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| 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: @ai and @siddhant_k_code
LinkedIn: Siddhant Khare, Kelsey Hightower, and Florian Gamper
Bluesky: @clarityhacker, @banthonio.com, @taumuyi, @maireadeire, and @gyttjansfolk
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| 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: Robotics & Automation News, NPR, and New York Post
X: @kantrowitz, @thelincoln, @adam_tooze, @pmddomingos, @naveengrao, and @gkcs_
Bluesky: @migueldeicaza, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Forums: r/technology
| 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: @brandyljensen and @shakeelhashim
Bluesky: @ggreadsandwrites, @parismarx.com, @tgwood505, @bownie, @djl, @duncanweldon, @edzitron.com, and @sarahweinman.com
Mastodon: @dtgeek@mastodon.social and @berniethewordsmith …
Forums: r/books, r/WritingWithAI, and r/RomanceBooks
| 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: Appleosophy, Engadget, MacRumors, Forbes, Digit, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, PhoneArena, MacRumors, Thurrott, Moneycontrol, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, iClarified, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, The Verge, Notebookcheck, The Apple Post, TechSpot, and CNET
X: @vadimyuryev, @markgurman, @mattcassinelli, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| 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| 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 Decoder, The GitHub Blog, and Steve Yegge
X: @claudeai, @photomatt, @alexpalcuie, @udiwertheimer, @edzitron, @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
| 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, CircleID, and Technology & …
| 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 … | 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: crypto.news, Capital Brief, Yahoo Finance, The Block, Crypto Briefing, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, and Reuters. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| 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.| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
How Runna, an AI-powered virtual coaching app acquired by Strava in 2025, toned down its aggressive training plans following reports of injuries from some users — More people are using the app to train for marathons. Its makers are adding ways to tone down plans some users found too aggressive.| Wall Street Journal: |
How China boosts its humanoid robot industry, giving companies land, favorable bank loan terms, and sometimes subsidizing the robots' purchase price by ~10% — Beijing is showering companies with support, but some fear a bubble — SUZHOU, China—Elon Musk has been telling investors …
More: Futurism
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
An interview with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, who was promoted to president of General Catalyst in January, about investing in European tech and defense startups — Jeannette zu Fürstenberg invests in the continent's most geopolitically important startups—and throws legendary soirees in her family's castle.| Bloomberg: |
Blackstone and Coatue grant a $10B loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, among Australia's largest private credit deals — Australian AI startup Firmus Technologies Pty. secured a $10 billion loan from a group including Blackstone Inc.-led funds …
More: Reuters, Pulse 2.0, thechronicle, Australian Financial Review, and Capital Brief. LinkedIn: Firmus Technologies
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