Timef 02/20/2026

The CEOs of Read AI and Lucidya told TechCrunch at Web Summit Qatar that they see AI tools replacing tasks, rather than workers.

The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings reveals an under-the-radar player: a notorious former DC police officer.

YouTube is testing conversational AI on smart TVs, allowing viewers to ask the assistant questions related to the video they're watching on the big screen.

The robots will be unloading totes full of auto parts from an automated warehouse tugger.

With cocoa prices high, Hershey’s has changed some of its candy recipes. The grandson of the man who invented of the original Peanut Butter Cup said he was “embarrassed.”

Legions of fans from around the world have been cheering on Punch, a 7-month-old macaque who had been struggling to socialize at a zoo outside Tokyo.

Fallout, Neighbors, and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters are just a few of the TV shows we’re swooning over for February.

Every quarter, I take one hour to write down what truly matters — and that simple ritual guides my decisions, focus and sanity.

I walked away from my career at Goldman Sachs to find fulfillment. I found my calling helping others build their dreams.

On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising.

Reporter Zoë Bernard spent months talking to 51 people (31 of them gay men) to map out a subculture that's been an open secret in Silicon Valley for years: gay men, at the upper echelons of tech, quietly raising up their own networks the way powerful people have always done.

Elon Musk's company town already has a volunteer fire department, and is forming a Starbase Police Department. Now it wants its own court, too.

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.

These compact Edifier speakers may not be the fanciest, but they'll blow your monitor's built-in speakers out of the water.

New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. We look at possible solutions.

Ted Raad, 37, drew on his negotiation skills to start a business.

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.

Discover why some of the most impactful entrepreneurs don't have "founder" titles, but are already on your payroll.

The Trump administration is threatening to leave the influential agency unless it stops publishing its annual road map for cutting planet-warming emissions.

A new BlackRock survey found that Americans think they need $2.1 million to comfortably retire.

The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it's betting on a smaller, more valuable audience.

Venture capital icon Bill Gurley on finding your dream job and avoiding a career you’ll regret.

Here's how intentional office design boosts productivity, removes friction, strengthens culture and quietly communicates forward-thinking leadership.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai had some interesting things to say at the AI Impact Summit in India.

Split View, PDF annotations and 'Save to Chrome' features come to the Chrome browser.

After years of watching smart teams mistake sampling for safety, I no longer ask how many AI tests we ran, only which failures we have made impossible by design.

Google says the Gemini 3.1 Pro reasoning model outperforms Claude and ChatGPT on Humanity's Last Exam and other key benchmarks.

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A small group of users in the U.S. will start to see search results that include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct where-to-buy links.

"Toy Story 5" hits theaters June 19.

Gen X CEOs who win at personal branding are moving away from generic, AI-written visibility toward a strategic approach that prioritizes depth, intention, trust and quality over volume.

The philanthropist made the announcement on Thursday, after having earlier confirmed his participation in a prominent artificial intelligence summit in India.

The U.S. has launched a major military buildup in the Middle East is it threatens Iran with potential military strikes.

Panera Bread confirms cybersecurity incident exposing customer contact information as class-action lawsuits are filed and hackers leak 760-megabyte archive of stolen data.

The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is on sale for $439, down from the normal price of $499. That's a 13% discount.

Six months ago, Amazon announced a new robot initiative for its warehouses. That is no longer happening.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to spur the domestic production of glyphosate and elemental phosphorus.

Google has reportedly rolled out a major change for Maps users who aren't logged in to an account.

Can you crack Mashable's latest puzzle? "Crime 101"s Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry play our new mash-up game.

The New York Times is looking to speak to Americans about how the most recent tax cuts are affecting their pocketbooks.

At least two people in Zuckerberg's entourage wore the AI glasses as he testified in a landmark trial accusing Instagram of being designed to addict children.

The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

"If you are interested in helping shape and deliver the next chapter of Palantir’s work across DHS, please reach out,” a Palantir executive wrote to employees about the massive purchasing agreement.

In "Pressure," Brendan Fraser plays Dwight D. Eisenhower in the hours leading up to D-Day. The film hits theaters May 29.

The governor of New York pulled a robotaxi expansion proposal that was viewed as a win for Waymo.

The U.S. trade deficit swelled in December, closing out a year in which the imbalance was essentially unchanged.

Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.

Brad Reese, 70, wrote an open letter accusing Hershey of replacing the milk chocolate and peanut butter with cheaper ingredients.

Save 25% on your first year of streaming on BritBox through the Prime Video add-on subscription after a seven-day trial.

Meta's CEO was questioned over the addictive nature of its social media apps like Instagram, and other teen harms.

"House of the Dragon" Season 3 premieres in June. Watch the teaser trailer.

The Petlibro Automatic Pet Feeder (5 liter) is on sale at Amazon for $69.99, down from the list price of $99.99. That's a 30% discount.

If completed, the project would be among the largest and most expensive natural gas power plants.

X’s product lead describes his role as “the hardest” job of his life.

How to watch ice hockey for free. Live stream Canada vs. Finland in men's ice hockey for free from anywhere in the world.

The 13-inch Apple M4 MacBook Air is on sale for just $849 at Amazon, but it's going out of stock quick. Grab it for $150 off while you can.

OpenAI is reportedly getting close to closing a $100 billion deal, with backers including Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, and Microsoft. The deal would value the ChatGPT-maker at $850 billion.

Current introduces a stress-free, totally reimagined RSS news reading app as a one-time paid download.

The LG 27-inch Ultragear OLED gaming monitor is on sale for $499.99 at Amazon. That's $400 off and its lowest price on record.

Productivity and long hours aside, who or what is driving the disengagement and is there any hope of resuscitating the American workforce, or should we even try?

The Japanese sex toy maker said a hacker broke into an employee's inbox and stole customer names, email addresses, and correspondence, including order details and customer service inquiries.

The lawsuit accuses Apple of prioritizing privacy branding and its own business interests over child safety.

Accenture started tracking how often senior staff are logging in to its AI tools this month saying AI adoption will be a "visible input to talent discussions."

The state’s attorney general said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the company declined to use tools that recognize the material stored on iCloud.

Ravenna Hub, which lets parents apply and track the status of their kids' applications across thousands of schools, allowed any logged-in user to access the personally identifiable data associated with any other user, including their children.

Reload announces a $2.275 million raise in a round led by Anthemis and the launch of its first AI employee, Epic.

Rivian is launching a companion app that pairs with Apple Watch in the coming week.

Meta is working on a smartwatch and is aiming to launch it in 2026, a new report claims.

The rollout includes two-way integration that surfaces streaming links directly inside ChatGPT.

Mirai raised a $10 million seed to improve how AI models run on devices like smartphones and laptops.

What is Raya? And other FAQs about the dating app, answered

Panic mode can set off the impulse to fill silence with an onslaught of words, to explain, extrapolate and defend your brand when you're hit with a PR crisis.

The company is acquiring Gen Z-favorite Depop from Etsy.

U.S. energy chief Chris Wright said the U.S. would pressure the global energy watchdog to move away from its net zero agenda over the coming months.

Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services.

Amari AI is making custom AI-powered software that helps customs brokers modernize and minimize constantly shifting trade policies.

AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier but maintaining them is just as hard.

Most founders start with a solution, but I started with a problem: Why do millions of people misunderstand their own doctor's advice?

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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi prompted speakers at the event to join hands and raise them in a show of unity, all executives on stage obliged, except OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei, who held their hands conspicuously apart.

Oil prices spiked and stocks fell as tensions between Washington and Tehran unnerved investors.

New Balance grew sales 19% to $9.2 billion in 2025 as its emphasis on street-wear styles and performance resonate with a wide range of shoppers.

Romance scams happen when scammers pretend to be someone they're not on a dating site in hopes to steal money from victims.

Homes.com launched Homes AI powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI, enabling conversational home search where buyers describe preferences in plain language.

Private credit specialist Blue Owl said it will restrict quarterly liquidity for investors in its retail-focused debt fund.

Bill Gates has become a point of controversy at a major Indian AI festival this week, amid the fallout of the latest Epstein file release.

“I think we're the only quote-unquote manufacturing company out there that has H200 clusters in a data center on site."

Despite economic headwinds, small businesses are pivoting from survival to strategic growth by investing in modernized marketing and proactive technologies like agentic AI.

United Airlines is overhauling its MileagePlus loyalty program to reward customers who have the carrier's credit card over those without it.

As of Feb. 19, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is discounted to $39.99 at Amazon, 33% off its list price of $59.99.

Samsung’s 27-inch Odyssey OLED G5 drops to $349.99 on Amazon — its lowest price yet, saving gamers $200 on this QD-OLED display.

Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy 3-pack Play Boosters drop to $24.97 at Amazon, saving $7 and majorly cutting the cost per pack.

Shoppers are turning to Walmart to stretch their dollars, but an uncertain economy and trade tensions will test the retailer’s new executive team.

One of the most consequential decisions early-stage founders have to make is who they will bring on as their founding team. The first five to 10 employees will have a massive impact on the company culture, and the precedents set with them are difficult to change down the road. That’s why this season on Build […]

From Feb. 17-28, download the Chick-fil-A app and redeem your free chicken biscuit during breakfast hours while supplies last.

It marks the first earnings report since new Walmart CEO John Furner took over in early February.

On Feb. 20 from 10 a.m., guests nationwide can score a limited-edition Dunkin’ iced coffee glove with the purchase of any iced beverage.

His comments come as the Caribbean island nation grapples with a worsening economic crisis.

Reliance has begun building multi-gigawatt AI data centers in Jamnagar, with more than 120 MW of capacity expected to come online in 2026.