CIA Makes New Push To Recruit Chinese Military Officers as Informants An anonymous reader shares a report: Just weeks after a dramatic purge of China's top general, the CIA is moving to capitalize on any resulting discord with a new public video targeting potential informants in the Chinese military. The U.S. spy agency on Thursday rolled out the video depicting a disillusioned mid-level Chinese military officer, in the latest U.S. step in a campaign to ramp up human intelligence gathering on Washington's strategic rival. It follows a similar effort last May that… The US Gas Station Chains You Might Not Know Are Owned By British Companies There are gas stations all across the United States and a surprising number of them are owned by British companies. Here's the list of all of them. Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.” Anthropic Is Valued at $380 Billion in New Funding Round The artificial intelligence start-up raised another $30 billion and its valuation more than doubled since its last funding round in September. For $1 million, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to teach you how to live longer The longevity-obsessed investor Bryan Johnson is charging $1 million to sign up for his "Immortals" program. Industrial AI: Essential strategies for transformation To unlock AI's full potential, industrial companies must connect legacy automation systems with modern technology, creating a software-defined OT platform and robust data management foundation. A tariff truce with teeth: US-Taiwan pact shields chips from Section 232 shocks US Ambassador Jamieson Greer oversaw the signing of a comprehensive Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between the US and Taiwan on February 12, 2026. The agreement, reached under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US (TECRO), is designed to eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers while enhancing the resilience of h… Designing For Agentic AI: Practical UX Patterns For Control, Consent, And Accountability Autonomy is an output of a technical system. Trustworthiness is an output of a design process. Here are concrete design patterns, operational frameworks, and organizational practices for building agentic systems that are not only powerful but also transparent, controllable, and trustworthy. A surprise God of War prequel is out on the PS5 right now To close out its February 2026 State of Play presentation, Sony revealed God of War Sons of Sparta, a new prequel 2D side scroller in the God of War franchise, and announced that it's out right now on PlayStation 5. "God of War Sons of Sparta is a 2D action platformer with a canon story […] |
Last JavaScript-based TypeScript arrives in beta Microsoft has released a beta of TypeScript 6.0, an update to the company’s strongly typed JavaScript variant that promises to be the last release based on the current JavaScript codebase. TypeScript 7.0 will debut a compiler and language service written in Go for better performance and scalability. The TypeScript 6.0 beta was announced February 11 . Developers can access it through npm by runnin… The biggest hits of Bad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Bad Bunny’s historic Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show performance has united music fans across the globe, according to real-time listening data from Apple Music. Siri's AI Overhaul Delayed Again Apple's long-promised overhaul of Siri has hit fresh problems during internal testing, forcing the company to push several key features out of the iOS 26.4 update that was slated for March and spread them across later releases, Bloomberg is reporting. The new Siri -- first announced at WWDC in June 2024 and originally due by early 2025 -- struggles to reliably process queries, takes too long to respond and sometimes falls back on OpenAI's ChatGPT instead of Apple's own technology, the report sa… The Asus Zenbook S 16 Is $500 Off and Has Never Been This Cheap The Asus Zenbook S 16 was a favorite of ours last year, but the price was always too high. Now it has dropped to $1,000, and it’s a total steal. Share values of property services firms tumble over fears of AI disruption But despite second day of declines on Wall Street, analysts say sell-off ‘may overstate immediate risk to complex deal-making’ of AI Shares in commercial property services companies have tumbled, in the latest sell-off driven by fears over disruption from artificial intelligence. After steep declines on Wall Street, European stocks in the sector were hit on Thursday. Continue reading... Data center capex to hit $1.7 trillion by 2030 due to AI boom A multi-year expansion cycle will drive worldwide data center capex to the $1.7 trillion mark by 2030, driven by hyperscalers as well as neo cloud service providers and sovereign AI initiatives, a new report from Dell’Oro Group indicates. All three segments are entering a new phase of infrastructure expansion; key among them are Amazon, Google, Meta and Meta, which at the start of this year had r… Intel’s tough decision boosted AMD to record highs Shipments of x86 processors dropped from the third to the fourth quarter of 2025, as Intel’s supply constraints reined in PC processor shipments and helped AMD, especially in the mobile market. AMD itself released some of the shipment estimates from Mercury Research on Wednesday, but the research firm added additional details on Thursday, including Intel’s market share. It also confirmed that AMD… Instagram boss defends app from witness stand in trial over alleged harms to kids The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, testified in an L.A. civil trial over a lawsuit that alleges the company and co-defendant YouTube knew their products were harmful to children. How to safely view your bank and retirement accounts online Expert cybersecurity tips to protect your online banking and investment accounts from hackers. Learn essential security habits that keep your money safe. |
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