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America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Feb 20, 2026
For decades, America's auto industry was the envy of the world, driven by mass production, the rise of Detroit's Big Three automakers, and the iconic...
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The CDC Has a Leadership Crisis
- Emily Mullin
- Feb 20, 2026
A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it's had only acting directors—and...
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FCC calls on broadcasters to air ‘pro-America content’ for the country’s 250th anniversary
- Emma Roth
- Feb 20, 2026
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is urging broadcasters to air "patriotic, pro-America content" in celebration of the US's 250th a...
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Tunic publisher claims TikTok ran 'racist, sexist' AI ads for one of its games without its knowledge
- Matt Tate
- Feb 20, 2026
Indie publisher and developer Finji has accused TikTok of using generative AI to alter the ads for its games on the platform without its knowledge or...
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Trump Mobile is just Liberty Mobile in gold foil
- Dominic Preston
- Feb 20, 2026
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. This week, we explain how the presidential phone company connects to an olde...
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OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027
- Andre Revilla
- Feb 20, 2026
OpenAI is reportedly hard at work developing a series of AI-powered devices, including smart glasses, a smart speaker and a smart lamp. According to r...
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Smart glasses in court are a privacy nightmare
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 20, 2026
When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrived at a Los Angeles courthouse on Wednesday, he did so with a team that appeared to be wearing Meta's camera-equipp...
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13-hour AWS outage reportedly caused by Amazon's own AI tools
- Lawrence Bonk
- Feb 20, 2026
A recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that lasted 13 hours was reportedly caused by one of its own AI tools, according to reporting by Financial T...
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NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon
- Kris Holt
- Feb 20, 2026
The Artemis 2 launch is edging closer as NASA has now set a target date for the 10-day mission to get underway. The agency is aiming to launch as soon...
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Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake
- Robert Hart
- Feb 20, 2026
Amazon Web Services suffered a 13-hour outage to one system in December as a result of its AI coding assistant Kiro's actions, according to the Financ...
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OpenAI’s first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera
- Jay Peters
- Feb 20, 2026
OpenAI's first hardware release will be a smart speaker with a camera that will probably cost between $200 and $300, according to The Information. The...
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Prop bet
- Elizabeth Lopatto
- Feb 20, 2026
Substack has updated its partnership with betting platform Polymarket, "introducing native tools that make it easier to share, discuss, and debate pre...