Anythingmachine News

Mostly tech, all news!

Last updated: 2026/02/25, 20:12:05 UTC (updates every 4 hours)

6,000 AWS accounts, three people, one platform: Lessons learned

Published: 2026-02-25 19:47:07+00:00

Summary:
This post describes why ProGlove chose a account-per-tenant approach for our serverless SaaS architecture and how it changes the operational model. It covers the challenges you need to anticipate around automation, observability and cost. We will also discuss how the approach can affect other operational models in different environments like an enterprise context.


Source: Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Published: 2026-02-25 14:45:50-05:00

Summary:

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Source: Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines  —  Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google is poised to start testing changes to its search results to give rivals more prominence …



Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to "advance Claude's computer use capabilities" (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Published: 2026-02-25 14:35:02-05:00

Summary:

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to “advance Claude's computer use capabilities”  —  Anthropic is acquiring Vercept, a Seattle startup founded by alumni of the Allen Institute for AI, in a move that illustrates …



New Mexico's Meta lawsuit: some police officers testify that Meta's AI is sending a flood of "junk" CSAM reports that are draining resources and slowing cases (Katie McQue/The Guardian)

Published: 2026-02-25 14:20:01-05:00

Summary:

Katie McQue / The Guardian:
New Mexico's Meta lawsuit: some police officers testify that Meta's AI is sending a flood of “junk” CSAM reports that are draining resources and slowing cases  —  Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuit



Largest ALMA image ever sheds light on extreme star formation at Milky Way’s center

Published: 2026-02-25 19:09:32+00:00

Summary:
A team of astronomers has captured the heart of our Milky Way galaxy like never...


WebAssembly is everywhere. Here’s how it works

Published: 2026-02-25 19:00:49+00:00

Summary:

If you’re familiar with building web applications in the last few years, you’ve probably heard of WebAssembly (Wasm). And if

The post WebAssembly is everywhere. Here’s how it works appeared first on The New Stack.



Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance

Published: 2026-02-25 18:55:54+00:00

Summary:
The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. military without any restrictions for their use. Anthropic should stick by their principles and refuse to allow their technology to be used in the two ways they have publicly […]


Daily Deal: CyberTraining 365 Online Academy

Published: 2026-02-25 18:51:00+00:00

Summary:
CyberTraining 365 is the best training destination for you and your team. Here you can Master Cyber Security techniques such as Analyzing Malware, Penetration Testing, Advanced Persistent Threats, Threat Intelligence Research, Reverse Engineering, and much more. This online academy offers 3,877 up-to-date modules on all the latest technologies and industry standards. These courses are aligned […]


German scientists turn trash ash into CO2-binding concrete for sustainable construction

Published: 2026-02-25 18:46:55+00:00

Summary:
German researchers have been developing a new technique to permanently bind carbon dioxide within municipal...


Sources: Thrive invested $1B in OpenAI in 2025 at a $285B valuation in a transaction akin to a call option; OpenAI was separately raising at a $830B valuation (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:40:01-05:00

Summary:

Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Thrive invested $1B in OpenAI in 2025 at a $285B valuation in a transaction akin to a call option; OpenAI was separately raising at a $830B valuation  —  Joshua Kushner's firm Thrive Capital recently inves

[...]

Perplexity launches Perplexity Computer, "a general-purpose digital worker" that can route work across 19 AI models, available initially for Max subscribers (Jason Hiner/The Deep View)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:35:01-05:00

Summary:

Jason Hiner / The Deep View:
Perplexity launches Perplexity Computer, “a general-purpose digital worker” that can route work across 19 AI models, available initially for Max subscribers  —  Claude Code and OpenClaw have taken 2026 by storm by offering the first glimpses of personal AI agents.



VAST Data tackles the enterprise AI trust gap

Published: 2026-02-25 18:30:59+00:00

Summary:
Vast Data's logo on a pillow.

The biggest obstacle to shipping AI agents in the enterprise isn’t model quality. It’s trust. Or at least that’s the

The post VAST Data tackles the enterprise AI trust gap appeared first on The New Stack.



90-million-year-old tiny bird-like dinosaur’s skeleton unearthed in Argentina

Published: 2026-02-25 18:30:58+00:00

Summary:
For ninety million years, a two-pound skeleton lay hidden in the red sandstones of Patagonia. ...


Google launches task automation for Gemini on Pixel 10 and Samsung Galaxy S26, enabling it to autonomously navigate apps like Uber and DoorDash (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:30:38-05:00

Summary:

Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google launches task automation for Gemini on Pixel 10 and Samsung Galaxy S26, enabling it to autonomously navigate apps like Uber and DoorDash  —  Gemini's in the driver's seat. … Google's Gemini AI is getting one step closer to being more like an actual assistant.



Hands-on with Galaxy S26 Ultra's Privacy Display: very impressive with a dual-pixel system that allows users to toggle viewing angles to prevent side-peeking (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:27:17-05:00

Summary:

Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Hands-on with Galaxy S26 Ultra's Privacy Display: very impressive with a dual-pixel system that allows users to toggle viewing angles to prevent side-peeking  —  New hardware features?  At a time like this? … Maybe it's a reflection of just how slow hardware innovation has been …



Source: Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI will sign White House's initiative to build their own electricity supply for AI data centers (Emma Colton/Fox News)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:25:00-05:00

Summary:

Emma Colton / Fox News:
Source: Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI will sign White House's initiative to build their own electricity supply for AI data centers  —  Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle and OpenAI will sign agreement to build their own electricity supply for AI data centers



RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs

Published: 2026-02-25 18:21:38+00:00

Summary:
RAM represented about 15 to 18 percent of PC costs last quarter, HP said.


The Linux Foundation reveals the “ugly” secret of how open source is draining your budget

Published: 2026-02-25 18:21:04+00:00

Summary:
A simple line-art illustration on a purple background showing a hand holding a stack of green banknotes and gold coins with a large bite taken out of the bottom of the stack.

Companies actively investing in open source are seeing massive returns, while those treating it as “freeware” are drowning in technical

The post The Linux Foundation reveals the “ugly” secret of how open source is draining your budget appeared first on The New Stack.



Samsung announces the Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus, featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset, starting at $899 and $1099, respectively, a $100 hike (Patrick Holland/CNET)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:19:28-05:00

Summary:

Patrick Holland / CNET:
Samsung announces the Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus, featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset, starting at $899 and $1099, respectively, a $100 hike  —  I went hands-on with Samsung's newest base and plus model phones.  The Galaxy S26 has a larger screen and a bigger battery, while the S26 Plus is a lot like the S25 Plus.



Samsung unveils the $1,299+ Galaxy S26 Ultra with a Privacy Display feature that limits the screen legibility, an all-new agentic AI, improved night mode, more (Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:17:27-05:00

Summary:

Prakhar Khanna / ZDNET:
Samsung unveils the $1,299+ Galaxy S26 Ultra with a Privacy Display feature that limits the screen legibility, an all-new agentic AI, improved night mode, more  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Samsung's Galaxy S26 series sports a much-needed design upgrade.  — Top features include Privacy Display and truly useful AI.



Why OpenTelemetry Is Paving the Way for the Rise of the Observability Warehouse

Published: 2026-02-25 18:14:16+00:00

Summary:

Eric Tschetter, chief architect at Imply and creator of Apache Druid, explains how the rapid adoption of open source OpenTelemetry for instrumenting applications is reshaping modern observability architectures. As telemetry data volumes surge, organizations are moving toward an “observability warehouse” model that unifies logs, metrics and traces into a scalable analytics foundation capable of delivering […]

Samsung launches the $179 Galaxy Buds 4 and $249 Buds 4 Pro, keeping the AirPods-esque design, with better battery life and noise canceling, available March 11 (John Higgins/The Verge)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:13:20-05:00

Summary:

John Higgins / The Verge:
Samsung launches the $179 Galaxy Buds 4 and $249 Buds 4 Pro, keeping the AirPods-esque design, with better battery life and noise canceling, available March 11  —  Same AirPods-esque design as the Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro, now with improved battery life and better noise canceling.



A live blog of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked February 2026, where the company is announcing the Galaxy S26 series (The Verge)

Published: 2026-02-25 13:01:15-05:00

Summary:

The Verge:
A live blog of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked February 2026, where the company is announcing the Galaxy S26 series  —  Samsung's announcing the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra. … We're here in San Francisco, where Samsung is set to unveil its new Galaxy S26 series phones and probably …



Samsung Launches Galaxy S26 Ultra With Built-In Privacy Display and New AI Features

Published: 2026-02-25 10:01:00-08:00

Summary:
Samsung today announced its newest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra. Samsung's latest devices are focused on AI, and Samsung says they have the most "intuitive, proactive, and adaptive Galaxy AI features" to date.

Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.

The 6.3-inch Galaxy S26 is Samsung's smallest and most affordable smartphone, followed by the 6.7-inch Galaxy S26+. The 6.9-inch Galaxy S26 Ultra is the high-end model. All three devices feature OLED displays, but only the Ultra works with the S Pen stylus.

[...]

A livestream of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked February 2026 (Samsung on YouTube)

Published: 2026-02-25 12:56:48-05:00

Summary:

Samsung on YouTube:
A livestream of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked February 2026  —  #GalaxyUnpacked is now LIVE.  Join us.



West Virginia’s Anti-Apple CSAM Lawsuit Would Help Child Predators Walk Free

Published: 2026-02-25 17:28:54+00:00

Summary:
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey wants you to think he’s protecting children. His press release says so. His legal complaint opens with the genuinely horrific line that Apple has, in internal communications, described itself as the “greatest platform for distributing child porn.” He makes sure you know that Google made 1.47 million CSAM reports […]


Leaker Says Apple's Lower-Cost MacBook Will Have These 8 Limitations

Published: 2026-02-25 09:25:04-08:00

Summary:
Apple is expected to unveil its long-rumored lower-cost MacBook next week. Given it will be more affordable, this MacBook model will obviously have some reduced specs and compromises compared to the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.


While we are still waiting for Apple to announce the new MacBook, a leaker has shared eight alleged limitations to expect, based on an internal version of Apple's Kernel Debug Kit for a macOS Tahoe beta that leaked online last year.

Here are the alleged limitations they outlined in a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo and in an email to MacRumors:

[...]

Kalshi says it has suspended an editor for MrBeast and a former GOP California gubernatorial candidate for insider trading, its first public enforcement action (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

Published: 2026-02-25 11:50:01-05:00

Summary:

Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Kalshi says it has suspended an editor for MrBeast and a former GOP California gubernatorial candidate for insider trading, its first public enforcement action  —  An editor who works for YouTube's biggest creator, MrBeast, has been suspended from the prediction market platform Kalshi …



Nuclear can: UK firm’s 100-year shield lands deal for plutonium, special materials mission

Published: 2026-02-25 16:31:14+00:00

Summary:
UK-based manufacturer LTi Metaltech has been awarded a contract worth over £45 million to produce...


Court records: the FBI subpoenaed X for details about Grok prompts a man allegedly used to create 200+ sexual deepfakes of a woman he knew in real life (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

Published: 2026-02-25 11:30:02-05:00

Summary:

Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Court records: the FBI subpoenaed X for details about Grok prompts a man allegedly used to create 200+ sexual deepfakes of a woman he knew in real life  —  This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records.  Subscribe to them here.



In the driver’s seat: How Google Conductor AI actually stays under control

Published: 2026-02-25 15:33:04+00:00

Summary:
A colorful cartoon illustration of a woman with glasses and an orange shirt smiling while driving a car. The perspective is from the back seat, showing the dashboard, a paper map on the passenger seat, and an open road ahead.

Google wants to give developers a comprehensive, functional AI software development toolkit. As such, this month the company has added

The post In the driver’s seat: How Google Conductor AI actually stays under control appeared first on The New Stack.



The AI Productivity Paradox: How Developer Throughput Can Stall

Published: 2026-02-25 15:27:32+00:00

Summary:

Software engineering leaders have invested heavily in generative AI coding assistants for over two years—and for good reason. For many teams, the productivity gains appear significant. I hear the same story in conversations with leadership at dozens of enterprises: thanks to AI, developers complete tasks faster, write more code, and spend less time on boilerplate […]

iPhone 17 Pro Gets 24x Zoom With Sandmarc's New Tetraprism Lens

Published: 2026-02-25 07:18:25-08:00

Summary:
California-based accessory maker Sandmarc has launched a new Tetraprism 72mm Lens for iPhone that adds 3x optical magnification on top of the iPhone 17 Pro's built-in tetraprism telephoto camera.


The iPhone 17 Pro's 48 MP Fusion Telephoto offers a true 4× optical zoom at a 100mm equivalent focal length. When combined with Sandmarc's 72mm lens, which adds genuine optical magnification on top, it can extend effective zoom up to 24x on the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. According to Sandmarc, users get 12x optical zoom at full 48MP resolution, or up to 24x at 24MP.

Sandmarc claims the multi-element, multi-coated glass construction preserves sharpness and color accuracy at [...]


Higher-End AirPods Pro With 'Apple Intelligence' Rumored to Launch This Year

Published: 2026-02-25 07:15:00-08:00

Summary:
While the AirPods Pro 3 launched less than six months ago, it has been rumored that Apple plans to unveil new AirPods Pro this year.


Instead of AirPods Pro 4, it has been rumored that the new AirPods Pro will be a higher-end version of the AirPods Pro 3. This would be similar to the regular AirPods 4, which are available in two versions, with and without active noise cancellation.

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, and multiple other sources in the Apple rumor scene, the new AirPods Pro will be equipped with tiny infrared cameras that can " [...]


EU Reveals Apple Made a Tiny Acquisition Last Year

Published: 2026-02-25 07:10:00-08:00

Summary:
In October 2025, Apple notified the European Commission that it would be acquiring invrs.io LLC's sole employee, and certain assets from the company. Following a four-month waiting period, the European Commission published this information this week.


That sole employee appears to be Martin Schubert, according to his LinkedIn profile. Schubert founded invrs.io in 2023 to advance AI-guided design, initially focusing on optical and photonics technologies for AR/VR, data centers, and more.

"Invrs develops open-source frameworks for photonics research, providing standardized simulation challenges and a public leaderboard for benchmarking and comparing design results," reads a notice on the Europe [...]


More Lower-Cost MacBook Details Surface Ahead of 'Apple Experience' Next Week

Published: 2026-02-25 07:08:15-08:00

Summary:
Apple is expected to unveil up to five new products next week, including a lower-cost MacBook, and a few more details about the laptop surfaced today.


According to supply chain sources who spoke to DigiTimes, the entry-level MacBook will indeed be launching in March. The report said volume shipments of the laptop to Apple are projected to begin next month. Quanta Computer is expected to be the primary assembler of this new model, and Foxconn is expected to join in later.

Mass production was originally slated to begin in late 2025, but the timeframe was pushed back to the first quarter of 2026, the [...]


Get AirPods Max for $99 Off on Amazon

Published: 2026-02-25 06:51:06-08:00

Summary:
Amazon this week is back with a notable discount on the USB-C AirPods Max, available for $449.99 in all five colors, down from $549.00. This is one of the first times in a few weeks that we've tracked every color of the AirPods Max on sale at $99 off.

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

Compared to past deals, this is the best price we've tracked so far in 2026 on the AirPods Max, and an overall second-best price on the headphones. Current delivery est [...]


One Identity Appoints Michael Henricks as Chief Financial and Operating Officer

Published: 2026-02-25 14:16:32+00:00

Summary:

Alisa Viejo, CA, United States, 25th February 2026, CyberNewswire

US scientists solve Schrödinger’s 100-year-old theory of human color perception

Published: 2026-02-25 13:38:59+00:00

Summary:
Researchers in the US have finally completed the missing mathematical pieces of theoretical physicist Erwin...


iPhone Fold Crease Measurements Revealed as Device Hits Production

Published: 2026-02-25 05:37:03-08:00

Summary:
Apple has submitted production line orders for its upcoming foldable iPhone, effectively confirming that the device will launch this year, claims a Chinese leaker.


According to the Weibo account "Fixed Focus Digital," assembly lines recently received the orders from Apple, which has apparently allowed the leaker to learn the crease measurements for the device's 7.8-inch inner display.

The crease depth is said to have been controlled to under 0.15 mm. Crease depth refers to how deep the groove or indentation at the fold is. A smaller number means the crease is shallower and less noticeable to the eye and to the touch.

The crease angle is said to be under 2.5 degrees. Crease angle describes how sharp the fold line appears when the display i [...]


World’s first operational 5th gen jet could become more lethal with stealthy fuel tanks

Published: 2026-02-25 13:33:00+00:00

Summary:
A newly revealed concept model suggests a major evolution could be in store for the...


Hyper Coverage Of AOC’s ‘Um’ Non-Scandal Highlights How The U.S. Press Is Eager To Be Gamed By Bad Actors

Published: 2026-02-25 13:28:54+00:00

Summary:
I’ve long written about how the U.S. establishment press no longer genuinely serves the public interest. Years of consolidation at the hands of (usually) rich, white, male, Conservative owners has resulted in a lazy U.S. press that reflects the interests of ownership. As a result you get a lot of feckless “he said, she said” […]


German firm unveils 360-degree anti-drone defense for battlefield vehicles

Published: 2026-02-25 13:08:32+00:00

Summary:
A German company has introduced a new anti-drone active protection system that uses counter-munitions to...


What happens to a database when the user is an AI agent

Published: 2026-02-25 13:00:41+00:00

Summary:
A stylized, futuristic cityscape illustration in vibrant neon purple and pink tones, featuring abstract skyscrapers and a high-speed transport vehicle, symbolizing the fast-paced infrastructure of AI database architecture.

In the past, we judged enterprise databases by how useful they were to people like us. We rated them on

The post What happens to a database when the user is an AI agent appeared first on The New Stack.



China claims to develop world’s smallest and most energy-efficient transistor

Published: 2026-02-25 12:58:57+00:00

Summary:
Researchers at Peking University in China have developed the world’s smallest and most energy-efficient transistors,...


Quantum discovery could enable efficient battery-free, energy-harvesting devices

Published: 2026-02-25 12:47:39+00:00

Summary:
An international team of scientists has shown that tiny imperfections and vibrations within a quantum...


US develops ‘flowing’ nuclear fuel that extracts more energy from uranium particles

Published: 2026-02-25 12:29:59+00:00

Summary:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has officially signed a research license agreement with Australian investment...


Apple's Second Retail Store in Mumbai Opens This Thursday

Published: 2026-02-25 03:33:50-08:00

Summary:
Apple has previewed Apple Borivali, its sixth store to open in India, and the company's second store in Mumbai. The store opens on Thursday, February 26, at 1 p.m. IST.


The store is in Sky City Mall, a large new shopping and entertainment complex in Borivali East, located off the Western Express Highway near the Devipada Metro Station in the Khande Rao Dongari area of the city.

"We're thrilled to open Apple Borivali, and bring the best of Apple to life for even more customers in India," said Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's senior vice president of Retail and People. "We're so inspired by the creativity and enthusiasm of communities across India, and our dedicated team membe
[...]

A Blog Post About COBOL Just Cost IBM $30 Billion. Here’s What Actually Happened.

Published: 2026-02-25 07:52:37+00:00

Summary:

Google, code signing, trust, CodeRabbit, code, GenAI, Quali, Torque, code, Symbiotic, application developers, Zencoder, code, operations, code, commit, developer, mainframe, code, GenAI; code review efficiency cloud development
Google, code signing, trust, CodeRabbit, code, GenAI, Quali, Torque, code, Symbiotic, application developers, Zencoder, code, operations, code, commit, developer, mainframe, code, GenAI; code review efficiency cloud developmentA single Anthropic blog post wiped billions off IBM [...]

Trump Administration Makes The Conscious Choice To Make America Less Prepared For The Next Pandemic

Published: 2026-02-25 04:00:25+00:00

Summary:
Way back in the ancient days of the year 2020, the world went through this pandemic thing called COVID-19. For those of you not old enough to remember such ancient history, it was a fairly significant health issue that caused a few disruptions throughout the world, including in these here United States. Trump was president […]


M4 iPad Air: What's New and When It's Coming

Published: 2026-02-24 15:57:33-08:00

Summary:
Apple is planning to hold an "Experience" on March 4 for select members of the media, and in the days before the event, we're expecting several product refreshes. The iPad Air is one of the new devices that could get an update, so we thought we'd highlight what's coming.



Design and Display


There are no design changes rumored for the ‌iPad Air‌, so we can expect the same 11-inch and 13-inch size options.

The ‌iPad Air‌ is thicker and heavier than the iPad Pro, and it uses a standard LED display instead of OLED technology. The ‌iPad Air‌ will eventually be upgraded to OLED, but for now, the higher-end display technolog [...]

YouTube's More Affordable Premium Lite Plan Gets New Perks

Published: 2026-02-24 15:18:51-08:00

Summary:
YouTube today updated its Premium Lite subscription plan with new features, including background play and downloads. Subscribers will be able to watch most videos ad-free offline and in the background.


Prior to now, downloads and background play were features that were limited to the more expensive Premium plan. YouTube Premium Lite is priced at $7.99 per month in the U.S., while YouTube Premium is priced at $13.99 per month.

YouTube Premium Lite removes ads from most, but not all videos, and it does not include ad-free access to the YouTube Music app. Most non-music content is ad-free with YouTube Premium Lite, though Shorts still have ads.

YouTube Premium removes ads from all v [...]


Immigrants Will Make America Great Again Faster Than Natural-Born Citizens

Published: 2026-02-24 23:06:41+00:00

Summary:
There’s not a single conservative left in the GOP. The ideals that were formerly considered “conservative” — small government, fiscal responsibility, etc. — have been replaced by white Christian nationalism, water-carrying for would-be autocrats, and immense amounts of deficit spending for the sole purpose of making America whiter. That’s not the same as making it […]


WBD says Paramount’s new higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix's

Published: 2026-02-24 22:52:52+00:00

Summary:
WBD's board is still reviewing the offer.


Anthropic accelerates its Cowork enterprise play

Published: 2026-02-24 22:20:14+00:00

Summary:

When it’s not distracted by negotiations with the Pentagon, Anthropic’s focus has long been on the enterprise. On Tuesday, it

The post Anthropic accelerates its Cowork enterprise play appeared first on The New Stack.



Databases weren’t built for agent sprawl – SurrealDB wants to fix it

Published: 2026-02-24 22:07:32+00:00

Summary:
SurrealDB founders Jamie Morgan Hitchcock (COO) and Tobie Morgan Hitchcock (CEO)

AI agents don’t slot neatly into the way enterprise data stacks were designed. A typical agent needs transactional state (e.g.,

The post Databases weren’t built for agent sprawl – SurrealDB wants to fix it appeared first on The New Stack.



iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max Expected to Feature Smaller Dynamic Island

Published: 2026-02-24 13:49:37-08:00

Summary:
The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will have a smaller Dynamic Island, according to Bloomberg. Over the past year, there have been mixed rumors about whether the ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro models will continue to feature a ‌Dynamic Island‌ or have a hole punch camera with under screen Face ID and no ‌Dynamic Island‌, but the latest information suggests we're not getting rid of the ‌Dynamic Island‌ just yet.

[...]


RCCLX: Innovating GPU communications on AMD platforms

Published: 2026-02-24 21:30:54+00:00

Summary:

We are open-sourcing the initial version of RCCLX – an enhanced version of RCCL that we developed and tested on Meta’s internal workloads. RCCLX is fully integrated with Torchcomms and aims to empower researchers and developers to accelerate innovation, regardless of their chosen backend. Communication patterns for AI models are constantly evolving, as are hardware [...]

Read More...

The post RCCLX: Innovating GPU communications on AMD platforms appeared first on Engineering at Meta.



Touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro Coming in 2026 With Dynamic Island and Redesigned macOS Controls

Published: 2026-02-24 13:23:50-08:00

Summary:
The rumored touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro that Apple has in development will adopt the iPhone's Dynamic Island and a hole-punch camera, reports Bloomberg.


The ‌Dynamic Island‌ will replace the notch, leaving more available screen space for content. As with the ‌iPhone‌'s ‌Dynamic Island‌, the Mac ‌Dynamic Island‌ will be interactive and it will contextually expand based on the app or Mac feature in use.

Apple is updating macOS to make it more touch f [...]


DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones

Published: 2026-02-24 21:15:26+00:00

Summary:
DJI lawsuit says company has been "severely harmed by the FCC’s ruling."


James Cameron Complains About Netflix/Warner Bros Merger, Doesn’t Acknowledge A Paramount Deal Would Be Much Worse

Published: 2026-02-24 21:02:18+00:00

Summary:
We’ve explained in detail how Larry Ellison is trying to scuttle Netflix’s planned merger with Warner Brothers because he wants to buy CNN and HBO, and, as he’s doing with CBS (and now TikTok) turn them into a safe space for right wing zealots, autocrats, and oligarchs. He’s unsubtly trying to build the kind of […]


Apple Now Blocks 18+ App Downloads in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore Without Age Assurance

Published: 2026-02-24 12:46:19-08:00

Summary:
Apple today provided an update on its age assurance tools for developers in Brazil, Australia, Singapore, Utah, and Louisiana. Developers in these areas will face new age assurance and parental consent obligations, and Apple's APIs will help them meet these upcoming requirements.


As of February 24, Apple is blocking users in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore from downloading apps rated 18+ unless they have been confirmed to be adults through an App Store age confirmation process that uses "reasonable methods." Age confirmation is done automatically through the ‌App Store‌, but developers may also need to independently confirm their users are adults with the Declared Age Range API.

I [...]


1Password Getting More Expensive Starting in March

Published: 2026-02-24 12:17:56-08:00

Summary:
Popular password management app 1Password is set to get more expensive, with prices increasing on March 27, 2026. In an email sent out to customers today, 1Password said subscription prices will be going up $12 per year.


The individual plan will be $47.88, up from $35.88, while the family plan will be $71.88, up from $59.88. Pricing per month for the individual plan works out to $3.99 (up from $2.99), while the family plan will be $5.99 per month (up from $4.99).

1Password said that it needs to update its pricing to continue investing in new features and security updates.

Since 2005, 1Password has been on a mission to make security simple, reliable, and accessible for everyone. As the way people work and live online has evolved, so has 1Password.
[...]

How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week

Published: 2026-02-24 20:00:00+00:00

Summary:
One engineer used AI to rebuild Next.js on Vite in a week. vinext builds up to 4x faster, produces 57% smaller bundles, and deploys to Cloudflare Workers with a single command.


Apple Releases Second macOS Tahoe 26.4 Public Beta

Published: 2026-02-24 11:20:24-08:00

Summary:
Apple today provided public beta testers with the second releases of upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and watchOS 26.4 updates for testing purposes. The public betas comes a day after Apple provided the beta to developers, and a week after Apple seeded the first betas.


After signing up for beta testing on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the updates using the Software Update section in the settings app for each update.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 includes several new features. The Compact tab layout has been reimplemented in Safari for those who missed having the option in earlier versions of ‌macOS Tahoe‌, and there is a new Char [...]


OpenTelemetry roadmap: Sampling rates and collector improvements ahead

Published: 2026-02-24 19:00:44+00:00

Summary:

OpenTelemetry has evolved over the last few years to become the de facto standard of choice for a rapidly growing

The post OpenTelemetry roadmap: Sampling rates and collector improvements ahead appeared first on The New Stack.



ICE Promised A MN Supreme Court Justice It Would Stop Raiding Courthouses. It Immediately Broke That Promise.

Published: 2026-02-24 18:58:28+00:00

Summary:
Checks and balances. That’s the mantra. That’s what makes America great. That’s the system we deployed to prevent being just another iteration of the British empire. It was never perfect, but it seemed to get the job done most of the time. The gentleman’s agreement underlying this system tended to hold up even when bad […]


Daily Deal: Opusonix Pro Subscription

Published: 2026-02-24 18:53:28+00:00

Summary:
Opusonix is the workflow-first platform built for music producers and engineers who are tired of endless email chains and scattered files. By centralizing feedback, versions, and tasks in one structured workspace, it helps you cut email traffic by up to 90% so you can focus more on creating and less on chasing approvals. From time-coded […]


AWS Extends Agentic AI Capabilities of Kiro Developer Tool to Improve Code Quality

Published: 2026-02-24 18:09:07+00:00

Summary:

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added two additional capabilities to its Kiro artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool that promise to make it simpler to both create higher quality software in the first place and fix any bugs that might have inadvertently been included. At the core of that capability is a specifications-based approach to enabling […]

Texas Spent Years Screaming About ‘Snowflakes’ On Campus. Now It’s Building The World’s Biggest Safe Space.

Published: 2026-02-24 17:25:28+00:00

Summary:
For the better part of a decade, conservative politicians—and Texas politicians in particular—have been absolutely apoplectic about the state of free speech on college campuses. You’ve heard the greatest hits: students are coddled snowflakes who can’t handle the real world, trigger warnings are destroying intellectual rigor, safe spaces are turning universities into daycare centers, and […]


Tim Cook Reflects on Joining Apple and Steve Jobs

Published: 2026-02-24 09:13:38-08:00

Summary:
In an August 2024 letter published by The Steve Jobs Archive today, Tim Cook reflected on joining Apple and what he learned from working with Steve Jobs.


Jobs convinced Cook to join Apple in 1998, to help turn around the company:

I'll never forget that first conversation with Steve. At the time, Apple had been struggling and Steve was working to right a ship that had drifted in his absence. Many people doubted the company could survive, and I was warned that accepting a job there would come with risks. But when Steve spoke, any trepidation I harbored instantly dissolved. I had never met someone with so much passion and vision. He spoke with charisma and clarity—about a future where technology could unlock a wellspring of human creativity and potential, c
[...]

Most platform teams build products, but they don’t know it

Published: 2026-02-24 17:00:58+00:00

Summary:
Conceptual vector illustration of two red construction cranes building a giant human head out of white bricks against a bright blue sky with stylized clouds, symbolizing mental development, platform infrastructure, and building a product mindset.

There is a failure mode so common in platform engineering that it barely gets mentioned anymore. A team ships a

The post Most platform teams build products, but they don’t know it appeared first on The New Stack.



Harness Makes Registry for Integrating Artifacts into DevOps Workflows Available

Published: 2026-02-24 16:07:15+00:00

Summary:

Harness today made generally available an Artifact Registry it has added to its portfolio of DevOps tools and platforms. At the same time, Harness also revealed it has added a Dependency Firewall to the registry that enables DevSecOps teams to enforce controls at the point of ingestion. Rather than relying on downstream scans after a […]

Sonos Planning Another App Overhaul With Live Activities Support

Published: 2026-02-24 07:34:51-08:00

Summary:
Sonos is preparing a major update to its app that aims to simplify navigation and introduce iPhone Lock Screen controls using Live Activities, part of a broader effort to rebuild confidence after the company's troubled 2024 software overhaul, Bloomberg reports.


Sonos plans to roll out a series of optional changes to its ‌iPhone‌ and Android app in the coming months, with the company focusing on usability improvements, navigation, and more accessible playback controls. The update is expected to arrive gradually rather than as a sweeping redesign, reflecting a different release strategy following the company's widely criticize [...]


Anker and Jackery Kick Off Power Station Sales With Up to 56% Off

Published: 2026-02-24 07:29:05-08:00

Summary:
Anker and Jackery have introduced big discounts across their most popular portable power stations this week, including up to 56 percent off select models from each company. We're tracking Anker's best deals over at Amazon, while Jackery's discounts can be found on the retailer's own website.

Anker SOLIX


Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Jackery and Anker. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may [...]

MacRumors Turns 26: Here's What Our Readers Thought About the iPod, iPhone, and More

Published: 2026-02-24 06:59:22-08:00

Summary:
MacRumors turns 26 today, and we want to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has read and supported our website over the years.


MacRumors was founded by Arnold Kim on February 24, 2000, while he was a medical student, and it has since become one of the world's most popular Apple news websites. Kim was profiled in The New York Times in 2008. Coincidentally, we share our birthday with Steve Jobs, who would have turned 71 years old today.

Our website has been around for many major Apple product announcements, including the iPod, MacBook Pro, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more.

Here are the forum threads for [...]


Sendmarc Releases DMARCbis Fireside Chat Featuring Co-Editor Todd Herr

Published: 2026-02-24 14:48:30+00:00

Summary:

Wilmington, North America, 24th February 2026, CyberNewswire

Meta could end up owning 10% of AMD in new chip deal

Published: 2026-02-24 14:10:13+00:00

Summary:
AMD will supply 6 gigawatts' worth of chips to buttress Meta's AI efforts.


The Hidden Security Risks in Modern JavaScript Frameworks and How React Teams Can Reduce Them

Published: 2026-02-24 13:00:26+00:00

Summary:

Java, industry, technology, productivity, developer, platform, startups, CraC, Spring OpenJDK Java
Java, industry, technology, productivity, developer, platform, startups, CraC, Spring OpenJDK JavaReact and modern JavaScript frameworks accelerate development—but hide serious security risks. Learn where vulnerabilities come from and how to reduce client-side attack surfaces.

Why “automated” infrastructure might cost more than you think

Published: 2026-02-24 12:00:46+00:00

Summary:
Pixel art illustration of a stylized human figure holding a digital tablet, with red and yellow squares disintegrating from their head and back against a pale yellow background.

Somewhere in the organization, there’s a Jenkins job that nobody wants to touch. The job is mission-critical and deploys to

The post Why “automated” infrastructure might cost more than you think appeared first on The New Stack.



GitOps Implementation at Enterprise Scale — Moving Beyond Traditional CI/CD

Published: 2026-02-24 07:00:52+00:00

Summary:

CI/CD, gearset, future low-code CI/CD release metrics CircleCI Future of DevOps and CI/CD - Predict 2021
CI/CD, gearset, future low-code CI/CD release metrics CircleCI Future of DevOps and CI/CD - Predict 2021Traditional CI/CD pipelines hit scaling limits. Learn how GitOps improves deployment reliability, security, and DORA metrics—and what it takes to migrate successfully.

The Pentagon’s Anthropic problem is every enterprise’s AI problem

Published: 2026-02-23 23:00:53+00:00

Summary:

The Pentagon’s standoff with Anthropic raises a question for any CTO building on a single frontier AI model: If access changed

The post The Pentagon’s Anthropic problem is every enterprise’s AI problem appeared first on The New Stack.



Panasonic, the former plasma king, will no longer make its own TVs

Published: 2026-02-23 21:16:20+00:00

Summary:
Panasonic was one of the last Japanese companies still manufacturing TVs.


The mythical agent-month (News)

Published: 2026-02-23 20:45:00+00:00

Summary:
Wes McKinney on the mythical agent-month, install Peon Ping to employ a Peon today, Andreas Kling explains why Ladybird is adopting Rust, Cloudflare has a new MCP server that's quite efficient, and Elliot Bonneville thinks the only moat left is money.


AWS creates a sandbox for its agent experiments

Published: 2026-02-23 19:51:06+00:00

Summary:

(AWS) is launching a dedicated GitHub organization for its most experimental agentic AI work. On Monday, the company launched Strands

The post AWS creates a sandbox for its agent experiments appeared first on The New Stack.



Hank Green will gladly take billionaire money for education videos

Published: 2026-02-23 10:00:00-05:00

Summary:
Today, I’m talking with Hank Green, a longtime friend of Decoder and the cofounder and now former owner of Complexly, an online education company he started with his brother John in 2012. I say former owner because Hank and John have just converted Complexly into a nonprofit and given up their ownership of the company […]


Coding agents are only as good as the signals you feed them

Published: 2026-02-23 12:00:17+00:00

Summary:
Illustration of vehicles on an infinity-shaped road, representing the endless, manual feedback loop workflow that limits AI coding agent productivity.

The industry has spent the last few years optimizing AI agents’ code-generation capabilities. The focus has been on expanding context

The post Coding agents are only as good as the signals you feed them appeared first on The New Stack.



Claude Code Security Finds the Bugs That Static Analysis Can’t — and Wall Street Noticed

Published: 2026-02-23 09:07:32+00:00

Summary:

Claude Code Security scans code like a human researcher, not a rule engine. Anthropic found 500+ decade-old bugs — and cybersecurity stocks felt it.

Cloudflare One is the first SASE offering modern post-quantum encryption across the full platform

Published: 2026-02-23 06:00:00+00:00

Summary:
We’ve upgraded Cloudflare One to support post-quantum encryption by implementing the latest IETF drafts for hybrid ML-KEM into our Cloudflare IPsec product. This extends post-quantum encryption across all major Cloudflare One on-ramps and off-ramps.


This simple infrastructure gap is holding back AI productivity

Published: 2026-02-22 16:00:04+00:00

Summary:

Organizations are investing heavily in AI, with some allocating up to 8% of their total revenue in AI tools for

The post This simple infrastructure gap is holding back AI productivity appeared first on The New Stack.



Cloudflare’s Markdown for Agents automatically make websites agent-ready

Published: 2026-02-22 15:00:02+00:00

Summary:

Cloudflare, the well-regarded security and Content Delivery Network company, has launched a new feature called “Markdown for Agents” that automatically

The post Cloudflare’s Markdown for Agents automatically make websites agent-ready appeared first on The New Stack.



Wasm vs. JavaScript: Who wins at a million rows?

Published: 2026-02-22 14:00:13+00:00

Summary:

By now it’s pretty clear that JavaScript needs WebAssembly (Wasm) to perform heavy computational tasks. In the past few weeks

The post Wasm vs. JavaScript: Who wins at a million rows? appeared first on The New Stack.



Does Platform Product Management & Design Really Happen? Or is it all just platform engineering? - Tanzu Catsup

Published: 2026-02-22 10:22:00+01:00

Summary:

Most organizations treat infrastructure as a series of projects to be “completed,” but successful platform engineering requires a permanent product mindset. In this episode, we explore why platform teams need dedicated product management to balance competing priorities—like security, cost, and developer experience—and why the “why” scales much better than the “what” in large enterprises. We also dive into the often-overlooked role of designers in creating platform tools that developers actually want to use.

Tanzu Catsup is a weekly conversation about platform engineering, cloud-native operations, and building software in large organizations. We follow the work wherever it actually leads.

And, see the archives for Tanzu Catsup.



Published: 2026-02-22 09:44:00+01:00

Summary:

Developers crave AI tools for various tasks beyond coding, but that’s only about 20% of their work. But, ops people freak out about security and control challenges, like cost, regulatory compliance, and usage tracking.



Why Kubernetes 1.35 is a game-changer for stateful workload scaling

Published: 2026-02-21 16:00:20+00:00

Summary:
An isometric 3D illustration of a computer network on a solid blue background. A central platform holding four grey server towers is connected to two laptops on separate platforms by glowing cyan lines, representing data connectivity, cloud infrastructure, or a server-client network architecture.

With Kubernetes 1.35, the In-Place Pod Resize feature has graduated to GA, and Vertical Pod Autoscaling InPlaceOrRecreate update mode has

The post Why Kubernetes 1.35 is a game-changer for stateful workload scaling appeared first on The New Stack.



Claude Code comes to Roadmap, OpenClaw loses its head, and AI workslop

Published: 2026-02-21 15:05:24+00:00

Summary:

I’m Matt Burns, Director of Editorial at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments,

The post Claude Code comes to Roadmap, OpenClaw loses its head, and AI workslop appeared first on The New Stack.



Beyond the vibe code: The steep mountain MCP must climb to reach production

Published: 2026-02-21 14:00:30+00:00

Summary:
Abstract geometric pattern featuring organic polygonal shapes in coral orange, teal, and dark navy blue separated by thick dark outlines, resembling a Voronoi diagram or modern mosaic background.

One thing I didn’t do last year was go to any Model Context Protocol (MCP) conferences, largely because I couldn’t

The post Beyond the vibe code: The steep mountain MCP must climb to reach production appeared first on The New Stack.



Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026

Published: 2026-02-21 00:00:00+00:00

Summary:
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on February 20, 2026. A subset of customers who use Cloudflare’s Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) service saw their routes to the Internet withdrawn via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).


Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

Published: 2026-02-20 21:49:22+00:00

Summary:
The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.


Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build

Published: 2026-02-20 21:00:55+00:00

Summary:

Red Hat is perhaps the biggest name in enterprise Linux, but it’s also a major cloud-native player thanks to its

The post Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build appeared first on The New Stack.



Thanks for visiting! Both generated and hosted on GitHub.