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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 …
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X: @clairevo, @zck, @levie, @bcherny, @scaling01, @benbajarin, @cnbc, @dejavucoder, @daniellefong, @sleepinyourhat, @alexalbert__, @iruletheworldmo, @adocomplete, @scaling01, @kimmonismus, @awscloud, @claudeai, @andonlabs, @zapier, @artificialanlys, @llmjunky, @chatgpt21, @felixrieseberg, @arcprize, @felixrieseberg, @alexalbert__, @claudeai, @isidoremiller, @inductionheads, @claudeai, @birdyword, @daniel_mac8, @sean_t_strong, @wadefoster, @artificialanlys, @scaling01, @artificialanlys, @danshipper, @scaling01, @davidondrej1, @claudeai, @willccbb, @box, @thezachmueller, @jkeatn, @therundownai, @chongdashu, @github, @juanpa, @scaling01, @trungtphan, @kimmonismus, @lexnlin, @alexpalcuie, @aibattle_, @gregkamradt, @openrouter, @andrewcurran_, @alexfinn, @scaling01, @claudeai, @andonlabs, @danshipper, @lentils80, and @alexalbert__
LinkedIn: Claude, Cal Rueb, Thomas Li, and Artificial Analysis
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me, @pekka, and @mergesort.me
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, and r/singularity
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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 — Apple Inc. is accelerating development of three new wearable devices as part of a shift toward artificial intelligence-powered hardware …
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X: @brandonbutch, @sawyermerritt, @aaronp613, @markgurman, @marcportermagee, @vadimyuryev, and @andrea_fanelli. Bluesky: @wavesblog. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
Forums: r/apple, r/MVIS, and MacRumors Forums
| Financial Times: |
Meta commits to buy millions of Nvidia Blackwell and Rubin GPUs in a multiyear deal; source: Meta's in-house AI chip strategy has suffered technical challenges — Social media group will purchase millions of chips even as it tries to develop its own AI hardware
More: CNBC, Reuters, The Register, Nvidia Newsroom, Yahoo Finance, Meta Newsroom, and Benzinga
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google schedules I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20 in Mountain View, teasing the “latest AI breakthroughs and updates” in Gemini, Android, and more — Following the puzzle this morning, Google has announced that I/O 2026 is taking place May 19-20. — I/O 2026 will feature … | 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 …
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X: @chairmanselig, @dhtoomey, @nancyscola, @jbsdc, @declanharty, @knibbs, @zackrosenblatt_, @govcox, @adamscochran, @jesswelman, @demandprogress, @moreperfectus, @joonlee, @mattyglesias, @katienotopoulos, @brian_armstrong, @rvangrack, @shanegoldmacher, @faryarshirzad, @kylascan, @knibbs, @coffeebreak_yt, @mattzeitlin, @iampaulgrewal, @knibbs, @chairmanselig, @tysonbrody, @alexh_johnson, @coffeebreak_yt, @jerlevine, @hshaban, @chairmanselig, @dedsec, @danprimack, @dannunezcohen, @hshaban, @chairmanselig, @predictaction, @benhorney, and @steveruddock
| Assaf Gilead / Globes: |
Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Israeli endpoint security company Koi Security, sources say for ~$400M; Koi raised $48M across two rounds, per PitchBook — Koi has developed a software engine that uses large language models and AI agents to detect malware and vulnerabilities in applications.
More: Palo Alto Networks, Network World, Koi, SiliconANGLE, CyberScoop, CTech, Benzinga, israelhayom.com, CRN, Tech in Asia, The Information, Help Net Security, and Constellation Research. LinkedIn: Mickey Haslavsky
| 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 … | The Information: |
Benchmark hires Jack Altman, the founder of Alt Capital and Lattice, as its fifth general partner; three Alt Capital team members will join him at Benchmark — Benchmark on Tuesday said it had hired Jack Altman, the founder of early-stage firm Alt Capital and HR software company Lattice, as its fifth general partner.
| 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.
More: Snap Newsroom, Android Headlines, Yahoo Finance, Fast Company, Mashable, MediaPost, Engadget, CNBC, iPhone in Canada, and PCMag
| 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.| Danilo Masoni / Reuters: |
Raspberry Pi stock rose as much as 42% on Tuesday in a record two-day rally, amid demand for single-board computers to run low-cost AI agents like OpenClaw — Shares in Raspberry Pi (RPI.L) rose as much as 42% on Tuesday in a record two-day rally after CEO Eben Upton bought stock in the beaten … | Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins conditional approval from the US OCC to form a national trust bank, which would allow it to issue and manage stablecoins — What to know: … Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure firm owned by Stripe, said Tuesday it has received conditional approval … | 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 … | 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 … | Macarena Munoz Montijano / Bloomberg: |
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says he asked the country's prosecutor office to investigate X, TikTok, and Meta over the alleged “creation and dissemination” of CSAM — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he is using special public-interest powers to ask the country's prosecutor office …
More: Reuters, The Guardian, UPI, New York Times, Ukrainian National News, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Newser, Blockonomi, Reuters, and Euractiv. X: @sanchezcastejon
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The European Commission opens a full DSA investigation into Shein over sales of child-like sex dolls that “could constitute child sexual abuse material” — Shein risks hefty European Union penalties after regulators opened a full-scale probe into sales of child-like sex dolls on the Chinese e-commerce platform.
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| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Crypto VC firm Dragonfly closes a $650M fund, its fourth, as the crypto VCs go through a “mass extinction event”; Dragonfly backed Polymarket's Series B — When Rob Hadick signed the paperwork to join Dragonfly Capital in April 2022, he rented a house in the Hamptons.
More: CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Blockonomi, The Block, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Ventureburn. LinkedIn: Annica Benning
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Cohere releases Tiny Aya, a family of 3.35B-parameter open-weight models supporting 70+ languages for offline use, trained on a single cluster of 64 H100 GPUs — Enterprise AI company Cohere launched a new family of multilingual models on the sidelines of the ongoing India AI Summit.| Nicolas Bustamante / @nicbstme: |
How LLMs are dismantling the moats that made vertical SaaS defensible, and why the market selloff is structurally justified but temporally exaggerated — In the past few weeks, nearly $1 trillion was wiped from software and services stocks. FactSet dropped from a $20B peak to under $8B.
More: Financial Times, Chris Roth, Stratechery, and Bloomberg
X: @john_a_held, @madaboutmarkets, @varun_mathur, @bwarburg, @andyhelbig, @tedmerz, @getpy, @chrisdrit, @mattturck, @buccocapital, @bucknsf, @morganlinton, @patrick_oshag, @ankrgyl, @nicbstme, and @alokanyc. Forums: Hacker News
| 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.| 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 …
More: Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, and Blockonomi
| Caroline Hyde / Bloomberg: |
Josh Kushner's Thrive raised $10B+ for its tenth and largest fund, lifting its AUM to ~$50B; sources: it distributed 64% of capital raised during the 2021 peak — The backer of OpenAI, Stripe, SpaceX and Skims says it's taking “ride-or-die” approach to investing.
More: TechCrunch, Thrive, PitchBook, Benzinga, and The Information
X: @joshuakushner, @sajithw, @jacksondahl, @jlopas, @nchirls, @pitdesi, @matthdejonge, @matthuang, @harrystebbings, @sourceryy, @danprimack, @romainhuet, @signulll, @lulumeservey, @andrei_serban, @sama, @willmanidis, @taylorcsargent, @ivanhzhao, @ciaomack, and @kellylsims
LinkedIn: Erin, Jed Feldman, Kelly Sims, Matthew de Jonge, Nworah Ayogu, Kareem Zaki, Ashwin Budhiraja, and Phylicia Wilkov
| Forbes: |
Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B+ valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation — As investors double down on the promise of automating legal work, the company is in talks to raise $400 million following two rounds in late 2025.
More: Artificial Lawyer
| 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 … | 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 … | David Keohane / Financial Times: |
UK activist investor Palliser says Toto, Japan's largest toilet maker, is an “undervalued and overlooked” AI play due to its “advanced ceramics” used in chips — Toto should make more of its sideline in the chip supply chain, Palliser urges
More: The Times, The Register, Tom's Hardware, and Bloomberg
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google's Android XR design docs and developer tools hint at the XR glasses' details, including mandatory physical buttons and “Glimmer” UI design language — Android XR glasses are coming in 2026. Here's what you can expect from the user interface and experience.
More: Livemint, iPhone in Canada, and Android Headlines
| Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: |
Micron, which has undertaken a $200B US expansion, says it can currently meet about 50% to 66% of demand for some key customers, as AI drives memory chip demand — For decades, memory chips were low-margin commodity products. Now the industry can't make enough to satisfy data centers' hunger.
More: Tom's Hardware, Tech Funding News, and Bloomberg
| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
Qualcomm says UK consumer association Which? is withdrawing its chip royalties lawsuit that sought £480M for 29M iPhone and Samsung users, after a CAT trial — Chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM.O) said on Tuesday a London lawsuit alleging it had abused its dominant position to force Apple …
More: AppleInsider, Economic news, Brick Court Chambers, and MacRumors
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