other option, Raspberry Pi is having to increase its own prices yet again – a move that will impact most o…

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VR used to help understand how people respond when self-driving taxis go wrong

techxplore - What would you do if you were in a self-driving taxi and another passenger fell seriously ill? What if a fire broke out, or the vehicle stopped in the wrong place? What would you need to manage the situation with no driver to help?

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OpenClaw: all the news about the trending AI agent

Emma Roth / theverge - An open-source AI agent called OpenClaw (formerly known as both Clawdbot and Moltbot) that runs on your own computer and “actually does things” is taking off inside tech circles. Users interact with OpenClaw via messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Sig…

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Just about every spec of the iPhone Fold may have just been leaked

appleinsider - Most previous iPhone Fold leaks have concerned the screen, but a new one claims to have details of the cameras, repositioned buttons, colors, and more.The iPhone Fold may have all physical buttons on the right, leaving the left side clear — image credit: …

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Nvidia’s $100B OpenAI Deal Is ‘On Ice.’ So Why Are They Investing $30B?

Grant Harvey / eweek - Nvidia’s $100B OpenAI partnership is reportedly on ice, yet Nvidia may invest $30B anyway. Here’s what stalled, what changed, and why it matters.The post Nvidia’s $100B OpenAI Deal Is ‘On Ice.’ So Why Are They Investing $30B? appeared first on eWEEK.

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French IT Scale-Up Fleet Raises First External Capital At €100M Valuation

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Fleet, a Paris-based scale-up specialising in IT fleet management, equipment, and security for SMEs, has welcomed ISAI Expansion into its capital via the ISAI Expansion III fund, at a valuation of €100 million. ISAI Expansion, part of ISAI Gestion, target…

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Indonesia conditionally lifts ban on xAI’s Grok chatbot

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has conditionally lifted its ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok after X sent a letter outlining concrete steps for service improvements and the prevention of misuse. The decision follows bans imposed by Sou…

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