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6:42

Apple's Siri relaunch is reportedly behind schedule

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2026/02/13

The company is going to release its capabilities in portions over future software updates, according to Bloomberg.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:51

Ring called off its partnership with Flock Safety,...

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2026/02/13

-Ring has canceled its partnership with Flock Safety, after receiving backlash for running a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature. -Gail Slater, a former JD Vance adviser and Fox Corp VP, reportedly clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi. Their longstanding feud is said to have centered around Slater's skepticism of corporate mergers. -European Union regulators have already fined Google billions for violating the Digital Markets Act, and being found guilty of anticompetitive behavior

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6:35

Uber Eats’ new Cart Assistant feature is an AI hack...

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2026/02/12

The feature accepts both image and text prompts, but is still in beta at the moment.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:58

WhatsApp is now fully blocked in Russia, Anthropic...

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2026/02/12

-After warnings from lawmakers last year, WhatsApp has been blocked in Russia for as many as 100 million users, the Financial Times reported. Russian authorities removed the app from an online directory, effectively wiping it from Russia's internet. -Anthropic is upgrading Claude's free tier, apparently to capitalize on OpenAI's planned integration of ads into ChatGPT. -Meta is turning those "Dear algorithm" posts into an official feature that it says will allow Threads users to tune their

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6:13

Waymo's vehicles are now fully driverless in Nashville

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2026/02/11

The company plans to offer rides to the public in Nashville sometime this year.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:10

Elon Musk's satellite catapult on the Moon, Discord...

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2026/02/11

-In an xAI meeting with employees, Musk said the company needed to build an AI satellite factory on the moon with a gigantic catapult to launch them into space, according to audio heard by The New York Times.-Discord will require all users to have a "teen-appropriate experience" by default by March. -Numerous major social platforms including Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap say they will submit to a new external grading process that scores social platforms on how well they protect adolescent

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6:20

Lyft rolls out teen accounts with enhanced safety...

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2026/02/10

This is similar to Uber's toolset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:00

The DOJ may face an investigation for pressuring...

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2026/02/10

-House Judiciary Committee member Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, has asked the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Google regarding the companies' decisions to remove apps that shared information about sightings of US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers. -Elon Musk says SpaceX has shifted its near-term priorities from Mars settlement plans to building what he called a “self-growing city on the Moon,” arguing the lunar target is faster

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6:23

DOJ is investigating if Netflix used anticompetitive...

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2026/02/09

A report from The Wall Street Journal said the probe will include looking into Netflix's potentially monopolistic practices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:57

NY lawmakers introduce bill that aims to halt data...

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2026/02/09

-On Friday, New York State Senators Liz Krueger and Kristen Gonzales introduced a bill that would stop the issuance of permits for new data centers for at least three years and ninety days to give time for impact assessments and to update regulations.-Apple is gearing up for a slew of hardware announcements that will include upgrades for the entry-level iPad, iPad Air, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, according to Mark Gurman's Power On newsletter. -Lyft has officially introduced teen accounts for

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5:47

NVIDIA reportedly won't release new graphics cards...

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2026/02/06

Gamers, schmamers. We have AI data centers to power! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:12

X's Community Notes will allow AI to write the first...

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2026/02/06

-The company started a pilot program last year to allow developers to create dedicated AI note writers. X’s Keith Coleman told Engadget that AI writers are “prolific” and that one has contributed more than 1,000 notes that were rated as helpful by other contributors. -Vibes was introduced as a feature in the Meta AI app in September 2025. Similar to OpenAI's Sora app, Vibes lets users prompt Meta AI to create TikTok-style vertical videos. -The US Central Intelligence Agency is ending one of its

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6:37

Anthropic says it won't bring ads to Claude

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2026/02/05

The company said that integrating advertising would 'work against' the core principles of the chatbot.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:20

A new bill would crack down on fraudulent ads, X's...

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2026/02/05

-The backdrop to the SCAM Act is a Reuters report from last November. Meta reportedly estimated that up to 10 percent of its 2024 revenue came from scam ads. The company is said to have calculated that as much as $16 billion of its revenue that year was from scams, including "fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos and the sale of banned medical products."-While it's true that X is the only major social network to make elements of its recommendation algorithm open

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8:50

iPhone Fold rumors: Everything we know so far

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2026/02/04

We're tracking all of the rumors about Apple's foldable phone, including when it could launch and possible price.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:42

An AI powered mobile app to integrate your family's...

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2026/02/04

-he Luffu mobile app "uses AI quietly in the background" to collect and organize family health information. But the definition of family isn't limited to parents raising children. The company sees its tool as especially valuable for caregivers in their 40s and 50s who may be managing the needs of both aging parents and kids. It even tracks pets' health habits.-Microsoft could launch the next-generation Xbox console sometime in 2027. -Apple has just released Xcode 26.3, and it's a big step

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6:32

Apple is already thinking about its second foldable...

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2026/02/03

The latest Power On newsletter from Bloomberg hints at an Apple competitor to Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:00

X's Paris HQ raided by French prosecutors, Firefox...

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2026/02/03

-The searches are part of an investigation that has been ongoing for nearly a year over the functioning of X’s algorithms that are “likely to have distorted the operation of an automated data processing system,” investigators said at the time. -On February 24, or possibly earlier, Mozilla will roll out Firefox 148, which will include an AI controls section in the desktop browser settings. From here, you’ll be able to block current and future generative AI features, or only enable select

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6:24

SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of a million...

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2026/02/02

In a recent filing, Elon Musk's aerospace company requested to build an "orbital data center" that relies on solar power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:24

NASA used Claude to plot a route for Perseverance on...

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2026/02/02

-In December, Perseverance successfully completed a route through a section of the Jezero crater plotted by Anthropic's Claude chatbot, marking the first time NASA has used a large language model to plot a course for the car-sized robot. -You now select each spec of your new Mac device when purchasing through the website. As first spotted by MacWorld, Apple updated its online configuration tool for purchasing a Mac. -Grok is once again available in Indonesia, after the country lifted its ban on

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