HP’s laptop subscriptions are a great deal — for HP
HP offers a selection of consumer and gaming laptops you can subscribe to. But you’ll never own your rented laptop, and you’ll likely end up paying more than it’s worth.
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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Feature to Smart Glasses
Meta Platforms plans to add a facial recognition feature called “Name Tag” to its smart glasses as early as this year, The New York Times reported . The article confirms a report in T he Information from last May that said Meta had revived plans to include the feature in its smart glasses.
As The Information’s report said, the facial recognition feature would identify people by name. The
Axios Finish Line: Embrace your insecurity
What's happening: Axios CEO Jim VandeHei explores how insecurity can be a powerful motivator, particularly in learning new skills like AI.
Why it matters: Insecurity, when channeled correctly, can drive people to work harder and learn more effectively. A MIT study found that people experiencing imposter thoughts exert 13% more effort under pressure.
The big picture: A global meta-analysis revealed that 62% of high-achieving professionals experience imposter syndrome, suggesting it might be a feature rather than a flaw of successful people.
"The people thriving in this AI moment aren't the ones with the fanciest résumés — they're the ones willing to say 'I don't know,' then obsessively ask questions until they do." -- Jim VandeHei
The AI Gold Rush Is Breaking a Silicon Valley Taboo: Cashing Out Before the IPO
What's happening: A growing number of tech companies, including prominent AI firms, are allowing employees to sell shares before traditional IPO timelines.
Why it matters: This trend breaks the long-standing Silicon Valley practice of requiring employees to wait until a public offering to monetize their equity, providing more immediate financial opportunities for workers.
The big picture: The AI sector's rapid growth and intense competition for talent are driving more flexible compensation strategies that challenge traditional startup equity models.
Cloudflare turns websites into faster food for AI agents
#### Why serve up tough HTML when you can offer tasty Markdown?
Cloudflare has turned its attention from erecting bot barriers to dangling bot
bait.
Apple wins long-running court battle against Optis over 4G patents in the US
Following two court losses and two successful appeals, Apple was cleared today
on all counts of patent infringement in a 2019 lawsuit brought by Texas-based
Optis Wireless.
Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues
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Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
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Anthropic Says it Raised $30 Billion
Anthropic said Thursday it had raised $30 billion in funding led by Singapore
wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management, giving it a new valuation of $380 billion
valuation, including the funding.
Apple says it is still on track to launch new Siri this year, as promised
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman [yesterday reported][1] that Apple’s new Siri initiative
was facing internal delays, having originally been planned to start rolling out
with iOS 26.4.
OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips
On Thursday, OpenAI [released][1] its first production AI model to run on
non-Nvidia hardware, deploying the new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark coding model on chips
from Cerebras.
Introducing GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark
**[Introducing GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark][1]**
OpenAI announced a partnership with Cerebras [on January 14th][2].
Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars
[Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars]
Waymo, Google’s autonomous vehicle company, and DoorDash, the delivery and gig
work platform, have launched a pilot program that...
Gemini 3 Deep Think
**[Gemini 3 Deep Think][1]**
New from Google.
A new version of OpenAI’s Codex is powered by a new dedicated chip
OpenAI calls the new coding tool the "first milestone" in its relationship with
the chipmaker.
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
**[An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me][1]**
Scott Shambaugh helps maintain the excellent and venerable [matplotlib][2]
Python charting library, including taking on the thankless task of...
ai;dr
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YouTube is coming to the Apple Vision Pro
The Apple Vision Pro is finally getting [an official visionOS YouTube app][1] on
Thursday.
YouTube launches native app for Apple Vision Pro
YouTube was one of the biggest apps missing from the Vision Pro platform at
launch in February 2024.
iPhone 18 Pro’s new C2 chip will bring three advantages over iPhone 17
Apple is [rumored][1] to have a next-generation C2 chip coming to iPhone 18 Pro
and Pro Max, shifting away from the Qualcomm 5G modem found in iPhone 17 Pro.
AI agents can now create their own bank accounts
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An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code
Sign of the times: An [AI][1] agent autonomously wrote and published a
personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he
rejected its code contribution.
AI expert predicted AI would end humanity in 2027—now he’s changing his timeline
Daniel Kokotajlo predicted [the end of the world][1] would happen in April 2027.
[In “AI 2027”][2]—a document outlining the [impending impacts][3] of [AI][4],
published in April 2025—the...
How AI is rewriting 70 years of lending rules
For most of modern finance, one number has quietly dictated who gets ahead and
who gets left out: the credit score.
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...
It took two years, but Google released a YouTube app on Vision Pro
When Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality headset launched in February 2024, users
were frustrated at the lack of a proper YouTube app—a significant disappointment
given the device's [focus on video...
Apple acquires all rights to Severance, will produce future seasons in-house
The show is expected to run for four seasons, with the possibility of spin-offs,
a prequel, and foreign versions.
Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day, possibly exploited by commercial spyware
#### Flaw abused 'in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted
#### individuals'
Apple patched a zero-day vulnerability affecting every iOS version since 1.
WhatsApp and Telegram blocked in Russia as Meta designated an ‘extremist organization’
Both [WhatsApp][1] and [Telegram][2] have been blocked in Russia as the
government tries to force people to use its unencrypted WeChat clone, Max.
Apple Creator Studio AI usage limits seem dramatically lower than promised
When Apple launched the [Apple Creator Studio][1] (ACS) subscription, the
company [indicated][2] that you could use the AI features to produce 50 Keynote
presentations per month “as a minimum.”...