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February 13, 2026, 12:25 PM
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New York Times:
Memo: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses in 2026, saying the political tumult in the US would distract critics from the feature's release  —  In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Amazon's Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety, which would have let law enforcement agencies request footage from Ring doorbell users, after backlash  —  After weeks of mounting pressure and a questionable Super Bowl ad, the Amazon-owned company has walked back its plan to integrate …
Anthropic:
Anthropic raised a $30B Series G led by GIC and Coatue and co-led by D. E. Shaw, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, Iconiq, and MGX at a $380B post-money valuation
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Anthropic says its run-rate revenue hit $14B, growing over 10x annually in each of the past three years, and Claude Code's run-rate revenue has grown to $2.5B+
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Apple's stock fell 5% on February 12, its worst day since April 2025, following FTC scrutiny of Apple News and reports of delays to Siri's anticipated AI update  —  Apple just wrapped up its worst day on the stock market since April after reports surfaced about delays with Siri and as the company's news app faced regulatory scrutiny.
Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
Google warns that the EU risks undermining its own competitiveness drive with the “tech sovereignty package” the bloc is set to present in the spring  —  Europe risks undermining its own competitiveness drive through curbs on US groups, tech company says
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Companies like Stripe, OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX are letting workers cash out before their IPOs, a move once seen as taboo and lacking long-term commitment  —  Companies from Stripe to OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks and SpaceX are increasingly giving employees the ability to sell some of their shares
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The MPA urges ByteDance to curb its AI video model Seedance 2.0, saying the model “has engaged in unauthorized use of US copyrighted works on a massive scale”  —  The Motion Picture Association on Thursday denounced the newest AI video generator, Seedance 2.0 …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US jury finds Apple did not infringe Optis' 4G wireless technology patents, after two earlier trial verdicts Optis had won were overturned  —  Apple (AAPL.O)won a defense verdict on Thursday in a lawsuit by intellectual-property management company Optis Wireless, which had accused …
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
February investor memo: Cohere hit ~$240M in ARR in 2025, above its $200M target, with QoQ growth of 50%+ and gross margins averaging around 70% throughout 2025  —  Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has told investors that it's seeing momentum with enterprise customers, even as rivals like Google …
More: TechCrunch
Reuters:
Russia confirms it has blocked WhatsApp, citing Meta's “unwillingness to comply with Russian law”, and proposes that Russians switch to the state-owned Max app  —  U.S. messenger app WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms (META.O), has been completely blocked in Russia for failing …
Fortune:
Sources: Binance has fired its employees in late 2025 who uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B+ through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025  —  In 2023, the crypto exchange Binance pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering and know-your-customer laws as well as sanctions violations.
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Baidu plans to let its search app's 700M MAUs opt-in to message OpenClaw and integrate OpenClaw's capabilities into its e-commerce business and other services  —  BEIJING — Baidu plans to give users of its main smartphone app direct access to the wildly popular artificial intelligence tool OpenClaw …
More: Benzinga
Bloomberg:
In a memo to US lawmakers, OpenAI accused DeepSeek of using distillation techniques to train the next generation of R1 and “free-ride” on leading US AI models  —  OpenAI has warned US lawmakers that its Chinese rival DeepSeek is using unfair and increasingly sophisticated methods …
André Beganski / Decrypt:
Coinbase reports Q4 revenue down 22% YoY to $1.78B, vs. $1.84B est., transaction revenue down 37% YoY to $983M, and a $667M loss, vs. a $1.3B profit in Q4 2024  —  Coinbase reported a down quarter for the end of 2025, with its investment portfolio plunging alongside Bitcoin and other crypto assets.

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Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Fox Nation debuts Houdini: Back from the Dead on October 14, a three-part series relying entirely on AI-generated imagery; scripts were written by humans

CNN:
A federal judge briefly extends access for CNN, MS Now, and Politico to the White House while he considers a longer-term ruling on President Trump's press ban

Bloomberg:
Filings: David Ellison and his family invested about $17B in the WBD acquisition, on top of the $8B they invested alongside RedBird to buy Paramount

More News

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
The suspect believed to be behind the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada made a Roblox game simulating a mall shooting; Roblox says it removed the account
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Roku reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $1.39B, vs. $1.35B est., and an $80.5M net income, vs. a $35.5M net loss in Q4 2024
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Pinterest reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.32B, vs. $1.33B est., MAUs up 12% YoY to 619M, vs. 613M est., and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; PINS drops 20%+
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Highspot, which has raised $650M and makes AI-powered sales enablement software, plans to merge with rival Seismic; the combined company will be called Seismic

Earlier Picks

Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
An interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman on donating $50M to AI and pro-Trump super PACs, how such donations serve a larger AI mission, and more
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify says AI is helping it speed up coding and product velocity and its best developers “have not written a single line of code since December”
David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
OpenAI debuts a research preview of GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a smaller version of GPT-5.3-Codex that it claims generates code 15 times faster, for ChatGPT Pro users
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
YouTube launches an app for the Apple Vision Pro, with standard videos, 180° and 360° videos, and YouTube Shorts; the M5-powered Vision Pro can play 8K videos
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