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    AIRPODS FOR AI
    ERA (9 MINUTE READ) [5]=20

    Apple is accelerating devel=
    opment on smart glasses, a pendant that
    can be pinned to a shirt or worn =
    as a necklace, and AirPods with
    expanded AI capabilities. All three devic=
    es are being built around the
    Siri digital assistant. They will rely on v=
    isual context to carry out
    actions. Apple is also developing a range of A=
    I devices for the home,
    including a smart display built, an updated HomeP=
    od speaker, and a
    compact indoor sensor for home security and automation.=
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    TESLA BEGINS CYBERCAB PRODUCTION. NOW COMES THE HARD PART (4 MINUTE=

    READ) [6]=20

    Tesla's first purpose-built driverless vehicle has roll=
    ed off the
    Gigafactory Texas production line. The CyberCab is a two-seate=
    r coupe
    that comes without a steering wheel or pedals, fully relying on t=
    he
    company's Full-Self Driving software for control. Robotaxis are
    cent=
    ral to Tesla's plans and could unlock trillions of dollars in
    value. The =
    CyberCab uses a production technique that is extremely
    hard, so the early=
    production rate is expected to be 'agonizingly
    slow', but it will eventu=
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    SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

    SOUPED-UP CRISPR G=
    ENE EDITOR REPLICATES AND SPREADS LIKE A VIRUS (6
    MINUTE READ) [7]=20

    =
    A team at the University of California Berkeley and collaborators
    have m=
    odified CRISPR-Cas9 to replicate and spread to other cells. The
    scientist=
    s added genetic instructions for cells to make a virus-like
    transporter t=
    hat can encapsulate the CRISPR machinery, and once
    manufactured in treate=
    d cells, the CRISPR cargo ships to neighboring
    cells. The upgraded editor=
    is roughly three times more effective at
    gene editing lab-grown cells co=
    mpared to standard CRISPR. It increases
    the safety profile of gene-editin=
    g treatments and potentially expands
    the technology to tissues and organs=
    that are more challenging to
    genetically alter than the liver.=20

    TH=
    E SWEET LESSON OF NEUROSCIENCE (28 MINUTE READ) [8]=20

    The implications=
    of understanding the brain's steering circuits go
    beyond AI. Many psychi=
    atric conditions can be seen as failures of
    internal teaching. Answering =
    how sophisticated, within-lifetime
    teaching actually works inside mammali=
    an brains could link psychiatry,
    developmental neuroscience, and new idea=
    s for AI alignment into a
    research program. Brains are architectures of i=
    nternal teachers. We
    should try to find these teachers and learn from the=
    m.=20

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    PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

    INTROD=
    UCING CLAUDE SONNET 4.6 (12 MINUTE READ) [9]=20

    Claude Sonnet 4.6 featu=
    res a full upgrade of the model's skills
    across coding, computer use, lon=
    g-context reasoning, agent planning,
    knowledge work, and design. It has a=
    1 million token context window.
    The model has very strong safety behavio=
    rs, with no signs of major
    concerns around high-stakes forms of misalignm=
    ent. Claude Sonnet 4.6
    is available now on all Claude plans, Claude Cowor=
    k, Claude Code,
    Anthropics API, and all major cloud platforms.=20

    COD=
    ING AGENTS IN FEB 2026 (13 MINUTE READ) [10]=20

    Different coding agents=
    are good at different tasks - the best way to
    decide which to use is to =
    choose based on time and whether it needs to
    run autonomously or collabor=
    atively. Model performance and speed is
    governed both by the pure perform=
    ance of the model and also how well
    it can manage multiple context window=
    s and delegate to sub-agents or
    teams of agents. This article discusses s=
    everal coding agents and how
    best to use each of them. Ideas, architectur=
    e, and project sequencing
    are becoming the limiting factors for building =
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    MISCELLANEOUS

    REALITY'S MOAT=
    (13 MINUTE READ) [11]=20

    Vertical AI is a fertile ground for moats. Th=
    ese products share
    operational knowledge packaged as services. Customers =
    stay because of
    their own experience of relying on the product under stre=
    ss. Trust
    leads the customer to bring harder problems, harder problems ge=
    nerate
    deeper operational knowledge, and this deeper knowledge earns more=

    trust. Any newcomer trying to enter the market starts at the bottom.=20
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    WARNER BROS. REJECTS PARAMOUNT AGAIN BUT ASKS FOR =E2=80=9CBEST AND FIN=
    AL
    OFFER=E2=80=9D (4 MINUTE READ) [12]=20

    Warner Bros. Discovery is g=
    iving Paramount one more week to make its
    best and final offer despite of=
    ficially still being committed to
    Netflix. The company has recommended sh=
    areholders vote for the Netflix
    merger. Netflix has provided Warner Bros.=
    with a limited waiver that
    permits Warner Bros. to engage in discussions=
    with Paramount until
    February 23. Netflix is set to pay $27.75 per share=
    for an acquisition
    that includes HBO Max, WB Studios, and other assets. =
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