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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 danderbandit with a very straightforward reaction to the fallout from Ring’s Super Bowl commercial: Fuck Ring Exactly why I would never own a cloud based camera system. In second place, it’s MrWilson with a piece-by-piece reply to a comment about DHS demanding social media […]

Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement (New York Times)

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New York Times:
Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement  —  The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence.  But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.

Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which has 50M users and lets parents look for spouses for their children, surge as marriage rates continue to fall (Kohei Fujimura/Nikkei Asia)

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Kohei Fujimura / Nikkei Asia:
Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which has 50M users and lets parents look for spouses for their children, surge as marriage rates continue to fall  —  DALIAN, China — Apps that enable parents to search for spouses for their unmarried children have become increasingly popular in China &he

60,000-year-old markings on ostrich egg shells reveal world’s oldest ‘geometric grammar’

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Researchers have discovered and analyzed the world’s oldest geometric patterns on 60,000-year-old ostrich egg fragments,...

The uncomfortable truth behind the hype around 2D semiconductor performance

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For almost two decades, scientists have been trying to move beyond silicon, the material that...

Get $100 Off iPad Mini 7 on Amazon, Starting at $399

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Amazon today has brought back a few $100 discounts on the iPad mini 7, starting at $399.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00. It's been nearly a month since we last tracked prices this low on the iPad mini 7.

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Additionally, you can get the 256GB Wi-Fi iPad mini 7 for [...]

Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans (Ross Andersen/The Atlantic)

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Ross Andersen / The Atlantic:
Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans  —  Right up until the moment that Pete Hegseth moved to terminate th

Apple Reportedly Expects 'Major Rush' of Customers This Week

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Apple has advised its retail store employees to expect a "major rush" of customers this week, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


Apple teased "a big week ahead," with announcements starting Monday.

In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said some employees believe Apple's preparations for new products this week are "on par with what happens before the debut of new iPhones in the fall," suggesting that at least one of the devices set to be unveiled between Monday and Wednesd [...]

Nvidia partners with Cisco, Nokia, and others to build 6G networks based on open, software-defined AI radio access networking (AI-RAN) architecture (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)

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Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE:
Nvidia partners with Cisco, Nokia, and others to build 6G networks based on open, software-defined AI radio access networking (AI-RAN) architecture  —  Nvidia Corp. early Sunday announced ahead of the MWC Barcelona conference that its joining global telecom leaders in a commitment to build 6G …

Apple's Next Launch Starts Tomorrow

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Following a new AirTag in January, Apple is set to unveil its next new products of 2026 this week. Apple CEO Tim Cook teased that the company will have a "big week ahead," with announcements set to begin this Monday, March 2.


Apple is reportedly planning a three-day stretch of product announcements from Monday, March 2 through Wednesday, March 4, with at least five new products expected to be unveiled, including a lower-cost MacBook, an [...]

A look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021 (Hyonhee Shin/Bloomberg)

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Hyonhee Shin / Bloomberg:
A look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021  —  As Hyundai Motor Co. Executive Chair Euisun Chung took the stage at CES 2022 accompanied by “Spot” — a robot dog …

Apple Stores Temporarily Closed in the United Arab Emirates

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Apple has temporarily closed all five of its retail stores in the United Arab Emirates, including three locations in Abu Dhabi and two in Dubai.

Apple Store at the Dubai Mall

The XZ Utils aftermath: Inside the mission to stop the next global backdoor before it starts

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In 2024, a backdoor was discovered hidden inside XZ Utils, a compression utility woven into many popular Linux distributions. This

The post The XZ Utils aftermath: Inside the mission to stop the next global backdoor before it starts appeared first on The New Stack.

How some companies are trying to become the "Strava of tennis" by offering match video, stats, highlights, social features, and performance analysis for players (Charlie Eccleshare/The Athletic)

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Charlie Eccleshare / The Athletic:
How some companies are trying to become the “Strava of tennis” by offering match video, stats, highlights, social features, and performance analysis for pl

China’s new fire-safe, 250 Wh/kg organic battery can survive extreme temperatures

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Researchers from Tianjin University and the South China University of Technology have developed a new...

China’s BYD tests record-breaking 1,500 kW flash charger in Shenzhen

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Chinese EV giant BYD is moving closer to launching its next-generation ultra-fast charging network, having...

Inside the world's largest crypto casino Stake, which claims ~4% of all BTC transactions, with popularity boosted by celebs like Drake and influencers on Kick (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:

[Thread] In an AMA, Sam Altman says DOD blacklisting Anthropic sets an "extremely scary precedent", OpenAI rushed its deal to "de-escalate things", and more (Sam Altman/@sama)

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Sam Altman / @sama:
[Thread] In an AMA, Sam Altman says DOD blacklisting Anthropic sets an “extremely scary precedent”, OpenAI rushed its deal to “de-escalate things”, and more  —  I'd like to answer questions about our work with the DoW and our thinking over the past few days. Please AMA.

Iran’s Supreme Leader dead as satellite images reveal destruction of Khamenei’s residence

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Iran’s state media has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed following...

China’s tech giant unveils 1,900 hp concept EV to muscle into hypercar territory

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China’s tech giant Xiaomi (Mi) has just unveiled a Vision Gran Turismo (VGT) concept supercar...

Tiny atomic tweak turns silicon into a high-efficiency light source for quantum internet

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In the strange world of quantum physics, even the tiniest tweak can unlock outsized rewards. ...

Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, collecting a $2.8B termination fee and driving up the price and debt load of the Paramount-WBD merger (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)

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Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, collecting a $2.8B termination fee and driving up the price and debt load of the Paramount-WBD merger  —  King of streaming preserves its business model, while Paramount will have to deal with a massive debt load

Large-scale ion-trap quantum computing systems inch closer to reality with US’ new breakthrough

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Researchers have achieved a breakthrough towards building scalable quantum computers. The team used cryoelectronics to...

Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on new roles with AI tools' assistance, and engineers are now required to complete technical writing tasks (Financial Times)

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Financial Times:
Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on new roles with AI tools' assistance, and engineers are now required to complete technical writing tasks  —  Drive for ‘leaner’ operations piles pressure on employees but could be a playbook for rivals  —  Amazon's HR chief last month sought …

Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI work automation, adds to growing angst among white-collar workers over AI's potential for job disruption (Chip Cutter/Wall Street Journal)

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Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal:
Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI work automation, adds to growing angst among white-collar workers over AI's potential for job disruption  —  Layoffs at Block add to growing backlash bubbling up across American companies; ‘It brings out the pitchforks’

Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools (Wall Street Journal)

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools  —  Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech com

UK firm overcomes key barrier to fusion energy scale-up, validates new nuclear fuel concept

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A British company has validated the high tritium breeding performance of the FLARE concept, addressing...

Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

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Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28  —  As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes &m

OpenAI says it does not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and it has made its position on this clear to the Pentagon (@openai)

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@openai:
OpenAI says it does not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and it has made its position on this clear to the Pentagon  —  We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and we've made our position on this clear to the Department of War.

OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and "has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's" (OpenAI)

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OpenAI:
OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and “has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's”  —  We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's.

3,000-year-old genes reveal surprising survival strategies in prehistoric Poland

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An international team of archaeologists and scientists reconstructed prehistoric diets in north-central Poland using cutting-edge...

This Week In Techdirt History: February 22nd – 28th

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Five Years Ago This week in 2021, Australian news sites were reacting bizarrely to Facebook’s withdrawal from sharing news in the country, just before Facebook caved and decided to restore news links. The whole ordeal was surrounded by silly reactions so we pointed to the best summary of everything, and also looked at how it […]

Apple Launched iPhone 16e One Year Ago Today

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One year ago today, Apple launched the iPhone 16e, a new entry-level model that brought Apple Intelligence support and a modern design to the company's most affordable iPhone.

The real breakthrough in robotics is foundation models — not hardware

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Physical AI, also known as embodied AI, is purported to be the next evolution in the quest to build autonomous

The post The real breakthrough in robotics is foundation models — not hardware appeared first on The New Stack.

Perplexity Computer wows, Karpathy kills vibe coding, and OpenAI replaces Anthropic at the Pentagon

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

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Top Stories: Apple's 'Big Week' Ahead, iPhone Colors, and More

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Get ready for an onslaught of Apple news! Ahead of a "special Apple experience" for the media on Wednesday, there will be several days of announcements coming from the company with Tim Cook confirming that things will kick off on Monday.


We're expecting a number of product announcements next week, but we're also continuing to look ahead at what we can expect with iPhone and Mac updates later this year. Software development is also continuing with iOS 26.4 proceeding through beta testing, so read on below for all the details!

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Apple Teases 'A Big Week Ahead' With Announcements Starting Monday

Trump Settles With Isaac Hayes’ Estate Over Use Of Music During The Campaign

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One of the unfortunate knock on effects of being generally insufferable is that many people don’t want to be associated with you in any way. And when you’re both insufferable and happen to be the most divisive American political figure in modern history, all the more so. And that is certainly why, during both of […]

What to Expect From Apple's Big Week: iPhone 17e, Low-Cost MacBook, New iPads, and More

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Starting on Monday, we're going to get our first major product announcements of 2026. Apple CEO Tim Cook teased a "big week ahead" with an "Apple Launch" hashtag, plus Apple has media events scheduled in New York, Shanghai, and London on Wednesday, March 4. We're expecting the iPhone 17e, an all-new low-cost MacBook, and minor refreshes to the Mac and iPad lines.

Low-Cost MacBook

The NFL Won A Lawsuit Over Its Bluesky Ban. Its Social Media Strategy Is Still A Loser

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Full disclosure up front: I sit on the board of Bluesky. That said, I had absolutely no idea this lawsuit existed until recently. Which, honestly, tells you something about how much of a legal non-event it was. But the underlying story here—about the NFL treating social media the way it treats television broadcast rights—is worth […]

Under a Paramount-WBD merger, two struggling media giants would unite

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Can two declining companies form a profitable one?

Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

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Burke Holland works on GitHub Copilot by day and codes with his AI agents always. Early January, Burke posted about how Opus 4.5 changed everything. We were all still buzzing from the holiday-season 2x usage bump Claude gave us, and Opus 4.5 felt like a genuine step function in capability. Burke and I get into all the details. Opus 4.5 may have started the fire, but GPT-5.3 Codex is certainly living up to the hype.

Red Hat introduces its first out and out AI platform

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Red Hat has been deploying AI in the enterprise for some time. For example, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) now

The post Red Hat introduces its first out and out AI platform appeared first on The New Stack.

Whistleblower: ICE Has Slashed Its Training Program And Its Boss Is Lying To Congress About It

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ICE can’t keep up with the baseline set by resident ghoul/White House advisor Stephen Miller. Miller has demanded 3,000 arrests per day, which he presented as the minimum he would be satisfied with. To reach this goal, tons of talent from other federal law enforcement agencies have been added to the mix. The results have […]

AI-Fueled Development Pushes Open-Source Risk to Extremes: Report

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Could Apple's OLED iPad Mini Finally Be a Kindle Killer?

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With a similar screen size and easy, one-handed grip, the iPad mini has always been the Apple device that overlaps most with dedicated e-readers. Now, amid rumors pointing to an OLED display for the next generation, could the ‌iPad mini‌ finally replace devices such as the Kindle and Kobo?


The shift from LCD to OLED could make the ‌iPad mini‌ far more appealing as a reading device. OLED panels allow each pixel to turn off individually, producing true blacks and extremely high contrast.

Text can appear sharper and more defined against a dark background, pa [...]

Apple Music Coming to Chocolate Bars

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Apple is working with German confectionary brand Ritter Sport to offer a unique Apple Music promotion.


The collaboration, branded as "Limited Edition Ritter Sport x ‌Apple Music‌," involves promoting iconic albums on Ritter Sport's iconic 100g square chocolate bars (via Macerkopf). There will be a QR code on the back of each bar that links directly to the album on ‌Apple Music‌ and provides a free trial subscription to the service.

Ritter Sport and ‌Apple Music‌ have selected five albums that have shaped German music history across different genres, including Cro's "RAOP," Marteria's "Happy for the Future II," Scorpions' "C [...]

Verizon Continues To Make Phone Unlocking Annoying (With The Trump FCC’s Help)

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Earlier this year we noted how the Trump FCC, at the direct request of wireless phone giants, destroyed popular phone unlocking rules making it easier and cheaper to switch wireless carriers. The rules, applied via spectrum acquisition and merger conditions after years of activism, required that Verizon unlock your phone within 60 days after purchase so […]

Daily Deal: The 2026 Microsoft Office Pro Bundle

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The 2026 Microsoft Office Pro Bundle has 8 courses to help you master essential Office skills. Courses cover Access, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and more. It’s on sale for $25. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. A portion of all sales from Techdirt Deals helps support Techdirt. The products featured do […]

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir

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If you run a company whose entire value proposition is the ability to see patterns, predict outcomes, and connect dots that others miss, you’d think someone in the building might have flagged that suing a small independent magazine over unflattering-but-accurate reporting would only guarantee that millions more people read it. And yet, here we are. […]

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 17 and an Anti-Reflective Fresh Coat Screen Protector From Astropad

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For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPhone 17 and an anti-reflective Fresh Coat screen protector from Astropad to go along with it.


Fresh Coat is a screen protector that Astropad created with an optical-grade anti-reflective coating to reduce glare and provide a better iPhone viewing experience. The technology cuts reflections by 75 percent, while improving contrast and keeping colors vibrant. Unlike other anti- [...]

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Get $100 Off Apple Watch Series 11, Plus Save on iPhone 17 TechWoven Cases and More

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This week we tracked quite a few deals across numerous Apple products, including low prices on Apple Watch Series 11, AirPods Max, and iPhone 17 TechWoven cases, all of which are still available today. You'll also find great discounts on portable power stations and Samsung's new Galaxy S26 smartphones below.

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Two More Studio Display 2 Upgrades Leaked in New Report

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Macworld's Filipe Espósito today again reported that Apple appears to be developing two new Studio Display models with different specs.


Based on lines of code in "internal Apple files," which likely refers to a macOS Tahoe Kernel Debug Kit that leaked online last year, Espósito continues to believe that both of the new Studio Display models will feature ProMotion, enabling up to a 120Hz refresh rate, as well as HDR support for increased brightness and dynamic range.

For the higher-end Studio Display, the report has revealed two more potential upgrades that had yet to be rumored until now, including superior speakers and more and/or higher-spec port [...]

Netflix cedes Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount: “No longer financially attractive”

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Netflix shares jumped following the announcement.

How to downgrade from macOS 26 Tahoe on a new Mac

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Most new Macs can still be downgraded with few downsides. Here's what to know.

Harness Readies Resilience Testing Platform to Make Applications More Robust

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Apple TV's Second-Largest Market Is Brazil, Says Eddy Cue

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Apple's SVP of services Eddy Cue has revealed that Brazil is Apple TV's second-largest market by subscriber count and its fastest-growing, in an interview with Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo (via 9to5Mac).


Speaking on the sidelines of Apple's recent media event in Santa Monica where the company previewed its 2026 content slate, Cue acknowledged that Apple has yet to produce any original [...]

Apple says it has "a big week ahead." Here's what we expect to see.

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Apple is taking an "ain't broke/don't fix" approach to most of its gadgets.

With Netflix Retreat, Trump Ally Larry Ellison Will Soon Own Warner Brothers, HBO, CNN, CBS, Paramount, Discovery, And Part Of TikTok

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Netflix has retreated from its protracted bidding war with Larry Ellison for control of Warner Brothers, giving the Trump ally likely control of Warner, CNN, and HBO. In a statement, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said that Paramount’s latest offer made the acquisition financially irresponsible: “The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder […]

Apple Asks Judge to Toss Fraud Claims Over Siri AI, Epic Compliance

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Apple has asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the company of defrauding shareholders by overstating Siri's Apple Intelligence capabilities and misrepresenting its compliance with the Epic Games App Store injunction.


At WWDC in June 2024, Apple previewed two of Siri's most anticipated Apple Intelligence upgrades – personal context and onscreen awareness. The features were supposed to arrive as part of iOS 18 and were promoted the same year when launching the iPhone 16 models, but Apple is still working on them. In 2025, CEO Tim Cook acknowledged in 2025 that developing a "more personal" Siri was "taking a bit longer than we thought."

The delay led Apple to be accused in a March 2025 [...]

Blender iPad App Development Halted as Android Tablets Get Priority

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Blender's work on a native iPad version of its open source 3D creation suite has been shelved, according to the development team.


Back in July, Blender revealed that it was developing for iPad, with an iPad Pro version of its desktop software coming first, complete with a fully-featured multitouch interface and support for Apple Pencil Pro. No release date was announced at the time.

Now it doesn't look like that's about to happen anytime soon. In January, a status update appeared on Blender's GitHub page for iPad development saying that the project is on hold until further notice.

No reason for [...]

Netflix Walks Away From Warner Bros Deal, Paramount Set to Take Over

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Netflix has dropped out of the takeover battle for Warner Bros. Discovery, putting Paramount Skydance on course to win the whole WBD business.


The world's largest streaming service had been pegged to land a deal in which it would acquire Warner Bros., HBO, and HBO Max in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $72 billion in equity and $82.7 billion, including debt. But after Paramount submitted a final offer, valuing WBD at $111bn including debt, Netflix declined to match it.

In an announcement on Thursday, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said:

The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder val

I Learned Traffic Optimization Before I Learned Cloud Computing. It Turns Out the Lessons Were the Same.

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Toxic combinations: when small signals add up to a security incident

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Minor misconfigurations or request anomalies often seem harmless in isolation. But when these small signals converge, they can trigger a security incident known as a toxic combination. Here’s how to spot the signs.

We deserve a better streams API for JavaScript

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The Web streams API has become ubiquitous in JavaScript runtimes but was designed for a different era. Here's what a modern streaming API could (should?) look like.

The most-seen UI on the Internet? Redesigning Turnstile and Challenge Pages

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We serve 7.6 billion challenges daily. Here’s how we used research, AAA accessibility standards, and a unified architecture to redesign the Internet’s most-seen user interface.

Bringing more transparency to post-quantum usage, encrypted messaging, and routing security

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Cloudflare Radar has added new tools for monitoring PQ adoption, KT logs for messaging, and ASPA routing records to track the Internet's migration toward more secure encryption and routing standards.

ASPA: making Internet routing more secure

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ASPA is the cryptographic upgrade for BGP that helps prevent route leaks by verifying the path network traffic takes. New features in Cloudflare Radar make tracking its adoption easy.

2 Months Into 2026 We Are Over Half 2025’s Total Count Of Measles Cases

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Measles. Yes, yes, I know you’re sick of hearing about it. For that, though, you must lay the blame at the feet of Donald Trump, RFK Jr., and this entire administration of clown-tools that isn’t bothering to do anything about what has become the worst continuous outbreak of the disease in America in several decades. […]

Ways to dramatically reduce Go binary size

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#​591 — February 27, 2026 Read the Web Version Go Weekly

What's Coming in the M5 MacBook Air

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Along with the low-cost MacBook, Apple could introduce a refreshed version of the MacBook Air next week. Most of the focus will be on the new machine, but the ‌MacBook Air‌ is expected to get some useful internal updates.

M5 Chip

Razer Launches MagSafe-Compatible Laptop Sleeve for Charging Your iPhone and AirPods

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Razer today introduced a new 16-inch laptop sleeve that has an integrated wireless charging feature for smartphones and other small devices like earbuds. Priced at $130, the sleeve includes two MagSafe-compatible wireless charging zones, so it can charge an iPhone and AirPods at the same time.


The wireless charger is integrated into the top of the laptop sleeve, and the magnets serve as a clasp when the sleeve is closed and being used to transport a laptop. Power is delivered through a USB-C cable that can be plugged into a 30W+ power adapter or a Mac.

Charging speeds are limited to 15W, so you won't get full speed wireless chargin [...]

Apple-Supported Aliro 1.0 Smart Lock Standard Officially Released

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The Connectivity Standards Alliance, which includes Apple, today released the Aliro 1.0 specification. Aliro is a new standard aimed at improving the way that smart door locks work with smartphones and wearables.


Aliro supports interoperability between mobile devices, wearables, and access control readers, so smart locks can work with any smartphone or wearable device without the need for a dedicated app. It is aimed at improving smart locks for the home, but also for corporate offices, universities, and hotels.

Apple, Google, and Samsung support Aliro, and Aliro-enabled locks will be able to be added to wallet apps on iPhone and Android devices. Major smart home companies that produce smart locks have also signed on to support Aliro. The Alliance says that Ap [...]

Apple Releases visionOS 26.3.1 to Fix Multiview Flicker Issue in Apple TV App

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Apple today released visionOS 26.3.1, a minor update to the visionOS 26 operating system. visionOS 26.3.1 comes two weeks after the launch of visionOS 26.3.


‌visionOS 26‌.3 can be downloaded on all Vision Pro headsets by navigating to the Settings app, selecting the General section, and choosing the Software Update option. To install an update, the Vision Pro headset needs to be removed, and there is a software progress bar available on the exterior EyeSight display.

According to Apple's release notes for the update, it fixes a flicker issue that could happen when watching sports content with MultiView in the Apple TV app.
This article, " [...]

From vibes to engineering: How AI agents outgrew their own terminology

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Andrej Karpathy probably didn’t set out to retire “vibe coding” just a year after popularizing it, but time and technological

The post From vibes to engineering: How AI agents outgrew their own terminology appeared first on The New Stack.

Malicious NPM Package Gets Downloaded 50K Times Before Discovery

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Netdata is a seriously impressive server monitoring tool

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Every once in a while, I come across a tool that makes me lean back and go, “Wooo, that’s cool!”

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The agent pull request flood is here. If you run Istio, you’re halfway to solving it.

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Agentic workflows are rapidly accelerating the volume of pull requests, and validation is quickly becoming the most critical bottleneck. Teams

The post The agent pull request flood is here. If you run Istio, you’re halfway to solving it. appeared first on The New Stack.

Digital Transformation at Santander: How Platform Engineering is Revolutionizing Cloud Infrastructure

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Santander faced a significant technical challenge in managing an infrastructure that processes billions of daily transactions across more than 200 critical systems. The solution emerged through an innovative platform engineering initiative called Catalyst, which transformed the bank's cloud infrastructure and development management. This post analyzes the main cases, benefits, and results obtained with this initiative.

Google reveals Nano Banana 2 AI image model, coming to Gemini today

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Google's new image model replaces the previous versions immediately.

Google’s Nano Banana 2 promises Flash speeds with Pro results

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Google on Thursday launched the latest version of its Nano Banana image generation model, which promises to improve upon last

The post Google’s Nano Banana 2 promises Flash speeds with Pro results appeared first on The New Stack.

Using LLMs to amplify human labeling and improve Dash search relevance

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How we train Dash's search ranking models with a mix of human and LLM-assisted labeling.

Observability platform migration guide: Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Fluent Bit

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Observability platform migrations are rarely simple. You’re still balancing risk (don’t break on-call), scope (don’t try to move everything at

The post Observability platform migration guide: Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Fluent Bit appeared first on The New Stack

Security Flaws in Anthropic’s Claude Code Risk Stolen Data, System Takeover

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Why the secret to scaling AI isn’t a better model, it’s a simpler foundation

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A recent study from MIT’s NANDA initiative highlights a persistent challenge in enterprise AI adoption. Despite heavy investment and experimentation,

The post Why the secret to scaling AI isn’t a better model, it’s a simpler foundation appeared first on The New Stack.

Why your DIY Kubernetes stack won’t survive the era of agentic AI

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We are at an inflection point in enterprise IT. For the last decade, “modernization” has been synonymous with containerization —

The post Why your DIY Kubernetes stack won’t survive the era of agentic AI appeared first on The New Stack.

Claude Code Remote Control Keeps Your Agent Local and Puts it in Your Pocket

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Cursor Cloud Agents Get Their Own Computers — and 35% of Internal PRs to Prove It

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The Future of AI in Software Quality: How Autonomous Platforms are Transforming DevOps

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How OPA Changed Our Go-No-Go Forever

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The Great Infrastructure Migration: Why Teams are Moving From Manual Provisioning to Autonomous Platforms

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The Galaxy S26 is faster, more expensive, and even more chock-full of AI

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Samsung's Galaxy S26 series is available for preorder today and ships on March 11.

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

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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.

WebAssembly is everywhere. Here’s how it works

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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.

VAST Data tackles the enterprise AI trust gap

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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.

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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WBD's board is still reviewing the offer.

Anthropic accelerates its Cowork enterprise play

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

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