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Documents submitted by Waymo and Tesla to the US government reveal new info about the remote assistance programs for their robotaxis, staffed by human operators (Aarian Marshall/Wired)

February 22, 2026

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Sam Altman says discussions about AI’s energy usage are “unfair”, as it takes “20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time” to train a human (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

February 22, 2026

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the US consulting market is set to grow 7% in 2026, the fastest pace in the post-COVID era, as companies seek advice on profiting from AI (Stephen Foley/Financial Times)

February 22, 2026

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the crypto industry has spent $288M+ on the 2026 US midterms so far, over double the 2024 cycle; crypto PAC Fairshake is the US’ fifth most-funded PAC (Molly White/Citation Needed)

February 22, 2026

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India’s AI Summit highlighted the limits of the country’s AI ambitions, as the US and its tech companies largely dismissed India’s push for global AI governance (Krishn Kaushik/Financial Times)

February 22, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: OpenAI Closes in on $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquired, AI’s Productivity…

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Anthropic’s data shows software engineering accounts for ~50% of its AI agent tool calls; the remaining verticals are greenfields most founders are overlooking (Garry Tan/Garry’s List)

February 22, 2026

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Open source projects like VLC and Blender are seeing a decline in the average quality of contributions, likely as AI coding tools lower barriers to entry (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)

February 22, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: OpenAI Closes in on $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquired, AI’s Productivity…

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Sam Altman says there is some “AI washing”, where companies blame AI for layoffs that they would otherwise do, alongside “real displacement by AI” of some jobs (AJ Dellinger/Gizmodo)

February 22, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: OpenAI Closes in on $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquired, AI’s Productivity…

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Google is ending Gmailify and POP access in Gmail; new users will lose access in Q1 2026, and existing users will keep both features until later in 2026 (David Nield/Wired)

February 21, 2026

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English-language Wikipedia bans Archive.today after editors discover it was used to direct a DDoS attack and tampered with snapshots; 695K+ links to be removed (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

February 21, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: OpenAI Closes in on $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquired, AI’s Productivity…

Browsing: News

Documents submitted by Waymo and Tesla to the US government reveal new info about the remote assistance programs for their robotaxis, staffed by human operators (Aarian Marshall/Wired)

Sam Altman says discussions about AI’s energy usage are “unfair”, as it takes “20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time” to train a human (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

the US consulting market is set to grow 7% in 2026, the fastest pace in the post-COVID era, as companies seek advice on profiting from AI (Stephen Foley/Financial Times)

the crypto industry has spent $288M+ on the 2026 US midterms so far, over double the 2024 cycle; crypto PAC Fairshake is the US’ fifth most-funded PAC (Molly White/Citation Needed)

India’s AI Summit highlighted the limits of the country’s AI ambitions, as the US and its tech companies largely dismissed India’s push for global AI governance (Krishn Kaushik/Financial Times)

Anthropic’s data shows software engineering accounts for ~50% of its AI agent tool calls; the remaining verticals are greenfields most founders are overlooking (Garry Tan/Garry’s List)

Open source projects like VLC and Blender are seeing a decline in the average quality of contributions, likely as AI coding tools lower barriers to entry (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)

Sam Altman says there is some “AI washing”, where companies blame AI for layoffs that they would otherwise do, alongside “real displacement by AI” of some jobs (AJ Dellinger/Gizmodo)

Google is ending Gmailify and POP access in Gmail; new users will lose access in Q1 2026, and existing users will keep both features until later in 2026 (David Nield/Wired)

English-language Wikipedia bans Archive.today after editors discover it was used to direct a DDoS attack and tampered with snapshots; 695K+ links to be removed (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

What Chef Jon Kung Swears By in the Kitchen (2026)

Apple CFO Kevan Parekh says “the iPhone 17 family is now the most popular lineup in our history” and “we believe we gained market share during the quarter” (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

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