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A Leading Indicator Has Emerged Suggesting That the AI Industry Is Cooked

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-12 14:38:19

In the world of cultural commentary, there are plenty of benchmarks used to determine when a trend is on its deathbed. From the classic shark-jumping episode of "Happy Days" to the adoption of Facebook by grandparents the world around, those with their ears to the ground can spot when a craze is on its way out. In that vein, the news that Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build supercharged AI sure strikes us as bad news for that industry. Let'

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The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann exits HBO show

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-12 16:11:14

Two key writers of HBO's series The Last of Us are moving on, according to announcements on Instagram yesterday. Neil Druckmann, co-creator of the franchise, and Halley Gross, co-writer of The Last of Us Part 2 and frequent writer on the show, are both leaving before work begins on season 3. Both were credited as executive producers on the show; Druckmann frequently contributed writing to episodes, as did Gross, and Druckmann also directed. Druckmann and Gross co-wrote the second game, The Last

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Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-12 16:21:09

In a memo to employees earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a vision for a near-future in which "personal [AI] superintelligence for everyone" forms "the beginning of a new era for humanity." The newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs—freshly staffed with multiple high-level acquisitions from OpenAI and other AI companies—will spearhead the development of "our next generation of models to get to the frontier in the next year or so," Zuckerberg wrote. Reading that memo, I couldn'

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E Ink is turning the laptop touchpad into an e-reader for AI apps

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-02-12 16:37:33

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. E Ink has developed a new touchpad for laptops featuring the same electronic paper technology found in e-readers. It’s not the first company to look at the ever-growing size of laptop touchpads and see the potential of additional functionality, but instead of serving as a second smaller screen for the computer’s OS, E Ink is positioning its touch

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NASA Reveals First-Ever Full Image of Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Donaldjohanson

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-02-12 20:57:11

Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s April 20 encounter with Donaldjohanson, an asteroid in our solar system’s main asteroid belt. And it’s, uh, as peanut-shaped as we first saw it. Earlier this year, Lucy’s Long Range Reconnaissance Imager snapped an image of Donaldjohansson while quickly swooping past it, at a distance of about 600 miles (960 kilometers), with the smallest visible features measuring around 13

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PlayStation needs Neil Druckmann more than HBO does

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-13 02:49:51

I really wanted to love season two of HBO’s The Last of Us. For the most part, I did — but it was also impossible to ignore the online masses saying that showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann had lost the thread in season two. Some of that comes from creative choices the pair made in adapting the first half of the PlayStation game The Last of Us Part II to TV; it’s a story with a sprawling plot that asks a lot of the player and, as it turns out, even more of a passive audience. The season t

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Like Google, China's biggest search player Baidu is beefing up its product with AI to fight rivals

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-02-14 03:44:20

In this article BIDU Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pictured here is the Ernie bot mobile interface, with the Baidu search engine home page in the background. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Baidu has bolstered its core search platform with artificial intelligence in the biggest overhaul of the product in 10 years. Analysts told CNBC the move was a bid to keep ahead of fast-moving rivals like DeepSeek, rather than traditional search play

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What the Heck Is That Thing Inside RFK’s Mouth?

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-13 16:48:04

Image by Kayla Bartkowski / Getty / Futurism Developments A smiling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was seen with a strange white thing in his mouth during a recent Congressional hearing — and we're almost positive we know what it is. When publishing a story about the Health and Human Services secretary's worm-brained plan to start approving new drugs with AI, the fine folks at Gizmodo chose as its header image a photo of the political scion baring a wide and menacing smile. In that photo, a small whi

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Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-02-14 16:47:08

Lucid delivered 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a 6% increase in sales from the previous period and a new sales record for the EV maker. Lucid also reported it produced 3,863 vehicles in the second quarter, nearly 1,000 more than it made in the previous period. Lucid produced 2,212 vehicles in the first quarter and shipped another 600 additional vehicles to Saudi Arabia for final assembly. The delivery and accompanying production figures show Lucid has maintained — and even made some pro

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Evolution of Minimum Viable Product

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-15 00:51:34

The Oxford dictionary definition of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is: An early, basic version of a product (such as a piece of technology, a computer program, etc.) which meets the minimum necessary requirements for use but can be adapted and improved in the future, esp. after customer feedback; Here's a proposed improved definition: An early, basic version of a product (such as a piece of technology, a computer program, etc.) which meets the minimum necessary requirements for use by its cre

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The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann is stepping away from the show to focus on future games

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-15 06:45:53

Neil Druckmann, head of the PlayStation studio Naughty Dog and co-creator of The Last of Us, is stepping away from the HBO show based on the 2013 game and its 2020 sequel to focus his work on Naughty Dog's next game. On Instagram, the studio published the following statement from Druckmann: "I've made the difficult decision to step away from my involvement in The Last of Us on HBO. With work completed on season 2 and before any meaningful work starts on season 3, now is the right time for me to

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The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann is stepping back from the HBO show

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2026-02-15 06:11:00

Neil Druckmann, co-creator of The Last of Us video game and co-showrunner on the HBO adaptation, will be stepping away from the television series moving forward. In a statement, Druckmann — who is also studio head at The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog — said the decision was made to focus on the studio’s upcoming games. “With work completed on season 2 and before any meaningful work starts on season 3, now is the time to transition my complete focus to Naughty Dog and its future projects, inc

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New Apple TV 4K could be launching at the best possible moment

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-15 21:27:06

Believe it or not, the first Apple TV product preceded even the iPhone with its initial introduction. Yet for almost two decades, the product has remained fairly niche in Apple’s lineup. But the new Apple TV 4K launching this fall could be the best chance yet to change that. New Apple TV 4K might be the first to go mainstream In the early days of the Apple TV, the product was referred to by Apple as a “hobby.” It wasn’t expected to achieve the kind of success found by the Mac or iPod, or subs

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LG Gram 17 Touchscreen Laptop Copilot+ PC Is $3,000 Off, This 5-Star 2025 Model at 60% Off Is Going Fast

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2026-02-15 21:10:45

When was the last time you upgraded your laptop? If you’re still working off of a piece of ten year old tech, it may be time to start looking for a replacement. The Dell Inspiron 16 laptop is a super versatile option that can fulfill a lot of the needs of pretty much anyone, be it you’re a student, small business owner, or just someone who wants to go online with something other than their phone. LG has its Gram 17 touchscreen laptop with Windows 11 Pro pre-installed on sale for 60% off, bringin

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Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees

theverge.com Tom Warren 2026-02-16 06:20:20

Today we are sharing decisions that will impact colleagues across our organization. To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas, we will end or decrease work in certain areas of the business and follow Microsoft’s lead in removing layers of management to increase agility and effectiveness. Out of respect for those impacted today, the specifics of today’s notifications and any organizational shifts will be shared by your team leaders in the coming days.

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The Download: how AI could improve construction site safety, and our Roundtables conversation with Karen Hao

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-02-16 11:10:00

More than 1,000 construction workers die on the job each year in the US, making it the most dangerous industry for fatal slips, trips, and falls. A new AI tool called Safety AI could help to change that. It analyzes the progress made on a construction site each day, and flags conditions that violate Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules, with what its creator Philip Lorenzo claims is 95% accuracy. Lorenzo says Safety AI is the first one of multiple emerging AI construction sa

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Mystery recall of iPhone engineers may be Chinese interference in Apple’s plans

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-16 22:09:43

More than 300 Chinese iPhone engineers and technicians have been recalled from an Indian production plant, says a new report. No public acknowledgement or explanation has been offered, but suspicion is falling on the Chinese government, which has previously been accused of actively hampering Apple’s attempts to move more iPhone production out of the country … Mystery recall of iPhone engineers Bloomberg reports. Foxconn has asked hundreds of Chinese engineers and technicians to return home f

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Chipmakers get larger tax credits in Trump’s latest ‘big beautiful bill’

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2026-02-16 22:23:07

The latest version of U.S. President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" could make it cheaper for semiconductor manufacturers to build plants in the U.S. as Washington continues its efforts to strengthen its domestic chip supply chain. Under the bill, passed by the Senate Tuesday, tax credits for those semiconductor firms would rise to 35% from 25%. That's more than the 30% increase that had made it into a draft version of the bill. Companies eligible for the credits could include chipmakers

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The 7 best cordless vacuums for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-17 21:00:37

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Shopping for the best cordless vacuum cleaners means finding that sweet spot between power, portability and convenience. Whether you're cleaning up after pets, tackling hardwood floors or reaching those tricky spots under the couch, cordless vacuums offer freedom and versatility that t

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Cua (YC X25) is hiring an engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-17 18:00:30

Cua is building the infrastructure that lets general AI agents safely and scalably use Computers and Apps like humans do. With 8.9k+ GitHub stars in just 4 months and backing from Y Combinator, we’re providing: An open-source framework for building and evaluating general-purpose AI agents A cloud container platform for sandboxed, scalable agent execution environments A blueprint for what production-grade general agent systems should look like - backed by research We're looking for our first

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‘American Empire? What American Empire?’ You Can Ask With This Reagan-Adjacent Stormtrooper Helmet

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-17 20:30:33

To be a kid in the 1980s meant absorbing the last years of the Cold War through pop culture that played into fears about a World War III everyone assumed was coming—think WarGames, Red Dawn, and “99 Luftballoons.” Somehow that script got flipped when President Ronald Reagan announced the “Strategic Defense Initiative,” a system intended to protect the U.S. from missiles that quickly acquired its own pop culture nickname: “Star Wars.” While Reagan’s Star Wars never actually got off the ground, i

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Automattic puts Tumblr migration to WordPress on hold

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-02-17 21:13:15

In Brief Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed that the company is no longer working on migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to WordPress, as previously announced. The exec shared the news on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, published on Monday, saying that the project is “on hold” for an indefinite period. “What we decided is that we want to focus as much on the things that are going to be noticeable to users and that users are asking for,” he told the site. “This was more like an infrastruct

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Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2026-02-18 02:48:00

As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s offering top research talent pay packages of up to $300 million over four years, with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year, WIRED has learned. Meta has made at least 10 of these staggeringly high offers to OpenAI staffers. One high ranking researcher was pitched on the role of chief scientist but turned it down, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations. While the pay pac

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Cua (YC X25) Is Hiring a Founding Engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 06:00:30

Cua is building the infrastructure that lets general AI agents safely and scalably use Computers and Apps like humans do. With 8.9k+ GitHub stars in just 4 months and backing from Y Combinator, we’re providing: An open-source framework for building and evaluating general-purpose AI agents A cloud container platform for sandboxed, scalable agent execution environments A blueprint for what production-grade general agent systems should look like - backed by research We're looking for our first

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Mark Zuckerberg’s war chest is Apple’s newest hurdle in the AI race

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-18 21:15:34

Meta’s renewed push into AI is throwing the entire market off-balance, and Apple is particularly exposed. With morale arguably at an all-time low inside Cupertino’s AI teams, Zuckerberg’s multimillion-dollar check-cutting spree may have already pulled at least one top researcher out of Apple Park. And there may be more to come. What multimillion-dollar check-cutting spree? According to recent reports, Meta has offered massive pay packages to lure top AI researchers from rivals. And while Open

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Something Hilarious Happens When Potential Customers See That a Product Has AI Features

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-19 02:02:34

New research suggests that slapping the "AI" label on products doesn't always go over well with buyers, the Wall Street Journal reports. A new study published this month in Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management found that consumers tended to turn away from products that were promoted as having AI — especially if the items were a high-risk purchase like a car. "When we were thinking about this project, we thought that AI will improve [consumers' willingness to buy] because everyone is p

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This 6TB Crucial X10 SSD Costs Less Than the 4TB Version, With Limited Stock on Amazon for 4th of July

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2026-02-19 06:10:02

We may run out of superlatives when it comes to describing the Crucial X10 external solid-state drive, but we should cut to the most important detail of all right away — the massive 6TB model of the #1 new release in external SSDs is nearly half-price right now at Amazon, just $292. That’s even cheaper than the 4TB model of the same highly rated drive. This phenomenal pre-Prime Day deal slashes over $260 from the price of one of the best external drives on the market. The Crucial X10 is palm-si

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20% VistaPrint Coupon & Promo Codes | July 2025

wired.com Molly Higgins 2026-02-19 16:00:00

VistaPrint specializes in custom physical and digital marketing products for small businesses, like brochures and promotional products, along with personal products like invitations, t-shirts, business cards, or even posters to meet any print and online personalization needs you may have. Fortunately, you don’t have to pay an arm and a leg to shop for these trending products, thanks to our selection of deals for both new and returning customers. Use Top VistaPrint Promo Codes for 15% Off We ha

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Anthropic Let an AI Agent Run a Small Shop and the Result Was Unintentionally Hilarious

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-19 16:41:08

Anthropic ran an experiment where its Claude chatbot was put in charge of a tiny, automated "shop" inside its San Francisco headquarters — and the results were nothing short of hilarious. Despite claims in an Anthropic post that "Claudius," the name given to the AI agent in charge of stocking the shop's shelves, was "close to success," everything about the gambit seems to demonstrate just how bad AI is at managing things in the real world. Dubbed "Project Vend," the month-long experiment was u

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The Email Startup Graveyard: Why 80%+ of Email Companies Fail

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-19 16:41:04

The Email Startup Graveyard: Why 80%+ of Email Companies Fail While many email startups have invested millions in solving perceived problems, we at Forward Email have focused on building reliable email infrastructure from scratch since 2017. This analysis explores the patterns behind email startup outcomes and the fundamental challenges of email infrastructure. Note Key Insight: Most email startups don't build actual email infrastructure from scratch. Many build on top of existing solutions li

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Latest Tech News

A Leading Indicator Has Emerged Suggesting That the AI Industry Is Cooked

The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann exits HBO show

Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”

E Ink is turning the laptop touchpad into an e-reader for AI apps

NASA Reveals First-Ever Full Image of Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Donaldjohanson

PlayStation needs Neil Druckmann more than HBO does

Like Google, China's biggest search player Baidu is beefing up its product with AI to fight rivals

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Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production

Evolution of Minimum Viable Product

The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann is stepping away from the show to focus on future games

The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann is stepping back from the HBO show

New Apple TV 4K could be launching at the best possible moment

LG Gram 17 Touchscreen Laptop Copilot+ PC Is $3,000 Off, This 5-Star 2025 Model at 60% Off Is Going Fast

Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees

The Download: how AI could improve construction site safety, and our Roundtables conversation with Karen Hao

Mystery recall of iPhone engineers may be Chinese interference in Apple’s plans

Chipmakers get larger tax credits in Trump’s latest ‘big beautiful bill’

The 7 best cordless vacuums for 2025

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Mark Zuckerberg’s war chest is Apple’s newest hurdle in the AI race

Something Hilarious Happens When Potential Customers See That a Product Has AI Features

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20% VistaPrint Coupon & Promo Codes | July 2025

Anthropic Let an AI Agent Run a Small Shop and the Result Was Unintentionally Hilarious

The Email Startup Graveyard: Why 80%+ of Email Companies Fail

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