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Friday, February 20, 2026

14 days

OpenClaw supply-chain compromise turns developer tools into a vector for chaos (19) hot

Developer-tool supply-chain sabotage prompts security alarms
Raspberry Pi meme-run fueled by OpenClaw chatter
Ecosystem fallout: bans, scams, 'Claws' debates, and creators
OTHER

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Discord’s UK age-verification test with Persona exposed data and security flaws (8)

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Supreme Court tariff ruling reshapes refunds and corporate exposure to tariffs (10) hot

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Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after DDoS and altered web snapshots (7)

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Ubisoft confirms multiple Assassin’s Creed titles and two new Far Cry projects (6)

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Meta shifts Horizon Worlds from VR-first to mobile-first metaverse strategy (6)

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Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond depart; Asha Sharma named Microsoft Gaming chief (30) hot

Longtime Xbox leaders step down; successor announced
New CEO Asha Sharma’s AI stance and vision for Xbox
Content shake-up, Matt Booty promoted; consoles prioritized
OTHER: layoffs, memos, and community reaction

14 days

Pixel 10a previews and analyses show a sensible, iterative midrange upgrade (4)

14 days

AMC pulls AI short film from pre-show after furious online backlash (4)

14 days

PayPal discloses data breach exposing user information for six months (5)

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Anthropic resists military use of its AI, putting a Pentagon contract at risk (18) hot

On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback
DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence
Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks
OTHER

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Federal judge refuses to overturn $243M Tesla Autopilot crash verdict (7)

14 days

OpenAI reportedly building camera-equipped ChatGPT smart speaker for $200–$300 (16) hot

OpenAI's camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker and hardware roadmap
Jony Ive leads design of OpenAI's first home device
Privacy backlash: a watchful AI speaker worries critics
Other OpenAI corporate news and unrelated updates

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NASA sets March Artemis II crewed moon mission date amid fresh safety concerns (9)

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Tesla cuts Cybertruck prices and trims flagship as sales slump (6)

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FBI warns of surge in ATM 'jackpotting' malware thefts netting millions (4)

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Paramount’s hostile $108.4B bid moves forward amid takeover drama (5)

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AWS outages linked to Amazon’s own AI coding assistants cause major service disruptions (14) hot

Kiro delete-and-recreate incident - Bot deleted and recreated environment, causing 13-hour outage
Amazon response and blame - Company says 'user error', misconfigured access controls
Internal skepticism and rollout concerns - Engineers worry about autonomous AI assistants' risks

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Zuckerberg’s testimony and teen-safety talks headline Meta’s landmark trial coverage (10) hot

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Apple’s March 4 hardware event teased with colorful MacBooks and wallet-friendly devices (16) hot

On the ground: Apple's colorful, affordable MacBook for students.
Sources: Two new Studio Displays leak in macOS code.

14 days

AMD to launch “Olympic Ridge” Zen 6 Ryzen desktop CPUs in 2027 (5)

In Detail Full day, Friday, February 20, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

AI coding assistant Cline compromised to create more OpenClaw chaos

Jessica Lyons / theregister - 4K unintended installs in very odd supply chain attack Someone compromised open source AI coding assistant Cline CLI's npm package earlier this week in an odd supply chain attack that secretly installed OpenClaw on developers' machines without their knowl…

#cybersecurity #software #opensource #supplychain #scam #media #patching #cli #developertools #openclaw

Developer-tool supply-chain sabotage prompts security alarms (5)
Ecosystem fallout: bans, scams, 'Claws' debates, and creators (8)
OTHER (1)
Raspberry Pi meme-run fueled by OpenClaw chatter (3)
All Other Stories

Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

BeauHD / slashdot - Backlash intensified against Discord's age verification rollout after it briefly disclosed a UK age-verification test involving vendor Persona, contradicting earlier claims about minimal ID storage and transparency. Ars Technica explains: One of the major…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #uk #apps #gdpr #hack #technology #contentmoderation #digitalid

They Want To Age Verify Our Computers Now...

12 days / reddit / /u/InsaneSnow45

Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another

12 days / reddit / /u/Turbostrider27

UK council faces data breach claim after mishandling trans complaints

12 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

13 days / techxplore

Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK

14 days / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Hackers Expose Discord Age Verification System Issue After Persona Frontend Code Left Wide Open

14 days / reddit / /u/vriska1

San Diego County Demographics, Discord, ChatGPT-4o, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 16, 2026

18 days / researchbuzz / ResearchBuzz

More than $140 billion in tariff refunds are at stake. The Supreme Court punted

Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Americans shouldn't bet on getting refunded for the tariffs they have paid up to now. For companies, it's a different story

#apple #tariffs #government #business #judiciary #supplychain #us #economy #law #regulation

Bitcoin see-saws around $68,000, DOGE, ETH slide as tariff uncertainty weighs on risk assets

12 days / coindesk / Shaurya Malwa

U.S. Cannot Legally Impose Tariffs Using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974

12 days / ycombinator

Alphabet (GOOG) Stock: Surges 3.74% as Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Lifts Ad Giants

13 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Chronology of major events of S. Korea-U.S. tariff deal leading to U.S. Supreme Court ruling

14 days / co / Oh Seok-min

(News Focus) U.S. tariff ruling fuels fresh uncertainty for S. Korean trade; firms unlikely to alter investment strategies

14 days / co / Chang Dong-woo

The Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Won’t Bring Car Prices Back to Earth

14 days / wired / Aarian Marshall

Howard Lutnick’s old firm did not, in fact, profit from Supreme Court tariff ruling

14 days / semafor / Liz Hoffman

How the Supreme Court's decision affects Apple and its $3.3 billion tariff bill

14 days / cnbc

More than $140 billion in tariff refunds are at stake. The Supreme Court punted

14 days / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Resets Trade and Investment for Middle-Market Firms

14 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Wikipedia Blacklists Archive.today, Starts Removing 695,000 Archive Links

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The English-language edition of Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today after the controversial archive site was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blog. In the cou…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #internet #cybercrime #wikipedia #community #media #censorship #contentmoderation #research

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack

13 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Wikipedia blacklists website that hijacked users’ computers to run hacking attack - The Times of India

13 days / indiatimes

Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today over bizarre DDOS attack and manipulated archives — website operator caught tweaking their own archive

13 days / tomshardware

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links | If DDoSing a blog wasn’t bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.

14 days / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Wikipedia Blacklists Archive.today, Starts Removing 695,000 Archive Links

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Wikipedia bans Archive.today after site executed DDoS and altered web captures

14 days / ycombinator

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

14 days / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Ubisoft CEO Spills Beans About 2 Far Cry Projects, "Several" Assassin's Creed Games, Both Multi- and Single-Player

techpowerup - Yves Guillemot recently made an appearance in an interview with Variety, in which the Ubisoft CEO spoke about both the ongoing cost-cutting measures and in-development projects at the French gaming giant. When asked about upcoming projects in the Assassin…

#gaming #entertainment #business #jobs #culture #layoffs #media #videogames

Pro-Gamer Consumer Movement 'Stop Killing Games' Will Launch NGOs in America and the US

13 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Ubisoft confirms multiple Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games in development

13 days / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Inside the massive world of esports with Canadian-made Rainbow Six Siege

14 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Ubisoft says more Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry are coming

14 days / digitaltrends

Ubisoft CEO Spills Beans About 2 Far Cry Projects, "Several" Assassin's Creed Games, Both Multi- and Single-Player

14 days / techpowerup

Ubisoft CEO Confirms Two Far Cry Games are in Development Alongside “Several” Single-Player and Multiplayer Assassin’s Creed Titles

14 days / wccftech / David Carcasole

Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

Samuel Axon / arstechnica - The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.

#mobiletech #vr #mixedreality #mobile #meta #business #apps #technology #spatialcomputing #gadgets

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14 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Meta's Metaverse Leaves Virtual Reality

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Zuckerberg grilled about Meta's strategy to target 'teens' and 'tweens'

14 days / reddit / /u/DouglasDriveN

Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

14 days / arstechnica / Samuel Axon

Meta's Pivot From VR Is Happening. Too Bad Glasses Aren't Ready for This Moment

14 days / cnet / Scott Stein

Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality

14 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Major Shake-Up at Xbox: Phil Spencer Reitres, Sarah Bond Resigns, and Asha Sharma to Become the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming

David Carcasole / wccftech - A new report from IGN reveals that Microsoft's gaming division and Xbox are going through a major leadership shake-up. Phil Spencer will retire this coming Monday, February 23, 2026, after first joining Microsoft all the way back in 1988 as an intern. He'…

#ai #gaming #microsoft #entertainment #business #jobs #xbox #layoffs #technology

Content shake-up, Matt Booty promoted; consoles prioritized (4)
Longtime Xbox leaders step down; successor announced (13)
New CEO Asha Sharma’s AI stance and vision for Xbox (9)
OTHER: layoffs, memos, and community reaction (1)
All Other Stories

Content shake-up, Matt Booty promoted; consoles prioritized

Xbox head Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

14 days / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Microsoft makes dramatic shake-up to its gaming division as gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond depart

14 days / sherwood / Max Knoblauch

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer retires, replaced by ex-Instacart exec Asha Sharma

14 days / cnbc

Sarah Bond is leaving Xbox

14 days / theverge / Jay Peters

Longtime Xbox leaders step down; successor announced

End of an Era: Phil Spencer Leaves Microsoft as Xbox Gets New CEO

13 days / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Microsoft replaces Xbox heads Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond with AI exec

13 days / techspot

Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft as Xbox chief as new head draws future strategy

13 days / digitaltrends

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company

14 days / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

Microsoft’s Head of Gaming to Retire After 38 Years at Company

14 days / wsj / Sebastian Herrera

Phil Spencer Retiring After 38 Years At Microsoft

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Xbox Boss Phil Spencer is Leaving Microsoft After Nearly 40 Years

14 days / techpowerup

Major Shake-Up at Xbox: Phil Spencer Reitres, Sarah Bond Resigns, and Asha Sharma to Become the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming

14 days / wccftech / David Carcasole

Huge shakeup at Xbox as CEO and president both leave

14 days / mashable

Xbox shakeup: Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are leaving Microsoft

14 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond Are Leaving Xbox

14 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Read Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo about leaving Microsoft

14 days / theverge / Tom Warren

Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

14 days / theverge / Tom Warren

New CEO Asha Sharma’s AI stance and vision for Xbox

Microsoft’s new gaming chief makes bold promises about AI in gaming

13 days / digitaltrends

Microsoft’s new gaming CEO vows not to flood the ecosystem with ‘endless AI slop’

13 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Microsoft Gaming's New CEO Wants To Embrace AI Without "Soulless AI Slop"

14 days / techpowerup

Phil Spencer steps down from Xbox after 12 years, AI exec Asha Sharma takes over

14 days / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Asha Sharma named EVP and CEO, Microsoft Gaming

14 days / reddit / /u/AgnosticScholar

Xbox's New Boss Promises Not To Flood It With 'Soulless AI Slop'

14 days / reddit / /u/tylerthe-theatre

Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft / Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving Microsoft.

14 days / reddit / /u/fatso486

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha Sharma’s first memo on the future of Xbox

14 days / theverge / Sean Hollister

Phil Spencer Retiring, Sarah Bond Out, Matt Booty Promoted as Microsoft AI Exec Asha Sharma Named New Xbox Boss – EXCLUSIVE

14 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

OTHER: layoffs, memos, and community reaction

Microsoft says today’s Xbox shakeup doesn’t mean game studio layoffs

14 days / theverge / Sean Hollister

All Other Stories

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14 days / bsky / @techpowerup.com / techpowerup.com

Microsoft Gaming isn’t growing, even after the $69 billion Activision deal Huge leadership shakeup in the House of Xbox to turn things around www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/m...

14 days / bsky / @stevekovach.bsky.social / stevekovach.bsky.social

Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond stepping away from #Xbox marks a very meaningful inflection point in the history of #Microsoft and the gaming industry overall. Seismic leadership transitions like this signal paradigm shifts in strategic direction. www.theve

14 days / bsky / @fredwhite.bsky.social / fredwhite.bsky.social

Google Pixel 10a Preview

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Google graciously offered to try and ship me a Pixel 10a here in Mexico, so I'm hoping to review this new handset soon.The post Google Pixel 10a Preview appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#software #hardware #google #android #camera #photography #technology #gadgets #smartphone

3 default Pixel apps I always disable right on the spot

14 days / pocket-lint / John Kanellakos

Google Pixel 10a Preview

14 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

3 reasons a Pixel 10a upgrade just makes sense

14 days / pocket-lint / John Kanellakos

How the Pixel 10a specs stack up to the Pixel 9a in Canada

14 days / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

AMC and Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre are pulling this AI-generated film from theaters after social media outcry over ‘hot garbage’

Jude Cramer / fastcompany - When word started circling that AMC Theaters was screening an AI-generated short film, the internet’s cinephiles took it personally.On Wednesday, some social media users reported that the short was playing in the pre-show before trailers at select AMC loc…

#ai #movies #entertainment #aiethics #genai #culture #media #films #contentmoderation #advertising

AI: The Best Supporting Actor You’ll Never See

13 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

AMC and Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre are pulling this AI-generated film from theaters after social media outcry over ‘hot garbage’

14 days / fastcompany / Jude Cramer

AMC Theatres Will Refuse To Screen AI Short Film After Online Uproar

14 days / slashdot / msmash

AMC Theatres Blocks AI Short Film From Screening in Pre-Show Advertising

14 days / decrypt / Vismaya V

PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months

msmash / slashdot - PayPal is notifying customers of a data breach after a software error in a loan application exposed their sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, for nearly 6 months last year. From a report: The incident affected the PayPal Wor…

#cybersecurity #fintech #dataprivacy #infosec #payments #hack #patching #paypal

PayPal app code error leaked personal info and a 'few' unauthorized transactions

14 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months

14 days / slashdot / msmash

PayPal Data Breach – Customers Names, SSNs, and Dates of Birth Exposed

14 days / cyberpress / AnuPriya

PayPal leaked sensitive data for six months due to software error

14 days / techzine / Laura Herijgers

PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

14 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

Steven Levy / wired - Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major military contract.

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #business #safety #regulation

DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence (2)
On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback (7)
OTHER (2)
Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks (6)
All Other Stories

DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence

Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC

14 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Congress—Not the Pentagon or Anthropic—Should Set Military AI Rules - Lawfare

14 days / lawfaremedia

On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

14 days / wired / Steven Levy

Pentagon vs. Anthropic: The AI Ethics Showdown Shaping Future Military Tech - OpenTools

14 days / opentools

Anthropic is fighting with a big client, and it’s actually good for its brand

14 days / fastcompany / Rob Walker

The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express

14 days / nytimes / Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Mar

Pentagon AI Integration and Anthropic: Ethics, Strategy, and the Future of Defence Technology Partnerships - Bloomsbury Intelligence and Security Institute (BISI)

14 days / bisi

Maduro raid questions trigger Pentagon review of top AI firm as potential 'supply chain risk' - MSN

14 days / msn

Pentagon CTO urges Anthropic to ‘cross the Rubicon’ on military AI use cases amid ethics dispute - DefenseScoop

15 days / defensescoop

OTHER

Premium Newsletter: The Hater's Guide To Anthropic, an inefficient, bloated AI ab that loses billions of dollars, deceives developers, burns as much as $8-$13 for every dollar of Claude Code revenue, and needs $283 billion to survive the next 4 years. htt

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Joined The Tech Report to talk about Anthropic allowing Claude Code users to burn 8-13.5x their subscription cost in tokens, the crumbling of the data center financing industry, and AI's lack of impact on overall productivity. https://youtu.be/N_3X6qF2tT

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks

JFrog Lost 25% in One Day. AI-Native Startups Have More to Lose.

14 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Cyber Stocks Slide As Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Code Security'

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Cybersecurity stocks drop after Anthropic debuts Claude Code Security

14 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Wall Street Reacts as Claude Disrupts Cybersecurity Market

14 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Anthropic: No, absolutely not, you may not use third-party harnesses with Claude subs

14 days / theregister / Thomas Claburn

What Builders Are Making With Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI

14 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

All Other Stories

Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse.

14 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Tesla loses bid to toss $243 million verdict in fatal Autopilot crash suit

cnbc - A federal judge in Miami denied Tesla's bid to overturn a $243 million jury verdict in a high-profile lawsuit over a fatal Autopilot crash.

#selfdriving #cars #tesla #judiciary #us #law #automotive #litigation #ev

Musk didn’t get his usual teflon treatment here… www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/t...

14 days / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

Tesla still has to pay $243 million over fatal Autopilot crash, judge rules

14 days / fastcompany / Kristin Toussaint

Tesla loses bid to toss $243 million verdict in fatal Autopilot crash suit

14 days / cnbc

Tesla loses bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdict

14 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Tesla loses bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdict

14 days / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec

Judge rejects Tesla’s attempt to overturn $243 million verdict over fatal 2019 autopilot crash

14 days / sherwood / Max Knoblauch

Tesla (TSLA) Stock: Federal Judge Upholds $243M Autopilot Crash Verdict

14 days / parameter / Trader Edge

OpenAI’s hardware debut may come in the form of a camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker

digitaltrends - A new report suggest OpenAI's first hardwre product could be a speaker equipped with a camera, rather than the wearable hinted at in an earlier leak.The post OpenAI’s hardware debut may come in the form of a camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker appeared first …

#hardware #dataprivacy #voice #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #camera #gadgets #smarthome

Jony Ive leads design of OpenAI's first home device (4)
OpenAI's camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker and hardware roadmap (6)
Other OpenAI corporate news and unrelated updates (2)
Privacy backlash: a watchful AI speaker worries critics (3)
All Other Stories

Jony Ive leads design of OpenAI's first home device

Jony Ive’s First OpenAI Project Isn’t a Wearable — It’s a ‘HomePod 2.0’

14 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Jony Ive's First OpenAI Device Will Be Smart Speaker With Camera, 2027 Launch Planned

14 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Jony Ive, Open AI Developing ChatGPT Smart Speaker

14 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027

14 days / engadget / Andre Revilla

OpenAI's camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker and hardware roadmap

OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027. The company is also said to be working on smart glasses and a smart lamp.

14 days / reddit / /u/esporx

OpenAI may sell $300 smart speaker with camera — in 2027

14 days / mashable

OpenAI Deploys 200 Employees to Build AI Smart Devices

14 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI’s hardware debut may come in the form of a camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker

14 days / digitaltrends

OpenAI is building a $200 to $300 smart speaker that tells you when to go to bed

14 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI’s first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera

14 days / theverge / Jay Peters

Other OpenAI corporate news and unrelated updates

OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030

14 days / cnbc

OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago

14 days / wsj / Georgia Wells

Privacy backlash: a watchful AI speaker worries critics

OpenAI Thinks We Need Another Smart Speaker (This One Watches You)

14 days / tbreak / Tbreak Editor

a LAMP? a SMART LAMP? What the fuck is OpenAI anymore? AliExpress but with an LLM attached? Jesus christ. Consumer devices are a terrible business too [contains quote post or other embedded content]

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

OpenAI Might Be Making a Smart Speaker That No One Asked for

14 days / gizmodo / James Pero

All Other Stories

OpenAI Might Be Making a Smart Speaker That No One Asked for https://gizmodo.com/openai-might-be-making-a-smart-speaker-that-no-one-asked-for-2000724650

14 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon

Kris Holt / engadget - The Artemis 2 launch is edging closer as NASA has now set a target date for the 10-day mission to get underway. The agency is aiming to launch as soon as March 6 following a successful wet dress rehearsal on Thursday. The first attempt, which took place i…

#nasa #astronauts #science #government #aerospace #engineering #safety

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14 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

NASA Eyes March 6 To Launch 4 Astronauts To the Moon On Artemis II Mission

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

NASA reports no significant leaks in Artemis II fueling test, eyes March 6 launch

14 days / arstechnica / Stephen Clark

NASA Admits Fault in Starliner Test Flight, Classifies It as 'Type A' Mishap

14 days / cnet / Joe Hindy

4 Problems NASA's Artemis II Still Has To Fix Still Before Its Launch

14 days / bgr

NASA pics horrify ahead of moon mission

14 days / news.com.au

NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon

14 days / engadget / Kris Holt

NASA targets March for Artemis moon mission after fueling test success

14 days / abcnews

NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 50 Years Has Never Looked Closer

14 days / gizmodo / Ellyn Lapointe

Tesla is making the Cybertruck cheaper because it's still not selling

Shannon Carroll / qz - Tesla’s stainless-steel moonshot gets a lower rung and a trimmed flagship as sales crater — a clear bid to turn attention into actual orders

#cars #tesla #business #pricing #manufacturing #automotive #ev

www.techspot.com/news/111410-...

14 days / bsky / @huskyville.bsky.social / huskyville.bsky.social

Tesla's "cheaper" Cybertruck arrives at $59,990, still far from the $40K promise

14 days / techspot

‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Bumper Stickers Won’t Work on the New $60,000 Cybertruck

14 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Tesla is making the Cybertruck cheaper because it's still not selling

14 days / qz / Shannon Carroll

Tesla slashes Cybertruck prices as it tries to move (unpainted) metal

14 days / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

Tesla’s cheaper $60,000 Cybertruck is still a Cybertruck

14 days / theverge / Dominic Preston

$20 million lost in 'jackpotting' ATM malware attacks in 2025, FBI reports — scheme forces machines to spit out cash, targets banks and ATM operators

tomshardware - The FBI released a public warning, saying that ATM "jackpotting" incidents have exponentially increased in 2025.

#cybersecurity #infosec #banking #government #cybercrime #us #payments #hack #police

How hackers are stealing millions from ATMs, FBI warns

14 days / mashable

$20 million lost in 'jackpotting' ATM malware attacks in 2025, FBI reports — scheme forces machines to spit out cash, targets banks and ATM operators

14 days / tomshardware

FBI says ATM 'jackpotting' attacks are on the rise, and netting hackers millions in stolen cash

14 days / reddit / /u/DonkeyFuel

FBI: Over $20 million stolen in surge of ATM malware attacks in 2025

14 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Has Passed DOJ Antirust Scrutiny

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Feb. 20 disclosed that its hostile $108.4 billion all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery has passed the Depart of Justice’s 10-day antitrust waiting period. The waiting period expired on Feb. 19 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. The time pe…

#movies #streaming #entertainment #antitrust #business #doj #acquisitions #media #films #regulation

The ongoing bidding war between Paramount and Netflix for the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery had some significant news this week that could change the outcome. https://sherwood.news/culture/prediction-markets-give-slight-edge-to-netflix-in-warner-b

14 days / bsky / @sherwood.news / sherwood.news

Prediction markets give slight edge to Netflix in Warner Bros. battle after eventful week

14 days / sherwood / Saleah Blancaflor

James Cameron just made 3 arguments against Netflix buying Warner Bros. The last one has stakes for the entire world

14 days / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Has Passed DOJ Antirust Scrutiny

14 days / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Cameron backs Paramount in WBD acquisition

14 days / advanced-television / Editor

Amazon Service Was Taken Down By AI Coding Bot

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon's cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own AI tools [non-paywalled source], leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant's push to roll out these coding assi…

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Amazon response and blame - Company says 'user error', misconfigured access controls (3)
Internal skepticism and rollout concerns - Engineers worry about autonomous AI assistants' risks (5)
Kiro delete-and-recreate incident - Bot deleted and recreated environment, causing 13-hour outage (6)

Amazon response and blame - Company says 'user error', misconfigured access controls

Amazon Reportedly Pins the Blame for AI-Caused Outage on Humans

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AWS Denies Report That Service Outage Was Caused by AI Coding Tool

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Multiple AWS outages caused by AI coding bot blunder, report claims — Amazon says both incidents were 'user error'

14 days / tomshardware

Internal skepticism and rollout concerns - Engineers worry about autonomous AI assistants' risks

Two Amazon cloud outages in December triggered by AI tools, report says

14 days / mashable

Amazon Service Was Taken Down By AI Coding Bot

14 days / slashdot / msmash

Report: Amazon’s AI bots have been behind multiple AWS outages

14 days / sherwood / Max Knoblauch

Amazon Web Services vibe-codes itself an outage or two

14 days / pivot-to-ai / David Gerard

AI tools AWS cause hours of disruption to cloud systems

14 days / techzine / Berry Zwets

Kiro delete-and-recreate incident - Bot deleted and recreated environment, causing 13-hour outage

Amazon's vibe-coding tool Kiro reportedly vibed too hard and brought down AWS

14 days / theregister / Dan Robinson

13-hour AWS outage reportedly caused by Amazon's own AI tools

14 days / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake

14 days / theverge / Robert Hart

An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services

14 days / arstechnica / Rafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times

Amazon says AWS AI tools were involved in two outages, but calls it "coincidence"

14 days / techspot

AWS AI coding tool decided to "delete and recreate" a customer-facing system, causing 13-hour outage, report says

14 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Mark Zuckerberg has testified he reached out to Tim Cook on teen wellbeing as Meta faces a landmark trial alleging its platforms were designed to addict youth.The post Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial appeared first on WinBuzze…

#techpolicy #meta #judiciary #zuckerberg #law #contentmoderation #litigation #algorithm #safety #timcook

National Parent Teacher Association breaks ties with Meta amid child-safety trials

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A new study finds that longer daily social media use was associated with predominantly negative outcomes for 60% of adolescents, but not all platforms are the same. The variances point to the opportunity for more nuanced regulation than blanket bans, writ

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Apple and Meta Called It Privacy. The Courts Call It Willful Blindness.

14 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Smart glasses in court are a privacy nightmare

14 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Researchers Embrace Complexity in Social Media and Teen Mental Health

14 days / techpolicy

Privacy is at the center of child safety accusations against Apple and Meta. Here’s why

14 days / cnbc

Engadget Podcast: Instagram on trial and the RAMaggedon rages on

14 days / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial

14 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

How Meta’s high-stakes trial could have ripple effects across other industries

14 days / fastcompany / Chris Morris

LA County lawsuit accuses Roblox of exposing children to 'grooming and exploitation'

14 days / engadget / Steve Dent

What Will Apple Announce on March 4? | One More Thing video

Iyaz Akhtar / cnet - Apple's next event could introduce new wallet-friendly devices, such as colorful MacBooks and the iPhone 17E. We've scoured reams of reports to get you the inside scoop on what the company's cooking up.

#hardware #apple #pricing #macos #macbook #technology #gadgets #updates

On the ground: Apple's colorful, affordable MacBook for students. (8)
Sources: Two new Studio Displays leak in macOS code. (5)
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On the ground: Apple's colorful, affordable MacBook for students.

Apple's Low-Cost Colorful MacBook: All the Rumors

14 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Low-Cost MacBook’s Vibrant Colors Were Supposed To Debut With The M2 MacBook Air, But Apple Decided Against It

14 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

The MacRumors Show: What's Coming at the 'Apple Experience'?

14 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple's new MacBook colors nearly debuted in 2022 MacBook Air

14 days / appleinsider

Rumored Colors for Low-Cost MacBook Were Originally Tested for 2022 MacBook Air Redesign

14 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

What Will Apple Announce on March 4? | One More Thing video

14 days / cnet / Iyaz Akhtar

The Morning After: What to expect from Apple’s March 4 hardware event

14 days / engadget / Mat Smith

March 4's Apple Experience, color MacBooks, and iOS 26.4 on the AppleInsider Podcast

14 days / appleinsider

Sources: Two new Studio Displays leak in macOS code.

Apple apparently has two new Studio Display models lined up for launch

14 days / digitaltrends

Three Upcoming Apple Products Seemingly Spotted in macOS 26.3 Code

14 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple’s Product Launch Tally For The Coming Weeks Keeps Growing

14 days / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

macOS 26.3 Reveals Low-Cost MacBook and Two New Studio Displays Ahead of March 4

14 days / iclarified

Two new Apple Studio Displays could gatecrash March MacBook announcements

14 days / appleinsider

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Three Upcoming Apple Products Seemingly Spotted in macOS 26.3 Code

14 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Rumored Colors for Low-Cost MacBook Were Originally Tested for 2022 MacBook Air Redesign

14 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

References to two new Apple Studio Display models have been found in macOS 26.3 code, stacking up more potential product announcements before the May 4 Apple "Experience."

14 days / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

AMD Olympic Ridge “Zen 6” Ryzen Desktop CPUs Reportedly Launching In 2027

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - AMD is reportedly going to launch its next-gen Ryzen Desktop CPUs based on the Zen 6 architecture, codenamed Olympic Ridge, in 2027. AMD Eyeing 2027 For Its Next-Gen Ryzen Launch? Olympic Ridge With Zen 6 For Desktop Ready But Might Come After Intel's Nov…

#hardware #gaming #semiconductors #chips #cpus #amd #performance #technology

Thermal Grizzly pops the top on Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds for you, charges eyewatering premium for delidded chips — almost double the cost of a regular model, comes with its own warranty

14 days / tomshardware

AMD Next-Gen Ryzen "Olympic Ridge" Zen 6 Delayed to 2027

14 days / techpowerup

AMD Olympic Ridge “Zen 6” Ryzen Desktop CPUs Reportedly Launching In 2027

14 days / wccftech / Hassan Mujtaba

AMD Zen 6 desktop CPUs may deliver 24 cores, 7 GHz targets, and AM5 support

14 days / techspot

AMD’s next Ryzen chips could hit 24 cores for the first time

14 days / digitaltrends

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