AI & RoboticsNews

Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company

February 12, 2026
Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next chapter,” Wu wrote in a late-night post on X. “It is an era with full possibilities: a small team armed with AIs can move mountains and redefine what’s possible.” Less than a day later, on Tuesday afternoon, xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba, who reported directly to…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

EPA set to finalize illegal dirty air plan to hike fuel costs 76c/gal, despite outcry

February 12, 2026
In July, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to delete its scientific finding recognizing that greenhouse gases are harmful to human health, with the goal of making cars less efficient, deadlier and more costly. Public comments widely opposed the plan, but now before the agency has barely even started reading those comments, it looks like it’s going through with its illegal…
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DefenseNews

US Marine Corps advances plans for drone wingman

February 12, 2026
The Marine Corps has big plans in 2026 to advance toward fielding a drone wingman to collaborate with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. On Tuesday, the Corps released its 2026 Aviation Plan, outlining its strategy to maintain and develop its aviation fleets. A top priority…
DefenseNews

Estonian spies believe Europe’s collective deterrence push is working

February 12, 2026
MILAN — Russia is not expected to attack any NATO member states in the next two years, a testament, in part, to European efforts to quickly boost their defenses in the last few years, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service concluded in a report this week. But Moscow’s re-organization of its military around drones and significant ammunition production signals that the regime is preparing for…
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ComputersNews

Watch this RTX 5090 burst into flames

February 12, 2026
Nvidia’s graphics cards are the most in-demand for PC gamers right now. But with high power requirements and a new 12VHPWR connector introduced on the 40 Series, followed by a revised 12V-2×6 connector after those kept melting, Nvidia’s cards are causing some concern…
ComputersNews

Microsoft just forked Windows

February 12, 2026
Testing Windows has always allowed you to try out new features ahead of time, even a new operating system. But the Windows 11 26H1 release Microsoft is testing now literally breaks Windows into two parallel tracks, separated into x86 and Arm. Some of this isn’t new: Microsoft said last November that Windows 11 26H1 would be used to test “specific silicon,” believed to be the Snapdragon X2…
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