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Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 397B-A17 beats its larger trillion-parameter model — at a fraction of the cost (venturebeat.com)

2026-02-18 | get Neural Network → | tags: alibaba, model, models

2132.

World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflows (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-18 | by Rebecca Bellan | get Autodesk 3D → | tags: autodesk, design, green

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Nevada sues Kalshi for operating a sports gambling market without a license (engadget.com)

2026-02-18 | tags: accounts, advertisement, gambling

2134.

Magic Mushroom Ingredient Passes Major Test, Paving Way for FDA Approval (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-18 | get Edibles → | tags: better, better controls, compass

2135.

Audiophiles Fail to Hear Difference in Signal Passed Through Copper Cable, Banana, and Tray of Mud (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-18 | get Copper cable → | tags: difference, difference going, going

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Save $206 on a Ryzen 7 5800XT, 32GB of DDR4 Corsair RAM, and an Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming motherboard with this combo — start your AM4 PC for just $408 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-18 | by Joe Shields | get Ryzen 7 5800X → | tags: credit, credit future, deals

2137.

Don’t Run From Scary Times. Here’s How AI Helps You Prioritize What Really Counts (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-18 | by Grant Freeman | get Prioritizer → | tags: customer, times, tools

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Don't Run From Scary Times. Here's How AI Helps You Prioritize What Really Counts (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-18 | by Grant Freeman | get Prioritizer → | tags: customer, times, tools

2139.

Microsoft Says Bug Causes Copilot To Summarize Confidential Emails (slashdot.org)

2026-02-18 | by Posted | get Copilot → | tags: abelson, far giants, giants

2140.

Deals: Most affordable M5 iPad Pro nearly $200 off, Apple Watch Ultra 3 up to $155 off, Ocean Band, Trail Loop, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-18 | by Justin Kahn | get Apple Watch Ultra → | tags: amazon, apple, macbook

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Nearly half of PC gamers prefer DLSS 4.5 over AMD's FSR and even native rendering — Nvidia scores clean sweep in blind test of six titles (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-18 | by Hassam Nasir | get Graphics Card → | tags: best, dlss, native

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith says U.S. tech should ‘worry a little’ about Chinese firms' government subsidies (cnbc.com)

2026-02-18 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Microsoft → | tags: chinese, models, smith

2143.

Google DeepMind wants to know if chatbots are just virtue signaling (technologyreview.com)

2026-02-18 | by Will Douglas Heaven | get Chatbot → | tags: answers, case, llms

2144.

Polestar unveils a station wagon version of the 4 (engadget.com)

2026-02-18 | get Polestar 4 → | tags: market, models, new models

2145.

OpenAI pushes into higher education as India seeks to scale AI skills (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-18 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Language Model → | tags: education, india, institutions

2146.

X-rays reveal kingfisher feather structure in unprecedented detail (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-18 | get X-ray → | tags: crystals, feathers, kingfisher

2147.

AI has fixed my productivity (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-18 | get Google Workspace → | tags: code, minutes, productivity

2148.

World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-18 | by Rebecca Bellan | get World Models → | tags: autodesk, design, green

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India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to feature phones, cars, and smart glasses (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-18 | by Ivan Mehta | get Smart Glasses → | tags: founder, models, sarvam

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India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to feature phones, cars and smart glasses (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-18 | by Ivan Mehta | get Smart Glasses → | tags: founder, models, sarvam

2151.

Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open source AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-18 | by Jagmeet Singh | get OpenCV → | tags: model, models, sarvam

2152.

Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open-source AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-18 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Open-source AI → | tags: model, models, sarvam

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Save $900 on RAM bundle with almost a whole PC: 128GB of G.Skill memory, 9850X3D, MSI X870E motherboard, and 4TB SSD — the same price as buying the RAM by itself, just $1699.99 at Newegg (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-18 | by Stewart Bendle | get G.Skill → | tags: best, deals, gaming

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Save $600 on this RTX 5080-powered Alienware gaming PC, down to its best price in months — just $2,399.99 for 4K-capable rig equipped with a 24-core Intel CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-18 | by Ben Stockton | get Alienware → | tags: alienware, deals, gaming

2155.

Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE's Dilley Facility (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-18 | by Mica Rosenberg | get Mailbox → | tags: days, details, detained

2156.

Microsoft: Anti-phishing rules mistakenly blocked emails, Teams messages (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-18 | get Microsoft Office → | tags: detection, emails, issue

2157.

Nevada sues to block Kalshi’s prediction betting market (theverge.com)

2026-02-18 | by Emma Roth | tags: bets, cftc, kalshi

2158.

How to stay motivated when you’re a team of one (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-18 | get Motivational → | tags: calls, calls colleagues, chat

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Lowe’s Promo Codes and Deals: Up to 40% Off Appliances (wired.com)

2026-02-18 | by Matthew Korfhage | get Smartphones → | tags: deals, discounts, free

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How ‘skull drains’ keep the brain safe from damage and pathogens (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-18 | by Nelson | get Neuroprotection → | tags: brain, cells, fluid