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Alibaba debuts Qwen 3.5, adding "visual agentic capabilities" to independently execute tasks, and says it is 60% cheaper to use and 8x better at large workloads (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters : Alibaba debuts Qwen 3.5, adding “visual agentic capabilities” to independently execute tasks, and says it is...

16 February 2026

Alibaba debuts Qwen 3.5, adding "visual agentic capabilities" to independently execute tasks, and says it is 60% cheaper to use and 8x better at large workloads (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters:
Alibaba debuts Qwen 3.5, adding “visual agentic capabilities” to independently execute tasks, and says it is 60% cheaper to use and 8x better at large workloads  —  Alibaba on Monday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model Qwen 3.5 designed to execute complex tasks independently …

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London lawsuit: Getir co-founders Nazim Salur and Serkan Borançılı sue Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for $700M, alleging a "significant loss" in breaking up Getir assets (Suzi Ring/Financial Times)

Suzi Ring / Financial Times:
London lawsuit: Getir co-founders Nazim Salur and Serkan Borançılı sue Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for $700M, alleging a “significant loss” in breaking up Getir assets  —  Entrepreneurs behind food delivery start-up sue Gulf sovereign wealth fund in London

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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 (Erik Brynjolfsson/Financial Times)

Erik Brynjolfsson / Financial Times:
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  —  New economic data suggests the US is transitioning to a phase of measurable gains from the technology

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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 (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
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  —  GPT-4o showed the unique attachment that people can form with chatbots  —  OpenAI is forcing thousands of people to break up with its most controversial AI model.

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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 (Osmond Chia/BBC)

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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  —  Chinese technology giant ByteDance has pledged to curb a controversial artificial intelligence (AI) …

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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 (Dara Kerr/The Guardian)

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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  —  As Gavin Newsom departs, ultra-wealthy flex wealth and influence to fight regulation and keep the boom going

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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 (Jake Angelo/Fortune)

Jake Angelo / Fortune:
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  —  Jake Paul crossed paths with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at President Donald Trump's second inauguration ceremony last year …

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Analysis: sports bets on Kalshi generate an estimated ~$1.3B in annualized revenue, underscoring the threat prediction markets pose to traditional operators (Financial Times)

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Analysis: sports bets on Kalshi generate an estimated ~$1.3B in annualized revenue, underscoring the threat prediction markets pose to traditional operators  —  DraftKings and Flutter shares slide as investors fret about threat posed by apps such as Kalshi  —  Sports wagers on Kalshi …

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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" (Marcus Schuler/Implicator.ai)

Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai:
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”  —  Mark Zuckerberg needed ten minutes.  He was finishing code.  —  Peter Steinberger had called him on WhatsApp without scheduling anything.

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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 (Omar Abdel-Baqui/Wall Street Journal)

Omar Abdel-Baqui / Wall Street Journal:
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  —  Liberalization has opened the door to more casual relationships, but society is still catching up

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