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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 (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review : Moltbook was peak AI theater, less of…
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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 (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
Alexandra Alter / New York Times : How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, …
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T-glass, a type of ultrathin glass sheet used in advanced chips, is in short supply and largely comes from Nittobo, which is not adding capacity for months (Yang Jie/Wall Street Journal)
Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal : T-glass, a type of ultrathin glass sheet used in a…
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A software engineer explains AI fatigue, compounded by a FOMO treadmill of using labs' latest tools, thinking atrophy, and more, alongside boosted productivity (Siddhant Khare)
Siddhant Khare : A software engineer explains AI fatigue, compounded by a FOMO trea…
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A look at Corning's booming fiber-optic business, boosted by data center demand and a $6B Meta deal, as Nvidia explores Corning's co-packaged optics for servers (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : A look at Corning's booming fiber-opti…
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After talking with ~40 people at Anthropic, a look at its "Yes, and..." culture where every idea is welcomed and judged based on vibes, like a hive mind (Steve Yegge)
Steve Yegge : After talking with ~40 people at Anthropic, a look at its “Yes, and..…
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DOJ-released emails: Jeffrey Epstein helped Ian Osborne, founder of London-based fund Hedosophia, after Osborne's outreach to help Epstein fix his image in 2011 (Financial Times)
Financial Times : DOJ-released emails: Jeffrey Epstein helped Ian Osborne, founder …
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Trump-linked World Liberty Financial's stablecoin, USD1, hit $5B in total circulation in January with 85% held in Binance accounts; Trump pardoned CZ in October (David Yaffe-Bellany/New York Times)
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times : Trump-linked World Liberty Financial's s…
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Heroku says it is transitioning to a "sustaining engineering model", as it focuses on "helping organizations build and deploy enterprise-grade AI" (Nitin T Bhat/Heroku)
Nitin T Bhat / Heroku : Heroku says it is transitioning to a “sustaining engineerin…
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London-based Bound, an automated FX risk management platform, raised a $24.5M Series A led by AlbionVC as it seeks to expand across Europe (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu : London-based Bound, an automated FX risk management …
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Crypto.com co-founder Kris Marszalek buys the domain AI.com for $70M, the highest disclosed price for a domain name, as he plans a site offering an AI agent (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times : Crypto.com co-founder Kris Marszalek buys the doma…
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OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex, which it says runs 25% faster, enabling longer-running tasks, and "is our first model that was instrumental in creating itself" (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
David Gewirtz / ZDNET : OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex, which it says runs 25% faste…
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Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new video, revealing a completely flat rear camera, and says pre-orders begin on February 18 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new video, revealing a com…
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Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta, allowing creators to generate interactive objects with individual moving parts rather than static 3D models (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch : Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta,…
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Sources: Alphabet plans a new complex in Bengaluru, India, which can accommodate up to 20K extra staff, amid US visa restrictions and proposed H-1B fee hikes (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: Alphabet plans a new complex in Bengaluru, India, which can ac…
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