Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features
Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
U.S. court bars OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’
OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters."
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Tesla dodges 30-day suspension in California after removing Autopilot
The decision comes a month after Tesla discontinued Autopilot, its basic driver-assistance system.
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Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says
Amnesty International says it found evidence that a government customer of Intellexa, a sanctioned surveillance vendor, used its Predator spyware against a prominent journalist in Angola.
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Jack Altman joins Benchmark as GP
Jack Altman and Benchmark announced today that he would be joining the firm as a general partner.
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Ford turns to F1 and bounties to build a $30,000 electric truck
The team, led by Tesla veteran Alan Clarke, is obsessed with efficiency.
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Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use
An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.
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Apple is reportedly cooking up a trio of AI wearables
As the AI hardware space heats up, the iPhone maker has multiple smart products in development.
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Thrive raises $10B for new fund, its largest yet
Thrive Capital just raised $10 billion for its new fund-- nearly double the size of its last fund.
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Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’
The new project, called Material Scale, will initially focus on climate tech startups in the apparel industry.
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Snapchat launches creator subscription in the U.S.
Snapchat will let creators set their monthly subscription price.
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Just 8 months in, India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M
Indian vibe-coding platform Emergent was launched just eight months ago, and it now says it's generating annual recurring revenue of more than $100 million, thanks to surging demand by small businesses and non-technical users.
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SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help hospitals track spending
SpendRule, launched last summer, is an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare systems track their spending.
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As AI jitters rattle IT stocks, Infosys partners with Anthropic to build ‘enterprise-grade’ AI agents
Under the partnership, Infosys plans to integrate Anthropic's Claude models into its Topaz AI platform to build so-called "agentic" systems.
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