The AirPods Pro 2 Are $100 Off Right Now

This is a great chance to swoop up the second-generation AirPods Pro for an all-time low price.

YouTube Music Just Put Lyrics Behind the Paywall

Not cool, YouTube. Not cool.

?? Claude Opus 4.6 Drops -> Anthropic’s Most Powerful Model Yet

PLUS: OpenAI unveils GPT-5.3-Codex with advanced coding and reasoning capabilities…

Why the Moltbook frenzy was like Pokémon

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Lots of influential people in tech last week were describing Moltbook, an online hangout populated by AI agents interacting with one another, as a glimpse into the future. It appeared to show…

The Download: what Moltbook tells us about AI hype, and the rise and rise of AI therapy

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Moltbook was peak AI theater For a few days recently, the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots.…

Automations and timers now in room view

At the beginning of the year, Philips Hue announced several software innovations at CES in Las Vegas. First and foremost, of course, is the new SpatialAware, which we will have to wait a few more weeks for. Philips Hue has already implemented other announcements, such as the availability of the Hue AI assistant in additional…

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The ISE 2026 Edit: More Standout Devices from the Show Floor

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2026 may not have delivered a single breakout “must-have” device, but the Barcelona show floor was packed with incremental – and increasingly AI-driven – updates across meeting room hardware, collaboration platforms and workplace displays. While much of the industry attention focused on major LED, projection and immersive AV launches, a steady […]

The 50+ Questions to Ask HCM Vendors if You’re Looking for Measurable ROI

Choosing between HCM vendors used to be a lot simpler. Most companies offered similar features for similar prices; all you really needed was something that fit with the stack and strategy you already had. That’s starting to change now that human capital management software sits right in the middle of revenue efficiency, compliance exposure, hybrid-work […]

The XR Week Peek (2026.02.09): Valve delays Steam Frame, Meta confirms work on two headsets, and more!

I had a very pleasant weekend, and I hope you did too. I had fun, but I also spent some time researching the best XR news of the week so that I could write this report for you. Enjoy! Top news of the week Valve is reconsidering the Steam Frame price and release date We start this […]

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Completes Dry Dress Rehearsal

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew members achieved a critical prelaunch milestone by completing their dry dress rehearsal at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev practiced launch day operations, including suiting up, traveling to the pad, and boarding […]

Expedition 74 Works Research Gear, Soyuz Training as NASA Adjusts Crew-12 Launch Date

Expedition 74 began the week setting up pharmaceutical and exercise research hardware continuing ongoing studies to advance human health on and off the Earth. The orbital trio aboard the International Space Station also simulated a quick return to Earth scenario aboard the Soyuz spacecraft as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission targets a new launch date.

Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss & Clay Hunt VR Are Quest’s Horizon+ Monthly Games This February

Here are the Meta Horizon+ Monthly Games for February 2026, including one of the best strategy games on the market, Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss.

Khronos Moves to Integrate Gaussian Splatting Into glTF 3D Format

The Khronos Group is aiming to standardize Gaussian splatting by proposing a release candidate for an integration into the widely adopted glTF 3D format.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Answer Questions from Quarantine

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev answered questions Sunday from the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their virtual briefing with the media, Crew-12 discussed their science objections aboard the International […]

How EU Regulators Might Change TikTok

European regulators say that TikTok is too “addictive,” and it could have worldwide implications.

Valve To “Revisit” Steam Frame Shipping Schedule & Pricing

Valve says it needs to “revisit our exact shipping schedule and pricing” for Steam Frame and Steam Machine amid the global memory shortage.

Snap Spins Out AR Specs Into Its Own Subsidiary

Snap spun its Specs AR glasses into its own subsidiary, and reconfirmed that it plans to launch the consumer product this year.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 ‘Go’ For Launch

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission has been cleared to proceed with launch preparations following a Flight Readiness Review with NASA, SpaceX, and the agency’s international partners. Liftoff of Crew-12 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft remains on track for no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from Space Launch Complex […]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Flies to NASA Kennedy

The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission are on their way to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete final preparations before their launch to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev took off at 6:55 […]

It’s Fine, You Can Lift in Running Shoes

Squishy sneakers might not be ideal, but plenty of people have lifted in them and lived to tell the tale.

This Substack Data Breach May Have Compromised Nearly 700,000 User Records

Substack won’t share official numbers, but it seems like a pretty significant data breach.

??Tutorial: Turn ChatGPT Into Your Chief of Staff (Runs Your Week in 30 Minutes)

PLUS: everything you need + all prompts inside…

?? Google’s Gemini hits 750M users (and it’s growing fast)

PLUS: Learn how to find leads and daily trends using AI…

Moltbook was peak AI theater

For a few days this week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots. As the website’s tagline puts it: “Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.” We observed! Launched on January 28 by Matt Schlicht,…

The Download: helping cancer survivors to give birth, and cleaning up Bangladesh’s garment industry

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. An experimental surgery is helping cancer survivors give birth An experimental surgical procedure that’s helping people have babies after they’ve had  treatment for bowel or rectal cancer. Radiation and chemo can have pretty…