Video: Quietest 550-lb electric eVTOL completes successful hover and trial runs

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A newly shared video depicts a 550-lb electric rotorcraft, considered the quietest aircraft ever built...

Apple Releases New Public Beta Firmware for AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods 4

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Apple today released new public beta firmware for the AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, and AirPods 4. The firmware is limited to developers and public beta testers at the current time, and it has a build number of 8B5034f. Apple first provided this firmware last week, but it was only available to developers at the time.


Apple today started testing iOS 26.4, so it's possible the new firmware includes features related to the iOS 26.4 beta.

With iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, Apple added a beta firmware update inst [...]

All the Claw things (News)

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Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI, ZeroClaw is "claw done right", MimiClaw runs on a $5 chip, Steve Yegge on managing the AI Vampire, and the day the telnet died.

Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean about the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, coding agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more (Latent.Space)

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Latent.Space:
Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean about the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, coding agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more  —  From rewriting Google's search stack in the early 2000s to reviving sparse trillion-parameter models and co-designing TPUs …

iOS 26.4 Enables Stolen Device Protection by Default for All iPhones

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Starting with iOS 26.4, Stolen Device Protection will be enabled by default and turned on for all iPhone users. Stolen Device Protection adds extra security in case of physical ‌iPhone‌ theft.


Apple implemented Stolen Device Protection back in 2023 after reports about a new ‌iPhone‌ theft method. Thieves would spy on an intended victim to learn their passcode, then steal the target's ‌iPhone‌. With the passcode, criminals were able to empty bank accounts, access passwords, and turn off Find My.

Stolen Device Protection requires additional authentication through Face ID or [...]

Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages in iOS 26.4 Beta

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Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The updates introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, a security feature that is not currently available for cross-platform messaging.


Apple has been working with the GSM Association to implement E2EE for ‌RCS‌ messages. iMessage, the messaging protocol for sending texts between iPhones, has long supported end-to-end encryption. ‌RCS‌ messages between Android devices have also featured E2EE, but there was no full encryption for Android to iPhone (or vice versa) communications. With the addition of E2EE for ‌RCS‌ [...]

Sources: SpaceX and xAI are competing in a $100M DoD contest to make voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarms; OpenAI is helping Applied Intuition's submission (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

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Katrina Manson / Bloomberg:
Sources: SpaceX and xAI are competing in a $100M DoD contest to make voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarms; OpenAI is helping Applied Intuition's submission  —  Elon Musk's SpaceX and wholly owned subsidiary xAI are competing in a secretive new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled …

Apple says it will bring "advanced video capabilities" to Apple Podcasts this spring, including allowing users to switch between watching and listening to shows (Todd Spangler/Variety)

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple says it will bring “advanced video capabilities” to Apple Podcasts this spring, including allowing users to switch between watching and listening to shows  —  Apple Podcasts is finally giving video a full embrace.  —  The tech giant, which pioneered the podcast audio format …

Apple Podcasts Getting Video Episodes in iOS 26.4

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With iOS 26.4, Apple is adding video podcast capabilities to the Apple Podcasts app. The feature uses HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) to provide podcast creators with "unprecedented control and monetization opportunities" while also providing a high-quality viewing experience.

"Twenty years ago, Apple helped take podcasting mainstream by adding podcasts to iTunes, and more than a decade ago, we introduced the dedicated Apple Podcasts app," said Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Services. "Today marks a defining milestone in that journey. By bringing a category-leading video experience to Apple Podcasts, we're putting creators in full control of their content and how they build their businesses, while making it easier than ever for audiences to li

Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers

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Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming less than a week after Apple released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3.


Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 could be significant updates that will introduce several new features. We were counting on the betas to include the smarter, more personalized version of Siri that Apple first debuted at WWDC 2024, but Apple has [...]

First macOS Tahoe 26.4 Beta Now Available for Developers

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Apple today provided the first beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming just a few days after Apple launched ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3.


Developers can download the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 could introduce some new Siri features, though at least some of the capabilities that we were expecting have been delayed. The update is also expected to introduce new emoji characters.

The beta is available t [...]

Apple Releases First watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 Betas

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Apple today provided developers with the first betas of upcoming watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and visionOS 26.4 betas for testing purposes. The software comes a few days after Apple launched the 26.3 versions of each platform.


The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device, and because these are developer betas, a free developer account is required.

The updates are expected to introduce new emoji characters, plus there could be new Siri capabilities, but we don't know exactly what's in the software as of yet.

Apple will likely provide public beta testers with access to the tvOS 26.4 and watchOS 26.4 betas later this month, but visionOS 26.4 will remain limited to developers. The softwa [...]

Internal email: the European Parliament has blocked AI features on the work devices of lawmakers and their staff over cybersecurity and data protection concerns (Politico)

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Politico:
Internal email: the European Parliament has blocked AI features on the work devices of lawmakers and their staff over cybersecurity and data protection concerns  —  BRUSSELS — The European Parliament has disabled AI features on the work devices of lawmakers and their staff over cybersecurity …

Apple May Leave iPad Pro Without Major Upgrades for Years

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Apple's iPad Pro is likely to be left for years without a major update, according to a reliable leaker.


The Weibo-based leaker, known as "Instant Digital," says that the ‌iPad Pro‌ will not have a major update for a prolonged period of time. The cost of the OLED panel now used in the device is unlikely to come down in price and the last major redesign apparently did not significantly stimulate sales growth.

While Apple may maintain a regular iteration cycle with the device, it apparently has no intention of pursuing significant upgrades such as ultra-slim borders around the display, the likes of which are available on rival high-end tablets.

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UK study backs offshore wind sites as receivers for space-based solar power

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The UK is taking an ambitious step towards space-based solar power after a new government...

Crypto lender Nexo says it is relaunching in the US in partnership with Bakkt, three years after leaving the US and paying a $45M fine to settle SEC charges (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)

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Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters:
Crypto lender Nexo says it is relaunching in the US in partnership with Bakkt, three years after leaving the US and paying a $45M fine to settle SEC charges  —  Crypto company Nexo has relaunched in the United States, it said on Monday, three years after leaving the country and paying …

Boss bot: How AI agents are outsourcing real-world tasks to humans

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Earlier this month, RentAHuman, a platform that lets artificial intelligence (AI) agents outsource real-world tasks...

AirTag 1 Gets Major Amazon Discount With 4-Pack at $64

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Apple's first-generation AirTag 4-Pack has dropped to $64.00 this week on Amazon, down from the original price of $99.00. Free shipping options have a delivery estimate around February 21, while Prime members should be able to get it delivered a few days sooner.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

Overall, this is a solid second-best price on the AirTag 4-pack that's within $1 of the Amazon all-time low price. Amazon's stock on the first generation AirTag 1-Pack has begun d [...]

As India prepares to host its AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this week, the country is set to promote a frugal AI strategy focused on solving local issues (Tripti Lahiri/Wall Street Journal)

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Tripti Lahiri / Wall Street Journal:
As India prepares to host its AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this week, the country is set to promote a frugal AI strategy focused on solving local issues  —  The world's most populous country is looking at how it can become an artificial-

A look at the fall of Indian edtech startup Byju's, leading to US court sanctions, as lenders accuse founder Byju Raveendran of siphoning $533M of a $1.2B loan (Financial Times)

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Financial Times:
A look at the fall of Indian edtech startup Byju's, leading to US court sanctions, as lenders accuse founder Byju Raveendran of siphoning $533M of a $1.2B loan  —  The collapse of education start-up Byju's has resulted in US court sanctions and cast a shadow over the country's tech sector

Python virtual environments: isolation without the chaos

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Installing packages globally isn’t always a good idea. Different tools inside an application can require specific versions of features, functions,

The post Python virtual environments: isolation without the chaos appeared first on The New Stack.

A senior official says Pentagon is "close" to designating Anthropic a "supply chain risk", requiring all US military contractors to sever ties with the company (Axios)

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Axios:
A senior official says Pentagon is “close” to designating Anthropic a “supply chain risk”, requiring all US military contractors to sever ties with the company  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is “close” to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a …

Kung fu ‘master’: China’s new humanoid robot nails tough aerial moves in demo

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Agibot has unveiled the Expedition A3 humanoid robot, showcasing dynamic mid-air maneuvers and rapid spinning...

Apple sends invites for a "special Apple Experience" event on March 4 in New York City; rumors suggest an M5 MacBook Pro, entry-level iPad Air, and iPhone 17e (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

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Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple sends invites for a “special Apple Experience” event on March 4 in New York City; rumors suggest an M5 MacBook Pro, entry-level iPad Air, and iPhone 17e  —  Apple today announced a “special Apple Experience” in New York, London, and Shanghai, taking place on March 4, 2026 at 9:00am ET.

There's a lot of business logic in Java, decades worth...

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We have invested a lot in domain models, some of which are even very good. And, to be able to leverage that as we move to the new world is really, really important." Rod Johnson.

Source: “GenAI Grows Up: Building Production-Ready Agents on the JVM," Rod Johnson, GOTO, October 1st, 2025.

That reminds me of this gem:

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

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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 "special Apple Experience," and there is no further information about what it may entail. The invitation features a 3D Apple logo design composed of yellow, green, and blue discs.

It is notable that Apple is specifically using the word "experience," rather than "event." Unlike a full live-streamed event from Apple Park, the March 4 event in other cities is likely to be smaller in scale.

US: World’s largest nuclear aircraft carrier heads to Middle East amid Iran tensions

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The US Navy’s top officer previously cautioned that extending the deployment of the aircraft carrier...

12-year-old US student claims nuclear fusion feat, eyes Guinness world record

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Aiden MacMillan is not an average sevent-grader. At 12 years old, this Dallas-based student has...

‘Historic first’: Massive US military jet airlifts nuclear microreactor to Utah

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The US Departments of Energy and Defense transported a small nuclear reactor, or microreactor, via...

Lab-grown retinas uncover secret behind high-definition human eyesight development

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have discovered a new cellular mechanism behind how humans develop...

US to restock 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs after Operation Midnight Hammer

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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract worth more than $100 million to...

China: World’s first full-stack humanoid robot open-sourced, draws global developers

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Beijing-based startup RoboParty has open-sourced its flagship bipedal humanoid, Roboto Origin, just months after completing...

Data analytics company Fractal, which became India's first AI unicorn in 2022, raised $313M in its Mumbai IPO; its shares fell 5% amid a weak Indian IPO market (Rajesh Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)

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Rajesh Mascarenhas / Bloomberg:
Data analytics company Fractal, which became India's first AI unicorn in 2022, raised $313M in its Mumbai IPO; its shares fell 5% amid a weak Indian IPO market  —  Fractal Analytics Ltd. shares fell in their Mumbai trading debut on Monday, signaling continued weakness in investor appetite …

Samsung releases an ad for the Galaxy S26 series that briefly shows a "Zero-peeking privacy" toggle to black out on-screen content for onlookers at an angle (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

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Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Samsung releases an ad for the Galaxy S26 series that briefly shows a “Zero-peeking privacy” toggle to black out on-screen content for onlookers at an angle  —  Leaker Ice Universe has shared a video of the tech in action. … Samsung has released a new advertisement …

iOS 27 'Rave' Update to Clean Up Code, Could Boost Battery Life

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Apple's iOS 27 update will prioritize cleaning up the operating system's internals, with engineers making changes that could result in better battery life, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


The effort is said to be similar to what Apple did with its Snow Leopard Mac update years ago, and will involve removing old code, rewriting existing features, and subtly upgrading apps to improve their performance.

The result should hopefully be a "snappier, more responsive" OS, says Gurman. Apple is also reportedly planning some interface tweaks, but nothing as dramatic as the Liquid Glass overhaul introduced with iOS 26, which will likely [...]

Anthropic opens a Bengaluru office, its second in Asia, says its India run-rate revenue doubled since October, and curates training data for 10 Indic languages (Anthropic)

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Anthropic:
Anthropic opens a Bengaluru office, its second in Asia, says its India run-rate revenue doubled since October, and curates training data for 10 Indic languages  —  India is the second-largest market for Claude.ai, home to a developer community doing some of the most technically intense AI work we see anywhere.

Sources: Sony is considering pushing back the debut of its next PlayStation console to 2028 or even 2029, as the AI boom fuels huge memory chip demand (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
Sources: Sony is considering pushing back the debut of its next PlayStation console to 2028 or even 2029, as the AI boom fuels huge memory chip demand  —  A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making …

Gurman: iPhone 18 Pro Could Be Underwhelming

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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 year's iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max." He compared the upgrade to Apple's past practice of appending the letter "S" to its more [...]

Tesla's CarPlay Plans Delayed by Apple Maps Compatibility Issue

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Tesla is still planning to bring Apple's CarPlay to its vehicles, but a compatibility issue between Apple Maps and Tesla's own navigation software has held things up, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says that Tesla found during testing that turn-by-turn directions from its maps app didn't sync up properly with Apple Maps during autonomous driving. That could be confusing for drivers, who could potentially have both navigation apps open side by side, since CarPlay is expected to run in a window within Tesla's existing software interface.

Gurman says that Tesla asked Apple to make engineerin [...]

London lawsuit: Getir co-founders Nazim Salur and Serkan Borançılı sue Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for $700M, alleging a "significant loss" in breaking up Getir assets (Suzi Ring/Financial Times)

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Suzi Ring / Financial Times:
London lawsuit: Getir co-founders Nazim Salur and Serkan Boranç&inodotl&inodot sue Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for $700M, alleging a “significant loss” in breaking up Getir assets  —  Entrepreneurs behind food delivery start-up sue Gulf sovereign wealth fund in London

Upcoming Low-Cost MacBook May Come in Yellow, Green, Blue, and Pink

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Apple has tested a range of playful color options for its upcoming low-cost MacBook, going well beyond the muted tones available on its current laptop lineup, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says the colors tested so far include light yellow, light green, blue, pink, classic silver, and dark gray, although he says it's unlikely all of them will ship. The palette would make the budget MacBook the most colorful laptop Apple has offered since the iBook G3 era in the late 90s, which included Tangerine, Blueberry, Indigo, Graphite, and Key Lime.

As previously reported by Apple analyst [...]

Alibaba debuts Qwen3.5, a 397B-parameter open-weight multimodal AI model that it says is 60% cheaper to use and 8x better at large workloads than Qwen3 (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

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Eduardo Baptista / Reuters:
Alibaba debuts Qwen3.5, a 397B-parameter open-weight multimodal AI model that it says is 60% cheaper to use and 8x better at large workloads than Qwen3  —  Alibaba on Monday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model Qwen 3.5 designed to execute complex tasks independently …

Future MacBooks May Hide Your Screen From Strangers

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Apple is set to bring built-in privacy screen technology to future MacBooks within the next three years, according to a report from market research firm Omdia (via Ice Universe).


The technology Apple is planning to adopt restricts off-axis viewing angles so only someone sitting directly in front of the display can see its contents, while onlookers to the side see a darkened or obscured image. It's similar to the concept behind Samsung's upcoming privacy display feature, which is set to debut on the upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra.

Samsung says it took over five years to develop the feature, which works at the pixel level, combining Flex Magic Pixel OLED hardware wit [...]

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From The Book of Lairs, volume one.

Google’s Conductor Now Reviews the Code it Helps You Write

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Prompt Injection Isn’t Just a Chat Problem — It’s a DevOps Threat

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Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

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Forget the Vibe-Coders, We Need to Support Responsible AI-Assisted Development

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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

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This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a comment about MAGA doing things “for the children”: If conservatives stopped thinking about children so much, the children would be better off and much safer. In second place, it’s an anonymous comment inserting a little optimism into the fear that Section […]

cURL’s Daniel Stenberg: AI slop is DDoSing open source

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At FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels, Belgium, Daniel Stenberg, creator of the popular open source data transfer program, cURL, described AI as

The post cURL’s Daniel Stenberg: AI slop is DDoSing open source appeared first on The New Stack.

OpenClaw is being called a security “Dumpster fire,” but there is a way to stay safe

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In a blog earlier this February, Snyk engineers said they scanned the entire ClawHub (the OpenClaw marketplace) and found that

The post OpenClaw is being called a security “Dumpster fire,” but there is a way to stay safe appeared first on The New Stack.

This Week In Techdirt History: February 8th – 14th

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Five Years Ago As you probably know, we marked the 30th anniversary of Section 230 this week, so it’s not surprising that this same week in 2021 we were celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special online event where we were joined by Chris Cox and Ron Wyden. We also wrote about the many reasons […]

HackerOS is what a Linux enthusiast’s OS should be

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There are over 1,000 Linux distributions on the market. Throw a rock into the tech pond, and I guarantee that

The post HackerOS is what a Linux enthusiast’s OS should be appeared first on The New Stack.

Anker's Weekend Sale Includes Big Savings on Newest Prime Chargers

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Earlier this month, Anker debuted its new Prime 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station with a launch discount on Amazon. If ordered this week, you can clip the on-page coupon on Amazon to get the accessory for $119.99, down from $149.99.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

The Prime 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station features Qi2.2 support, which lets a compatible MagSafe ‌iPhone‌ charge at up to 25W. It's the same speed as Apple's ‌MagSafe‌ charger, and it i [...]

Arcjet reaches v1.0, promises stable security for JavaScript apps

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Arcjet this week released v1.0 of its JavaScript SDK, moving it from beta to a stable, production-ready API. Arcjet’s security

The post Arcjet reaches v1.0, promises stable security for JavaScript apps appeared first on The New Stack.

Top Stories: iOS 26.3 Released, New Siri Snags, and More

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Apple continued to keep users waiting for new hardware this week, as we've yet to see any of the significant product launches we're expecting to see in the first few months of the year.


News on the software side was a bit of a mixed bag this week, with iOS 26.3 and other updates finally seeing their public releases, though they mainly focus on security fixes with only a few user-facing changes. And the highly anticipated iOS 26.4 coming up next might not arrive with everything many users have been hoping for, so read on below for all the details on these stories and more!

Top Stories

iOS 26.3 Features: Everything New in iOS 26.3

UK Supreme Court Affirms Ruling That Oatly Can’t Use ‘Milk’ In Its Oat Milk Branding

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Back in 2023, we talked about a strange trademark dispute out of the UK concerning oat-based milk products. Specifically, Oatly, a large producer of oat milk, applied for a trademark in the UK for its slogan, “Post Milk Generation.” Dairy UK, a lobbying organization representing dairy farmers in the country, opposed the trademark in the […]

Three New Apple Home Products Rumored for 2026

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Apple has a long list of new products rumored for 2026, including a series of home products that will see the company establishing more of a presence in the smart home space. Robots are on the horizon for 2027, but the 2026 releases will be a little tamer.

HomePod mini

Copyright Kills Competition

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Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over creators and competitors. Today’s copyright policy concentrates power among a handful of corporate gatekeepers—at everyone else’s expense. We need a system that supports grassroots innovation and […]

Is Apple Phasing Out the iWork Brand?

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With the launch of the Creator Studio subscription app offering, Apple may be phasing out the iWork branding that it has used since 2005 for Pages, Keynote, and Numbers.


Apple today removed the iWork section on its website, and the URL now redirects to a more generic "apps" page that features Creator Studio, Apple Arcade, Apple Invites, Image Playground, and other Apple apps.

The iWork page that Apple removed was dedicated solely to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, featuring information on each app along with a link. Apple's apps page offers some of the same information in a dedicated productivity secti [...]

Apple Launching New 'Sales Coach' App

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Apple plans to launch a rebranded "Sales Coach" app on the iPhone and iPad later this month, according to a source familiar with the matter.


"Sales Coach" will arrive as an update to Apple's existing "SEED" app, and it will continue to provide sales tips and training resources to Apple Store and Apple Authorized Reseller employees around the world. For example, there are articles and videos highlighting everything from reasons to upgrade to a newer iPhone to popular iPad features.

Apple is aiming to release the "Sales Coach" app on Monday, February 23, our source said. It will have two major changes compared to the "SEED" app, including an all-new Liquid Glass design, and later an AI chatbot that can provide Apple Store and Apple Authorized Resel [...]

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

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A California police department is none too happy that its license plate reader records were accessed by federal employees it never gave explicit permission to peruse. And, once again, it’s Flock Safety shrugging itself into another PR black eye. Mountain View police criticized the company supplying its automated license plate reader system after an audit […]

Han shot first (Friends)

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Our ol' friend, Brett Cannon, is back to talk all things Python. But first! Star Wars, Machete Order, Lost, Babylon 5, Game of Thrones, Murderbot, Ted Lasso, Project Hail Mary, David Attenborough, perpetual voice rights, and the AI uncanny valley.

The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices

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Don't expect big changes yet.

News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It

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Last fall, I wrote about how the fear of AI was leading us to wall off the open internet in ways that would hurt everyone. At the time, I was worried about how companies were conflating legitimate concerns about bulk AI training with basic web accessibility. Not surprisingly, the situation has gotten worse. Now major […]

TypeScript 6.0 Sets Stage for Performance-Focused 7.0

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MAGA’s Always Bogus “Antitrust Movement” Comes To A Screeching Halt With Firing Of Gail Slater

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The Trump administration has fired one of the few remaining members of the administration that had even a passing interest in antitrust enforcement. DOJ antitrust boss Gail Slater has been fired from the administration after having repeated contentious run ins with key officials. It’s the final nail in the coffin of the log-running lie that […]

Daily Deal: Hypergear 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Dock

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The Hypergear 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Dock is meticulously engineered to reduce the cable clutter and streamline your daily routine. Featuring 2 dedicated wireless charging surfaces, you can power up your phone and AirPods easily. In addition, you can charge your Apple Watch with the built-in charger mount. Stylish and compact, the dock is perfect for […]

Judge Accuses DOJ Of Telling Court To “Pound Sand,” In Case Over Venezuelans Sent To Salvadoran Concentration Camp

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Judge Boasberg got his vindication in the frivolous “complaint” the DOJ filed against him, and now he’s calling out the DOJ’s bullshit in the long-running case that caused them to file the complaint against him in the first place: the JGG v. Trump case regarding the group of Venezuelans the US government shipped off to […]

Mainframe Code Modernization Patterns

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Open Source’s ‘Eternal September’, GitHub Keeps Maintainers Covered for All Seasons

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AI Is Normal Now - The Enterprise Is Not

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Original Content

• Enterprise AI needs new apps, enterprise AI doesn’t need new platforms - I’ve been circling a theme this week after reading “AI as a Normal Technology” (Spring, 2025). This is some stream of conscious on it.

• Enterprises are gonna enterprise-y, especially with AI. Also available in LinkedIn, if you prefer that kind of thing.

• A series of OODA loops, Software Defined Talk #559 - This week, we discuss the future of SaaS, OpenAI vs. Anthropic strategies, and cloud capex. Plus, when will yo

Tanzu Catsup: The Risk of Relying on AI for Platform Engineering

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Internal development teams and executives are increasingly looking at AI to automate the creation of internal developer platforms. However, cobbling together open-source components with AI is a far cry from building a scalable, secure, and “enterprise-grade” environment. In this conversation, we explore why betting your internal infrastructure on AI-generated platforms is a high-stakes risk and why human-led architecture still dictates the long-term success of a platform.

There’s also an excerpt.

Relative to your interests, Friday afternoon

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• What’s a software CEO to do in the current climate? Here’s the urgent 2026 playbook - Playbook for software companies that are (forced to) switch from growth mode to normal company mode.
• Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation \ Anthropic - “Today, our run-rate revenue is $14 billion, with this figure growing over 10x annually in

GitHub’s Agentic Workflows bring “continuous AI” into the CI/CD loop

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A lot of the hype around agents has been around writing code, but what if you could have an agent

The post GitHub’s Agentic Workflows bring “continuous AI” into the CI/CD loop appeared first on The New Stack.

Why 40% of AI projects will be canceled by 2027 (and how to stay in the other 60%)

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The agentic AI race is on, and most organizations are at risk of losing it. Not because they lack ambition,

The post Why 40% of AI projects will be canceled by 2027 (and how to stay in the other 60%) appeared first on The New Stack.

Shedding old code with ecdysis: graceful restarts for Rust services at Cloudflare

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ecdysis is a Rust library enabling zero-downtime upgrades for network services. After five years protecting millions of connections at Cloudflare, it’s now open source.

CBS Staffers Jump Ship Ahead Of More Layoffs From Another Pointless Media Merger

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U.S. media mergers always follow the same trajectory. Pre-merger, executives promise all manner of amazing synergies and deal benefits. Post-merger, not only do those benefits generally never arrive, the debt from the acquisition spree usually results in significant layoffs, lower quality product, and higher rates for consumers. The Time Warner Discovery disaster was the poster child […]

SRE vs. DevOps is a False Choice: Here’s the Unified Model That Works

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How to ground AI agents in accurate, context-rich data

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AI agents are all the rage in enterprises today. CEOs and CTOs want them brought into their businesses ASAP to

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Beyond Automation: How Generative AI in DevOps is Redefining Software Delivery

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The reason AI agents shouldn’t touch your source code — and what they should do instead

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Dynatrace is experiencing a major moment in its history. It’s expanding from an observability platform what might be described as

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Go 1.26 brings Green Tea GC, SIMD operations, and secret mode

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Statistical language R is making a comeback against Python

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The latest iteration of the TIOBE Index of programming languages indicates that more specialized languages are creeping up on Python’s

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Bridging the Dev–Security Gap With Smarter Authorization

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DIY PC maker Framework has needed monthly price hikes to navigate the RAM shortage

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And Framework expects things to get worse before they get better.

Your RAG System is probably image-blind, but it doesn’t have to be

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In the race to deploy generative AI, most enterprises have mastered “text RAG” to chat with PDFs and spreadsheets. However,

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It took two years, but Google released a YouTube app on Vision Pro

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App arrives months after Google requested takedowns of third-party options.

VS Code becomes multi-agent command center for developers

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With its Visual Studio Code (VS Code) January 2026 release (v1.109), Microsoft is making the code editor “the home for

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OpenAI’s new Codex Spark model is built for speed

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OpenAI’s new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark model is a bit of a departure for the company’s family of Codex software development models: its

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How low-bit inference enables efficient AI

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Making products like Dropbox Dash accessible to individuals and businesses means tackling new challenges around efficiency and resource use.

How intelligent orchestration transforms software innovation

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The software industry reached an inflection point in November and December 2025. Three breakthrough AI model releases, Gemini 3 by

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The hidden reason database debt is ten times harder to fix than code

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Technical debt is an inevitable byproduct of software development as complexity grows. However, unlike stateless application code, the stateful nature

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Introducing Markdown for Agents

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The way content is discovered online is shifting, from traditional search engines to AI agents that need structured data from a Web built for humans. It’s time to consider not just human visitors, but start to treat agents as first-class citizens. Markdown for Agents automatically converts any HTML page requested from our network to markdown.

ShareChat hit a billion features per second, then it had to make it 10x cheaper

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“Great system…now please make it 10 times cheaper.” That’s not exactly what the ShareChat team wanted to hear after completing

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Related to your interests, Thursday

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• Why it was a Boston vacation.
• Europe set to treble sovereign cloud investment - “European spending on sovereign cloud infrastructure services is forecast to more than triple from 2025 to 2027 as geopolitical tension drives investment in homegrown services, according to Gartner.” More context:
• Sovereign Computing, panel - This was a great panel, very detailed on topics and actually trying to figure out what to do, talking through hurdles, etc.
• Anthropic’s breakout moment: how Claude won busines

You can’t fire a bot: The blunt truth about AI slop and your job

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Matan-Paul Shetrit puts it bluntly: “If you generate slop, I’m not blaming the AI, I’m blaming you.” As Director of

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Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78

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He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art.

Building the machine that builds the machine (Interview)

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Paul Dix joins us to discuss the InfluxDB co-founder's journey adapting to an agentic world. Paul sent his AI coding agents on various real-world side quests and shares all his findings: what's going to prod, what's not, and why he's (at least for a bit) back to coding by hand.

"Windows 11 26H1" is a special version of Windows exclusively for new Arm PCs

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Arm PCs have enjoyed special treatment from Microsoft for the past two years.