Hey Brett Kavanaugh, This Is On You:

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“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.” —Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, September 8, 2025 From that one line, which Anil Kalhan dubbed “Kavanaugh Stops,” we see story after story of just how disconnected from […]

The “funhouse mirror”: How AI reflects the hidden truths of your software pipeline

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AI is the epitome of moving fast and breaking things. But where has the rigor gone, asks Thoughtworks CTO Rachel

The post The “funhouse mirror”: How AI reflects the hidden truths of your software pipeline appeared first on The New Stack.

iOS 26.4 Adds Average Bedtime Metric and Restores Blood Oxygen to Health App Vitals Graph

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In iOS 26.4, Apple added an Average Bedtime metric to the Sleep section of the Health app, letting users better monitor how bedtime impacts sleep quality.


Under a new Sleep Highlight, Apple lists the time that you went to bed and the time that you usually go to bed based on averages over a two-week period.

In iOS 26.3, Apple displayed average sleep time over the past seven days. That highlight still exists, but it is now supplemented with the daily bedtime readout.

Apple also updated the Vitals readout in the U.S., and it once again lists blood oxygen level on the line graph overview that's available each day. In iOS 26.3 and earlier versions of iOS 26, there was a section for the blood oxygen level, but the graph did not include a b [...]

Some private software companies including McAfee released earnings early to reassure investors worried about an AI-linked selloff, dubbed the "SaaSpocalypse" (Reshmi Basu/Bloomberg)

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Reshmi Basu / Bloomberg:
Some private software companies including McAfee released earnings early to reassure investors worried about an AI-linked selloff, dubbed the “SaaSpocalypse”  —  A handful of software firms including McAfee have released their earnings ahead of schedule in a bid to convince lenders …

Apple Removes iTunes Movies and TV Shows Apps in tvOS 26.4

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With tvOS 26.4, Apple has removed the dedicated iTunes Movies and iTunes TV Shows apps that listed content available for purchase. Buying movies and TV shows can be done through the Apple TV app instead.


Apple started phasing out the iTunes Movies and iTunes TV Shows apps back in 2023, redirecting users to the ‌Apple TV‌ app for purchases. The apps remained available until now to provide customers with instructions on where to find their content, and to provide access to the iTunes Wish List.

Apple removed the TV Shows and Movies section in the iPhone and [...]

Cowardly And Complicit CBS Pulls Colbert Interview With Dem Politician To Please Republicans

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The right wing extremist takeover of CBS continues to go just about how you thought it might. CBS is under fire yet again, this time for forcing Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” to cancel a scheduled appearance with Texas Democratic State Representative James Talarico because it might upset our full-diapered president. Colbert acknowledged the cancellation […]

Daily Deal: The All-in-One Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle

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To completely understand computer security, it’s vital to step outside the fence and to think outside the box. Computer security is not just about firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, or anti-viruses. It’s also about tricking people into doing whatever a hacker wishes. A secure system, network, or infrastructure is also about informed people. The All-in-One Super-Sized […]

Amazon's Latest AirPods Deals Include AirPods 4 at $99 and AirPods Max at $449

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Amazon this week has a pair of discounts on a few AirPods models, including the AirPods 4 and AirPods Max. You can get the AirPods 4 for $99.00, down from $129.00.

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.

This is a second-best price on the AirPods 4, which is the base model without Active Noise Cancellation. Amazon provides a February 23 estimated delivery date for free shipping, with faster delivery options for Prime members.

Night Media, a talent agency that represents influencers like Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, raised $70M led by StepStone to expand into gaming, sports, and music (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Night Media, a talent agency that represents influencers like Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, raised $70M led by StepStone to expand into gaming, sports, and music  —  Night Media Inc., the talent management firm that represents social media celebrities such as popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat …

Apple Working on Three AI Wearables: Smart Glasses, AI Pin, and AirPods With Cameras

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Apple is speeding up its work on three AI wearable devices, reports Bloomberg. Apple is developing AI smart glasses, a wearable AI pin or pendant, and AI AirPods, all of which will connect to the iPhone and will interface with the smarter version of Siri that's in the works.


Cameras will be integrated into all three products to allow the AI to "see" around the wearer and answer questions about the wearer's surroundings.

Smart Glasses

Over 100 researchers from Johns Hopkins, Oxford, and more call for guardrails on some infectious disease datasets that could enable AI to design deadly viruses (Megan Morrone/Axios)

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Megan Morrone / Axios:
Over 100 researchers from Johns Hopkins, Oxford, and more call for guardrails on some infectious disease datasets that could enable AI to design deadly viruses  —  - The White House's Genesis Mission — announced in late 2025 — aims to build AI systems trained on massive scientific datasets to speed research breakthroughs.

Apple Releases First macOS Tahoe 26.4 Public Beta

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Apple today provided public beta testers with the first release of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a day after Apple provided the beta to developers.


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 System Settings app.

‌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 Charge Limit feature that lets Mac users select a maximum charge level that ranges from 80 p [...]

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 Public Beta Now Available

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Apple today provided public beta testers with the first releases of upcoming iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and watchOS 26.4 updates for testing purposes. The public betas come a day after Apple provided the betas to developers.

Sources: Apple ramps up work on AI wearables with cameras and Siri, including smart glasses, AirPods, and a pendant that can be worn as a necklace or pinned (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with improvements in coding, consistency, and more, for Free and Pro users; it features a 1M token context window in beta (Anthropic)

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Anthropic:
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with improvements in coding, consistency, and more, for Free and Pro users; it features a 1M token context window in beta  —  Claude Sonnet 4.6 is our most capable Sonnet model yet.  It's a full upgrade of the model's skills across coding, computer use …

Anthropic’s new Claude Sonnet 4.6 promises Opus-level coding at Sonnet pricing

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Anthropic on Tuesday launched Claude Sonnet 4.6, the latest version of its mainstream model. This new version promises to almost

The post Anthropic’s new Claude Sonnet 4.6 promises Opus-level coding at Sonnet pricing appeared first on The New Stack.

RAM shortage hits Valve's four-year-old Steam Deck, now available "intermittently"

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Forget launching new stuff—Valve is even having problems with existing hardware.

Explained: How this US firm is building a meltdown-proof nuclear reactor

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Nations are racing to deploy advanced reactors for cleaner, more secure nuclear energy, which provides...

Mistral buys Paris-based Koyeb, which simplifies AI app deployment at scale and manages AI infrastructure, in its first acquisition; Koyeb raised $8.6M to date (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)

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Anna Heim / TechCrunch:
Mistral buys Paris-based Koyeb, which simplifies AI app deployment at scale and manages AI infrastructure, in its first acquisition; Koyeb raised $8.6M to date  —  Mistral AI, the French company last valued at $13.8 billion, has made its first acquisition.  The OpenAI competitor has agreed …

Your AI strategy is built on layers of API sediment

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“The API landscape is a mess, and very few people understand it,” Kin Lane, API industry veteran and founder of

The post Your AI strategy is built on layers of API sediment appeared first on The New Stack.

Mesh, founded by ex-SpaceX staff to mass produce optical transceivers that convert optical signals to electrical signals, raised a $50M Series A led by Thrive (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)

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Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Mesh, founded by ex-SpaceX staff to mass produce optical transceivers that convert optical signals to electrical signals, raised a $50M Series A led by Thrive  —  Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup working on hardware used to move data at high speeds within data centers …

Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned

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We’ve been covering Australia’s monumentally stupid social media ban for kids under 16 since before it went into effect. We noted how dumb the whole premise was, how the rollout was an immediate mess, how a gambling ad agency helped push the whole thing, and how two massive studies involving 125,000 kids found the entire […]

CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits (Nathan Bomey/Axios)

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Nathan Bomey / Axios:
CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits  —  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is launching a legal campaign to defend its regulatory turf on prediction markets …

Automattic adds an AI assistant to WordPress.com, enabling users to perform site-wide layout and style modifications via natural language commands (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Automattic adds an AI assistant to WordPress.com, enabling users to perform site-wide layout and style modifications via natural language commands  —  WordPress.com, the website hosting platform from Automattic, will now include a built-in WordPress AI assistant, the company announced on Tuesday.

SEC filing: Liftoff withdraws its IPO filing without specifying a reason, less than two weeks after the mobile ad platform postponed plans to price its IPO (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg)

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Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg:
SEC filing: Liftoff withdraws its IPO filing without specifying a reason, less than two weeks after the mobile ad platform postponed plans to price its IPO  —  Liftoff Mobile Inc. withdrew its IPO filing, less than two weeks after the mobile advertising platform operator said it was postponing plans to raise as much as $762 million.

Apple Intelligence Rollout Nears Completion With Upcoming iPad 12

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Apple's next entry-level iPad is expected to gain the A18 chip, a change that appears modest on paper but would enable Apple Intelligence on the company's most affordable tablet for the first time.


Apple last refreshed the entry-level ‌iPad‌ in March 2025, adding the A16 chip. ‌Apple Intelligence‌ is supported by devices with the A17 Pro or newer, or Apple's M-series chips, due to the processing, memory bandwidth, and neural engine performance required to run on-device and hybrid AI workloads. The A16 in the current entry-level ‌iPad‌ falls just short of this threshold, leaving the product outside Apple's AI rollout despite its relatively recent update.
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Figma and Anthropic partner to launch Code to Canvas, letting users import code generated in Claude Code directly into Figma as editable designs (Deirdre Bosa/CNBC)

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Deirdre Bosa / CNBC:
Figma and Anthropic partner to launch Code to Canvas, letting users import code generated in Claude Code directly into Figma as editable designs  —  Figma is partnering with Anthropic and launching a feature called “Code to Canvas” that converts code generated in artificial intelligence tools …

New research claims wormholes are temporal mirrors, not interstellar tunnels

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Theoretical research led by Professor Enrique Gaztañaga of the University of Portsmouth challenges the longstanding...

Palantir moves its HQ from Denver to Miami, as the city's leadership aims to turn it into the next Silicon Valley, with backing of billionaires like Ken Griffin (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
Palantir moves its HQ from Denver to Miami, as the city's leadership aims to turn it into the next Silicon Valley, with backing of billionaires like Ken Griffin  —  Palantir Technologies Inc. said it's moved its headquarters to Miami from Denver at a time when tech firms are headed …

Snapchat launches creator subscriptions in alpha, available to some creators in the US starting February 23; creators set custom monthly pricing (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Snapchat launches creator subscriptions in alpha, available to some creators in the US starting February 23; creators set custom monthly pricing  —  Social network Snapchat announced today it's launching creator subscriptions in alpha with select people in the U.S. starting on February 23.

Israeli drone OS developer Xtend merges with New York-listed JFB to list on Nasdaq at a $1.5B valuation, including a $152M investment from Eric Trump and others (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

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Sophie Shulman / CTech:
Israeli drone OS developer Xtend merges with New York-listed JFB to list on Nasdaq at a $1.5B valuation, including a $152M investment from Eric Trump and others  —  The Israeli drone operating system company secures $152 million in investment.  —  Israeli drone operating system company XTEND …

Apple Event on March 4: Here's What to Expect

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Apple on Monday invited selected journalists and content creators to a "special Apple Experience" on Wednesday, March 4 in New York, London, and Shanghai.


At an Apple Experience, attendees are typically given the opportunity to try out Apple's latest hardware or software. Following the launch of Apple Creator Studio last month, for example, some content creators attended an Apple Experience in Los Angeles to go hands on with the new subscription-based bundle of apps and features.

The upcoming Apple Experience will likely not be as significant as a traditional Apple Event, but there is a good chance [...]

Braintrust, which helps companies evaluate and monitor their AI tools' performance, raised an $80M Series B led by Iconiq at an $800M post-money valuation (Chris Metinko/Axios)

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Chris Metinko / Axios:
Braintrust, which helps companies evaluate and monitor their AI tools' performance, raised an $80M Series B led by Iconiq at an $800M post-money valuation  —  Braintrust, a startup building AI observability and evaluation tools, raised an $80 million Series B led by Iconiq …

UK Case Claiming Qualcomm Inflated iPhone Prices to Be Withdrawn

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A major UK consumer lawsuit alleging that Qualcomm inflated iPhone prices through its patent licensing practices will be withdrawn with no payment (via Reuters).


The lawsuit raised on behalf of 29 million UK smartphone buyers will be withdrawn following an agreement with the British consumer association Which?, which had filed the case seeking £480 million in compensation for consumers who purchased Apple or Samsung devices since 2015.

Which? alleged that Qualcomm abused a dominant market position by requiring manufacturers to obtain a license for its standard essential patents before purchasing ch [...]

CredShields Contributes to OWASP’s 2026 Smart Contract Security Priorities

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Nomad Takes Up to 49% Off iPhone 17 Cases, MagSafe Stands, and More

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Nomad this week has an overstock sale going on with major discounts across a few different product categories. This includes iPhone 17 cases, MagSafe-compatible charging stations, iPad folios, and much more.

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

All discounts in this sale have been automatically applied and do not require any coupon codes, and Nomad offers free shipping on orders that exceed $50 in value. You'll find a collection of iPhone 17 cases in this sale, including Nomad's [...]

Rolls-Royce’s new hybrid aircraft engine aims to reduce aviation emissions by 30%

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The aviation industry is looking to take a cue from the recent success of hybrid...

US Apache attack helicopter shoots new 30mm rounds to blow up drones midair

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The US Army has live-tested an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter firing the 30×113mm XM1225 Aviation...

Germany removes radioactive heart of nuclear plant in major decommissioning milestone

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The last CASTOR cask containing used nuclear fuel has been removed from the Brokdorf nuclear...

China unveils low-cost electric SUV with 440-mile range, advanced driver-assist tech

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Chinese automaker BYD is planning to launch the Song Ultra EV, the company’s first B-segment...

China’s nuclear submarine launches in past 5 years challenge US Navy dominance

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China has launched more nuclear-powered submarines than the United States over the past five years,...

Trump FTC Threatens Apple With A Fake Investigation Into Its Nonexistent ‘Liberal News Bias’

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Here we go again. The Trump FTC has threatened Apple and CEO Tim Cook with a fake investigation claiming that Apple News doesn’t do a good enough job coddling right wing, Trump-friendly ideology. The announcement and associated letter pretends that Apple is violating Section 5 of the FTC Act (which “prohibits unfair or deceptive acts […]

Secret 15-foot underground railroad reveals Manhattan’s oldest anti-slavery safe house

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History has a way of silently hiding in the corners of a room before being...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX joins classified Pentagon contest to build voice-controlled drone swarms

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX, along with its artificial intelligence subsidiary xAI, is reportedly among a select...

Attention, Autonomy, and AI in the Critical Path - Related to your interests - February 17th, 2026

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• “‘CEO said a thing!’ journalism” - fantastic new phrase!
• How AI Is Redefining Product Teams - What do product managers do in AI code gen land?
• NatWest hails progress after £1.2bn spent on tech last year, but true AI transformation to come

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Your Boss Doesn’t Know What to Do With AI

Enterprise AI Has a Product-Market Fit Problem. Enterprise AI isn’t stalled because the models are weak. It’s stalled because we haven’t discovered product-market fit inside the enterprise yet.

You don’t find real AI value by theorizing in workshops. You find it by running experiments for months inside your actual systems - against real data - in a governed environment.

That requires a platform.

Without one, AI pilots turn into disconnected experiments, shadow infrastructure, and compliance risk. With one, experimentation compounds into institutional learning.

In this video, I break down:

• Why enterprise AI is still in discovery mode
• Why experimentation must be long-running, not one-off
• How governance enables innovation instead of blocking it
• Why a secure platform foundation is the baseline for AI ROI

If you’re thinking about AI strategy, plat

OLED iPad Mini: Release Date, Pricing, and What to Expect

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Rumors are stoking excitement for the next-generation iPad mini that Apple is reportedly close to launching. So what should we expect from the successor to the iPad mini 7 that Apple released over a year ago? Read on to find out.

Processor and Performance

iOS 26.4 Highlights Your Personal Hotspot Data Usage More Prominently

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iOS 26.4 moves the feature to show how much mobile data connected devices have used via Personal Hotspot to a more prominent and easily accessible location.


Now available in Personal Hotspot settings below the "Maximize Compatibility" toggle, the functionality breaks down data usage by device, with non-Apple devices simply showing up as a group of "Other Devices." Total Personal Hotspot Data usage is also displayed.

Previously, the feature was buried in cellular settings. It may be particularly helpful to those with a data limit on their carrier plan.

iOS 26.4 is now available in beta to developers. A public beta will be released in the near future. Apple plans to release the update in the spring.
This article, " [...]

Cline CLI 2.0 Turns Your Terminal Into an AI Agent Control Plane

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iOS 26.4 Lays Groundwork for CarPlay Video, Including Apple TV

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Back at WWDC 2025, Apple revealed that it was planning to allow CarPlay users to watch video via AirPlay in their vehicles while they are not driving, and the first beta of iOS 26.4 suggests the feature may be nearing availability.


The original mention of the feature appeared on Apple's CarPlay page for developers within a section specific to automakers, indicating that CarPlay with AirPlay video is something automakers will need to implement with on their end. Presumably, this is because there needs to be integration with vehicle systems to ensure that the feature ca [...]

Everything New in iOS 26.4 Beta 1

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Apple today provided developers with the first beta of an upcoming iOS 26.4 update, which adds quite a few new features to the iPhone. There's a video podcasts feature, updates to Stolen Device Protection, end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, an Apple Music tool for generating playlists, and much more.

Playlist Playground

Apple Brings iPhone-Style Battery Charge Limits to the Mac in macOS Tahoe 26.4

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The macOS Tahoe 26.4 beta that Apple released today includes a Charge Limit feature for the Mac. There is a new slider bar that lets Mac users select a charge level from 80 percent to 100 percent.


The Charge Limit is a setting that's available in addition to Optimized Battery Charging, and it can prevent a Mac from ever charging to 100 percent.

Apple's existing Optimized Battery Charging feature keeps a Mac from charging to 100 percent until it's needed for use, with the option using your daily charging routine to determine when to charge to full. While Optimized Battery Charging can help preserve battery life, it still regularly allows a Mac to charge to 100 percent.

The new Charge Limit feature is a hard restriction that keeps a Ma [...]

Compact Safari Tab Bar Returns in macOS Tahoe 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4

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The macOS Tahoe 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 betas that Apple released today reintroduce a compact Safari Tab Bar option for those who prefer that view option.


Apple removed the compact tab bar option with the launch of ‌macOS Tahoe‌ and iPadOS 26, but there were Mac and iPad users who missed it.

The Safari app on Mac and the Safari section of the Settings app on ‌iPad‌ both now feature an option to toggle on the Compact Tab Bar as an alternative to the standard Separate Tab Bar.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 are limited to developers right now, but Apple should release public betas soon. The s [...]

Apple Music 'Playlist Playground' in iOS 26.4 Creates Playlists From Text Prompts

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The iOS 26.4 update that Apple is beta testing includes a new "Playlist Playground" feature in the Apple Music app that's designed to let users create a playlist with a text-based prompt.


In the ‌Apple Music‌ app, there's an option to type in an idea and get automatic song suggestions for a playlist. Apple has some pre-set suggestions that include "morning coffee music," "hip-hop party songs," and "disco songs that defined the 1970s," but you can type in any idea, mood, or feeling.

From there, the Playlist Playground feature will automatically generate a list of 25 songs, along with a custom title. Playlists that you create can be customized further with additional text prompts, and you can select a cover and a description.
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macOS Tahoe 26.4 Displays Warnings for Apps That Won't Work After Rosetta 2 Support Ends

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macOS Tahoe will be the last version of macOS that supports Intel-based Macs, with Apple planning to phase out Intel Macs entirely following its transition to Apple silicon.


Apple today reminded developers and users that future versions of macOS will not support Intel machines, and Rosetta 2 support for apps will end after macOS 27.

Starting with ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4, when users launch an app that uses Rosetta 2, there will be a popup letting them know that the app will no longer work when support for Rosetta 2 ends.

Apple says that it will continue to support older, unmaintained gaming titles with Rosetta along with software running Intel binaries in Linux VMs beyond macOS 27. There could also be future security fixes. < [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

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:

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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Range-Over Functions in Go

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Iteration has long been one of the more fragmented areas of Go, with developers relying on ad hoc patterns to traverse custom data structures. This article explores the range-over-functions experiment, a proposed evolution of the language that introduces a standardized iterator model while preserving Go’s familiar for range syntax. Using the new iter package and sequence abstractions, it shows how iteration logic can be expressed more clearly, flexibly, and idiomatically. Originally published in April 2024, the concepts remain highly relevant as Go continues to evolve toward more expressive yet simple language features.

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

TypeScript 6.0 Sets Stage for Performance-Focused 7.0

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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

Summary:

• 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

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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,

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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.

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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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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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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