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17 February 2026 Vol 19
US government weighs buying a stake in Intel after Trump meets CEO

US government weighs buying a stake in Intel after Trump meets CEO

According to sources talking to Bloomberg, the US government is now discussing the possibility of purchasing a stake in Intel.…
That ‘cheap’ open-source AI model is actually burning through your compute budget

That ‘cheap’ open-source AI model is actually burning through your compute budget

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The Best Summer Horror Movies

The Best Summer Horror Movies

Scary movies in the fall make sense, but horror has roots in the summer, too. How about Friday the 13th…
Gartner: GPT-5 is here, but the infrastructure to support true agentic AI isn’t (yet)

Gartner: GPT-5 is here, but the infrastructure to support true agentic AI isn’t (yet)

While OpenAI’s GPT-5 is highly-performant, capable and an important step forward, it features just faint glimmers of true agentic AI. Read…
Fortnite login is mostly back after an outage

Fortnite login is mostly back after an outage

Fortnite players on most platforms are able to hop into matches following a login issue that Epic Games described as…
The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block

The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block

One more thing How environmental DNA is giving scientists a new way to understand our world Environmental DNA is a…
AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill

AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill

Getting clones taken down can be an exhausting process for developers. Small studios have less time, energy, and resources to…
US government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel

US government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel

The Trump administration continues to meddle with semiconductor giant Intel. The U.S. government is reportedly in discussions to take a…
Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China

Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China

The tech industry is reeling from President Trump’s surprising new deal with Nvidia. Earlier this week, Trump said he would…
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future

Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future

War or not, the Biden administration was placing a high-stakes bet that the United States could use its leverage to…