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Announcement Google has introducedhttps://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-1-pro/ Gemini 3.1 Pro, a reasoning‑focused u...

Background An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Last month, Jason Grad issued a late‑night warning to the 20 employees at his tech startup: > “You’v...

Overview Minecraft: Java Editionhttps://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/another-step-towards-vibrant-visuals-for-java-edition is switching its rendering backen...

Overview The IRS’s IT division has lost roughly 40 % of its staff and nearly 80 % of its tech leadership as part of a federal “efficiency” overhaul, according...

Testimony Overview Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faced a barrage of questions about his company’s efforts to secure users’ time and attention at a landm...

Overview A bare‑bones Chinese app called “Are You Dead?”—whose entire premise is that solo‑living users tap daily to confirm they’re still alive, triggering an...

Project Silica Overview Microsoft Research has published a paper in Nature detailing Project Silica, a working demonstration that uses femtosecond lasers to et...

Overview A new essay in Works in Progress Magazine argues that Europe’s difficulty in producing companies like Tesla or Waymo does not stem from insufficient r...

Bafta to Reward 'Human Creativity' as Film and TV Grapples With AI Bafta has brought in “human achievement” as a guiding principlehttps://www.ft.com/content/25...

AI security firm Irregular has found that passwords generated by major large language models — Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini — appear complex but follow predictabl...

Study Overview A new study PDF from Ramp's economics lab has found that businesses are steadily replacing freelance workers hired through platforms like Upwork...

Accenture has reportedly started tracking staff use of its AI tools and will consider this data when deciding on top promotions, as the consulting company seeks...

Overview Workplace grievances that once fit in a single email are now ballooning into 30‑page documents stuffed with irrelevant historical detail, made‑up lega...

Interview Highlights Phison CEO Pua Khein‑Seng, whose company is one of the leading makers of controller chips for SSDs and other flash memory devices, admitte...

Amazon Dethrones Walmart as World's Biggest Company by Sales An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon has officially dethroned Walmarthttps://www.bloomberg....

Background An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Post: In 2024, the Ethiopian government banned the import of fossil‑fuel‑powered vehicles and...

Overview India’s digital payment platforms process trillions of dollars a year through UPI, the government‑built real‑time payments rail that handles more than...

Findings An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: tech companies are conflating traditional artificial intelligence with generative AI when claim...

Trump’s Alleged Speech on Extraterrestrial Life According to Lara Trump, Donald Trump has prepared but not yet delivered a speech about extraterrestrial life,...

Investment Overview Uber plans to invest $100 million in EV charging infrastructure to support current and future robotaxi fleets in cities such as Los Angeles...

Overview Google's Pixel 10a is essentially a flatter version of last year's Pixel 9a, keeping the same Tensor G4 chip, camera hardware, RAM, storage, and $500...

Overview An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Meta is preparing to spend $65 million this yearhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/techno...

Background Mark Zuckerberg is testifying in a landmark Los Angeles trialhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/mark-zuckerberg-testifies-landmark-social-media-...

Overview Google is bringing its Lyria 3 AI music model into the Gemini app, allowing users to generate 30‑second songs from text, images, or video prompts dire...