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  • 7 minutes 9 seconds
    Audible’s new ‘Read & Listen’ feature syncs your with Kindle; plus, X continues to bet on vertical video

    Audible's feature will require customers to buy discounted versions of both versions of the title.

    Also, X's new immersive video player is designed to offer a more mobile-friendly experience, optimized especially for portrait-oriented videos.

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    18 February 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 32 seconds
    Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use; plus, Apple may be cooking up a trio of AI wearables

    An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.

    Also, as the AI hardware space heats up, the iPhone maker has multiple smart products in development.

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    18 February 2026, 10:30 am
  • 6 minutes 10 seconds
    Running AI models is turning into a memory game

    When we talk about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs -- but memory is an increasingly important part of the picture.

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    17 February 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 5 minutes 34 seconds
    Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn

    According to a16z, it has eyes around the world in order to spot companies as early as local funds might.

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    17 February 2026, 10:15 am
  • 9 minutes 13 seconds
    After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting

    "From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel," one expert told TechCrunch.

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    16 February 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 53 seconds
    Anthropic and the Pentagon arguing over Claude usage; plus, the great computer science exodus

    The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in Axios. The government is reportedly making the same demand to OpenAI, Google, and xAI.

    Also, college students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.

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    16 February 2026, 10:30 am
  • 7 minutes 32 seconds
    For $1M, you can pay Bryan Johnson to teach you how to live longer; plus, Amazon’s Ring cancels partnership with Flock

    For $1 million, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to teach you how to live longer

    Also, Ring's Super Bowl commercial stoked controversy over the company's capacity for mass surveillance.

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    13 February 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 5 minutes 36 seconds
    Aurora’s driverless trucks can now travel farther distances faster than human drivers

    CEO Chris Urmson called it a “superhuman” moment, adding that Aurora’s trucks can now carry freight 1,000 miles in 15 hours — faster than what a human driver can legally accomplish.

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    13 February 2026, 10:30 am
  • 6 minutes 13 seconds
    OpenAI disbands mission alignment team; plus, xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands

    The team's leader has been given a new role as OpenAI's Chief Futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company.

    Also, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available.

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    12 February 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 26 seconds
    UpScrolled’s social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth; plus,

    Upscrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including user names and hashtags that contain racial slurs.

    Also, Threads' new feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed.

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    12 February 2026, 10:30 am
  • 6 minutes 4 seconds
    An ice dance duo skated to AI music at the Olympics

    Czech ice dancers Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek are learning the hard way that LLMs sometimes spit out straight-up plagiarism.

    Also, an OpenAI executive denied allegations that she engaged in discrimination.

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    11 February 2026, 7:00 pm
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