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Today — 18 February 2026Main stream

From “Pending” to “Instant”: How UX Demands Are Changing Casino Cashouts

18 February 2026 at 03:48

Online casinos are booming in popularity as many more people discover the excitement of classic games such as blackjack, poker, roulette, slots, and more. Smartphones and faster broadband speeds have put a casino in everybody’s pocket, allowing gamers access to […]

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OpenAI launches Prism AI workspace on Prism.app, a domain sold for $120K 10 days earlier

17 February 2026 at 22:06

On January 17, NameBio reported that Prism.app had sold for $120,000. Ten days later, the domain began redirecting to prism.openai.com. Now, OpenAI has officially launched Prism, a free AI workspace built for scientific writing and collaboration, powered by GPT-5.2. The timing […]

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This Nuclear Engineer Turned a ‘Boring’ Niche into a $50M-a-Year Business

17 February 2026 at 21:24

From Submarines to HOA Software Ben Currin didn’t plan to build software for homeowners’ associations. He trained as a nuclear engineer. He served as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. His early career revolved around reactor systems and national […]

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Yesterday — 17 February 2026Main stream

Building a Hardware Startup? Plan for Physical Expansion Earlier Than You Think

17 February 2026 at 03:56

Starting a hardware business feels alive. You build tangible solutions to everyday problems, and seeing your concept come to life brings joy unlike anything else. Still, beyond the rush of sketching prototypes or first builds, one key truth tends to […]

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Over 90% of SaaS Projects Fail. Do This Instead

17 February 2026 at 02:41

A founder spends six months building a product. The interface is clean. The onboarding feels intuitive. The feature set is carefully considered. Every edge case has been anticipated. Every pixel is aligned. When launch day finally arrives, there is a […]

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Nvidia just commoditized the voice AI stack with PersonaPlex-7B

16 February 2026 at 23:05

NVIDIA just made every voice AI API a commodity with the launch of the new conversational AI model, PersonaPlex-7B. The open-source full-duplex model collapses ASR, LLM, and TTS into a single 7B system—shifting voice AI margins from APIs to GPUs.  […]

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Top Tech News Today, February 16, 2026

16 February 2026 at 18:48

It’s Monday, February 16, 2026, and here are the top tech stories dominating the news. Today’s digest captures a global snapshot of where leverage is shifting—from silicon and memory to regulation, security, energy systems, and the Moon. AI is no […]

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OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI to lead next-gen personal agents

16 February 2026 at 03:27

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger has joined OpenAI to lead next-generation personal agents, marking a major step in the company’s push toward autonomous AI systems. Sam Altman announced Sunday that Steinberger is coming aboard OpenAI to drive what he described as […]

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ByteDance in talks to sell gaming unit Moonton in $6B–$7B deal to Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games

13 February 2026 at 19:38

ByteDance is edging closer to a landmark deal that could redraw its gaming ambitions. The TikTok owner is in advanced talks to sell Shanghai Moonton Technology, the studio behind the hit mobile title Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, to Saudi Arabia’s […]

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Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B valuation

13 February 2026 at 02:57

Anthropic has pulled off one of the largest funding rounds in startup history, raising $30 billion in a Series G that pushes its valuation to $380 billion. The deal comes just weeks after another massive raise, showing how quickly investor […]

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The Press Release Problem in Crypto: When Paid Visibility Replaces Journalism

13 February 2026 at 02:34

Crypto has no shortage of information. What it increasingly lacks is separation. A recent independent analysis conducted by Chainstory of nearly 3,000 crypto press releases highlights a structural issue that many readers, founders, and journalists have sensed for years but […]

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China successfully landed reusable rocket on the sea, closing the gap with SpaceX

12 February 2026 at 23:20

On April 8, 2016, SpaceX became the first company in the world to land and recover an orbital-class rocket booster at sea, touching down a Falcon 9 first stage on an autonomous drone ship after a mission to the International […]

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OpenClaw Is Going Viral. Here’s The #1 Use Case and 35 Ways People Automate Work and Life With It

12 February 2026 at 21:52

OpenClaw didn’t ease its way into public view. It erupted. The project launched on January 25 as Claudebot. Two days later, an Anthropic trademark notice landed. Within hours, the name changed to Moltbot. Another rebrand followed days later, this time to […]

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Tangible secures $4.3M seed to help hardtech startups replace equity with structured debt

12 February 2026 at 17:21

Hardtech startups are building the physical backbone of the modern economy. From energy systems and transport networks to data centers and industrial hardware, these companies need real assets long before they reach traditional scale. The problem is how those assets […]

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Probability Calibration Explained Using Reliability Diagrams And Real Platforms

11 February 2026 at 20:38

A model that says “0.90 confident” is making a promise. It is not saying “I feel sure.” It is saying, “In situations like this, I will be right about 90% of the time.” Many teams treat that number like a […]

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Largest funding rounds of early 2026: Top startups attracting massive VC investment

11 February 2026 at 19:41

If 2025 was the year AI proved it could work, early 2026 is the moment investors decided it must scale. Over the past several weeks, venture capital activity has shifted decisively away from lightweight experimentation and toward execution at industrial […]

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