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Google ends access to Gmailify and POP in Gmail; new users will lose access in the first quarter of 2026 and existing users will retain both features until later in 2026 (David Nield/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 21, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Closes to $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquisition, AI Productivity Question – with Aaron Levie The…

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Pinterest users, especially artists, say the platform has gotten worse over the past year due to AI moderation, AI-generated art, and AI features (Matthew Gault/404 Media)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 21, 2026

Matthieu Gault / 404 Media: Pinterest users, particularly artists, say the platform has gotten worse over the past year due…

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Apple adds support for third-party voice chat apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, giving CarPlay users access to apps like AI chatbots (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

Julie Clover / MacRumors: Apple is adding support for third-party voice chat apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, giving…

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Facebook offers users the ability to animate their profile picture and revamp their Stories or Memories using preset options or a text-based AI prompt (Jay Peters/The Verge).

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 10, 2026

Jay Peters / The edge: Facebook offers users the ability to animate their profile picture and revamp their Stories or…

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Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are launching new models and spending millions on “red envelope” gifts to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz – Inside 3G Capital The leading destination for learning…

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Spotify is partnering with Bookshop.org to allow Premium users in the US and UK to purchase hardcover and paperback books through its app this spring; Bookshop.org fulfills orders (Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Nick, Dick and Paul Show: Side effects may include… (Wellness Industry, Part 2) Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo…

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Tencent Cloud, DigitalOcean and Alibaba Cloud add support for OpenClaw, giving users access to AI agent service; many OpenClaw users run it on a Mac mini (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

Simon Sharwood / The register: Tencent Cloud, DigitalOcean and Alibaba Cloud add support for OpenClaw, giving users access to AI…

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A profile of Brazilian neobank Nubank, which aims to enter the US market within 18 months, increasing its number of users by more than 120 million; analysts expect net profit of $2.9 billion in 2025 (Michael Pooler/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 3, 2026

Michael Pooler / Financial Times: A profile of Brazilian neobank Nubank, which aims to enter the US market within 18…

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A look at WhatsApp’s E2E encryption and whether it protects against metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users’ private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts…)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 3, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The Moltbook uprising, NVIDIA’s OpenAI withdrawal, Apple’s conundrum The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind…

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Dutch consumer protection regulator launches investigation into Roblox under DSA over potential risks to underage users in EU (Charlotte Van Campenhout/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 30, 2026

Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters: Dutch consumer protection regulator launches investigation into Roblox under DSA over potential risks to underage…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

Some Mac Mini and Mac Studio models are unavailable or facing wait times of up to 12 weeks in the United States, with analysts citing strong demand from power users of AI agents (Nicole Nguyen/Wall Street Journal)

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Browsing: users

Google ends access to Gmailify and POP in Gmail; new users will lose access in the first quarter of 2026 and existing users will retain both features until later in 2026 (David Nield/Wired)

Pinterest users, especially artists, say the platform has gotten worse over the past year due to AI moderation, AI-generated art, and AI features (Matthew Gault/404 Media)

Apple adds support for third-party voice chat apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, giving CarPlay users access to apps like AI chatbots (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Facebook offers users the ability to animate their profile picture and revamp their Stories or Memories using preset options or a text-based AI prompt (Jay Peters/The Verge).

Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are launching new models and spending millions on “red envelope” gifts to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)

Spotify is partnering with Bookshop.org to allow Premium users in the US and UK to purchase hardcover and paperback books through its app this spring; Bookshop.org fulfills orders (Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg/Wall Street Journal)

Tencent Cloud, DigitalOcean and Alibaba Cloud add support for OpenClaw, giving users access to AI agent service; many OpenClaw users run it on a Mac mini (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

A profile of Brazilian neobank Nubank, which aims to enter the US market within 18 months, increasing its number of users by more than 120 million; analysts expect net profit of $2.9 billion in 2025 (Michael Pooler/Financial Times)

A look at WhatsApp’s E2E encryption and whether it protects against metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users’ private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts…)

Dutch consumer protection regulator launches investigation into Roblox under DSA over potential risks to underage users in EU (Charlotte Van Campenhout/Reuters)