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| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Anthropic rolls out a fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6 in research preview, saying it offers the same model quality 2.5 times faster but costs six times more — Claude: Speed up responses with fast mode. New “research preview” from Anthropic today: you can now access a faster version …
More: Claude, WinBuzzer, The Mac Observer, The GitHub Blog, and The Decoder
X: @claudeai, @edzitron, @alexpalcuie, @udiwertheimer, @cerebras, @dylan522p, @mikeyk, @deanwball, @github, @zoink, @claudeai, @alexalbert__, @adocomplete, @yuchenj_uw, @cursor_ai, @claudeai, @zephyr_z9, @cursor_ai, @github, @lovable, @_catwu, @windsurf, @deanwball, @bcherny, @jeffwsurf, @bcherny, and @figma. LinkedIn: Christian Ryan. Forums: r/ClaudeAI
| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
How Anthropic's bet on enterprise users is paying off; sources: Anthropic's guidance to investors claims annualized revenue will exceed $30B by the end of 2026 — Start-up's bet on enterprise users is paying off as coding tools fuel revenue and investor frenzy| Steve Yegge: |
After talking with ~40 people at Anthropic, a look at its “Yes, and...” culture where every idea is welcomed and judged based on vibes, like a hive mind — As you've probably noticed, something is happening over at Anthropic. They are a spaceship that is beginning to take off.
More: Implicator.ai. X: @buccocapital, @yacinemtb, @buccocapital, and @teortaxestex
Bluesky: @druce.ai, @carnage4life, and @johnspurlock.com
| Siddhant Khare: |
A software engineer explains AI fatigue, compounded by a FOMO treadmill of using labs' latest tools, thinking atrophy, and more, alongside boosted productivity — You're using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.
More: David Crawshaw. X: @siddhant_k_code. LinkedIn: Siddhant Khare and Florian Gamper
Bluesky: @banthonio.com, @clarityhacker, @maireadeire, and @gyttjansfolk
Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: iPhone 17e with MagSafe is coming soon; iOS 26.4 beta with updated Siri slated for the week of Feb. 23, M5 MacBook Pros as early as the week of Mar. 2 — Apple is going to begin a 2026 product blitz with the iPhone 17e, updated iPads and fresh Macs.
More: MacRumors, Engadget, Thurrott, PhoneArena, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, Moneycontrol, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, iClarified, Forbes, The Verge, The Apple Post, Notebookcheck, TechSpot, CNET, and Tom's Guide
X: @markgurman, @mattcassinelli, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Alexandra Alter / New York Times: |
How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem — The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board.
X: @shakeelhashim and @brandyljensen
Bluesky: @sarahweinman.com, @parismarx.com, @edzitron.com, and @duncanweldon. Forums: r/RomanceBooks
| The Hacker News: |
OpenClaw partners with VirusTotal and says that all skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal's threat intelligence — Artificial Intelligence / Vulnerability — OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it's partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal …
More: OpenClaw, The Register, The Decoder, iTnews, and Cyber Security News
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
As Section 230 turns 30, a look at how upcoming court cases involving Meta, Alphabet, and others in the US could reshape the bounds of Section 230's protections — Thirty years ago today, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a bill credited with creating the groundwork for the modern internet …
More: Tech Policy Press, National Review, Technology & …, and CircleID
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Moltbook was peak AI theater, less of a glimpse at the future and more of a mirror simply reflecting society's current obsession with AI — For a few days this week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots.
More: New York Post. X: @kantrowitz, @thelincoln, @adam_tooze, @naveengrao, @gkcs_, and @pmddomingos. Forums: r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Block is notifying hundreds of staff their jobs may be eliminated during annual performance reviews; up to 10% of the workforce is at risk of being cut — Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. has been notifying hundreds of employees that their jobs may be eliminated during annual performance reviews …
More: The Block, Capital Brief, Yahoo Finance, Reuters, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, and Crypto Briefing. Mastodon: @[email protected]
| Siobhan Roberts / New York Times: |
Q&A with mathematicians behind the “First Proof” experiment, which tests AI's mathematical competence on questions drawn from the authors' unpublished research — Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to measure just how poorly they perform.| Financial Times: |
Analysts say a design refresh for the iPhone 17 lineup has reinforced Apple's status-symbol appeal in China, with the “cosmic orange” Pro model going viral — Vivid redesign and social media buzz lure Chinese buyers back after a prolonged slump| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
T-glass, a type of ultrathin glass sheet used in advanced chips, is in short supply and largely comes from Nittobo, which is not adding capacity for months — A type of ultrathin glass sheet, used in advanced chips, is in short supply and prices are up sharply| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: World Liberty Financial has earned the Trump family at least $1.2B in cash since its launch, while the Witkoff family has earned at least $200M — Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn't always fare so well
More: New York Times. X: @hshaban. LinkedIn: Todd H Baker and Joseph Carson
Bluesky: @ilyamarritz and @newnarrative
Forums: r/allinpodofficial, r/Buttcoin, and r/Enough_Sanders_Spam
| Nilesh Christopher / Los Angeles Times: |
A profile of Ali Ansari, the 25-year-old co-founder of micro1, which recruits human experts to train AI systems; micro1 was last valued at $500M in Sept. 2025 — The man set to become one of the world's youngest artificial intelligence billionaires started his entrepreneurial journey as a bored preteen living in Los Angeles.Sponsor Posts
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