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London lawsuit: Getir co-founders Nazim Salur and Serkan Boranç&inodot;l&inodot; sue Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for $700M, alleging a “significant loss” in breaking up Getir assets (www.ft.com)
2026-2-16 Asset London

Analysis: US productivity rose by ~2.7% in 2025, nearly doubling the 1.4% annual average over a decade, as AI-exposed sectors cooled their entry-level hiring (t.co)
2026-2-16 AI

OpenAI retired GPT-4o on February 13, angering loyal users, 20K+ of whom signed a petition; 4o showed the unique attachment that people can form with chatbots (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-16 chatbot

ByteDance says it “respects IP rights and we have heard the concerns regarding Seedance” and it plans to “strengthen” safeguards, after Disney's legal threats (www.bbc.com)
2026-2-16

A look at the US tech industry's effort to influence Californian politics: fighting the 5% billionaire tax, super PACs, and seeking a new tech-friendly governor (www.theguardian.com)
2026-2-16 Tax

A look at Anti Fund, a small VC firm cofounded by YouTuber Jake Paul that has gained access to hot rounds in startups like OpenAI, Anduril, Polymarket, and Ramp (fortune.com)
2026-2-16 Startup YouTuber

Sensor Tower: dating app downloads in Saudi Arabia have risen annually for five years, hitting 3.5M in 2025, as liberalization enables more casual relationships (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-16 Arabia Sensor Saudi Arabia

Analysis: sports bets on Kalshi generate an estimated ~$1.3B in annualized revenue, underscoring the threat prediction markets pose to traditional operators (www.ft.com)
2026-2-16

In a podcast, OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger describes his phone calls with Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman, and says he had been contacted by “every big VC” (www.implicator.ai)
2026-2-16 Zuckerberg

Sam Altman says Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI “to drive the next generation of personal agents”; OpenClaw will remain open source (x.com)
2026-2-16

'I Tried Running Linux On an Apple Silicon Mac and Regretted It' (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-2-16 Linux Apple

Google patches first Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-16 Google Chrome

Credit derivatives trading on specific tech companies continues to rise, amid concerns that they may be borrowing too much to fuel AI development (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-16 AI

Sensor Tower: TikTok's US DAUs are at ~95% of the week of Jan. 19, with engagement metrics showing little sign of a mass exodus since its Jan. 23 US takeover (www.cnbc.com)
2026-2-16 Sensor

Vitalik Buterin, who backed Polymarket, says he's “starting to worry” that prediction markets “seem to be over-converging to an unhealthy product market fit” (www.theblock.co)
2026-2-16 Vitalik Buterin

Will Tech Giants Just Use AI Interactions to Create More Effective Ads? (slashdot.org)
2026-2-16 AI

Bengaluru-based C2i Semiconductors, building a “grid-to-GPU” power system for datacenters, raised a $15M Series A led by Peak XV, bringing total funding to $19M (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-16

Canada Goose investigating as hackers leak 600K customer records (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-16 Canada

Following Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP (variety.com)
2026-2-16 AI

Keir Starmer says no platform “should get a free pass”, as the UK moves to tighten online safety laws covering AI chatbots and social media, to protect children (www.ft.com)
2026-2-16 AI chatbot

India-based AI cloud startup Neysa plans to raise up to $600M in equity led by Blackstone, plus $600M in debt, to deploy 20K+ GPUs in India for AI training (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-16 India Startup AI Equity

Ars Technica's AI Reporter Apologizes For Mistakenly Publishing Fake AI-Generated Quotes (news.slashdot.org)
2026-2-16 AI

New ClickFix attack abuses nslookup to retrieve PowerShell payload via DNS (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-16

A look at a new generation of Chinese billionaire AI entrepreneurs who keep a low profile, with fortunes entwined with China's push for tech independence (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-16 China AI Entrepreneur

Windows 11 KB5077181 fixes boot failures linked to failed updates (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-16

Rivian's Stock Spikes 27% After Reporting $144 Million Profit in 2025 (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-16

India's New Social Media Rules: Remove Unlawful Content in Three Hours, Detect Illegal AI Content Automatically (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-16 India AI Social Media

Researchers outline Iran's digital surveillance capabilities, integrated across communications and internet networks, and recently used to track down protesters (www.nytimes.com)
2026-2-16 Iran

Sam Bankman-Fried Requests New Trial in FTX Crypto Fraud Case (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-2-16

Sam Altman says Peter Steinberger, founder of OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI “to drive the next generation of personal agents”; OpenClaw will remain open source (www.theinformation.com)
2026-2-16

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