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Jeff Bezos Is Destroying What’s Left Of The Washington Post To Please Our Dim, Unpopular Autocrats

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Jeff Bezos this week continued to dismantle what’s left of the Washington Post via another massive round of layoffs that left remaining staff stunned. Among the latest cuts is the elimination of the paper’s popular sports desk, scaling back of international and local news, the firing of an untold swath of journalists, and the ending of […]

Setting Docker Hardened Images free (Interview)

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In May of 2025, Docker launched Hardened Images, a secure, minimal, production-ready set of images. In December, they made DHI freely available and open source to everyone who builds software. On this episode, we're joined by Tushar Jain, EVP of Engineering at Docker to learn all about it.

Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs home batteries into "virtual power plants" and began deploying its own batteries last year, raised $232M (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)

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Survey Surfaces More Focus on Software Security Testing and API Security

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macOS Tahoe 26.3 Release Candidate Now Available

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Apple today provided the release candidate (RC) version of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.3 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after the launch of the third beta. The RC is the version of ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3 that will be provided to the public as long as the final testing phase uncovers no major bugs.


Developers can download the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required.

There's no word yet on what's included in ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26 [...]

Apple Seeds iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 Release Candidates

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Apple today seeded the release candidate (RC) versions of upcoming iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after the release of the third betas. The RCs represent the final versions of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 that will be provided to the public if no bugs are found in the updates.


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

iOS 26.3 adds a tool for transitioning from an ‌iPhone‌ to an Android device. Transfers can be initiated durin [...]

Apple Releases watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3 and visionOS 26.3 Release Candidates

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Apple today provided developers with the release candidate versions of upcoming watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, and visionOS 26.3 updates for testing purposes. The software comes a week after Apple provided the third betas. The release candidates are the final version of the updates that will be provided to the public as long as no bugs are found.


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

We don't know what new features might be added in watchOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, and tvOS 26.3, and nothing new has been discovered so far. Apple doesn't typically provide release notes for betas, so we mi [...]

Federal Judges Are Done With The Deference: Courts Call Out Admin’s Immigration ‘Bullshit’ In Increasingly Pointed Terms

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Over the past week, two federal judges have issued rulings on immigration cases that aren’t just legally significant—they’re genuinely extraordinary documents. One includes a photo of a five-year-old in a Spiderman backpack, biblical citations, and closes with Ben Franklin’s warning about keeping the republic. The other spends 83 pages methodically dismantling a cabinet secretary’s decision, […]

Daily Deal: SunFounder GalaxyRVR Mars Rover Kit for Arduino

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The SunFounder GalaxyRVR Mars Rover Kit is your gateway to hands-on learning on robotics, coding, and Mars-like adventures! Its durable aluminum frame and rocker-bogie suspension easily handle tough terrains, while smart sensors ensure smooth navigation. It’s compatible with the Arduino UNO R3, runs on solar power, and includes real-time FPV with app-based control for day […]

Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new video, revealing a completely flat rear camera, and says pre-orders begin on February 18 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new video, revealing a completely flat rear camera, and says pre-orders begin on February 18  —  Google this morning officially announced the Pixel 10a via a video teaser emphasizing the updated design.  —  A short 15-second video from Made by Google shows the design of the Pixel 10a in full.

GitHub is letting developers choose between Copilot and its biggest rivals

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GitHub subscribers now have a choice of coding agents to help them create. In addition to GitHub’s own Copilot, users

The post GitHub is letting developers choose between Copilot and its biggest rivals appeared first on The New Stack.

GitHub integrates Claude and Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for Copilot Pro Plus and Enterprise users (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Tom Warren / The Verge:
GitHub integrates Claude and Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for Copilot Pro Plus and Enterprise users  —  Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. … GitHub is making Claude by Anthropic …

User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app

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Despite the about-face, some customers think "the damage is done."

Apple's Studio Display 2 Rumored to Have Up to 90Hz Refresh Rate Instead of 120Hz

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Apple reportedly plans to release a new Studio Display this year, and it has once again been rumored that the monitor's maximum refresh rate will be 90Hz.


In November 2024, an anonymous listener of the Relay FM tech podcast "Upgrade" claimed that Apple was developing 90Hz display technology that could be used for the next Studio Display, as well as future iPad Air and iMac models. A higher refresh rate can make videos and scrolling look smoother to the eye, but 90Hz would stop short of the 120Hz refresh rate that iPhone, iPad, and Mac models with ProMotion support can achieve.

Now, a MacRumors tipst [...]

Microsoft says cybersecurity head Charlie Bell will move into a position focused on engineering quality; Hayete Gallot will return from Google to run security (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft says cybersecurity head Charlie Bell will move into a position focused on engineering quality; Hayete Gallot will return from Google to run security  —  Microsoft said Wednesday that top security leader Charlie Bell will take on a new role and that Hayete Gallot will return …

DOJ Prosecutors Directly Contradict The DHS’s Oregon Shooting Narrative

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The two murders by immigration officers during Trump’s vengeful “surge” in Minneapolis, Minnesota have grabbed most of the headlines recently. And deservedly so. The violent rhetoric used by nearly every administration official — combined with a lack of training and the explicit understanding no one will be punished by Trump for whatever’s done in Trump’s […]

Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta, allowing creators to generate interactive objects with individual moving parts rather than static 3D models (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta, allowing creators to generate interactive objects with individual moving parts rather than static 3D models  —  Last year, Roblox launched an open-source AI model that could generate 3D objects on the platform, helping users quickly design digital items …

EnFi, which makes AI agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications, raised a $15M Series A led by Fintop, bringing its total funding to $22.5M (Tatiana Bautzer/Reuters)

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Tatiana Bautzer / Reuters:
EnFi, which makes AI agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications, raised a $15M Series A led by Fintop, bringing its total funding to $22.5M  —  Boston-based startup EnFi is raising $15 million with venture capital funds to increase deployment of artificial intelligence agents …

AI chipmaker Cerebras raised a ~$1B Series H led by Tiger Global at a $23B valuation, up from $8.1B in September 2025; Benchmark, Fidelity, and AMD invested too (Ian King/Bloomberg)

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Ian King / Bloomberg:
AI chipmaker Cerebras raised a ~$1B Series H led by Tiger Global at a $23B valuation, up from $8.1B in September 2025; Benchmark, Fidelity, and AMD invested too  —  AI chip provider Cerebras Systems Inc. has raised about $1 billion in a new funding round, bolstering the company's efforts to compete with Nvidia Corp.

Uber promotes Balaji Krishnamurthy, its former VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)

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Ram Iyer / TechCrunch:
Uber promotes Balaji Krishnamurthy, its former VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah  —  Uber is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing its current finance chief Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah.

Six New Leagues Coming to Apple Sports

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Following today's update, Apple plans to add support for six new soccer leagues to the next version of the Sports app, MacRumors has discovered.


Earlier today, Apple released version 3.7 of the Sports app, introducing support for every PGA and LPGA tournament, with live leaderboards, round-by-round scorecards for every golfer, and real-time updates in the app, widgets, and Live Activities. The app already supported the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, Premier League, NASCAR, F1, and more. The update also expanded the soccer lineup with support for Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia, Cou [...]

Amazon Discounts Anker's Newest Prime Chargers

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

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

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

Mastering millisecond latency and millions of events: The event-driven architecture behind the Amazon Key Suite

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In this post, we explore how the Amazon Key team used Amazon EventBridge to modernize their architecture, transforming a tightly coupled monolithic system into a resilient, event-driven solution. We explore the technical challenges we faced, our implementation approach, and the architectural patterns that helped us achieve improved reliability and scalability. The post covers our solutions for managing event schemas at scale, handling multiple service integrations efficiently, and building an extensible architecture that accommodates future growth.

HomePod 2 Now Over 3 Years Old, With No Sign of New Model

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Apple's second-generation HomePod is now over three years old, with no sign of a refresh or third-generation model on the horizon.


The original ‌HomePod‌ was announced at WWDC in 2017 and launched in 2018 after a heavily delayed release. The device was met with mixed reviews; critics praised its outstanding sound quality but pointed out its high price, missing features, and limited functionality compared to rivals.

Apple dropped its price from $349 to $299 in April 2019 and, in March 2021, the company announced that it was discontinuing the firs [...]

Apple Begins Selling Refurbished iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro Models at Lower Prices

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Apple today began selling certified refurbished iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max models on its online store in the U.S., with prices discounted by 12% to 22% compared to Apple's current or former pricing for the devices.


Here were Apple's starting prices when the devices launched in September 2024 [...]

The ‘weird’ things that happened when Clickhouse replaced C++ with Rust

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ClickHouse’s decision to shift parts of its codebase to Rust is a perfect storm: the convergence of a wildly popular

The post The ‘weird’ things that happened when Clickhouse replaced C++ with Rust appeared first on The New Stack.

Mistral debuts Voxtral Transcribe 2, a family of speech-to-text models with speaker diarization and ultra-low latency, under the Apache 2.0 open-weight license (Sabrina Ortiz/The Deep View)

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Sabrina Ortiz / The Deep View:
Mistral debuts Voxtral Transcribe 2, a family of speech-to-text models with speaker diarization and ultra-low latency, under the Apache 2.0 open-weight license  —  AI assistants are going voice-first, and Mistral AI just launched its models to compete.  —  On Wednesday, the French AI startup …

Samsung's Super Bowl Sale Has Up to $1,200 Off The Frame TV and Much More

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Samsung recently kicked off a sale across its most popular monitors and TVs, with notable markdowns on products like The Frame and the Smart Monitor series. These deals have all been applied automatically on Samsung's website, and many match all-time low prices on these products.

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

In regards to TVs, there are quite a few models of The Frame TV on sale, including all-time low prices on The Frame models from 2025. You can get the 2025 65-inch The Frame TV for $1,199.99 ($600 off), as well as the 75-inch Frame Pro for [...]

Adobe ramped up its ads in 2025, spending $1.4B amid AI competition and Wall Street skepticism, a significantly higher share of sales than other tech companies (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

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Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Adobe ramped up its ads in 2025, spending $1.4B amid AI competition and Wall Street skepticism, a significantly higher share of sales than other tech companies  —  Adobe Inc. ramped up its advertising in 2025, spending $1.4 billion to promote its brand in the face of steep competition …

Sources: Amazon and OpenAI are discussing a deal that could require OpenAI to dedicate its researchers and engineers to developing customized models for Amazon (The Information)

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The Information:
Sources: Amazon and OpenAI are discussing a deal that could require OpenAI to dedicate its researchers and engineers to developing customized models for Amazon  —  As Amazon weighs an equity investment of tens of billions of dollars in OpenAI, the companies are also discussing a commercial agreement …

AI voice startup ElevenLabs raised a $500M Series D led by Sequoia at an $11B valuation, taking its total funding to nearly $800M, and reports $330M in 2025 ARR (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

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Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
AI voice startup ElevenLabs raised a $500M Series D led by Sequoia at an $11B valuation, taking its total funding to nearly $800M, and reports $330M in 2025 ARR  —  The startup is increasingly joining with creative stars and expanding its work with business customers

Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to all Prime members in the US via any Alexa-enabled device, Alexa.com, and the Alexa app, and launches a free tier for non-Prime users (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to all Prime members in the US via any Alexa-enabled device, Alexa.com, and the Alexa app, and launches a free tier for non-Prime users  —  Amazon's revamped AI-powered assistant is now available to everyone in the US, with new tiers that include a free option for non-Prime users.

Trumpland Ramps Up Attacks On Netflix Warner Brothers Merger To Help Larry Ellison

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So we’ve been noting how the Trump administration has been helping Larry Ellison wage war on Netflix’s proposed merger with Warner Brothers. Not because they care about antitrust (that’s always been a lie), but because they want Larry Ellison to be able to dominate media and create a safe space for unpopular right wing ideology. […]

Bedrock, which aims to automate heavy construction equipment like excavators, raised $270M led by CapitalG and the Valor Atreides AI Fund at a $1.75B valuation (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)

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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Bedrock, which aims to automate heavy construction equipment like excavators, raised $270M led by CapitalG and the Valor Atreides AI Fund at a $1.75B valuation  —  The year-old company, founded by veterans of the autonomous vehicle business Waymo, is seeking to automate excavators and other building equipment.

Anthropic says "Claude will remain ad-free", its users "won't see 'sponsored' links adjacent to" conversations, and responses won't be influenced by advertisers (Anthropic)

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Anthropic:
Anthropic says “Claude will remain ad-free”, its users “won't see ‘sponsored’ links adjacent to” conversations, and responses won't be influenced by advertisers  —  There are many good places for advertising.  A conversation with Claude is not one of them.

MomentProof Deploys Patented Digital Asset Protection

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Apple Sports Now Supports Golf and More

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The Apple Sports app now supports men's and women's golf, along with improvements to soccer and tennis coverage.


Version 3.7 of the app introduces support for every PGA and LPGA tournament, with live leaderboards, round-by-round scorecards for every golfer, and real-time updates in the app, widgets, and Live Activities. The app already supported the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, F1, Premier League, and more.

Golf fans can follow along as each tournament unfolds with access to live scores for all official PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events, including the majors, starting this weekend with the PGA’s WM Phoenix Open.

Fans can

Apple Teaching Swift and Robotics Across Its India Supply Chain

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Apple today announced a new Education Hub in Bengaluru as part of an expanded effort to provide technical training and skills development for employees across its supply chain in India.


Apple said the new Apple Education Hub in Bengaluru will serve as a centralized training and coordination facility for supplier employees in India, marking the company's first education hub of its kind in the country. The hub will begin offering courses in March and operates in collaboration with Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which will provide faculty and curriculum support focused initially on digital literacy and Swift programming.

In parallel with the Bengaluru hub, Apple is broadeni [...]

New Roadmap Outlines What's Next for NFC on iPhone

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Apple could benefit from a new wave of NFC technology upgrades after the NFC Forum this week published a roadmap outlining faster data transfers, new security standards, and expanded capabilities.


The NFC Forum is the global standards body for Near Field Communication technology. Apple is a board member of the organization. The latest multi-year Technology Roadmap identifies six development priorities that will shape future NFC standards.

One of the most significant changes outlined is work toward substantially faster NFC data rates, up to eight times higher than current levels. The roadmap also places emphasis [...]

MCP-Powered Agentic AI in DevOps: Building Secure, Scalable Multi-Agent Pipelines for Autonomous SRE and Observability

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4 Security Risks of AI Code Assistants

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Kash Patel Creating Tension With Mexico Because He Can’t Shut The Fuck Up On Social Media

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Kash Patel, FBI Director, is not very good at his job. There are plenty of examples to demonstrate that notion, from him apparently completely misunderstanding the purpose and protections of the 2nd Amendment and Minnesota gun laws (whatever your thoughts on gun rights might generally be), to his gathering of barely trained castoffs to serve […]

ICE Is A Paramilitary Force, And Those Don’t End Well

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This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. As the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have intensified over the past year, politicians and journalists alike have begun referring to ICE as a “paramilitary force.” Rep. John Mannion, a New York Democrat, called ICE “a personal paramilitary unit of […]

Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive

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Eighty percent of HBO Max subscribers subscribe to Netflix, Sarandos tells Senate.

Techdirt Podcast Episode 442: Does AI Remove Or Provide User Agency?

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Support us on Patreon » On a recent episode of our other podcast, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike was joined by guest host Konstantinos Komaitis for a far-reaching discussion about online speech. One point that was briefly raised in that discussion was the question of whether AI tools are good or bad for user agency, and since Mike and […]

ICE Director Says Officers Are Now Allowed To Make Arrests Without Warrants

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The administration’s racist goon squads have absolutely been steamrolling the Constitution since Trump’s return to office. When ICE et al started roving throughout the nation looking for anyone non-white enough to be foreign, all rights were considered expendable. The DHS made swift work of the Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendments by denying arrestees due process […]

Perforce Adds MCP Support Across Entire DevOps Portfolio

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M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro Launch Imminent as Reseller Stock Dwindles

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New M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models are slated to launch in the near future, according to information shared with MacRumors by an Apple Premium Reseller.

Anthropic Research Shows Trade-Off Between AI Productivity and Developer Mastery

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Apple Continues Improving Apple Support App's AI Assistant

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Apple is continuing to improve the AI Support Assistant that it is testing in the Apple Support app, introducing new functionality in the latest update.


In addition to answering questions about Apple devices and services and providing device-specific help, Apple says the Support Assistant is able to help run diagnostics to show details about a device's health and performance.

The Apple Support app now has a more informative interface for the Support Assistant, and the tab for accessing the feature has an updated "Ask" label with a new icon instead of a "Chat" label. Apple is no longer calling the Support Assistant an "Early Preview," suggesting it is now available in a more official capacity.

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Nintendo Switch is the second-bestselling game console ever, behind only the PS2

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Switch 2 has already beaten the Wii U and is on its way to overtaking GameCube.

Turns Out They Didn’t Really Want You To Bring Your Whole Self To Work

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For years, we watched Silicon Valley executives perform elaborate corporate theater about “values” and “belonging” and “bringing your whole self to work.” If you were skeptical that any of that was real, well, congrats. Aaron Zamost, a longtime tech communications exec, has a piece in the NY Times that should be required reading for anyone […]

OpenAI Shifts Toward Autonomous Team Model with Codex Desktop Launch

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Xcode 26.3 Lets AI Agents From Anthropic and OpenAI Build Apps Autonomously

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With Xcode 26.3, Apple is adding support for agentic coding, allowing developers to use tools like Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex right in Xcode for app creation.


Agentic coding will allow Xcode to complete more complex app development tasks autonomously. Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI models have been available for use in Xcode since Apple added intelligence features in Xcode 26, but until now, AI was limited and was not able to take action on its own. That will change with the option to use an AI coding assistant.

AI models can access more of Xcode's features to work toward a project goal, and Apple worked directly with Anthropic and OpenAI to configure their agents for use in Xcode. Agents can [...]

Moltbook: Hype or the Singularity?

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Hysteria continues to build over Moltbook, the so-called AI Agent social network. If you believe Elon Musk, Moltbook is at

The post Moltbook: Hype or the Singularity? appeared first on The New Stack.

Apple Gives Final Warning to Home App Users

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In 2022, Apple introduced a new Apple Home architecture that is "more reliable and efficient," and the deadline to upgrade and avoid issues is fast approaching.


In an email this week, Apple gave customers a final reminder to upgrade their Home app by February 10, 2026. Apple says users who do not upgrade may experience issues with accessories and automations, or lose access to their smart home in the app entirely. In addition, users who do not upgrade will miss out on newer features like robot vacuum cleaner support, and they will not receive important security fixes and performance improvements.

Apple explains how to upgrade the Home app on the iPhone, iPad, or Mac:< [...]

Apple Music Replay 2026 Now Available

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Apple Music subscribers can now access their Replay 2026 playlist, which is rolling out to users who meet Apple's minimum listening requirements for the year.


As in previous years, Replay 2026 ranks your most-played songs on ‌Apple Music‌ from 1 to 100, updating weekly as your listening habits evolve throughout 2026. Apple typically activates Replay in early February, once January listening data has finished processing, allowing subscribers to track their music activity well ahead of the traditional year-end recap.

Unlike a static summary released in December, Replay primarily functions as an evolving playlist. From its first appearance in February, rankings refresh every weekend, gradually building a complete picture of your top songs across t [...]

Why Kubernetes is retiring Ingress NGINX

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We warned you! Today, Ingress NGINX is still being used by 50% of Kubernetes users to manage incoming traffic, but it’s

The post Why Kubernetes is retiring Ingress NGINX appeared first on The New Stack.

No Major Design Changes Coming to iPhone 18 Models, Leaker Claims

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The iPhone 18 lineup will not feature signifiant design changes, according to the leaker known as "Fixed Focus Digital."


The Weibo user claims that since the iPhone 17 lineup proved to be successful with high sales, the ‌iPhone 18‌ models likely won't have major changes to their appearance. Rather than promoting design changes, Apple is apparently likely to heavily emphasize advancements made with the A20 and A20 Pro chip, which will likely be the first 2nm Apple silicon chips. This upgrade is anticipated to be a key point of discussion around the new devices later this year.

The [...]

iOS 26.3 and iOS 26.4 Will Add These New Features to Your iPhone

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We are still waiting for the iOS 26.3 Release Candidate to come out, so the first iOS 26.4 beta is likely still at least a week or two away. Following beta testing, iOS 26.4 will likely be released to the general public in March or April.


Below, we have recapped known or rumored iOS 26.3 and iOS 26.4 features so far.

iOS 26.3

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Valentine's Day Deals: Get Low Prices on AirPods, iPad, Apple Watch, and More

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We're just over one week away from Valentine's Day, which falls on Saturday, February 14 this year. Similar to years past, many third-party Apple resellers and accessory companies have opened up notable discounts on Apple products and accessories to coincide with the holiday.

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.

Additionally, there are a few solid discounts on Apple products like AirPods, Apple Watch, and iPad. In this article you'll find deals from third-party retailers collected first, including special Valentine's Day themed sales from AT&T, ZAGG, Casely, and more.

Valentine's Accessory Sales

Improve global upload performance with R2 Local Uploads

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Local Uploads on R2 reduces request duration for uploads by up to 75%. It writes object data to a nearby location and asynchronously copies it to your bucket, all while data is available immediately.

Why Responsible AI Isn’t Optional in DevOps — it is the Next Frontier of Ownership

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Relative to your interests, Tuesday

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• Codex App - OpenAI’s Claude Code competitor.
• U.S tech backlash grows as countries and startups seek alternatives - Big revealed preferences tests coming up here.
• Related, the investor angle: “Europe is hitting the kills witch on some U.S. tech.”

Why Data Contracts Need Apache Kafka and Apache Flink

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Bot-Driven Development: Redefining DevOps Workflow

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This is how the new announcement economy works. You declare a massive number. The headlines write themselves. The stock moves. Mission accomplished." Whether the deal actually closes becomes almost irrelevant. The momentum already happened." As a generalized marketing strategy: “my doctrine is that velocity has replaced authority as the organizing principle of information. What and who moves fastest wins. Truth and facts are optional and get lost in the race to dominate attention.

🔗 OpenAI and the New Announcement Economy

Durable Execution: Build reliable software in an unreliable world

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Software reliability is a persistent problem for developers because IT systems are built on unreliable components: hardware degrades; software has

The post Durable Execution: Build reliable software in an unreliable world appeared first on The New Stack.

Streaming service Crunchyroll raises prices weeks after killing its free tier

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Sony has made streaming anime pricier since buying Crunchyroll.

Unlocking AI’s full potential: Why context is everything

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AI is ubiquitous in both the consumer and enterprise sectors. Yet few organizations are realizing AI’s full potential. Why? AI

The post Unlocking AI’s full potential: Why context is everything appeared first on The New Stack.

Why enterprise businesses should adopt immutable Linux for the desktop

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If you’ve been a part of the Linux community for even a brief period, over the past few years, chances

The post Why enterprise businesses should adopt immutable Linux for the desktop appeared first on The New Stack.

Chainguard admitted Factory 1.0 was “brittle.” Here’s how 2.0 fixes it.

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The new, revised Factory 2.0 swaps out 1.0’s fragile, event-driven pipeline with a self-healing system powered by a new open

The post Chainguard admitted Factory 1.0 was “brittle.” Here’s how 2.0 fixes it. appeared first on The New Stack.

OpenAI’s Codex desktop app is all about managing agents

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OpenAI is betting that coding agents are outgrowing the terminal. The company launched a macOS desktop app on Monday for its Codex

The post OpenAI’s Codex desktop app is all about managing agents appeared first on The New Stack.

The tech monoculture is finally breaking (News)

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Jason Willems believes the tech monoculture is finally breaking, Don Ho shares some bad Notepad++ news, Tailscale's Avery Pennarun pens a great downtime apology, Milan Milanović explains why you can only code 4 hours per day, and Addy Osmani on managing comprehension debt when leaning on AI to code.

Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

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Unlike many of the companies stuffing AI into their browsers, Mozilla will soon give you a way to turn all of these features off. An update coming on February 24th will add a new "AI control" option to Firefox's settings menu, allowing you to disable or enable the browser's individual AI features, including access to […]

Ongoing RAM crisis prompts Raspberry Pi's second price hike in two months

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The more RAM the Pi board has, the more its price is increasing.

Intel Panther Lake Core Ultra review: Intel's best laptop CPU in a very long time

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Intel manages big boosts to CPU and GPU speed without blowing up battery life.

Beyond automation: Dynatrace unveils agentic AI that fixes problems on its own

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AI unsurprisingly took center stage during the keynotes and throughout much of Dynatrace Perform 2026, the annual user conference last week

The post Beyond automation: Dynatrace unveils agentic AI that fixes problems on its own appeared first on The New Stack.

Relevant to your interests, Monday

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I’m at cfgmgmtcamp today and tomorrow, in Ghent. Later today, I have a talk, and then a live Software Defined Interviews recording, with returning guest Andrew Clay Shafer.

• Americans can expect to live longer than ever, per the latest CDC data - ”newborn Americans in 2024 could expect to live to 79 on average”
• CIOs will underestimate AI infrast

Enterprise ROI continues to be elusive, but 48% of surveys say they've been cutting humans

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AI is still stuck in “efficiency mode.” In many organizations, a technology organization leads AI efforts and is treated as a cost center. Those CIOs are incentivized to optimize for efficiency, not growth. The result is predictable: Tech-led AI strategies deliver productivity improvements, but not transformation. Equally concerning is that technology and AI executives tell us their business partners can’t articulate what they want from AI beyond saving money. That leadership gap bleeds over into the measurement of AI value. While most agree that AI boosts productivity, only 13% report positive EBITDA impact, and fewer than a third link AI contributions to P&L. Without financial accountability, AI becomes an endless pilot treadmill — producing activity without outcomes. To shift AI from incremental savings to strategic advantage, business leaders must step in, define value in P&L terms, and own the linkage between AI-driven productivity and financial performance. But:

S3 is the new network: Rethinking data architecture for the cloud era

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For decades, distributed databases have been built around the assumption that storage will live close to compute. The farther data

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How Yelp Built a Back-Testing Engine for Safer, Smarter Ad Budget Allocation

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Introduction Modern advertising platforms are fast-paced and interconnected: even small adjustments can have ripple effects on how ads are shown, how budgets are spent, and the value advertisers get from their ad spend. At Yelp, Ad Budget Allocation means splitting each campaign’s spend between on‑platform inventory (our website, mobile site, and app) and off‑platform inventory (the Yelp Ad Network). We optimize this split to meet advertisers’ performance goals while growing overall revenue. Due to the complexity of the budget allocation system and its feedback loop, even small changes can lead to unexpected system‑wide effects. To help us safely evaluate changes,...

Liya Linux proves high performance doesn’t require a command line

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Any Linux distribution claiming that it wants to make Linux easy and accessible to the general public, as well as

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50 years ago, a young Bill Gates took on the ‘software pirates’

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Just months after his 20th birthday, Bill Gates had already angered the programmer community. As the first home computers began

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Beating context rot in Claude Code with GSD

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Until now, I’ve generally only used LLM tools with existing projects. Attempts to create detailed projects from scratch via agentic

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Related to your interests, Saturday

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• Your Life is the Sum Total of 2,000 Mondays - “If your life is going to be 80% Mondays and their equivalents, the design specifications for Monday matter more than the design specifications for your vacation.”
• The State Of GenAI And Consumers For 2026 -
• As agentic AI ascends, companies are grappling with control - “If they can’t generate that experience for the cust

The shift left hangover: Why modern platforms are shifting down to cure developer fatigue

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Over the last decade, “shift left” became the mantra of high-performing engineering organizations. The premise was sound: Move testing, security,

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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K

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With virtually no content and limited benefits, 8K TVs were doomed.

Natural born SaaS killers (Friends)

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We discuss the buzz around Clawdbot / MoltBot / OpenClaw, how app subscriptions are turning into weekend hacking projects, why SaaS stocks are crashing on Wall Street, and what it all means.

Sovereign failover – Design for digital sovereignty using the AWS European Sovereign Cloud

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This post explores the architectural patterns, challenges, and best practices for building cross-partition failover, covering network connectivity, authentication, and governance. By understanding these constraints, you can design resilient cloud-native applications that balance regulatory compliance with operational continuity.

Anthropic brings plugins to Cowork

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Anthropic is extending Cowork with a plugin system that bundles skills, connectors, slash commands, and sub-agents, giving non-developers the kind

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Google’s AI advantage: why crawler separation is the only path to a fair Internet

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Google's dual-purpose crawler creates an unfair AI advantage. To protect publishers and foster competition, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority must mandate crawler separation for search and AI.

When AI fails: The new reality of incident management

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If 2025 was the year of AI adoption, with 88% of organizations now using AI across at least one business

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Why the forward-deployed engineer is tech’s hottest job

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Your LinkedIn is suddenly filled with posts and job ads for the forward-deployed engineer (FDE) role. What does that even

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Forget VMware and VirtualBox: This should be your new VM manager

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For decades, I used VirtualBox for all my virtual machine (VM) needs. I could use it as a graphical user

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Building vertical microfrontends on Cloudflare’s platform

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Deploy multiple Workers under a single domain with the ability to make them feel like single-page applications. We take a look at how service bindings enable URL path routing to multiple projects.

Inside Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device ever

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"Selfishly, a little bit, we built Shield for ourselves."

Relevant to your interests, Friday

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• A Coxswain on Your Shoulder - AI as executive coach. Primary tip: listen more before you ask questions.
• Big Blue Poised To Peddle Lots Of On Premises GenAI -
• Welcome to the last 18 months of labor-intentive services - “Legacy delivery models focused on bums-on-seats aren’t relevant anymore, and services firms must reinvent themselves to survive. Those who don’t will quickly find themselves obsolete, as 75% of the Global 2000 recently declared in our Pulse Study”
• Deploying Moltbot (Formerly Clawdbot) - Good round-up of Clawdbot/Moltbot.

Announcing the AWS Digital Sovereignty Well-Architected Lens

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As organizations accelerate cloud adoption, meeting digital sovereignty requirements has become essential to build trust with customers and regulators worldwide. The challenge isn’t whether to adopt the cloud—it’s how to do so while meeting sovereignty requirements, using a multidisciplinary approach. Even though requirements vary by geography, organizations commonly address them through technical and operational controls […]

Run a local Linux environment with a single `go run`

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