Daily Tech Headlines

US president signs EO against cybercrime, Nintendo sues the U.S. government over imposed tariffs, Claude’s consumer growth is on the rise. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oracle Plans Thousands of Job Cuts Amid AI Cloud Investment Cash Shortfall, OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 with Agentic Capabilities, 1M Token Context Window, and US Seeks to Become AI Gatekeeper with Sweeping Chip Export Controls. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech Giants Sign White House's "Ratepayer Protection Pledge", Meta Reverses Policy, Allows Third-Party AI Chatbots on WhatsApp Business API in Europe for 12 Months, and Android and Play Store Overhaul Driven by Epic Settlement and Regulatory Pressure. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google lowers cut to 20% in the Play Store, Sony cancels plans to bring future single-player PlayStation titles to PC, Apple renames CPU cores in the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.  Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Middle East Conflict Drone Strikes Take Down Three AWS Data Centers, Apple Unveils New M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips, and Meta AI Tests Experimental Shopping Tool with US Desktop Users. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iranian strikes damage AWS data center in Dubai, Qualcomm introduces Wi-Fi 8 chip, ByteDance’s Pico unveils Project Swan headset. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI music startup Suno claims 2M paid subscribers, Ultrahuman launches third-gen Ring Pro, HoloLens headsets get repurposed for military cargo inspections. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Block Announces Global Layoff Cutting 40% of Workforce, OpenAI Closes Massive $110B Funding Round at $730B Valuation, and South Korea Reverses Course Granting Google Permission to Export Geographic Data for Google Maps. Link to Show Notes . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FTC Offers COPPA Enforcement Exemption for Companies Using Age Verification, Gemini AI Introduces Task Automation on Pixel 10, Galaxy S26, and Instagram Rolls Out New Suicide and Self-Harm Search Alerts for Parents. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Pew Research Center study shows 54% of teens between 13 and 17 years old use chatbots for school assignments, a California judge dismisses a trade secrets lawsuit from xAI against OpenAI, and Japan's antitrust authority raids Microsoft Japan's offices over suspected violations of the antimonopoly act with Azure.  Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/d...

Panasonic Hands Over Global TV Business to China's Skyworth, Meta Strikes Major Deal with AMD for Instinct GPUs, and Discord Ends UK Age Verification Test Amid Privacy Concerns. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uber announces Uber Autonomous Solutions available for AV partners, OpenAI creates a "Frontier Alliances" with four major consulting firms, and Firefox will end support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 at the end of February.  Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The U.S. government launches “Tech Corps”, Anthropic launches Claude Code Security, Amazon surpasses Walmart as world’s largest company. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New Pentagon Cybersecurity Rules Spur Small Defense Suppliers to Quit Military Work, Major Tech Companies Ban Experimental Agentic AI Tool, OpenClaw, and Iranian Nationals Indicted for Trade Secret Theft from Google and Other Tech Companies. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SeatGeek Partners with Spotify to Sell Concert Tickets Directly In-App, NY Gov. Hochul Withdraws Proposal for Robotaxi Expansion Outside NYC, Setback for Waymo, and Rivian Owners Get Apple Watch Control with New Companion App. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft says a bug in 365 Copilot caused AI to summarize emails marked confidential, Meta agrees to buy millions of Nvidia chips, OpenAI partners with six major universities and institutes in India. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WBD Gives Paramount 7-Day Deadline for Final Acquisition Offer Despite Favoring Netflix Deal, Apple Begins Internal E2EE RCS Testing in iOS 26.4 Beta, and Snapchat Creator Subscription Alpha Launches Feb 23. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former NPR host David Greene sues Google for allegedly replicating his voice in NotebookLM, Western Digital reveals 2026 capacity is already booked through, and OpenAI officially discontinues access to the GPT-4o model.  Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

U.S. military reportedly used Anthropic’s AI model Claude during classified Venezuela operation, Apple reports 66% of all iPhones now run iOS 26, security researchers identify more than 300 malicious Chrome extensions.  Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

White House to Add Alibaba to Pentagon's China Military List, Risking Tensions with Beijing, Meta to Reintroduce Facial Recognition 'Name Tag' on Smart Glasses, and YouTube Launches Dedicated VisionOS App for Apple Vision Pro. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia Blocks WhatsApp, Promotes Surveillance-Prone 'National Messenger' MAX, Soaring Memory Prices Accelerate Corporate PC Purchases, and Anthropic Significantly Upgrades Free Tier of Claude Chatbot. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta, TikTok, Snap agree to be evaluated under new teen safety rating system, TikTok rolls out “Local Feed” in the U.S., Samsung announces iGalaxy Unpacked event on February 25th. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spotify Hits Record User and Profitability Milestones, Driven by "Wrapped" and New Co-CEOs, Bipartisan CLEAR Act Requires AI Companies to Disclose Copyrighted Training Data, and Paramount Sweetens Warner Bros. Discovery Bid to Counter Netflix Offer. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The European Commission wants to stop Meta blocking WhatsApp 3rd-party AI assistants, Google rolls out paywall for YouTube Music lyrics, SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to “self-growing city” on the Moon. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waymo uses DeepMind’s Genie 3 AI model to train on simulated scenes, DoJ probes possible Netflix anticompetitive tactics pre-WBD sale, AI.com domain sells for about $70 million. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.