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| Financial Times: |
xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba says he is leaving, the sixth xAI co-founder to depart; sources and social media posts show 6+ researchers left in recent weeks — Jimmy Ba will be the sixth member of the founding team to depart — A sixth co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI is leaving …
More: Business Today, Benzinga, Moneycontrol, Business Insider, CNBC, and BleepingComputer
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Bluesky: @wilkos and @seanokane
| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
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| Matt Shumer: |
GPT-5.3-Codex and Claude Opus 4.6 can handle the full app development lifecycle on their own, a sign of what's coming for most knowledge work within five years — Think back to February 2020. — If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas.
X: @benbajarin, @mattwalshblog, @dhaber, @alanlevinovitz, @mattshumer_, @lennysan, @sethhaber, @bbalfour, @mattshumer_, @thegarrettscott, @thecraighewitt, @miles_matthias, @sydneyfreedberg, @brendonburchard, @almostcmb, @bandrew, @mikemccormick_, @ericbahn, @nathanieldwhite, @gradypb, @ai, @anecdotal, @kyleellicott, and @matt_hougan. Mastodon: @assaf@mas.to
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
OpenAI updates ChatGPT's deep research tool with GPT-5.2, a full-screen report view, and an option to focus research on specific websites — The feature now runs on the new GPT-5.2 model, as OpenAI announced on X. A key addition is that users can connect apps to ChatGPT and—potentially very useful—search specific websites.
More: Neowin, The Verge, and Futurism
X: @conor_d_dart, @openai, @openai, @cedric_chee, @acerfur, @_simonsmith, @ethanwoo, @acerfur, @koltregaskes, @nicdunz, @neelajj, and @isafulf
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $614.5M, above $591.3M est., and forecasts full-year and Q1 revenue above estimates; NET jumps 14%+ pre-market — Shares of the cloud content delivery network CloudFlare Inc. jumped more than 14% in extended trading on the back of a solid top … | Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
A US judge sentences ex-SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony to 100 months in prison for defrauding investors and orders him to forfeit ~$7.5M and two properties — Quick Take — Braden John Karony was also ordered to forfeit about $7.5 million and two residential properties …
More: US Department of Justice, CoinDesk, crypto.news, Decrypt, and BeInCrypto
X: @coffeebreak_yt and @irs_ci
| New York Times: |
In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network — The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.| Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance plans to produce at least 100,000 units of its in-house AI inference chip in 2026, and is in talks with Samsung to manufacture it — China's ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to manufacture it … | Hannah Erin Lang / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $1.28B, below est., crypto revenue down 38% YoY to $221M, below est., and net income down 34% YoY; HOOD drops 5%+ — The brokerage finished 2025 on a strong note, though its stock is down roughly 24% this year — Robinhood Markets finished 2025 …
More: Robinhood, Business Insider, Reuters, Proactive, Yahoo Finance, Blockchain.News, Tech in Asia, Dow Jones Newswires, crypto.news, CoinGape, The Block, DL News, CoinDesk, Decrypt, and Bloomberg
X: @stocksavvyshay, @shiv_verma1, @amitisinvesting, @robinhoodapp, and @theoneandomsy. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI fired VP Ryan Beiermeister in January for alleged sexual discrimination; she had earlier raised concerns about the upcoming launch of adult mode — The executive, who was accused of sexual discrimination against a male employee, had raised concerns about upcoming launch of erotic content
More: Moneycontrol, Gizmodo, Digit, and TechCrunch
X: @sjgadler, @jeffbercovici, and @georgia_wells
Forums: r/MyBoyfriendIsAI, r/stupidpol, and r/ChatGPT
| Max Buondonno / The Shortcut: |
Samsung announces a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25 at 10am PT in San Francisco, where it is expected to introduce the Galaxy S26 series — - 📆 February 25 is when Samsung will announce its Galaxy S26 phones — 🎪 Media circus: the next Galaxy Unpacked event will occur in San Francisco
More: Samsung Newsroom, TechCrunch, Moneycontrol, Business Today, The Hans India, Digital Trends, Digit, Techaeris, PCMag, iPhone in Canada, Engadget, The Verge, The Indian Express, Bloomberg, Android Headlines, Android Central, Mashable, Engadget, SammyGuru, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Phandroid, XDA Developers, DigiTimes, Tom's Guide, Pocket-lint, How-To Geek, YouTube, Ubergizmo, and SamMobile
X: @samsungmobile, @cartidise, @thegalox_, and @anxiousholly
| Gideon Lewis-Kraus / New Yorker: |
A profile of Anthropic and its key executives like Chris Olah, and a look at Project Vend, an internal “Claudius” experiment to run the office vending machine — Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system's mind—examining its neurons …
More: Financial Times. X: @albrgr, @edzitron, @newyorker, @ilex_ulmus, @bigmeaninternet, @tightspreadz, @shakeelhashim, @krishnanrohit, @rachaelrad, and @newyorker
LinkedIn: John Renaldi, Danielle Ghiglieri, and Alessandro Niccolò Tirapani. Bluesky: @frankpasquale. Forums: r/TrueReddit
| Bloomberg: |
Alphabet raised almost $32B in debt in less than 24 hours, selling sterling- and Swiss franc-denominated offerings, following February 9's $20B dollar debt sale — Alphabet Inc. raised almost $32 billion in debt in less than 24 hours, showing the enormous funding needs of tech giants competing …
More: Bloomberg, CNBC, The Asia Business Daily, CNN, Ars Technica, Macau Business, Gizmodo, and Bloomberg
| Reuters: |
South Korea's Science Ministry blames Coupang's massive 2025 data leak on management failures and accuses it of defying a government order to preserve data logs — South Korean officials blamed a massive data leak last year at Coupang on management failure, rather than a sophisticated cyberattack …
More: Bloomberg
| Bloomberg: |
Ant, which elevated its health unit to the same level as Alipay and its lending businesses, is betting on AI-powered healthcare to fuel its next phase of growth — Roughly five years ago, Ant Group Co. reined in its ambitions after a derailed initial public offering.
More: Tech in Asia
| Tarun Pathak / Counterpoint Research: |
The active smartphone global installed base grew 2% YoY in 2025; eight OEMs had 200M+ active devices each, and nearly 25% of active smartphones is an iPhone — Tarun is a Research Director with Counterpoint Research, based out of Gurgaon (near New Delhi). Tarun has 10 years of work experience …
More: SammyGuru, SamMobile, Cult of Mac, XiaomiTime, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
A study of 596 Indian high-tech startups suggests that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run than returning diaspora with overseas experience — India's fiercely competitive startup field has provided evidence to suggest that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run …
More: Observer Research Foundation. X: @business, @livingdivineus, @wadhwa, @madhavchanchani, @orfonline, @producercities, @wadhwa, @orfonline, and @saritharai. LinkedIn: Rest of World
| The Verge: |
Discord says that the “vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today” without needing to use a face scan or ID to verify their age — Either because they aren't accessing age-restricted experiences, or if its AI predicts they're old enough.
More: Windows Central, Discord, Kotaku, Google Help Center, Techdirt, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Decrypt, The Shortcut, and Help Net Security
X: @discord, @zachbussey, @taylorlorenz, @ordinaryinds, @capedstrawberry, @pirat_nation, and @sillygirlclo. Forums: r/stoatchat
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNET: |
An interview with LastPass CEO Karim Toubba on the company-wide changes after the 2022 data breach, new services such as controls to curb shadow SaaS, and more — ZDNET's key takeaways — LastPass's CEO says the 2022 data breach has driven the company to greater security heights.| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Tel Aviv-based Backslash Security, which safeguards enterprise software development from vibe coding risks, raised a $19M Series A, taking total funding to $27M — Vibe coding security company Backslash Security Inc. revealed today that it has raised $19 million in new funding to expand …
More: CTech, Help Net Security, Vibe Coding Security, SecurityWeek, and Ventureburn
| Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
NYC-based Garner Health, a platform using data analytics to help workers find healthcare providers, raised a $118M Series D at a $1.35B valuation — Nick Reber, Garner Health founder and CEO — Garner Health uses data to identify the country's best doctors based on quality and cost … | Brianna Wessling / The Robot Report: |
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down after more than 30 years with the company and plans to retire; CFO Amanda McMaster will take over as interim CEO — Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, has stepped down from the company. Playter took over as CEO in 2019 and led the company through its acquisition by Hyundai in 2020.
More: Automate, Reuters, Business Insider, The Verge, The Boston Globe, and TechCrunch
| Isomorphic Labs: |
Isomorphic Labs, a Google DeepMind spinoff, unveils IsoDDE, a drug design system it says surpasses AlphaFold 3 in predicting biomolecular structures — Today, we are excited to share an update on our progress towards a new frontier of drug design. We have unlocked a new paradigm …
More: Fortune, Endpoints News, and The Decoder
X: @demishassabis, @kimmonismus, @aosokin_ml, @_lychrel, @andrewcurran_, @maxjaderberg, @isomorphiclabs, and @teortaxestex. LinkedIn: Sarah Skerratt
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
The FCC approves Amazon's request to launch a second-generation satellite constellation for its Leo system by deploying an additional 4,504 satellites — Amazon has received clearance to launch a second-generation satellite constellation for Leo, which promises to boost coverage and speeds for the company's Starlink challenger.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Siemens CEO Roland Busch on the company's 170+ year history, automation, managing 320K staff, US manufacturing investments, augmenting LLMs, and more — Today, I'm talking with Roland Busch, who is the CEO of Siemens. … At a very basic, reductive level … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Docs: London-based AI chip startup Olix, founded by James Dacombe, CEO of brain monitoring startup CoMind, raised $220M led by Hummingbird at a $1B+ valuation — London-based Olix targets development of AI chips that are faster and cheaper than Nvidia's — A 25-year-old British entrepreneur …
LinkedIn: James Dacombe
| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.59B, below $1.76B est., forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA below est., and announces a $1B share buyback; LYFT drops 13%+ — Lyft (LYFT.O) forecast first-quarter adjusted core profit below expectations on Tuesday as severe U.S. winter storms weigh on demand …
More: MarketWatch, Reuters, Business Insider, The Information, CNBC, Sherwood News, Lyft, and Bloomberg
X: @lyft, @thetranscript_, and @davidrisher
| Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: |
Slack messages: some staffers complained about Marc Benioff making jokes about ICE at a Salesforce event, including about ICE surveilling employee travel — - Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made jokes about ICE during an employee event, internal messages show. — Some employees took to Slack to express anger and disappointment.
More: 404 Media, Wired, Benzinga, Gazetteer SF, International Business Times, and CNBC
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